Lane County Music History Project
Explore Our Rich Music History
Music events, venues and musicians/bands in Eugene.
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 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...]
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...]
Active Years: 1965-1968 Genre: Blues 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) Members Rob Anderson - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals Gary Beck - Lead Guitar (deceased, 2011) Randy Crawford - Bass … [Read more...]
Active Years: 1980's - 1990's Genre: Blues Location: Eugene, Oregon Members: Barbara Healy - Vocals John Ward - Guitar Butch Cousins - Drummer Mark Schneider - Bass (late 80's) Jeff Homan - Sax (late 80's) Warren Rand - Sax (late 80's) … [Read more...]
Active Years: 1995 - 1997 Genre: Folk Base Location: Eugene, Oregon Members: T.R. Kelley Debbie Diedrich Laura Kemp Katie Henry … [Read more...]
