Active Years: 1971-? Genre: Rock (loudest rock band ever) Home Base: Eugene, Oregon Members: Herbie Winstead Bob Jones Kip Richardson David Olson Dan Dugmore – Guitar Dick Washburn – Drums?
Hotz
The Hotz aka: Da Hotz, Da Motley Hotz Active Years: 1971- 1981 Genre: Rock Home Base: Eugene, Oregon Different configurations and names over the years! Members of Da Motley Hotz (1971-1974) ?? Wane Fuday – Guitar Kip Richardson – Drums Bob Jones – Bass Herbie Winstead – Members of Da Hotz (1974-1977)?? Wane Fuday – Guitar Bob […]
Skinner Butte Park Be-in Concert (1972)
Location: Skinner Butte Park in Eugene, Oregon Date: 1972 Lineup: The Hotz
Bone Games
Bone Games (1982) Genre: Rock Home Base: Eugene, Oregon Members: Ron Klime – Guitar, Vocals Tim Murphy – Bass
The 2nd Decennial Picnic (1982)
Location: Held at the Oregon Country Fair site in Veneta, Oregon Date: Aug. 28, 1982 Line-up: Grateful Dead, The Robert Cray Band, The Flying Karmazov Brothers, and many others Dead Alive and Well – Eugene Register Guard Article
Field Trip Picnic (1972)
Location: Veneta, Oregon at the The Renaissance Faire site. Date: Aug. 27, 1972 The Renaissance Faire was the original name for Oregon Country Fair. Line-up: Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage One fan notes, “Jack Casady, bassist, Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, was hanging around the stage during the show but did not play”. […]
Wheatfield
Wheatfield (1971-2006) Genre: Americana/Folk/Bluegrass/Country/Rock Base Location: Eugene, OR Wheatfield formed in October, 1971, as a folk duo by Pete Wolfe and Will Hobbs, who met in the Odyssey Coffee House in Eugene, Oregon. Their first impromptu rendition of “Helplessly Hoping” met with immediate applause, and the two decided they had something special and worth pursuing. Within […]
Viscous Circle
Viscous Circle (1979-1981) Genre: Rock Base Location: Eugene, OR Members: Bob Allen – Bass Jeff Bement – Drums Ron Kleim – Guitar/Vocals Vicious Circle existed in Eugene, OR, in 1979. We played “Project Space” in Eugene a couple times. – Ron Kleim, October 2008 – Source: PNW Bands
Vendu
Vendu (1971-1973) Genre: Rock, Blues Base Location: Eugene, OR Members: Randy Bryson – Guitar, Vocals (also played in The Moguls, Mother Giant, Elmac Spider) Charles LeBeau – Lead Guitar Gordon Scott – Harp, Vocals (also played in Seventh Resemblance Blues Band, Mother Giant, Elmac Spider) Steve Pellegrin – Keyboards (also played in Elmac Spider and Vendu) Jim […]
Turkey Run
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. Turkey Run, […]
Truth
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 (1948-2014) – […]
Slowbuck
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 url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/149556776″ […]
Sneakers
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 – Bass (76-83) Sept. 25, 1980 RG Article: […]
Crayhawks
aka: Nighthawks, Double Trouble Active Years: 1974-1977 Genre: Blues Base Location: Eugene, Oregon Crayhawks Lineup: Richard Cousins – Bass (also played in Foghorn Leghorn from Tacoma) Robert Cray – Guitar, Vocals Dave “Thor” Olson – Drums Curtis Salgado – Harp, Vocals Dave “D.K.” Stewart – Piano, Vocals Their run was about ’74 to ’77. They were a s$#* hot outfit of […]
Nighthawks
aka: Crayhawks, Double Trouble Active Years: 1974-1977 Genre: Blues Base Location: Eugene, Oregon “When Steve Mosher left Three Fingered Jack, he was replaced by a bassist named Harold. The group was re-named Harold and the Nighthawks. When Harold was replaced by Richard Cousins and Robert Cray became a member, the group became The Nighthawks. When Robert […]