Lane County Music History Project
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Genre: bluegrass/country-rock Base Location: Eugene, OR Members: Robert Adler - Drums, Standup Bass Tony Dal Molin - Guitar, Pedal Steel, Vocals Paul Friedlander - Bass, Banjo, Vocals Gary Robinson - Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals TURKEY RUN - started out as bluegrass/country-rock band initially. In fact, Robert played stand up bass and there was no drummer. … [Read more...]
Truth (1968-1973) Genre: Rock/Hard Rock Base Location: Eugene, OR Members: Rich Coe - Guitar Joe Crippen - Lead Vocals (also played in the Tempters) Larry Henderson – Bass Dave Rodakowski (1950-2009) - Drums (also played in the Tempters) Gary Van Koten – Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals (also played in Soundbarrier & Pure Sunshine) Tom Lasley … [Read more...]
The Torries (1965-1968) Genre: Garage Rock Base Location: Eugene, OR Members: Chris Woodward – Lead Vocals John Lundberg – Lead Guitar Tom Robertson – Bass Mike Long – Bass Bill Shaw – Drums Dave Sossy – Keyboards/Piano We were a local Eugene band that had some popularity between ’65-’68. We had a pretty busy schedule with Frat parties on campus and … [Read more...]
The Tempters (1964-1965) Genre: Garage Rock Base Location: Springfield, OR Ron Craig – Lead Guitar (also played in The Sires) Joe Crippen – Vocals (also played in Truth) Dan Rodakalski – Bass Dave Rodakalski – Drums (also played in Truth) Jack Kuhn - Rhythm Guitar … [Read more...]
The Stumble was the 3rd evolution of the Seventh Resemblance Blues Band. Active Years: Summer of 1969-1970 Genre: Garage Rock Base Location: Eugene, Oregon Evolution of the Band Gordon Scott and the Seventh Resemblance Blues Band (1965-1966) Seventh Resemblance Blues Band (1966-1968) The Stumble (1969-1970) Original Members Rob Anderson - Guitar, … [Read more...]
Small Crowd (1967-1971) Genre: Harmony Rock Base Location: Members: Pat Ahern – Bass, Vocals (also played in H.B. and The Checkmates) Gene Garrett – Guitar, Vocals Ron Gordon – Drums (also played in The Dominions) Frank Nachtman – Lead Guitar Ken Paxton – Organ, Vocals Kathy Smith – Lead Guitar, Vocals The Small Crowd was a combination of members from … [Read more...]
Slowbuck (1976-1979) Genre: Rock Base Location: Eugene, OR Slowbuck played shows around Lane County in the late 70's. Members: Robert "Bongo" Adler - Drums Ed "Jo Mama" Gunther - Saxaphone, Flute Lee "Barefoot LeRoy" Jones - Bass, Vocals Michael "Citizen Cane" Cane - Fiddle Chris "Lightning" Lewis - Guitar Tom "Spider" Sobieski - Guitar [soundcloud … [Read more...]
The Sires (1964-1969) Genre: Garage Rock Base Location: Eugene, OR The Sires were teenagers from Eugene and nearby Springfield, Oregon, forming at Sheldon High School in 1964 and breaking up in 1969. Members: Marty Berg – Vocals Mike Briggs – Rhythm Guitar, Bass Ron Craig – Lead Guitar (also played in The Tempters) Robert Grebb – Drums Rodger … [Read more...]
The Sneakers (1976-1982) aka: Shaniko, The News Genre: Rock, Blues Base Location: Eugene, Oregon Members: Cletis Carr - Keyboards, Guitar (76-81) Todd Duncan - Saxophone, Keyboards (81-82) Later played with the Crazy 8s Mark Halworth - Drums (76-78) Marquis Olsen - Drums (78-83) Billy Rich - Guitar (76-83) Dee Willy - Guitar, Vocals (77-83) Johnny Zipgun … [Read more...]
Active Years: 1975 - 1977 Genre: Folk/Country Rock Base Location: Eugene, Oregon Arroyo was founded by Don Ross after leaving the band “Wheatfield”. Arroyo had steady regular gigs at Murphy and Me in Eugene, the Reed Opera House and the Oregon Museum tavern in Salem, and Sacks Front Avenue and the Last Hurrah in Portland. They also played the WOW Hall in Eugene, the … [Read more...]
