It's All About The Music
Afterburn 2
The Hub, The Yard Bird and More!!!
By Firelyn
Dear readers, I know when you read this article; it may seem like I’m jumping al lover the place-and in fact it does include within 3 differet mian topics. Well they are all isues of importance brought to my attention when I became friends with yard bird, all wrapped up nicely in the “YardBird” bennifit show @ “the Hub Tavern Bar&Grill”.
Well for those of you who don’t like surprises, here are my 3 main issues: First of all, this DGT! The music is always NO.1; however you will notice I don’t talk to many specifics about the Bands themselves, imstead I am focusing on the fact that even small town America you can find venues willing to give the independent ‘original’ bands a place and an audience. NO.2 the Cause (SAVE the Yard bird).AND NO.3 The venue itself- our hats are off to you; even my stalking cap.
All of our readers should help those venues to continue to support musicians by giving them our business…trust me, small venues can showcase some (not)yet2bediscovered. Wouldn’t it be great to have seen for example SonicYouth play@ The Surf Club…you get the idea. Even if you live in the city, try driving out to some small town venue(do a little mapquest & a little bit of Bing search) have an adventure and help spread the love.
I was recently at the Yard Bird benefits show in Centralia Washington at The Hub Tavern…not the first time I’ve seen live music at The Hub but this time I decided it was time to start a series of stories about the original music being showcased in Lewis co. Washington. Actually not just bands coming through Lewis co. but also the wealth of artistic talent that is secretly being born right here in my home town.
There are other places in Lewis county that have live original bands that play shows around here but for now I’m going to focus on The Hub tavern…in fact, I’ll be going to a show this weekend. I will talk about that later; This is hopefully the beginning of good friendship between DGT& “The Hub”. Back to the benefit: I know most of you Damn good tunes regular readers don’t have a clue as to what a yard birds is (NOT the band) but those of you from southwestern Washington you know the yard bird and those of you who are old enough know the yard bird BIG BRO….i cried when he caught on fire.[…] The benefit show was a hit.3 bands played at the show;unfortunately I missed most of the first act- the whole thing was kinda last minute…I only heard about the benefit at the 11th hour. I didn’t expect to hear the show I heard either. For those of you who don’t know me- that’s a complement. Each Band was unique but all complemented eachother.It was good and hard. Loud and clear – a personal favorite style I might add, not to mean just what this girl needed. I even got to take out a little frustration on a guy who was trying to Mosh. (he just wouldn’t stop trying to knock me over). Honestly it was quite fun.
There was YardBird stuff to buy- T-shirts,pins,even a really sweet hairbarrette and lotsa stickers. Yardbird has an other upcoming becoming June 25th at 12:noon 2100 N. National Ave. Chehalis, Wa.
If you are even close to the area,plan on it. Yardbird is local icon-we need to keep him. All of readers should be able to access the Voting for the yardbird on King5 Back roads best of; the category of best roadside attraction. Please give us a moment & give us a hand in saving our best Bird.] All of this brought me to the conclusion that its long overdue for some support to our local music.
As far as music is concerned The Hub Bar&Grill has always been supportive; providing a place for original artists to play, giving the public a place to have fun& listen to a variety of music.that in itself is a such a gift to any and all supporters of independent musid.Times being what they are the owners and management of the Hub deserve not only our thanks but our support of them in return… I think we can help them to do even more. It would be great to have a place to see live original bands every week here in town.As for the atmosphere…there are some varied viewpoints on the net but the fact of the matter is that of course it’s a bit different,especially on the weekends—Different = FUN, i.e.;not boring. So if you want to sit like a bump on a log, the Hub Bar and Grill probably isn’t for you-now that doesn’t meen you can’t pull up a spot at the bar, relax have good conversation,maybe meet some new friends. Oh don’t forget to try the “Grill” part of “The Hub Bar and Grill”. The French Fries are exquisette; and there is no better way to judge the quality of a ‘hometown’ bar and grill, than their fries! FYI: they offer a wide array of fares from great big burgers to Country style breakfast with large portions.
Final thoughts:
The Hub is a great place for giving new and original acts a place to play so we will support them any way we can. I met with the manager " Jim " - a musician and artist himself. His father " Curley " took the place over in the 1980's ad Jim came in a few years later to help out and JIm was the first musician to play there so he has a great feel for the room and what the bands can expect with the room and the acoustics etc. The Hub has a rich history as we mentioned before and the building is a hundred some years old. I look forward to telling more stories about The Hub and the band which will be playing in the coming months. When it all comes down to it, it's all about the music.
This is Firelyn, Burning out!
Well for those of you who don’t like surprises, here are my 3 main issues: First of all, this DGT! The music is always NO.1; however you will notice I don’t talk to many specifics about the Bands themselves, imstead I am focusing on the fact that even small town America you can find venues willing to give the independent ‘original’ bands a place and an audience. NO.2 the Cause (SAVE the Yard bird).AND NO.3 The venue itself- our hats are off to you; even my stalking cap.
All of our readers should help those venues to continue to support musicians by giving them our business…trust me, small venues can showcase some (not)yet2bediscovered. Wouldn’t it be great to have seen for example SonicYouth play@ The Surf Club…you get the idea. Even if you live in the city, try driving out to some small town venue(do a little mapquest & a little bit of Bing search) have an adventure and help spread the love.
I was recently at the Yard Bird benefits show in Centralia Washington at The Hub Tavern…not the first time I’ve seen live music at The Hub but this time I decided it was time to start a series of stories about the original music being showcased in Lewis co. Washington. Actually not just bands coming through Lewis co. but also the wealth of artistic talent that is secretly being born right here in my home town.
There are other places in Lewis county that have live original bands that play shows around here but for now I’m going to focus on The Hub tavern…in fact, I’ll be going to a show this weekend. I will talk about that later; This is hopefully the beginning of good friendship between DGT& “The Hub”. Back to the benefit: I know most of you Damn good tunes regular readers don’t have a clue as to what a yard birds is (NOT the band) but those of you from southwestern Washington you know the yard bird and those of you who are old enough know the yard bird BIG BRO….i cried when he caught on fire.[…] The benefit show was a hit.3 bands played at the show;unfortunately I missed most of the first act- the whole thing was kinda last minute…I only heard about the benefit at the 11th hour. I didn’t expect to hear the show I heard either. For those of you who don’t know me- that’s a complement. Each Band was unique but all complemented eachother.It was good and hard. Loud and clear – a personal favorite style I might add, not to mean just what this girl needed. I even got to take out a little frustration on a guy who was trying to Mosh. (he just wouldn’t stop trying to knock me over). Honestly it was quite fun.
There was YardBird stuff to buy- T-shirts,pins,even a really sweet hairbarrette and lotsa stickers. Yardbird has an other upcoming becoming June 25th at 12:noon 2100 N. National Ave. Chehalis, Wa.
If you are even close to the area,plan on it. Yardbird is local icon-we need to keep him. All of readers should be able to access the Voting for the yardbird on King5 Back roads best of; the category of best roadside attraction. Please give us a moment & give us a hand in saving our best Bird.] All of this brought me to the conclusion that its long overdue for some support to our local music.
As far as music is concerned The Hub Bar&Grill has always been supportive; providing a place for original artists to play, giving the public a place to have fun& listen to a variety of music.that in itself is a such a gift to any and all supporters of independent musid.Times being what they are the owners and management of the Hub deserve not only our thanks but our support of them in return… I think we can help them to do even more. It would be great to have a place to see live original bands every week here in town.As for the atmosphere…there are some varied viewpoints on the net but the fact of the matter is that of course it’s a bit different,especially on the weekends—Different = FUN, i.e.;not boring. So if you want to sit like a bump on a log, the Hub Bar and Grill probably isn’t for you-now that doesn’t meen you can’t pull up a spot at the bar, relax have good conversation,maybe meet some new friends. Oh don’t forget to try the “Grill” part of “The Hub Bar and Grill”. The French Fries are exquisette; and there is no better way to judge the quality of a ‘hometown’ bar and grill, than their fries! FYI: they offer a wide array of fares from great big burgers to Country style breakfast with large portions.
Final thoughts:
The Hub is a great place for giving new and original acts a place to play so we will support them any way we can. I met with the manager " Jim " - a musician and artist himself. His father " Curley " took the place over in the 1980's ad Jim came in a few years later to help out and JIm was the first musician to play there so he has a great feel for the room and what the bands can expect with the room and the acoustics etc. The Hub has a rich history as we mentioned before and the building is a hundred some years old. I look forward to telling more stories about The Hub and the band which will be playing in the coming months. When it all comes down to it, it's all about the music.
This is Firelyn, Burning out!
