Tuesday,
July 3,
9 p.m

THE FRANKIE HERNANDEZ BAND

Soul, funk, Latin and reggae from Austin, Texas, via Grants Pass

Frankie has seen the musical world from just about  every angle—band leader, sideman, session staple—from Austin to L.A. with stops around the country. He’s played with the likes of Leftover Salmon, Phish, Seal, Outlawz and Rod Stewart. Since moving to southern Oregon he’s performed at the Oregon Country Fair, High Sierra Music Festival, Earthdance, Kerrville Folk Festival, Falconridge Folk Festival, and the Santa Monica Earthday Festival. To say this bunch is high energy is to almost sell them short. Horns, guitars and unstoppable rhythm.

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A LOCOMOTIVE, DREW VICTOR and WIDOWER

Somewhat alt country from Brooklyn, N.Y., in the Dylan/Wilco mode

Kevin Large met Heather Cowan at Electric Lady Studios in New York City in the fall of 2006, had a nice chat in a coffee shop and wound up forming Widower, a sort-of alt country band that hails from the wilds of Brooklyn. A Locomotive is from the same place, led by William Gross and including Large, Drew Victor and others. Victor has a band, too, Drew Victor and We Are Beautiful. On their second West Coast tour, the three bands, separately and together, will be mixing it up all afternoon on the Fourth in a Dylan, The Band, John Lennon, Wilco kind of mood.

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HOOKAH STEW

John Michael Young can play them all -- and does: funk, blues and rock

Some performers of the electric guitar stay outside the instrument; others, like the leader of Hookah Stew, go inside. John Michael Young formed this band 10 years ago and gave it a crash course of Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Aquarium Release and the Five Fingers of Funk. Some Stevie Wonder and a lot of Hendrix has rounded the sound in the past few years. The strength of this band grows the more it plays. There will be a pause in the show just after dark for fireworks viewing (outdoor variety).

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ELIZABETH CABLE BAND

Blues and rock from a background in folk, very smooth

Elizabeth Cable was born and raised in Eugene and has honed her craft with several stints in California, especially in the Santa Cruz area. Reviewers talk of her impressive vocal gifts and a background in folk and finger-picking guitar that go a long way in a blues environment. She has opened for acts such as John Hiatt, Warren Zevon and John Martyn and has fronted bands such as The Vicious Doilies, Redwood Drive and Porcelain Chaos.

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J.C. RICO & ZULU DRAGON

Blues mainstay from Eugene makes his way to the Coast

For the past 15 years or so J.C. Rico has been tearing it up in Eugene, playing all the major clubs, working solo and with others, sticking to the true music of his soul. Finally he is making that trek over the mountains to the ocean to grace the Landmark with his sound. Consistently in the Top Three of the blues bands rated by readers of the Eugene Weekly, any outfit this talented cat is fronting should not be missed.

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ERIC HATCHER & THE WORKER BEES

Blues in the Portland style by a group of young veterans

Here are four young veterans based in Portland who evoke the names of Bloomfield and Butterfield. Featuring Eric Hatcher on vocals, guitar and slide guitar and Larry Oxley on harp and vocals, the band was a hit at last summer’s Waterfront Blues Festival and has played all the leading Northwest blues venues. Drummer Cody Christopherson has kept time in country, metal and blues circles and is joined in the rhythm section by newcomer Rick Mazzotta, recently off the plane from Connecticut.

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J. R. SIMS & TEXAS SPECIAL

From SRV to Hendrix - those rippin’ blues from the south

J.R. is the consummate blues guitar player who can recreate the sound of the tradition as well as anyone. Stevie Ray rewrote the Texas blues of the 40s and 50s into the high-flying guitar styles that last today. J.R. was there when Stevie Ray invented this stuff and J.R. brings it right into the Yachats living room for your listening pleasure.

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Special national attraction!
L'IL DAVE THOMPSON

From deep in the Delta, the blues redefined

A native of Greenville, Mississippi, Thompson has kept in touch with the Delta through good times and bad. He had a fast start and was nominated in 1996 at the WC Handy, Blues Music Awards for "Best New Blues Artist" and "Contemporary Blues Album" with a Fat Possum Record release.  His career has taken several twists and turns since then and he finds himself 10 years later on the road, backing up a brand new CD on Electrofi Records that reestablished his soul blues guitar mastery and maturity as a songwriter and performer.

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CURLEY TAYLOR & ZYDECO TROUBLE

From Louisiana , rising star in the zydeco world, catch him on the way up

Curley Taylor has been around zydeco music all of his life. At 16, he started playing in his father’s band, Jude Taylor & His Burning Flames and by 25, Curley had played with Steve Riley, John Hart, “Lil” Bob of the Lollipops, and his uncles, “Lil Buck” Senegal and Wayne “Blue” Burns. He traveled with the ledgendary CJ Chenier,, switched from drums to accordion and formed his new band.  The Times of Acadiana  (Lafayette, La.) says: “Taylor may be the freshest zydeco act to come along since Beau Jocque.  Instead of the usual nursery rhymes about dogs, donkeys, goats, and chickens, Taylor's lyrics tell stories and make sense. The tunes have a contemporary R&B and blues edge that can be enjoyed by someone two-stepping in Carencro or cruising along the Golden Gate Bridge.”

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A hit on the Salem scene, blues and jazzy styles with a hint of pop

Originally from Pendleton, Marci Curtis has been singing since age 5, getting her start in the church choir. She has worked with many jazz groups, such as Amack Records’ vocalist, DyAnne, out of Oakland. She helped found Textuur, which played the Los Angeles jazz scene and was featured in the independent film, “LA Blues”. She recently moved to Salem and was an immediate hit, winning “The New Voice of Salem” in a vocal sing off at Lefty’s last summer. Marci is backed up by guitarist Alex Curtis, bassist John Shaw and drummer Bongo Bob Pettit.

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Groovy blues and rock with one of the Northwest’s top bluesmasters

Accomplished singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, arranger, and band leader, Jerry Zybach does it all. Thirty some years into it, he’s at the top of his game and just keeps growing as an artist. Classical voice training as a young man gives him a unique take on the songs he loves. He has a great ability to project emotion whether he’s playing his  Gibson 135, his Harmony H50, his collection of resonators or acoustics, finger style and slide. He’s ripped up the Landmark on several occasions and is one of the coast’s favorite performers.

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A Johnny Cash tribute within some other jamming happenings

Here is a band from Albany, Oregon, via Humboldt County, that stumbled on the Johnny Cash thing, responding to requests from crowds. It now does one full set of Cash surrounded by the band’s folkie, rocky stuff. Otherwise, information is hard to come by on this bunch. The band doesn’t like Rupert Murdoch and thus shuns My Space. Here’s leader Adam: “I wake up every morning with no memory of my previous self. I make a pot of joe and I look through my files. By eleven I think I have a fairly firm grip on who I at least once was. I pour the rest of my coffee down the drain. According to the files I enjoy green tea.”

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From Louisiana!
HENRY TURNER JR. & FLAVOR

From Baton Rouge, La., funk, reggae and blues in the swamp style

Henry Turner Jr., aims at creating something different here, bringing the influences of B.B. King, Bob Marley and George Benson into the sound of south Louisiana. His guitar and vocal work are complimented by an all-star Louisiana band featuring Irie Hip on bass and vocalist, an urban reggae artist/ bass player who has played from the San Francisco Bay Area to Louisiana, Europe, Canada and Japan. The senior member of Flavor is Ronnie Houston, an R&B drummer who has toured the United States and Europe since the early 1970s. Direct from an appearance at the 2007 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

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INNER LIMITS

Funk fusion from Eugene power trio

This group is led by Olem Alves, a cornerstone of the Eugene music scene,who learned guitar from James Thornbury of Canned Heat. He has played with Coco Montoya, Duke Robillard, Paul DeLay and Linda Hornbuckle at clubs and festivals around the Northwest. He is joined by bassist Rob Kohler, a product of the Stanford Jazz Workshop, and drummer Kevin Congleton, fresh from the One O'clock Lab Band at the University of North Texas. A mainstay at Jo Federigo's in Eugene, with a critical hit CD "The Sound" here comes the future of funk.

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Eugene veteran of the blues brings his band to the coast

T-Bone Stone has been playing music since he was 8, starting with the sax and moving to guitar and vocals. He has played blues fests all around the country including Chicago, Monterey, Sacramento, and the Mississippi Valley Fest. He has also appeared at Buddy Guy's in Chicago and B.B. King’s in Los Angeles. For the Landmark show he’ll be on vocals and guitar with Paul Biondi taking over the sax and flute duties, with additional guitar from Natti O and Mike Brewer and Theo Halpert on bass and drums.

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Blues and rock guitar of the blistering persuasion

Eric is among Fender Guitar & Amps current catalog of major performers, twice being featured in its magazine, Fender Frontline. The Eric Jerardi Band has been featured on the Beale Street Caravan, Blues Delux and the House of Blues Radio Show. Blues Matters magazine from England recently featured Eric on the cover and had this to say: “Well crafted pieces that take you on a ride of musical styles without fear, without genre, without prejudice...with style, with feeling, with talent, with joy, with funk, with guts and with awesome playing and variation” and the House of Blues said “Eric Jerardi has exploded onto the national scene as one of this country’s foremost blistering blues/rock players!”

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