Location: Eugene Hotel, Downtown Eugene Date: 1975 Curtis Salgado started the blues festival in order to meet and play with as many established blues stars as possible. The festival became an annual event, allowing Curtis to back up, befriend and occasionally house legends including Floyd Dixon, Frankie Lee, Luther Tucker, Otis Rush, Clifton Chenier, Sonny Rhodes and Albert … [Read more...]
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Music events, venues and musicians/bands in Eugene.
Willamette Valley Folk Festival
The Willamette Valley Folk Festival ran from 1971 to 2009. In 2010 it was renamed and re-structured to become the Willamette Valley MusicFest (2010-Present). The locations also changed over the years! Indoor and Outdoor stages at UO Campus Locations to the Cuthbert Ampitheatre then back to Indoor and Outdoor stages at various UO Campus Locations. First Annual … [Read more...]
Super Sunblast Summer 73′
Location: Eugene Speedway at w 11th near Beltline in Eugene, Oregon Date: Sept. 1973 Attendance: ~5,000 Line-up: Elvin Bishop Band, Sons of Champlin, Country Joe McDonald & His All-Star Band, Stoneground, and special guest stars. RG article: Motorists advised to avoid traffic jam at rock concert … [Read more...]
Oregon Blues Festival (1981)
Sixth Annual Oregon Blues Festival Location: EMU at the University of Oregon Date: 1981 Lineup: Albert Collins and the Icebreakers The Mighty Flyers with Rod Piazza The Paul DeLay Band Clearence Gatemouth Brown Pee Wee Crayton Little Charlie and the Nightcats … [Read more...]
Eugene Pop Festival (1969)
FAME Expo 69' presents Eugene Pop Festival F.A.M.E. stood for Film, Art, & Music in Eugene. Location: University of Oregon Hayward Field, 1585 East 13th Ave. Date: July 26, 1969 Cost: $5 Attendance: 5,000 Unfortunately, the event does not go as planned and several scheduled acts, including The Byrds and The Youngbloods, do not perform. Bands that did perform: The … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 Reinking … [Read more...]
Twilighters
The Twilighters (1961-1965) Genre: Garage Rock Base Location: Eugene, OR Members: Dave Carlson – Tenor Saxophone (also played with The Corvelles) Pat Estigoy – Guitar, Vocals John Estigoy – Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals Gene Greenwood – Bass, Vocals Denny Johnson – Drums (also played with The Moguls) Duane Marquis – Tenor, Soprano, Alto, Baritone Saxophones Paul … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]