Me-Guitars, Lap-Steel, Mandolin, Fiddle, Banjo, Piano, Harmonica, and Vocals
Influences
Muddy Waters, Bob Wills, Eric Clapton, Steve Earle, Pete Seeger, Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Jackie Greene, Neil Young, Hank Williams (all of them Hanks), Django Reinhardt, The Hellecasters, Johnny Winter, Memphis Minnie, LeadBelly, Bob Dylan, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Ezra Meredith, Led Zeppelin, Dick Dale, Mark O'Conner, Charlie Patton, The Beatles, Johhny Cash, John Hartford, B.B. King, Jimmie Rodgers, Jimmy Rogers, Roy Rogers aka Leonard Slye, Buddy Holly, Howlin' Wolf, Merle Haggard, Ray Charles, Willie Dixon, Carlos Santana, The Rolling Stones, Townes Van Zandt, John Hiatt, John Prine, Johnny Rivers, John the Baptist, and so many others.
Sounds Like
A soft, warm, richly harmonic melody from the past and the future, resounding from a glass-enclosed vacuum of deep space.
From Portland, Oregon, I am a multi-talented musician that performs an energetic blend of acoustic/electric music of which the driving force is taken from the music and stories of the simple life and hard times that I have experienced for the past 54 years. These tunes have been coerced out of my mind by various substances, only to be etched with ink (or blood) onto sheets of paper (or the occasional barroom napkin), then mysteriously transformed into wildly gyrating actions of human appendages onto the fretboard of various stringed instruments, only then to be spewed out upon the unsuspecting audience in an emotionally charged discharge of vocality, electronic emissions and sound waves, through a smoky grid of uncertainty.
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Peace to everyone,
Randy Yearout
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Of course, I also do the occasional cover tune by Steve Earle, Jackie Greene, Neil Young, Woody Guthrie, Johhny Cash, Willie Nelson, Willie Dixon, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, The Beatles, Muddy Waters, The Stones... and the beat goes on.
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Thank you
Come out and just enjoy the show, or jump in and participate (liquid courage available at the bar!). Do you or your friends have something to share with us?
We're playing a great show with the Joe McMurrian Quartet (now Woodbrain) and Eggplant this Thursday. It'll be a super solid evening of music. Hope to see you there! ~~C
Thursday, April 9th : 9:30 pm : 21+ : $4
Kelly's Olympian 426 SW Washington St Portland, OR 97204
Thanks again Randy. Had a good time jammin' with you guys. But did I miss out on all the fun? Why'd you guys just sparely get out of there alive? Probably cause everyone that showed up Saturday night asked where the hell's the harp player that was here last night!? He might just steal the show!
Thanks again for coming out lastnight, I had a great time! Lot of fun jamming with you man! Here's a shot from last week! Hope to play with you again, this weekend man!
We have 2 great shows coming up. Hope you can make it out! ~~Thanks. C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, Feb. 6th - FREE! The Twilight Room - 5242 N. Lombard 3 Full sets of Pan-ian goodness! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, Feb. 13th - FREE! The Kenton Club - 2025 N Kilpatrick St. with Lucky Tigers and Right On John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Looks like I'll be heading thru Portland yet once again! I just love you guys there so much, I can't stay away! So, you know me, I'll be looking forward to hanging out and jammin' with you and anyone else you can think of! I'll be in touch when I get close!
Hey Randy- I was planning on it. I thought you put me on the list- but now I'm kinda tempted to go to the jam at Joel's bathroom instead- let me think about it :)