Vol. 40 • No. 11 • December 2016 www.positivelyentertainment.com NW Band & Club Schedules Inside! oolhiser Photos by Owen Carey & Bob W Plus: MichaelCRUSH! Allen Harrison Christmas Shows • New Year’s Eve At Gresham Eagles NW Women Rhythm & Blues Christmas Concerts • Shanghai Tunnels Loose Change @ Gilhooligan’s • Rivershore Bar & Grill • Thrillride Variety Show Wayne Richards & Southern Nights CD Review • Travel Excursion • More Free Listing with ad purchase or $10 per listing Gresham Eagles celebrates New Year’s Eve w/cruise ship theme & music with Taska Bandstand BIG BOSSA QUARTET NOBODY’S SWEETHEART The Gresham Eagles is pulling out & Silver Ball, they have taken to ing an ocean-going passenger Dec 23 Mock Crest Tavern, 3435 N Dec 23 Cascade Bar & Grill, 15000 all the stops for a grand New Year’s ship. The club will be transformed Lombard, 9 SE Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA, the water (fi guratively) and will be 9 Eve dance party this year, featur- heading up the gangplank aboard into “life aboard a party ship.” DAVID F CURREY 31 New Year’s Eve Party @ Tim- ing Taska & the Party Band, Dec. “THE SS EAGLES,” with a cruise The tickets are only $25 per Thurs Open Mike @ The Skyroom, berline Lodge, 27500 E Timberline 31. Dinner is served from 5:30-8:30 ship theme unlike any others! person which includes fi ve-and- Hwy 26, Zig Zag, OR Lodge Rd, Mt Hood, 8 p.m. and dance starts at 7 p.m. Guests will actually enter the club a-half hours of live dance music, nobodyssweetheart.net Instead of the traditional Black with an approach much like board- party favors, champagne for a ELVIS NAGEL EXPERIENCE Dec 23 (10 pm) Gilhooligan’s w/Wood NORMAN SYLVESTER BAND midnight toast and breakfast buf- Works Band (8 pm) & Ron Fast Band Dec 3 Elsinore theater, 170 High St fet, beginning at 12:05 a.m. (9 pm), 10810 NE Sandy Blvd SE, Salem, 9 am / Vinyl Tap, 2099 One of the popular house bands SE Oak Grove Blvd, Oak Grove, Taska & The Party Band will be on THE INSENSITIVES 8:30 deck to keep the dancers happy. Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Party @ 9 Rogue Pub, 31500 NW Commer- The M&M Lounge, 137 Main St, cial St, North Plains, 9 Taska Barlow will be joined by Kae Gresham 10 Spare Room, 4830 NE 42nd, 9 Pemberton and Ali Roskam for www.theinsensitives.com 11 Norman guest w/Soul Filled some special “girl group” nostalgia. Christmas @ The Unity Center, 20255 A great night is planned for JESSIE RAE Willamette Dr, West Linn (Tickets: non-stop fun in an atmosphere Dec 10 Salem Holiday Fair @ Or- www.worldhealing.org), 3 & 6 pm egon State Fairgrounds, Salem, 16 Clyde’s, 5474 NE Sandy Blvd, 9 not seen before in Gresham! 9:30-11:30 17 Mac’s Place, 201 Waters St, In the event of anyone getting 31 New Year’s Eve @ Ava Roasteria, 4655 Silverton, OR, 9 “ship-faced,” alternate transpor- SW Hall Blvd, Beaverton, 7:30-10:30 www.normansylvester.com tation will be furnished. www.myspace.com/thenormansyl- ALL ABOARD THE SS EAGLES LISA MANN vesterband Dec 1 Women’s Music Revue @ on 12-31-16! SHIPS AHOY! The Trail’s End Saloon w/Sonny Hess, NW WOMEN RHYTHM & BLUES Gresham Eagles is located at Ed Pierce & guest, 1320 Main St, Dec 8, (7 pm) & 11 (6 pm) Christmas 117 N,E, Powell, Gresham, Ore. Oregon City, 7 Concerts @ Trail’s End Saloon & Phone: 503-667-3019. 3 Trio @ O’Connor’s Vault, 7850 Carvlin Hall featuring Claudette King, Taska & The Party Band SW Capitol Hwy, 7 Ellen Whyte, Lisa Mann, LaRhonda 8 NW Women’s R&B Christmas Steele, Arietta Ward, Rae Gordon, Show @ Trail’s End Saloon w/ Vicki Stevens, Lady Kat, Kimberly Claudette King & more (www.nw- Hall, Kelly Pierce, Sonny Hess Sunday womenblues.com), 1320 Main St, (www.nwwomenblues.com) Oregon City, 7 Social 9 Trio @ Tigardville Station, 12370 ROCKET SCIENZZ SW Main St, Tigard, 8 Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Party @ Wood- 10 Lisa w/Lloyd Jones & Willis en Chicken, 12500 NE Sandy Blvd Dance Moss @ Junction Bar & Grill, 21000 Old Hwy 99 SW, Centralia, WA, 8:30 TASKA & THE PARTY BAND 11 NW Women’s R&B Christmas Dec 2 Clark County Newcomer’s, Show @ St Phillip Neri w/Clau- Green Meadows Golf Club, dette King & more (www.nwwom- Vancouver, WA enblues.com), 2804 SE 16th Ave, 3 Harlequin Dance Club @ Kelso at Portland, 6 Elks Lodge, Kelso, WA Ankeny Street 14 McMenamin’s Edgefi eld w/ 16 Gresham Eagles, 117 NE Sonny Hess, 2126 SW Halsey Blvd, Roberts, Gresham, 7-11 Studio Troutdale, OR, 7 17 “Free Tom & Jerry” Dance Party SE 9th & Ankeny 15 Women’s Music Revue w/Sonny @ Gresham Eagles, 117 NE Hess & Liz Coffman @ Trail’s End Roberts, Gresham, 7-11 Saloon, 1320 Main St, Oregon City, 7 23 “Night Before Christmas” Dance Lessons at 5pm 16 Band @ Vinyl Tap, 2099 SE Oak Party @ Gresham Eagles, 117 NE Grove Blvd, Milwaukie, 8:30 Roberts, Gresham, 7-11 Dance ‘til 9pm 17 “Singin’ with Santa’s Sweet 30 Gresham Elks, 3330 NE Angels” @ Jimmy Mak’s w/Lisa, Division, Gresham, 7-11 $7.50 per Person LaRhonda Steele, Teresa James 31 New Year’s Eve “Cruise Into (Texas) & Lloyd Jones, 221 NW 10th 2017” Out -To-Sea Passenger Ave, 7:30 & 10 Ship-style Dance Party @ Gresham Call 18 Lisa & Sonny Hess @ Skyway, Eagles, 117 NE Roberts, Gresham, 71545 Hwy 26, Zigzag, OR, 6 7-11 ($25 ticket includes 5-1/2 22 Women’s Music Revue w/Lisa, hours live music, midnight 503-676-4198 Sonny Hess & guest @ Trail’s End champagne toast & 12:05 am Saloon, 1320 Main St, Oregon City, 7 breakfast buffet) 23 Trio @ Blue Diamond, 2016 NE Continued on Page 7 Sandy Blvd, 9 THRILLRIDE AREA 52 M&M LOUNGE 30 Band @ Jimmy Mak’s w/Ben www.thrllrideband.com th 6920 SE 52nd 137 N Main, Gresham Rice, 221 NW 10 Ave, 8 Dec 2 Wranglers, Canby, OR Music on Tap www.lisamannmusic.com 3 Thrillride, plus many of NW most 971-302-7084 503/665-2626 unique, crazy & eclectic talents @ Tues Jimmy Thompson, 7-11 CI BAR & GRILL Wed-Thurs Karaoke w/Melody, 8 MICHAEL ALLEN HARRISON CI Bar & Grill, 18786 SW Boones Wed-Thurs Karaoke, 7-10:30 18786 SW Boones Ferry Rd, Tualatin Dec 2-3 Mike Branch Band Dec 10-26 Christmas at The Old Ferry Rd, Tualatin, 8 Dec 2 Johnny Vargo 503-692-2765 9-10 Nash Brothers Church, 1422 SW 11th, Portland, OR 17 Gresham Elks, 3330 NE Divi- 3 Plan B Tues-Wed Karaoke, 8 16-17 Burn (Tickets & info: www.michaelallen- sion, Gresham Sun Upright Blues Jam w/members of Dec 1 Dub Debrie Jam 23 NW Sugar Shakers harrison.com or call 503-568-9134) 31 New Year’s Eve Boomers @ Bolt Upright, 4-7 2 Lloyd Jones 31 New Year’s Eve Party w/Terrifi ed Space Monarch Hotel, 12566 SE 93rd Ave, 9 Bad Motor Scooter 8, 15, 22, 29 Ed Neumann & Friends Jam Monkeys & The Insensitives MISS AUGIE & FRIENDS Clackamas 10 Robin Gibson 9 99-W Sun Jam Session @ Greham 16 Monterey Purple 10 Strawberry Roan RIVERSHORE Eagles Lodge, 117 NE Roberts 17 Ugly Sweater Dance Party w/Kable Roc 16 Kevin Selfe 1900 Clackamette Dr, Oregon City Ave, Gresham, OR, 6 Call 503-253-0513 23 Kenny Lavitz 17 Party Bus 503-655-5155 NEW IBERIANS 24 (Closed at 7 pm) 23 Stevens-Hess Band Fri-Sat Karaoke, 9 for listing 25 Open at 2 pm – Merry Christmas! Dec 31 Zydeco New Year’s Eve 24 Closed at 3 pm Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Party Dance @ the New Old VFW Hall 30 TBA 25 Closed – Merry Christmas! & weekly Facebook posts 31 New Year’s Eve Party w/Felony 3 w/Jamie Leopold & the Short Sto- 30 Kenny Lavitz TRAIL’S END SALOON ries, Reverb Brothers, & The Wal- 31 New Year’s Eve Party w/Two-Bit Rumor 1320 Main St, Oregon City ter Cryderman Goodtime Four, 825 $10 or FREE BILLY WEBB ELKS LODGE 503-656-3031 SW Mill St, Portland, OR, 7:30 6 N Tillamook GILHOOLIGAN’S Tues Acoustic Jam w/Big Yellow Taxi, 7 newiberienas.com with ad purchase 503-284-4853 10810 NE Sandy Blvd Wed Suburban Slim w/special guest, 7 Fri DJ Eddie & more, 9 503-477-6484 Thurs Girls Night Out w/Sonny Hess, Lisa Sat The Irving Brown Connection, 9 Dec 1 Loose Change Mann & guest, 7 Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Party 2 TBA Dec 2 Erotic City – Prince Tribute, 8:30 3 Soul Dimension 3 Big Yellow Taxi BLUE DIAMOND 7, 14, 21, 28 Karaoke 4 Gospel Sunday w/Rae Gordon / Sunday 2016 NE Sandy ◊ 8 Open Mike w/Ross 503/230-9590 Jam (Junior jam w/Robbie Laws), 6 Sun Blues Jam w/Kevin Selfe, 6-9 9 Robbie Laws 9 Men in Blues Christmas Mon Hot Tea Cold, 8:30 Tues AC Porter 10 Krooked Finger Extravaganza, 8:30 Blues Jam 15 Misc. Artists, PIFS Christmas Party 10 Uproar, 8:30 Wed The Fenix Project Blues Jam 16 Youth Revolution Sun Sunday Jam w/Junior Jam w/ Thurs Ben Jones & Friends 17 Hip Hop by Mandella Robbie Laws, 6 Dec 2 Michael Osborne 18 Open Jam w/Mike Beaver 16 Brady Goss, 8:30 3 Hess-Stevens Band 22 Hip Hop w/Meachy Meachum 17 Ray Gordon’s We Three Kings Christ- 9 AC Porter & the Live Wires 23 King Krush (Punk revival) mas w/the West Coast Kings, 8:30 10 Heavy Chevy 24 Open Jam 23 Gold Dust – Fleetwood 16 Bottleneck Blues Band 25 Closed – Merry Christmas! Mac Tribute, 8:30 17 Department of R&B 29 Open Mike w/Ross 24 Closing at 4 pm 23 Lisa Mann 30 Beaver Boogie Band 25 Closed – Merry Christmas! 24-25 Closed – Merry Christmas! 31 New Year’s Eve Party w/Beaver Boogie 30 Kevin Selfe & the Tornado, 8:30 30 Billy D Band, Krooked Finger, Pickle Back Boys & 31 New Year’s Eve Party w/Billy D 31 New Year’s Eve Party w/Kevin Selfe, 8:30 Special Guests & the Hoodoos, 8:30 FREE listing with ad purchase or $10 per listing, PLUS weekly posts of 503-676-4198 your events on Facebook Page 2 December 2016 Trio DJ Arturo Jacinto Crush exudes energy to standing-room-only crowd Thrillride, left to right: Cal Runia, Sam Harmon, Ryan Butson, Jerry Skol at World Famous M&M Lounge in downtown Gresham While many know Crush to be Article by Chris Pain - Photos by Jim Dorothy knows his stuff.” Harrn and Mc- amongst the elitists in the cover Murphy have been in this together band genre, there may be a small lights dimmed and the crowd was to the epic light show.