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No Cover! Kitchen open until 1:15 a.m. on Friday-Saturday nights, full menu available Sunday.
Also Oregon lottery, pool and pinball with the best view on the Coast. For more information, call 541-547-5459 |
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| Friday, Nov. 6, 9 p.m. |
Number 1 Record! Rockin' Portland band with a Cashbox No. 1 single Kolvane's "Cool Baby" single held the No. 1 spot in the Blues Singles category for two months on Cashbox Magazine's music chart earlier this year, no small achievement for an independent band from Portland, its name right there next to Elvin Bishop, The Mannish Boys and Tab Benoit. Only a couple of years ago, Kolvane's brand of progressive blues morphed from the Rose City Kings into what we have today -- a rollicking style where Kolvane's crash energy is played in a swampy synergy with Louisiana keyboard monster Steve Kerin, who just landed a Muddy nomination for best keyboard of 2009. |
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| Saturday Nov. 7 9 p.m. |
KEVIN SELFE High-energy blues from a Muddy Award nominee Since relocating in Portland in 2007, Kevin has established himself as a solid bluesman and a brilliant guitarist and they way he keeps getting nominated for the Muddy Awards, he's going to need a new wall for all the certificates. Kevin and the band landed another four nominations 2009, bringing the total to 10. And this year the group added nominations in both the contemporary blues and traditional blues categories. Before moving to Portland, Selfe played over 1,500 gigs in 15 states, conquering a wide circle of East Coast venues from his Virginia base. But his new start in the Northwest has given him a fresh outlook, a boatload of new fans and a deep appreciation from the blues community. He's just put out his second CD, "Playing The Game," 10 originals played with Don Shultz, the long-time Portland drummer and transplanted New Yorker Allen Markel on bass. |
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| Friday, Nov. 14, 9 p.m. |
ANDREW "JR. BOY" JONES Dallas guitarist, songwriter and singer; member of Musslewhite band Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones began working professionally at age 16 and played guitar on three Charlie Musselwhite albums in the late-1980s/early-1990s albums for Alligator Records. He left Musselwhite in the mid-1990s and came into his own as a vocalist with an album for JSP Records, "I Need Time" (1997), which showcases his crafty songwriting, great guitar playing, and powerful singing. He also accompanies Dallas-area blues singers like R.L. Griffin, Hal Harris and the Lowlifers, and tours on his own - playing places Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, The Zoo Bar in Lincoln, Neb., Club Crow in Cashmere, Wash., and The Landmark in Yachats, Ore. |
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JERRY ZYBACH BAND 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 many occasions and is one of the coast's favorite performers. |
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| Friday, Nov. 20, 9 p.m. |
NORMAL BEAN BAND Rollicking sounds of the Sixties to the Present - get on the stage With Normal you never know what direction things will take. Rolling Stones? Byrds? Muddy Waters? or... "in the moment add-lib songs....everything is played in the NOW"... Normal sez: "In Kesey's day, it was 'Get On The Bus'; Now it's 'Get On The Stage.'" And check out the Normal Beam Show on cable access and the Internet - now viewed by over 100,000 people. |
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| Saturday, Nov. 21, 9 p.m. |
PHIL BERKOWITZ San Francisco singer and harp blower takes an uptempo approach Phil is a New Jersey native who's been rattling around the San Francisco scene for two decades. Since 1996, he's been fronting the Dirty Cats, playing a blend of rock-solid rhythms and danceable grooves that stay true to 50's New Orleans R&B, West Coast Jump and heavy hitting Chicago blues. Shuffle, swing, boogaloo, rumba, and second-line grooves provide some nice variety to the mostly uptempo material, but there's a blues foundation that keeps Phil moving forward. His latest record is "All Night Party," devoted to getting the guests out of the chairs and into the living room from first riff to the rollicking finish. |
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| Friday, Nov. 27, 9 p.m. |
CAMBIO Danceable fusion of guitar-led rock, pop and soul Don't be fooled by the Spanish name, this band engages in just about everything other than Latin, ranging from vintage garage and surf to funk and swoon. Led by Robert Meade, this Eugene progressive rock band started just a year or so ago and has already made several changes. Earlier this year it landed a Ninkasi Brewery sponsorship (like Hookah Stew and Volfonix) and spent the summer solidifying the sound. Meade is now joined by Ben Bosse on bass; Nathan Wallace on keys, guitar and tambourine and Peter Bauer on drums. |
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| Saturday, Nov. 28, 9 p.m. |
THE WORKERS OF MISSOULA with JOHN SHIPE Bluegrass with bar chords and a familiar guest From Missoula, Montana, the road has led this bunch around the country and the world. Family roots, friends and boots are the source of material. Most of The Workers' repertoire is original music complimented by covers that have been recreated. The Workers are fronted by Trent Atkins (formerly of the Doc Lykens Band, Eugene, OR) and Scott Hohnstein (formerly of Shiv, Columbus, OH). As highlighted by the Missoula Independent, "The Workers can get a barroom dancing anywhere in America." They'll be joined by the Shipester, a Eugene stalwart whose been out of town for while. He'll open the show then join in with the band. |
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Mailing address: P.O. Box 14, Yachats, OR 97498
Phones: Restaurant, (541) 547-3215; Bar, (541) 547-5459
The Landmark opens at 8 a.m. every day.
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| No Smoking effective January 1, 2009 |
Looking Ahead!
Future Attractions
Friday,
Dec. 4,
9 p.m.
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. When he was here last year, he knocked out the crowd with a combination of sizzling blues and charisma.
Thursday,
Dec. 31,
9 p.m.
Merry Prankster New Year's Eve Party
WITH NORMAL BEAN
& SPECIAL GUESTS
The Kesey Karnival comes to the Koast to kick 2009 out of town
For those who have forgotten the '60s, the Merry Pranksters were born on a bus trip from Eugene to New York in 1964, a ride intended to celebrate the publication of Ken Kesey's book "Sometimes a Great Notion" and to meet and greet the great Doctor Timothy Leary. The bus trip is the subject of Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," and led to the psychedelic scene and the rise of the Grateful Dead. Kesey, who had a summer home just outside Yachats, died in 2001 but his family and friends have kept his spirit and philosophy alive through (among other things) the replica bus FURTHUR 2 and the Normal Bean Show. We get the full-out, pranksterized version of the latter on the last day of 2009. Hey, maybe Ginsberg can be conjured up.