Brynna Dean of 100 Watt Mind @ Club 66

Last night was probably the seventh time I’ve had the privilege of seeing 100 Watt Mind live. While they always put on a great show, their performance last night had more energy than I have ever witnessed before. 100 Watt Mind absolutely killed it from beginning to end at Club 66 on this evening.

Skyler Squglio working his cherry Gibson SG

I have said it before, and I’ll probably say it again, but I love Club 66. I enjoyed a fantastic Caesar salad prior to 100 Watt Mind. The lighting is so good. So many small clubs do little or nothing in the lighting department, but I really appreciate a venue that puts forth the extra effort to make the lighting as professional as the sound.

Nathan Hurlocker on bass guitar

Robert Morris on drums for 100 Watt Mind @ Club 66 – Ashland, Oregon – February 2, 2013

Posted on February 3rd, 2013 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: 100 Watt Mind, club 66, concert photography, Nikon D600, sigma 85mm f/1.4. Comments Off on 100 Watt Mind @ Club 66 photos

100 Watt Mind is playing at Club 66 this Saturday night. Sweet Malloy, Fuck! A Monster, and FatherDoug are opening so don’t expect 100 Watt Mind to hit the stage before 11 p.m. or so.

Posted on February 1st, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: 100 Watt Mind, concert photography, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on 100 Watt Mind playing at Club 66 February 2, 2013 @ 8:00 p.m.

Kyra Kelly and Zak Johnson of The Dead Americans @ Eugene, Oregon’s McDonald Theatre

Opening for Zepparella and Hells Belles earlier this month in Eugene was a local band called The Dead Americans.

Posted on January 27th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, eugene, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on The Dead Americans @ Eugene’s Historic McDonald Theatre

Noah Smith of Fire in the Northwest @ Ashland’s Club 66

Fire in the Northwest sporting Lamb of God and Mastodon t-shirts

Fire in the Northwest

Posted on January 26th, 2013 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: club 66, concert photography, fire in the northwest, Nikon D600, sigma 85mm f/1.4. Comments Off on Fire in the Northwest @ Club 66

Sideshow Project from Grants Pass @ Club 66 in Ashland, Oregon

I went to my first show at the new Club 66 last night. My take is that Club 66 is the best venue for live music in Southern Oregon, period. The sound, lighting, and stage are all superior to other live houses in Ashland, Medford, and Grants Pass. If you ever went to Stillwater and found it to be too dark and/or too difficult to get near or see the stage, you’ll want to see the improvements that have been made to the Club 66 version of the place.

As you can tell, the members of Sideshow Project rotated instruments and vocal duties like they were playing musical chairs.

With no alcohol (yet) at Club 66, the place is very kid friendly

Posted on January 26th, 2013 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: club 66, concert photography, Nikon D600, sigma 85mm f/1.4. Comments Off on Sideshow Project @ Club 66

Major Jones rocking Roscoe’s BBQ on 1/19/13

A friend was telling me that I would like Major Jones after happening upon them at Roscoe’s BBQ in Phoenix (between Ashland and Medford) one evening. So last night we headed up old Highway 99 to check them out. By the time they played Black Sabbath’s “Fairies Wear Boots” (about their fourth or fifth song of their nearly three hour set) I realized I had a new favorite local band to follow. Their original songs sounded great, and they covered Robin Trower, The Ramones, Cliff Burton-era Metallica (twice), Radiohead, AC/DC, and Motorhead.

(from left to right) Skinny, Matt, Travis, and Kelly of Major Jones

I had given up hope of recording video with a DSLR when the results from my D7000 were so underwhelming. I heard bad things about the audio with the D600 so I hadn’t even bothered to try. However, last night, just for kicks since I could set my camera on a table, I tried taking a couple of short video clips with the default settings and no external mic. The results came out better than my D7000 with an external mic! So now I have to consider actually trying to take decent videos with my Nikon D600 using something better than the default settings and with an external microphone.

Posted on January 20th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, major jones, music, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, video. Comments Off on Major Jones @ Roscoe’s BBQ

Gretchen Menn of Zepparella

Along with Hell’s Belles, Zepparella also played at the McDonald Theatre in Eugene this past Saturday night.

Zepparella at the McDonald Theatre – Eugene, Oregon – January 12, 2013

Clementine channeling John Bonham

Noelle Doughty knocking out the Led Zeppelin numbers with Robert Plant curls

Angeline Saris of Zepperella

Posted on January 15th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, eugene, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, zepparella. Comments Off on Zepparella @ McDonald Theatre

Adrian Conner of Hell’s Belles doing Angus Young on her Gibson SG guitar

While in Eugene, I attended the Hell’s Belles and Zepparella show at the historic McDonald Theatre. There was no photo pit which made photography a challenge even with my photo pass. I’ll post some more photos from the show of Hell’s Belles here.

Posted on January 13th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, eugene, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Hell’s Belles (AC/DC cover band)

Rum Rebellion @ Musichead – Medford, Oregon – January 5, 2013

Alex on bass for Rum Rebellion (Portland, Oregon based Irish, Folk, Punk, Metal band)

Rum Rebellion planned setlist (actual setlist went longer due to unplanned encores)

Big T on the tin whistle for Rum Rebellion

Dave Noise of Rum Rebellion

Posted on January 6th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people, places. Tags: concert photography, musichead, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, rum rebellion. Comments Off on Rum Rebellion @ Musichead 1/5/13