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North of the city limits of Seattle, with the Puget Sound on the west, Cascade Mountains on the east, small, and not so small nightclubs and casinos still play rock, rock'n roll, and R&B cover tunes into the wee hours of any Friday or Saturday night.

What follows are some of those clubs and the bands that are playing


January

Club Jan 01-02 Jan 08-09 Jan 15-16 Jan 22-23 Jan 29-30
13th Avenue (01){they don't know} (08)Guilty Pleasures (15)Dogtones (22)Funaddicts (29)Dejagroove
Angel of the Winds Casino Country Rock Association Midlife Crisis & Alimony Horns Replacementz City Zu Tweety & Tomcats
Baxter's Bridge Bridge Slackers Expertease Expertease
Big Daddy's (01)About Face / (02)dsyFUNKsion (08)Dejagroove / (09)Pop Tarts (15)Country Rock Association / (16)- (22)Pop Culture / (23)Dr. Funk (29)Pop Offs / (30)Bullet Creek
Eddie's Trackside (01)Brainstorm / (02)Wilbur (08)Wired / (09)Fabulous Hammer (15)All Mixed Up / (16)Stargass (22)Shotgun Aces / (23)Brooke Pennock (29)Mulebone / (30)Knee Deep
Fairhaven (01){closed} / (02)Saceband (08){none} / (09){none} (15)Magic Bus / (16)Spaceband (22)Sweetwater / (23)Sunset Superman (29)Calbrea / (30)Spaceband
Forecasters (01){closed} / (02)Sub Motive (08)Creme Tangerine / (09)Massy Ferguson (15)Kingdogs / (16)Motown Cowboys (22)Plastic Soul / (23)Sektor 7 (29)Fabulous Roofshakers / (30)Rock Steady
Jimmy Jacks Rolling Thunder Marlin James Resonators 3pm Trio {they don't know}
Marco's Changes TimeSlip Expertease Big Dog Revue Triple Shot
Mardini's (1){none} / (2)Franks in Opera Expertease Angry Young Men Triple Shot Hiwatt
Oddfellow's Grill (01){none} / (02)Rock Steady (08)Snake Oil / (09)Road Dogz (15)Wired / (16){none} (22)Black Velvet 4 / (23)Petty Thief (29)Two Sheds Jackson / (30)Ricky Venture Revue
Oxford Saloon Motown Cowboys Black Velvet 4 Charles White Stracy Jones CC James
Raging River Saloon {none} (08)Ricky Venture Revue / (09)Free Rain (15)Boneyard / (16)Author Unknown (22)Shelley & Curves / (23)Chrome Molly (29)Rockafellers / (30)Big Dog Revue
Rockbottom Restaurant (02)Vote for Pedro (09)About Face (16)Loudmouth Blonde (23)Rosie's Boyfriend (30)Mealfrog
Silver Reef Casino Tony & Tigers Tweety & Tomcats City Zu Replacementz Motown Cruisers
Skagit Valley Casino Shane Thomas (08)Goods / (09)That 80's Show (15)Knut Bell / (16)Coyote Creek Freddy Pink (29)Spazmatics / (30)Pop Culture
Tulalip Casino Beatniks (08)Changes / (09)Beatniks (15)Beatniks / (16)Hit Explosion (22)Spaceband / (23)Machine (29)Machine / (30)Oncore
Twin Dragons (02)Shyanne (09)Franks in Opera (16)Jet City Players (23)Majik (30){they don't know}
Village Restaurant Black Velvet 4 Smokehouse Andy B. Rick Cooper Magnetics

February

Club Feb 05-06 Feb 12-13 Feb 19-20 Feb 26-27
13th Avenue (05)Expertease (12)- (19)Jim Basnight (26)-
Angel of the Winds Casino Seatown Rhythm & Blues el Colonel & Doubleshot Midlife Crisis & Alimony Horns Country Rock Association
Baxter's Triple Shot - - Expertease
Big Daddy's (05)Big Dog Revue / (06)Dirty Hollywood & Machine (12)Expertease / (13)Platinum Spandex (19)dsyFUNKsion / (20)Dr.Funk (26)Shelley & Curve / (27)Goods
Eddie's Trackside (05)Stacy Jones / (06)- (12)Wired / (13)Hotbox (19)Smokehouse / (20)4 Outta 5 (26)Wes Jones / (27)Stickshift Annie
Fairhaven (05)Afrodesiacs / (06)Spaceband (12)Body Shots / (13)Supersonic Soul Pimps (19){none} / (20)Spaceband (26)Monkeywrench / (27)Blindfate
Forecasters (05)Richochet / (06)Massey Ferguson (12)Magazine / (13)Wired (19)Trainwreck / (20)Bottle Shock (26)Fabulous Roofshakers / (27)Rock Steady
Jimmy Jacks Moon Daddy - - -
Marco's Angry Young Men Changes Expertease -
Mardini's Smokehouse - Machine Franks in Opera
Oddfellow's Grill (05)Hairmageddon / (06)No Rules (12)- / (13)Union Jack (19)- / (20)- (26)- / (27)-
Oxford Saloon (05)Tweety & Tomcats / (06)Fabulous Roofshakers Polly O'Keary & Rhythym Method Junkyard Jane Wired
Raging River Saloon (05)Knee Deep / (06)Road Dogz (12)Becki Sue & Big Rockin Daddies / (13)About Face (19)Slackers / (20)Kissing Girls (26)Hiwatt / (27)Crosswire
Rockbottom Restaurant (06)Free Rain (13)Notorious Sensation (20)King Dogs (27)Mealfrog
Silver Reef Casino Midlife Crisis & Alimony Horns Albriton McLain & Bridge of Souls Pop Tarts Motown Cruisers
Skagit Valley Casino Jonathan Harris (12)Timebenders / (13)That 80's Show Bullet Creek Oncore
Tulalip Casino Beatniks (12)Oncore / (13)Afrodisiacs (19)Spazmatics / (20)Changes (26)Goods / (27)Sonic Funk Orchestra
Twin Dragons (06)Franks in Opera (13)Expertease (20)Jet City Players (27)Majik
Village Restaurant Snakebite Black Velvet - Phil Slater

March

Club Mar 05-06 Mar 12-13 Mar 19-20 Mar 26-27
13th Avenue (05)- (12)Expertease (19)- (26)-
Angel of the Winds Casino - - - -
Baxter's - - Expertease -
Big Daddy's (05)- / (06)- (12)Bullet Creek / (13)- (19)SouL'd Out / (20)- (26)- / (27)-
Eddie's Trackside (05)- / (06)- (12)- / (13)- Highway 9 (26)- / (27)-
Fairhaven (05)- / (06)- (12)- / (13)- (19)- / (20)- (26)- / (27)-
Forecasters (05)Dogtones / (06)Rock Steady (12)Dudley Taft Blues Overkill / (13)Sub Motive (19)Kris Orlowski / (20)Red Herring (26)Wired / (27)Fabulous Roof Shakers
Jimmy Jacks - - - -
Marco's Big Dog Revue - Triple Shot -
Mardini's Expertease - - Expertease
Oddfellow's Grill (05)Changes / (06)- (12)- / (13)- (19)- / (20)American Night (26)- / (27)-
Oxford Saloon Motown Cowboys Red Hot Blues Sisters Black Velvet 4 Charles White
Raging River Saloon (05)About Face / (06)Jim King (12)- / (13)- (19)Nowhere Near Nashville / (20)Miles from Chicago (26)- / (27)-
Rockbottom Restaurant (06)Vote for Pedro (13)- (20)- (27)-
Silver Reef Casino - - - -
Skagit Valley Casino Marlin James & Mo' Trouble (12)Goods / (13)That 80's Show Latigo Lace Freddy Pink
Tulalip Casino (05)Spaceband / (06)Double Wide (12)Oncore / (13)Spazmatics (19)Beatniks / (20)Hit Explosion (26)Kry / (27)Machine
Twin Dragons (06)Franks in Opera (13)- (20)- (27)Majik
Village Restaurant - - - -

"Sometimes, you don't want anything new.
Rather than something that may be fresh and exciting, or boring and rotten, you want to enjoy a private Kodak moment with your brain cells - what's left of them, at least.
You want to hear a song that you know all the words to, with music that instantly takes you back to a certain time and place, when you were young and clueless and irresponsible, having the time of your life and not even having to pay taxes.
And that's why there are - and probably always will be - cover bands. As diners and retro restaurants offer meatloaf and other "comfort foods," these bands offer Meatloaf and other "comfort music".
While bands that play little (if any) original material have no hope of making it big nationally, cover bands thrive locally."

(Tom Scanlon, Seattle Times nightclub reporter, Seattle Times - August 19, 1999)




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