Dante’s Presents The Cool and Mysterious Bob Log III

Bob Log III

Bob Log IIIThe Owl Magazine explains that, “[o]ne would have to be in a pretty foul mood not to be entertained by the mysterious awesomeness of Bob Log III. Sure, his musical skills are something to behold, his one-man-band brand of blues/Americana displaying dexterity, creativity, and plenty of good old rock ‘n’ roll, but then there’s his wacky persona.”

Bob Log III is not your average musician. Appearing on stage in a jump suit and hidden behind a racing helmet with a phone receiver attached working as a mic, he showcases his dexterity at performing as a one-man band with guitar and kick drum while singing vicious blues, Americana, and rock. Loud, strange, and electrifying, he’s like Jerry Lee Lewis crossed with a little of Tom Waits’ heavy industrial sounds.

Dante’s, 350 W Burnside. Saturday, July 20. 9:00 pm. Admission $12.00 Ticketweb.com. 21 & over. Shovelman opens.

Cathedral Park Jazz Festival

Cathedral Park Jazz Festival

The Oregon Jazz Society’s Cathedral Park Jazz Festival is a free concert open to the public and held over three days, July 19 through 21, at Cathedral Park at the base of the St. Johns bridge. Now in its thirty-ninth year, the festival is the longest running jazz and blues festival west of the Mississippi River.

Features the region’s best local jazz and blues musicians,the Festival begins Friday night with dynamic Blues, R&B, and Soul. Saturday and Sunday will feature multiple styles of Jazz in all their glory. The stage is situated in a natural amphitheater with a backdrop of the beautiful Willamette River to the west and the mighty St Johns Bridge overhead. The lush, green, and beautifully-maintained festival grounds are the perfect place to bring a picnic or to purchase delicious offerings available from our food vendors.

 

Friday, July 19, 2019

5:00 – 5:30 pm Chance Hayden

6:00 – 7:00 pm Tyrone Hendrix PDX Soul w/ Portland Cello Project

7:30 – 8:30 pm Karen Lovely

9:00 – 10:00 pm Farnell Newton & the Othership

Saturday, July 20, 2019

1:00 – 2:00 pm Mt Hood Jazz Band

2:30 – 3:30 pm Cherry Blossom Orchestra

4:00 – 5:00 pm Painted Mantis

5:30 – 6:30 pm King Louis Organ Trio

7:00 – 8:00 pm David Watson’s Rebirth of the Cool

8:30 – 9:45 pm Dina y los Rumberos

Sunday, July 21, 2019

7:00 – 8:15 pm John Gilmore Octet

5:30 – 6:30 pm Dan Faehnle Quartet

4:00 – 5:00 pm Leroy Vinegar Tribute

2:30 – 3:30 pm Devin Phillips Quintet

1:00 – 2:00 pm No Po Big Band

Too Slim & The Taildraggers Return To Billy Blues

Too Slim - Too Slim & The Taildraggers Return To Billy Blues

Too Slim - Too Slim & The Taildraggers Return To Billy BluesCascade Blues Association Hall of Fame members and 2019 Blues Music Awards nominee Too Slim and The Taildraggers head back to Vancouver, Washington for a night of raucous, energetic music from one of America’s hottest blues rock trios. Tim “Too Slim” Langford is a sensational songwriter, front man, and hellacious slide player whose repertoire encompasses everything from hard pounding rock to Delta style blues to rootsy Americana. Guaranteed to have you on your feet and moving all night long!

Too Slim – Too Slim & The Taildraggers Return To Billy Blues Bar & Grill, 715 NE Hazel Dell Ave, Vancouver, WA. Thursday, July 18. 8:00 pm. $5.00 cover.

Austin’s Greyhounds Appearing at Mississippi Studios

Greyhounds Appearing at Mississippi Studios

As Greyhounds, guitarist Andrew Trube, keyboardist Anthony Farrell and drummer Ed Miles have been making music and touring for sixteen years while refining and developing a sound Trube describes as “Hall and Oates meet ZZ Top.” During their long musical partnership, Trube and Farrell have written songs for, among others, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, toured with American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, and for several years worked together as part of JJ Grey and Mofro. These road warriors have also made themselves a staple on the Austin music scene while at home as well as recording with Memphis-based Ardent Studios since 2013.

Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave. Tuesday, July 16. 8:00 pm. $12.50 advance at Ticketfly.com, $15.00 at door. 21 & over. Star Crusher opens.

Too Slim And The Taildraggers – Unplugged

Too Slim And The Taildraggers - Unplugged

Too Slim And The Taildraggers - Unplugged

Music Mondays presents “Story Tellers,” an intimate evening of acoustic music with Too Slim and the Taildraggers. Based in Boise, ID, the band is known for an eclectic style of blues and rock that has become a genre all its own. Band leader Tim “Too Slim” Langford’s ever-evolving musical direction cannot easily be classified and effortlessly crosses musical genres, mixing blues and rock with Americana, and appeals to audiences of varying musical tastes.

Graham Clarke from Blues Bytes describes Too Slim as “not only a master of slide guitar, but . . . also a supremely talented performer and composer who ranks with the best that blues/rock has to offer.”

Too Slim and the Taildraggers, Lake Theater & Café, 106 N State St, Lake Oswego. Monday, July 15. 7:00 pm. Tickets at laketheatercafe.com are $15.00 general admission, VIP Tables are $100.00 (seats 4, located in lower section closest to stage). All ages.

Grammy Nominees The Record Company

The Record CompanyThe Record Company’s story is well-known: after gritting it out for years in bars and clubs, a trio of musicians join forces in LA, set up some microphones in a living room, and cut an album that turns the world on its head. Released in 2016, Give It Back To You spawned three top-ten hits, earned the band a slew of headline dates around the world, and garnered a Grammy nomination. The critical response was ecstatic — Rolling Stone raved that “the band kick(s) up a raw, rootsy racket.”

Even at their first jam session, it was clear that the trio was on to something special. With a sound that blended the biting blues of John Lee Hooker with the charismatic swagger of the Rolling Stones, they took the stage at Madison Square Garden just eighteen months after recording their debut album. The band returns with a new disc, All Of This Life, that is quickly bringing even more crowds to venues around the country.

Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St. Saturday, June 1, 8:00 pm. $22.50 at Ticketfly.com. 21 & over

Heart 2 Heart Concert

On March 22, Oregon Music Hall of Fame inductee Louis “King Louie” Pain suffered a “widow- maker” heart attack while performing at a Pearl District gig. Louis and his wife Tracy (Soul Sisters Productions) have taken a major financial hit as a result. “Heart 2 Heart” is an all-star musical concert and fundraiser organized to help the Pains as well as a non-profit organization the Pains believe in strongly: the Caring Ambassadors Program (CAP).

CAP provides information and resources to help those with any chronic health condition manage their health care after a diagnosis and the tools to improve quality of life and capacity for healing. CAP has been providing free hepatitis C and other health screenings at the Waterfront Blues Festival for thirteen years. The Pains will donate half of the proceeds from Heart 2 Heart to support the Caring Ambassadors Health Pavilion at the 2019 festival.

Scheduled to appear at the concert are: Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, Curtis Salgado, Terrie Odabi, The Jarrod Lawson Trio with Chance Hayden, Mel Brown,  David K. Mathews, Dan Faehnle, Tracey Harris, Michael Osborn, My Happy Pill, Jimi Bott, Peter Dammann, John Mazzocco, and many more artists.

McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St. Sunday, June 2. 3:00 – 7:00 pm.  Tickets $15.00 advance etix.com ($10.00 for Cascade Blues Association & Jazz Society of Oregon members), $20.00 day of show. 21 & over.

Jamestown Revival – Texas Roots/Blues/Rock

Jamestown Revival

Jamestown Revival

Since its debut in 2014, Jamestown Revival  has been building an extensive fan base through grass roots support and relentless touring, and has performed at iconic venues from the Ryman Auditorium to Red Rocks Amphitheater as well as festivals such as Coachella and Austin City Limits. Led by Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance – who have maintained a close friendship since meeting at age 15 in Magnolia, TX – Jamestown Revival is pursuing their own musical vision by focusing on roots and harmonies.

Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave. Monday, June 24, 8:00 pm. Sold out, but use ticket exchange via the venue’s website at mississippistudios.com to find available tickets. 21 & over.

Shinyribs’ Eclectic Sounds at Dante’s

Shinyribs

Shinyribs

Shinyribs is the continuation of former Gourds band member Kevin Russell’s musical journey that began in Beaumont, TX when, at 14, he found his father’s guitar under his bed. The band is a river of country-soul, swamp-funk, and tickle. A Shinyribs show is an exaltation of spirit. It’s a hip shaking, belly laughing, soul-singing, song-slinging, down-home house party. All styles of American music are likely to be touched on, squeezed on, kissed on by this world-class band featuring Winfield Cheek on Keyboards, Keith Langford on Drums, Jeff Brown on Bass, the Tijuana Trainwreck Horns, and The Shiny Soul Sisters – Kelley Mickwee & Alice Spencer. Whether on his 6 string Uke, his Electric guitar or singing a cappella, Russell entertains like no one else. The freedom with which he moves, coupled with his incredible voice is an experience in and of itself. Original songs laced with magical-realism along with novel interpretations of popular songs old and new are the true art that runs throughout. He’s Burl Ives meets Al Green; Hank, Jr. meets Teddy Pendergrass; Wendell Berry meets Chuck Berry.

Dante’s, 350 W Burnside St. Tuesday, June 25. 9:00 pm. $17.50 Ticketweb.com. 21 & over.

Roy Book Binder, Authentic Blues Troubadour

Roy Book Binder

Roy Book BinderRoy Book Binder has the goods: original, bare-knuckle, low-down blues. Who can say he was friends with the Rev. Gary Davis, Pink Anderson, and Robert Lockwood Jr. and toured with Arthur Big Boy Crudup, Hot Tuna, JJ Cale, and Bonnie Raitt? Roy can. He has the stories, the licks, and the mystery of timeless music in his fingers. He’s been featured on a PBS special and interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR’s “Fresh Air.” He’s also a regular at Fur Peace Ranch, where he teaches along with Jorma Kaukonen. When he brings his “Tour Bus” to town, a one-man blues-fest ensues. He plays and entertains, feeding us music and stories, and the evening is a celebration for us all. We’re privileged to have Roy here to preserve and extend the tradition of great American blues music. (James Hipp)

Strum Guitar, 1415 SE Stark St. Saturday, June 22, 7:00 pm. $15.00.