Jeff Crosby with Special Guest Brass Tacks,

About the event

Jeff Crosby

Born and raised in Idaho, Jeff Crosby has been sharing his unique perspective of Americana throughout the US and beyond for the past decade. His songs and stories paint a picture of the hardships and beauty of being raised and living in small town America, to five years living in a shoe box apartment off Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles CA. Then traveling and living on the road playing 250 shows a year. Though recently making the move to Nashville TN, Jeff continues to spend majority of his time touring the country.  

After spending the last two years splitting his time between playing guitar for Widespread Panic song-writer Jerry Joseph and performing with his own band, The Refugees, Jeff hit the studio to record his fourth full length album, Postcards from Magdalena. These new songs were inspired by the places and cultures Crosby experienced while traveling and touring across the U.S., Iceland, the U.K., Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua, and Alaska.   

Brass Tacks

Country music being played today has an identity crisis; Brass Tacks were a little surprised to find out bar owners and venues couldn’t agree more by booking them to play their young, unique, and real sound. They have continued to bring their southern-rock, love-song, outlaw-country sound to all corners of the Oregon scene with a passion for music and an ever growing crowd.

The band started in 2014 when songwriter and frontman Andy Good met lead guitarist Eli Howard and harmonica player Cody Patey at a local open mic. The three were familiar with each other, Andy just stepping out into the music scene, and Eli and Cody having recently left their former band. “That’s how I’ve always envisioned that song sounding.” says Andy after playing an original of his for the first time, “and we instantly knew a new band had just formed after playing a single song together.”

The band was soon joined by drummer Eli Taghon, who’s heavy-hitting, in your face, but just right style of playing meshed seamlessly. “I’ve played with Taghon for over 8 years,” recalls Howard, “and he was in the same band as Cody and I prior to Brass Tacks so it wasn’t even a question of ‘who will the drummer be?’ it was Taghon.” The prior experience playing together was one of the key factors that helped get Brass Tacks on their feet onto stages so quickly.

Excited as they were with their new sound they didn’t let off the gas pedal, booking their first 4 hour live show a month later. By month 6 of being a band, they recorded their first album, The EP, and sold out of the initial 500 copies in two weeks. “We love this band,” says Sarah Quier, owner of the Wild Horse Bar & Grill, “we can always count on a crowd when they play and they put on a great show.” Local roadhouse and longest running honky-tonk bar manager Nic Rodio agrees, “Brass Tacks has such a unique sound. I get excited when it’s time to book them and when I know they’re going to play.”

While being very happy with their success and their devoted fans in Oregon, Brass Tacks has set their sights on the entire Pacific Northwest Region. They label their sound as Oregon Country but they know it won’t just be Oregon that will enjoy it. The band is currently in studio to record and release their first full length album, after which they are planning a tour from Southern California to Vancouver BC. “We just want to play at any opportunity we have, ” says Eli Howard, “I’ve never been in a band with this much potential and we’ll be damned if we let it go to waste.”

“Above all else,” says Andy Good, “we’re about family, friends and the music. That’s where I draw my inspiration from when writing. The hard working people of Oregon, the love I have for my family and my girlfriend Lynn, and a couple band mates that sometimes I may want to strangle, but will always be my friends. We love what we do. Sure we hope some day it’ll pay the bills, but even if it doesn’t, we won’t stop playing our songs.”

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Your generous sponsorship,will help us to have good attendance. We look forward to hosting more concerts in the future to provide the citizens of Grant County, Oregon good quality entertainment and attract outside visitors to help enhance the local economy.
 

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Madden Brothers Performing Arts Center is Grant County, OR's first ever indoor music venue, providing quality entertainment to Eastern Oregon residents year-round.  A lot of effort has gone into making this possible.  We hope to see you at the next event! 

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