Volumn's up at Good Times.Byline: The Register-Guard During last month's Eugene Celebration The Eugene Celebration is an annual community celebration and civic event held in downtown Eugene, Oregon, United States. Featuring bands and performers from throughout the Pacific Northwest, the three-day festival is held in early September and attracts more than 40,000 attendees , Good Times, 375 E. Seventh Ave,. reverted to one of its old tricks, becoming an unofficial music stage, with bands playing for free throughout the three-day festival. Now Good Times is taking another page out of its own history book and offering an expanded live music schedule once again. The roadhouse road·house n. An inn, restaurant, or nightclub located on a road outside a town or city. roadhouse Noun a pub or restaurant at the side of a road Noun 1. bar, which was once a required stop on the West Coast blues The West Coast blues is a type of blues music characterized by jazz and jump blues influences, strong piano-dominated sounds and jazzy guitar solos, which originated from Texas blues players relocated to California in the 1940s. circuit before it abruptly discontinued live music in the spring of 2000, will now offer live music every Friday and Saturday night. In recent months, the club has been experimenting with a limited schedule of music shows. "I would like to see Good Times be a recognized music venue A music venue is any location regularly used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from an outdoor bandshell or bandstand to an indoor sports stadium. Typically, different types of venues host different genres of music. again," booking agent Noun 1. booking agent - someone who engages a person or company for performances booker agent - a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations impresario, promoter, showman - a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments Evin Marshall said. "There's going to be a wide range of music - alt-country, funk, blues, jam bands The following is a list of jam bands, or bands on the jam band circuit. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 A
Marshall, who also books the Wetlands on Garfield Street, plans to keep the noisier shows in West Eugene. At the Good Times, he plans to focus at first on local and regional acts, but eventually, the goal is to snag touring blues musicians as they make their way up or down Interstate 5. "As far as the blues is concerned, many of the acts that I bring are going to to be national acts," said Marshall, who has apparently been in contact with several Blind Pig recording artists. To get ready for the expanded music schedule, Good Times is building a new stage in the same corner where the old stage once stood. The artists who once graced that old stage include Country Joe McDonald, Tiny Tim, Leftover Salmon, Toots toots n. Slang Babe; sweetie. [Perhaps short for tootsie.] and the Maytals, the Tubes, Rusted Root and even the Dave Matthews Band, when it was still a fledgling college-town rock band. The expanded live music schedule begins today with a 10 p.m. performance by the alt-country act the Koozies and Wyatt Herb, a Tex-Mex reggae band. Saturday night's show will feature the the Portland funk band Dr. Theopolis and hip-hop from the Burn Unit. Both shows start at 10 p.m. and carry a $3 cover charge. |
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