Mac's Restaurant

Greydogz
2024-05-29 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
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John Crain – Vocals, Guitar (acoustic, electric, slide, weissenborn)
Influences – Peter Green, Gatemouth Brown, Lightnin Hopkins, Taj Mahal, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Mark Knofler, Neil Young, Delbert McClinton, Bob Marley, Chinna Smith, Dennis Bovell, Jimmy Cliff, Lowell George
Born Jackson Mississippi, Raised in Buffalo, Rochester NY. First Band El-Paso, Texas 1972
First gigs were with his mentor, Big Sonny Farlow (Sir Douglas Quintet, Lowriders w/Jimmy Carl Black) Sonny was the Big Dog in El Paso, Texas where John lived for a time. In addition to Texas Blues, he also became fascinated with Jamaican Blues. He moved to Eugene mid 70’s, and started Oregons’s first Reggae Radio Program Air Jamaica (KLCC). Played in several bands before forming Native Pulse in 1980 (first Oregon Reggae band with Belizian master drummer Bibs Goff and Alan Alexander (Dub Squad). The Pulse, and variations thereof, held the closing spot at the Oregon Country Faire three years running.
He moved to Portland 1989 and went back to the blues. John entered the Portland Blues scene playing lead guitar with local Blues vocalist J.C. Rico in a band which included some of Portland’s finest blues players, Claire Luce on Keys, Dave Kohl on bass, Paul Jones on drums, he also gigged with the late great Paulette Davis, before hooking up with the Kita Montgomery Band for a 4 year Stint. Next he formed Mumbo Gumbo with the fabulous soul singer Ural Thomas where the focus was 2nd line, Zydeco and New Orleans Blues. John also hired on to do a cross country tour with Etoufee who had lost their lead guitarist, John Foal to Dr. John. Other bands of note, Jaywalkers, Arousing Spirit, Public Eye, Pound for Pound.
Gigs of Note:
Oregon Country Faire (Native Pulse, Arousing Spirit, Jaywalkers)
Isla Mujeres Music Festival (Splash)
Portland Rose festival (Kita Montgomery Band)
Gulfshores Alabama, Shrimp festival (Etoufee)

Roosters Blues Jam
2024-05-28 19:00 - 23:00, 2024-05-21 19:00 - 23:00, 2024-05-14 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-05-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Hosted By Skip Jones & Byron Case
No Cover
$7 minimum purchase

Karaoke For Cash!
2024-05-23 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-05-09 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-05-02 18:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
All Ages
No Cover
Prizes for top three performers. Guests can get a voting card from KJ Sweet D to vote for their top 3 performers of the night. All votes will be tallied at 10:00pm
Sign-ups begin at 6:00pm
First performer at 6:30pm

Closed for private party
2024-05-16 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States

Johnny Wheels & The Swamp Donkeys
2024-05-10 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$10 cover
Johnny Wheels & The Swamp Donkeys

Johnny Wheels is a singer / songwriter / harmonica player inspired by the soul of the Pacific Northwest.
The “Swamp Donkeys” are Johnny’s band-mates who are inspired by Johnny to “live a song” on the edge.
Johnny:
“Nope! You won’t hear a song exactly the same way twice – that’s what CD’s are for. We like to add some spice of musical exploration”
The son of a traveling bass player and singer, Johnny “Wheels” Kennicott had music in his blood since birth, but expressing himself musically took on new importance when Johnny broke his neck in a childhood accident, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down.
“The days of football practice after school were definitely over”, Johnny says, but music still provided an outlet for his infectious energy and his creative potential.
Though his father’s instrument of choice and his early passion of playing drums were now out due to limited function, Johnny found, through determined trial and error, he could manipulate his paralyzed diaphragm to not only sing, but also blow the harmonica. Since that time, Johnny has been traveling the Pacific Northwest music scene, spreading the gospel of the blues.
Collectively, the band hails from Oregon, Texas and California and is typically tagged as a Blues band; Although, the diversity of the members’ musical backgrounds becomes evident as the worlds of R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk and Rock are blended under a Blues umbrella.
Members include:
Johnny Wheels, Vocals, Harmonica
Brandon Logan, Vocals, Guitar
Doug Knoyle, Drums
Michael Rabe, Vocals, Guitar
Taylor Frazier, Vocals, Bass
Members of Johnny Wheels and the Swamp Donkeys have performed and or shared the stage with:
Cheap Trick
Curtis Salgado
Dana Carvey
Jeff Tamelier (Tower of Power)
Jim Belushi
Linda Hornbuckle
Lisa Mann
Paul Delay
Rocco Prestia (Tower of Power)
Soul Vaccination
… and many others.

TJ Wong with Brady Goss
2024-05-03 20:00 - 23:30 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$ 10 Cover
TJ Wong and Brady Goss team up bring their rockin’ show of original blues to Mac’s Restaurant and Nightclub backed by the Pacific Northwest Thunder crew featuring Alec Donn, and Timmer Blakely. This double header is one not to be missed.

The Joe Simbari Trio
2024-04-26 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$7 Cover
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Joe Simbari, comes from some seriously excellent blues roots: Howlin Dogma, Blue Shimmay, Mikey and the Mainiacs, Shovelhead Road including some time working the Tucson, Arizona biker circuit. A long time stage performer, this sharp-dressed bluesman will bring us some supper hip jump blues swing to The Twisted Duck Pub. Joining Joe on stage will be Todd Barnes on bass, Jesse Yonally on sax and Dave Roberts on drums.

Natty "O" 's 75th birthday bash!
2024-04-19 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$6 Cover
$7 Minimum purchase
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For over 50 years, Natty “O” has been playing music. Born in Los Angeles, and raised in the Bronx, Natty followed his brother to Eugene and started playing bass with the popular local band “Etoufee”.
Though Natty played with several Blues bands across the country before coming to Eugene, He enjoyed playing locally with The Roosterman, a popular Blues musician.
About 16 years ago, Natty was asked to host a show on KRVM. His brother, The Leffman, also hosted a show on another local public radio station.
Natty is a historian on Blues music and loves being a DJ on KRVM where he can share his knowledge with listeners. His mission is to try and keep the Blues alive.
For Natty, Blues music is about emotion and feeling and he tries to convey that to his listeners during his show.

The Andrew Matthews Band
2024-04-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
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All Ages
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$7 Minimum purchase
The Andrew Matthews Band is an exciting blues rock power trio based in Portland, OR signed with Lightning In A Bottle records.
Its leader, Andrew Matthews is a high energy guitarist & singer from Portland. He is a wave maker in his local Portland-Vancouver area and online, receiving top level recognition for his guitar skills.
Dennis Kaz is the hard hitting powerhouse on drums. He’s a seasoned professional touring and session musician. Kevin Kelley on bass recently moved to Oregon from Texas where he spent nearly 40 years as a music educator and radio host. Since his move to Willamette Valley, Kevin has quickly integrated into the Portland music scene.
In Feb 2023, the Andrew Matthews Band released a first taste of their debut album with the single “What I’m Feeling,” along with an accompanying music video. With the release of their debut album “Troubled Child” on July 1st, they released their second video for the song “Take Me Away.”
In July 2023, the Andrew Matthews Band released their debut studio album “Troubled Child” via Lightning in a Bottle Records. All 11 original tracks are written and performed by Andrew, backed up by a rhythm section featuring Kevin Kelley and Dennis Kaz. Andrew and the band have performed on some huge stages, including both the 2022 and 2023 Waterfront Blues Festivals, Clark County Fair, and at the Oregon State Capitol.

NatsuKashii Soul
2024-04-06 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$7 Cover
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https://www.natsukashiisoul.com/

THE
WORD

Natsukashii is the Japanese word pointing at the feeling you get when a sense (taste or smell usually) evokes a fond memory from your past. … But natsukashii – which derives from the verb “natsuku”, which means “to keep close and become fond of” – indicates joy and gratitude for the past rather than a desire to return to it . It’s Autumn’s favorite word.

THE
STORY

One day when Vince came over to jam a few tunes at Frank’s place, he brought Autumn Rose on a whim to sing a few tunes. Within the first 4 measures the sun shone bright and we were all filled with amazement when Autumn started singing. “Got to get Milo on the phone” Frank said — and he came over with his bass in hand. We played for a couple of hours, and we knew that magic was bestowed upon us. At the end of the afternoon we took the name Autumn thought up and we became Natsukashii Soul before the end of the day.

The Joanne Broh Trio
2024-03-27 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Featuring Joanne Broh, Garry Meziere & Jon Brand
No Cover
All Ages
$7 Minimum Purchase

James Monroe CD Release with The Hank Shreve Band
2024-03-16 20:00 - 23:30 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$10 Cover

Hank Shreve began playing harmonica at the age of 8 and has established himself as a major harmonica talent on the blues scene in the Pacific Northwest. Between the age of 8 – 18, he became proficient on other instruments such as Drums, Keyboards, Guitar, Dobro , Lap-Steel and Vocals,
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Hank won the Northwest Harmonica Championship in 2008 and CBA’s Muddy Award for Best Harmonica in 2009 and 2013. Hank has performed at the Toronto Jazz Festival and the Cognac Blues Passions in France with Karen Lovely, and Seattle’s Bumper Shoot with Magic Dick and Lee Oskar. In November 2018, Hank participated in the Jason Ricci/Winslow Yerxa Harmonica Collective, in New Orleans, with John Nemeth and Rick Estrin.
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Hank has shared the stage with delta-blues legend Honeyboy Edwards, Smash Mouth, Merle Haggard, Norton Buffalo, Gregg Rolie, Marcia Ball, Sista Monica Parker, Amy Clawson & Pam Tillis, Terry Robb, Magic Dick, Lee Oskar, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Karen Lovely, Deanna Bogart, Roger Fisher (from Heart), Curtis Salgado, DK Stewart, Lloyd Jones, Paul deLay and many other well-known national and international acts.
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Hank and his band, (The Hank Shreve Band) have performed at numerous notable venues/events such as The Waterfront Blues Festival, Big Sky Blues Festival, Fourth At The Fort Festival, Willamette Blues/Brews Festival, Eugene Celebration, Oregon State Fair, Highway 99 Blues Club (Seattle), Jazzbones (Tacoma), Sasquatch Brewfest (Eugene)….The Hank Shreve Band has won the CBA’s Muddy Award for Best New Act 2012, and Best Regional Act 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2018.
Apart from being one of Eugene, Oregon’s respected and well-known musicians, Hank is an official Artist-In-Residency at Music Masters in South Eugene where he teaches music with a curriculum that includes Harmonica, Drums, Guitar, Lap-Steel and Piano.

The Joanne Broh & Her Funky Friends
2024-03-15 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Featuring: Tom Teutsch, Jon Brand & Claudia Page
Blues, Soul, and R&B
Bring your dancing shoes!
$8 Cover
$7 Minimum Purchase
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Rockin’, dynamic blues, R&B
Winner 2021 Rainy Day Blues Society Soul Blues Band
www.JoanneBroh.com
Joanne Broh is a column of energy, known for her powerful, soulful voice and the passion of her performance. She is considered one of the best singers of blues, jazz, and Motown.
A dynamic blend of smokin’ blues and R&B with a splash of funk, Joanne Broh will get you dancing and wanting more!
Joanne Broh has opened for Leon Russell, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood, Karen Lovely, Ty Curtis, and Lionel Young.

Winner Female Blues Vocalist Rainy Day Blues Society
Journey to Memphis (International Blues Challenge) Finalist Cascade Blues Association
Wicked Cool #18 on Living Blues Radio chart

Chad Rupp & The Sugar Roots with Joel Astley
2024-03-01 20:00 - 23:30 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$10 Cover
Chad Rupp and the Sugar Roots bring their award winning blue rock show to Eugene’s favorite night club. Playing tunes from their two long charting previous albums and their hot outa the studio new album, the joint will be a rockin. Joining them from Seattle will be chart topping harmonica bad boy Joel Astley to add grease to the fire.

Joanne Broh, Garry Meziere & Jon Brand Trio
2024-02-29 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
No Cover
All Ages
$7 Minimum Purchase

The Blue Owens Band
2024-02-21 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
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People want to see something special when they go out, and that’s exactly what you get with The Blue Owens Band…..
Blue Owens has been blowing the harmonica since the day he was gifted a harp while hitchhiking across the States as a teen. Prior to landing in the Pacific Northwest, and becoming deeply rooted in the Eugene, Oregon blues scene, Blue spent some years in Austin, Texas hanging out with his friend, the blues great, James Cotton. It was with Cotton that Blue perfected his craft.
The Blue Owens Band has honed their original songs in front of live audiences, responding to their listeners, “working the tip jar” in the traditional, old-blues way, bringing down the roof with house-rocking, hard-driving blues. The band’s original tunes are fueled by Blue’s jaw dropping harmonica riffs.
Either a band is great together or they aren’t great at all, and with The Blue Owens Band, it is clear as daylight that all of these blues cats are great, hand-picked musicians who love what they do and love bringing it for you.

Day Mountain Travelers
2024-02-15 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
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$7 Minimum Purchase
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Closed
2024-02-10 - 2024-02-12 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States

The Blu Aces
2024-02-09 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$7 Cover
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American Rock’n Roll & Blues band from Eugene, OR.

The Hank Shreve Trio
2023-11-29 19:00 - 22:00 | OR
No Cover
All Ages
Featuring Hank & Bill Shreve

Carole King / Janis Joplin Tribute show
2024-02-03 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
(Online advance ticket purchases will not receive physical tickets. Advance purchases will be added to the will call list available at the door day of show. All advance tickets guarantee entrance ONLY)
All advance ticket sales are closed, tickets will be available at the door day of show, but seating is extremely limited.
$18 day of show
Carole King and Janis Joplin are two very different artists from the same era.
NW Women Rhythm & Blues is excited to play their music for you.

Sonny Hess (guitar and vocals) Sonny “Smokin” Hess, the first woman nominated in a male dominated field for Best Lead Guitar by the Cascade Blues Association, also holds a nomination for CBA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.www.sonnyhess.com.
Joanne Broh (vocals) a column of energy, known for her powerful, soulful voice. Winner Female Blues Vocalist Rainy Day Blues Society, Soul Blues Band RDBS. http://www.joannebroh.com.
Rae Gordon (vocals) serves up a potent stew of gritty blues and heartfelt soul – soaring vocals https://raegordon.com/
Leah Hinchcliff (bass) Leah Hinchcliff is the embodiment of coolness. Smart, funny and incredibly talented! definitely the funkiest bass player in the PNW. http://www.leahhinchcliff.com
Claudia Paige (drums) Claudia Paige is a highly-sought-after drummer with over thirty years of experience in live performance, recording and music scoring. https://www.claudiathedrummer.com/ Gus Russell will join us on the Carol King portion of the show.

Brian James & The Revival
2024-02-02 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$10 Cover
$7 Minimum Purchase
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Brian James, Guitar, Vocals, Songwriter

Nashville guitar slinger and frontman Brian James brings his brand of blues and soul revival to the stage every time he sets foot on it. The Nashville 2014 Blues Challenge Winner and 2015 NIMA Nomination (Best Performer) reawakens the real music inspired by the pioneers while authentically contributing to the future of roots music. As a fiery national touring act, Brian James and his band have played festivals and clubs, building a loyal following anywhere they go. The energy, emotion and feeling pours out of every step of that strut as he glides across the stage its an interactive, infectious exchange, like a dance, with his audience. He’s just doing what he loves and when you are in the crowd, you feel it. This guy is real and … he’s real good.
“To watch Brian onstage is to be totally enthralled and charmed by him. He is a cross between Jimi Hendrix with a touch of the Allman Brothers mixed right in to bring a performance that is all Brian James.” – (Andy Ellis, The Guitar Show)

Whirly Bop
2024-02-01 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
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Featuring Skip Jones, Steve Arriola, Theo Halpert & Sylvain Duplant

Skip & his group, The Spirit of New Orleans, play a smattering of the great rhythm and blues hits of the ’50s and ’60s, as well as some great pop & rock organ classics of the ’60s and ’70’s. Add to that a bonifide New Orleans piano boogie-woogie and the party follows!
Over the last 20 years, frontman Skip Jones has enjoyed working with such bands as: The Coasters, The Drifters, The Platters, Joe Houston & Bo Diddley. He toured with the great Canned Heat in 1985-86 holding down Larry Taylor’s bass position. Skip has worked with The Etouffee Band, James Thornbury, James Bradshaw and Henry Vestine extensively. Skip can be seen performing at least 4 times a week in Eugene at the jams and with his own band The Spirit of New Orleans. He’s taken over for the Rooster Man hosting Eugene’s longest running Blues Jam.
For over 30 years, Stephen Arriola has made his music in nightclubs, theaters, hotel circuits, concert halls, festivals, and on recordings, using his musical skills to support songwriters as a Multi-Instrumentalist, Vocalist, Accompanist, and
Composer/Arranger.
He also employs his professional skills as a Consultant and Private Music Teacher.
Stephen studied guitar under GIT graduate Billy Paris, and studied Music Theory, Audio Engineering and Jazz at Lane Community College.
Currently, he performs as leader of The Steve Arriola Band, an Americana-Rock and Roll Band.
He divides the rest of his time as lead guitar for Skip Jones and the Spirit of New Orleans, a Piano driven Blues quartet, and The Concrete Delta Trio, a guitar driven collective of friends playing Old Country Music, Blues and pop. He is often employed in various duos, trios and full bands featuring Joanne Broh, an award winning vocalist in the Pacific Northwest.

Joanne Broh & Special Collection
2024-01-20 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$8 Cover
$7 Minimum Purchase
Veteran musicians Joanne Broh (vocals), Gerry Rempel (guitar), Jon Brand (bass), Gus Russell (keyboards), and Georges Bouhey (drums) offer a very special show of dance-able tunes from blues, jazz, and popular genres.
Adaptions of songs by Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, George Harrison, Steely Dan, LaVelle White and many more.
This is a one time show you don’t want to miss!

Coupe de Ville
2024-01-06 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$7 Cover
$7 minimum purchase
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Coupe de Ville is one of the Pacific Northwest’s truly Classic Variety Bands specializing in rock-solid danceable music entertainment. As the name implies, Coupe de Ville has its roots firmly planted in the classic rock eras of the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. From Doo-Wop to Funk, Top 40 to Motown, this band covers the artists and the songs you love to hear, dance and sing along with. Coupe de Ville has everything available to make each and every event a truly unique success.
With over 150 popular “Hot” Top Billboard Dance Songs and Artist Hits in their current repertoire to choose from, Coupe de Ville has that special ability to match the right songs to the Clients needs. Their emphasis in recreating the vocal harmonies and instrumentation that made these songs monster hits are delivered with true high-energy showmanship, class, and authenticity.
Coupe de Ville delivers a unique entertainment experience every time they take the stage. Always playing in good taste that’s appropriate for the audience, the band mixes the total “Live Music Experience” combination of sound, lights and theatrics to every show performance. Who knows, you may even hear “The Wolfman” deliver one of his famous Howling Raves.
Coupe de Ville is comprised of:
Bob “Wolfman” Heilman on Keyboard & Vocals
Gary Marullo on Guitar & Vocals
Steve Morgan on Bass Guitar & Vocals
Bob Hohenberger on Drums & Vocals
Coupe de Ville has nearly 200 combined years of event entertainment expertise. Using state-of-the–art equipment, the band takes the hassle out of the clients event planning.
If it’s the best live Variety Dance Entertainment you want, book Coupe de Ville for your next event and let them take you on a musical joyride down the highway of 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s popular music with an occasional side trip down the back road of something truly special!
