Mac's Restaurant

Rock'n Rewind
2024-10-12 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$8 Cover
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Late 1960s Early 1970s groovy Rock ‘n Roll to get you out on the dance floor! Let’s Groove!

Karaoke For Cash!
2024-10-10 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-03 19:00 - 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 the KJ to vote for their top 3 performers of the night. All votes will be tallied at 10:00pm

Johnny Burgin
2024-09-27 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$15 Cover

Johnny Burgin:
Johnny grew up in Starkville, Mississippi and went to University of Chicago at 18, but ended up attending “blues university”. Since the early 90’s Johnny has toured and recorded with blues legends such as Pinetop Perkins, Sam Lay, Tail Dragger and Billy Boy Arnold as well as ten of his own CDs. Johnny was nominated for a Blues Musical Award for Best Traditional Blues CD of 2017 for Howlin’ at Greaseland, a Howlin’ Wolf tribute. Vintage Guitar stated of his most recent effort, “No Border Blues Japan”: “Stellar fretwork and gloriously loose, earthy and immediate Chicago blues”.

The Blue Owens Band
2024-09-22 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$8 Cover
$7 Minimum Purchase
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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.

The Strange Tones
2024-09-21 20:00 - 23:00 | OR
$15 Cover
$10 for RDBS Members
“THE STRANGE TONES PRESS RELEASE
The Strange Tones Return to Eugene
September 21, Saturday, 8:00pm
Mac’s Restaurant and Nightclub
Tickets $15 door
$5 off for Rainy Day Blues Society members or groups of 3 or more
The iconic Portland band, The Strange Tones are thrilled to announce their return to Mac’s
Restaurant & Nightclub! Known for their unforgettable performances and electrifying
energy, the band considers Mac’s their old Eugene stomping grounds, and have a history
of exciting performances there.
The magic of this ensemble is fueled by four players who are equally compelled and driven
to advance their cause. Led by the husband-and-wife team of Guitar Julie and bassist
Andy Strange, and fortified by longtime partners guitarist Suburban Slim and drummer
Dave Melyan, this group forms “….one of Portland’s most original and accomplished
bands.” – The Oregonian. Members Andy Strange and Suburban Slim both have deep
musical roots that are firmly planted in Eugene. Strange was born and raised in Eugene
and Slim lived there for many years, and they both established reputations as some of the
top musicians of the area.
Going strong since 2001, the band is known for their one-of-a-kind style they call
“Crime-A-Billy”. Their unique sound draws upon the rich traditions of blues, rockabilly, surf,
and R & B, and finishes it off with a private eye twist. Their combination of well-crafted
songwriting, top notch musicianship, and playful, engaging stage shows has earned the
band multiple awards and entry into the Muddy Hall of Fame by the Cascade Blues
Association. “Many people find it hard to show something new within the electric blues
format and they should ask The Strange Tones for some private lessons as they have
found their own niche and truly shine.”
-The Voice of the Blues, Przemek Draheim, Poland
WWW.STRANGETONES.COM • (503) 866-6405 • P.O. BOX 86802 PORTLAND, OR • 97286

Michael Tracey & The Hi-tones
2024-09-12 20:00 - 23:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
$8 Cover
$7 minimum purchase
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MICHAEL TRACEY & the HI-TONES is at its core, a high energy blues band, but their set list includes a healthy dose of cover and original of Rock, Funk, R&B, and Soul. They are well known as a band that can quickly fill a dance floor and keep it full all night. Fronted by award winning singer, songwriter and harmonica player, Michael Tracey, this is a quickly rising band on the Northwest music landscape. The band released it’s first album in 2009 entitled “Got To Get Away” which is receiving great reviews and radio play. The band honed their chops hosting a Wednesday night jam session at a Night Club, Diablo’s Downtown Lounge over a 5 year residency before moving on to regional festivals such as The Eugene Celebration, The United States Olympic Trials, The Willamette Valley Blues and Brews Fest, The Hops Festival, and the Chowder Blues and Brews Festival.
This band is not afraid to travel to Night Clubs, Festivals and private parties.
Accolades that the band has received include:…. 2009 Rainy Day Blues Society Rooster Awards – Best Male Vocalist (Michael Tracey); Best Contemporary Blues Band (The Hi-Tones); Best Instrumentalist (Paul J Biondi). …. 2009 Best of Eugene Awards: Best Musician (Paul J Biondi)…. 2008 Willamette Valley Music Festival: Songwriting Contest Winner (Michael Tracey)…. 2008 Annual Portland Harmonica Summit: Featured Artist (Michael Tracey)…. 2007 Northwest Harmonica Championship: Winner (Michael Tracey)…. 2007 Annual Bill Rhoades Waterfront Blues Festival Harmonica Blowout: Featured Performer (Michael Tracey)…. 2006 Lane Community College Music Department “Golden Ears” Award For Outstanding Recording and Mixing: (Steve Arriola)….
Band Member Bios:
Paris native Sylvain Duplant (Bass) has been playing music and singing his whole life, and has toured France and other parts of Europe as a founding member of the Psychedelic Rock band “ALICE” as well as the Tango group, “Mood Area 52”. He is a multi-instrumentalist, (Classical Double Bass, Cello, Guitar, Mandolin, and Accordian) and a capable songwriter as well.
Formerly of Seattle and L.A. native, Stephen Arriola (Guitar) has hosted numerous blues jams and served in the role of lead guitar player for many bands including the popular Oregon Americana band “Silas”, “Stone Mosey”, “Johnny Wilde and the Blue Yonder” and “Phoebe Blume” and others that have taken him as far away as Shanghai, China. Specializing in Bottle-neck and Lap Style Slide guitar, Stephen’s soulful playing has been compared to Ry Cooder and David Lindley. “Give me a great singer to support, and you will get your money’s worth!” says Arriola.

Marshall Falcon & The Midnight Bazaar
2024-09-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors weather permitting
No Cover
$7 Minimum Purchase
TexMex Border Rock
https://marshallfalcon.com/

Widespread Haze
2024-08-15 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors Weather permitting
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$7 minimum purchase
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Widespread Haze is a time-travelling, hip-shaking, psychedelic rock-n-roll trio, specializing in organic earworms and lyrical hash. They were established over an Elvis album among the Evergreens of Southern Oregon with a nip of bourbon and an axe in hand, the six-string kind. Their original self-produced music crosses genres with whimsical cynicism that resonates across generations. Members: Tommy Whiteside (drums/vocals), Matthew Campbell (guitar/vocals), Kristi Rifenbark (bass guitar/vocals).

The Blu Aces
2024-08-08 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors weather permitting
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$7 Minimum Purchase
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American Rock’n Roll & Blues band from Eugene, OR.

Donnie Raye & The Blues Foundation
2024-08-01 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors weather permitting
No Cover
All Ages
$7 Minimum purchase
Southern Soul & Blues

The Dennis Jones Band CD Release Party
2024-07-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors weather permitting
No Cover
$7 Minimum Purchase
Dennis’s feet are firmly rooted in the past, yet his heart and soul are connected to the present. He writes songs that seamlessly blend the best of both worlds, presenting a unique and contemporary style of American rock and blues. And he isn’t afraid to tackle the controversial issues of today. Dennis has written songs for other notable artists as well. Guitar Shorty and others!
After opening for these greats, Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy, and most recently, George Thorogood and Tinsley Ellis… and touring the US, Canada, and Europe for years, Dennis Jones and his band are now HEADLINING! Sizzling hot guitar solos. Smooth and soulful vocals. High-energy stage performance. Backed by a rhythm section that is second to none, this IS Dennis Jones. Check out this live show, and you’ll instantly agree, this band ROCKS the blues like NO other!

RDBS Ladies Sing The Blues
2024-07-19 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors weather permitting
No Cover
$7 Minimum Purchase
Featuring: Jeanne Gregg, Darcy Lee, Dana Gibson, J’aime Beck, Erin Daniels, Siss Cassman, Dennis Monroe, John Collison & Dave Roberts.

Concrete Delta Electric Band
2024-07-12 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors Weather permitting
No Cover
$7 Minimum purchase
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Americana (Originals & Covers)
Americana Music from 3 good friends (Steve Arriola, Todd Dennis, Paul Hobbs) who Love Guitars, Tube amps and 3-part harmony, paying respect to Old Country Music, Blues, and Rock n Roll with a polite nod to 20th century Pop & other surprises.

Inner Limits Featuring Rob Kohler (Bass Virtuoso)
2024-07-11 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors weather permitting
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$7 Minimum Purchase
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Inner Limits is an energetic blues/funk/rock group out of Oregon that weaves original material and unique arrangements of solid classic blues and rock songs into each set. The group frequently headlines regional craft beer and music festivals and keeps a busy performance schedule at wineries, breweries and casinos.
The band consists of Olem Alves on guitar/vocals, Torrey Newhart on keyboards/vocals and Ryan Biesack on drums.

Rob Kohler

Rob Kohler

Bassist, composer, and educator Rob Kohler has been a featured performer at many music festivals around the world including; Montreux, Strawberry, Vancouver International, and the Stanford Jazz Workshop, to name a few.
He has been a regular at Stanford Jazz Workshop since 1991. From 2006-08 Kohler served as the Education Director for SJW. He helped to design and implement a successful middle school jazz program at NOCCA in New Orleans and is a regular clinician there to date.
As a composer Rob has been the recipient of two NEA Grants and his originals have been featured on numerous recordings. His greatly anticipated Jazz Theory Book is slated for an early summer release. He is currently directing an elementary orchestra in the Inglewood School District in Los Angeles, gigging around town, working in the studios, and writing songs for movies and TV.

Closed
2024-07-04 - 2024-07-06 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States

Closed For Private Event
2024-07-03 08:00 - 18:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States

SoulStruck
2024-06-29 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors weather permitting
NoCover
$7 Minimum purchase
SoulStruck is a high energy funk and soul group that makes it hard to not move and will awaken your chakras

The Knockoffs
2024-06-28 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors weather permitting
No Cover
$7 Minimum Purchase
Featuring: Young James Resse, Dave Roberts,Michael Morningsun, Ronnie Raye Carper & Stefan Vereen

Skip Jones
2024-06-27 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors weather permitting
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$7 minimum purchase
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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.

The Greg Nestler Band
2024-06-22 19:00 - 22:00 | Mac’s Nightclub, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Outdoors weather permitting

No Cover

$7 minimum purchase
Interweaving soulful vocals and dynamic guitar playing, Pacific Northwest singer-songwriter, Greg Nestler and his band have been delivering their fiery blend of soul/rock to audiences throughout the NW.
Trouble, is the latest album since his previous effort, Duality. Duality was produced by Bryan Bell and gave Nestler the opportunity to have featured guest appearances from Ray Parker, Jr., Freddie Washington (Steely Dan) and David K Mathews (Santana).
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Nestler, raised in Southeast Portland, was first introduced to the musical arts/performance at an early age through tap dancing. It wasn’t until years later that he began exploring his love of blues guitar and R&B/soul music. After moving to Eugene to attend the University of Oregon, Nestler began playing local venues with his songwriting duo, Nestler & Hawtin. The duo were soon playing sizable festivals throughout the Northwest (Portland Rose Festival, Bite of Seattle, Bite of Portland, Taste of Tacoma).
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Pulling from influences like Bill Withers to Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix, Nestler’s live performances feature superb blues guitar and groove fueled originals.

Greydogz
2024-05-29 19:00 - 22:00 | 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 | 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.
