THE LAST HURRAH
MUSIC LEGENDS
The Last Hurrah Music Legends Wall of Fame
By Peter Mott
Updated: July 17, 2007 We often talked about creating a Music Legends display or a Wall of Fame at The Last Hurrah. But by the time we fully realized how cool and appropriate this would be, many bands had disappeared and we couldn’t find promotional pictures. So the idea lingered. During our final months, Mike and I researched our record again. Mike determined that well over 500 bands had played at the Hurrah. Then we listed our top bands for recognition during our final days or for listing on our Last Hurrah Portland Tour t-shirts and Last Hurrah Last Shot Commemorative Certificate. While many great bands played at The Last Hurrah, here are the bands we considered to be Music Legends. We have broken them into three five year periods with some overlap. They are listed in no particular order. Strong cases can be made for including these and other deserving bands in our Music Legends, and we apologize if we’ve inadvertently left out any legendary musician or band. At some point we had to limit these nominations. Some weren’t nominated merely because they either didn’t last long enough to rise to a “legend” status (ex. Orange Orange) or just didn’t play enough dates at the Hurrah specifically to be listed on our Wall of Fame. Brown Sugar, The Holy Modal Rounders, Clamtones and many of Portland’s great jazz musicians and indy rock bands are examples of bands that aren’t listed for these reasons. The Last Hurrah Music Legends Wall of Fame 1975 – 1980
Cowboy Angels, Wrinkle, Lone Coyote Club, Pleasure, Hurrman Burrman Band, Hank Rasco and the Wasted Rangers, Jeff Lorber Fusion, Sleazy Pieces, Country Al and His Pals, Jack McMahon Band, Burnside Bombers, Sand, Tracks, Kenny G, Wesak, Upepo, Rainbow, Jacob’s Ladder, Dan Siegel, Street Corner Band. 1978 – 1983
Johnny and the Distractions, Seafood Mama, Trigger’s Revenge, Robert Cray Band, Lights Out, Quarterflash, Wheatfield, Cruise Control, Sequel, Diamond Hill, Tom Grant, Slow Train, Badly Bradley, The Odds, The Cowboys, Rascos/Rasco Brothers, Steve Bradley Band, Carl Smith’s Natural Gas, Paul deLay Band, Terry Robb, Mr. Nice Guy, Puzzle, Craig Carothers Band, Razorbacks, In Yo Face, Bill Feldman Band and The Rockafellers. 1982 – 1987
Nu Shooz, Crazy 8’s, Cool’R, Billy Rancher and the Unreal Gods, Dan Reed Network, Curtis Salgado and the Stillettos, Jack Charles’ Mien Street, Shock, Lloyd Jones Struggle, Meredith Brooks and the Angels of Mercy, Hypertension, Rex and the Rockets, Mayther Brothers Band, Linn, Kukrudu, Silent Treatment, Thin Man, Map of France, 2 Minutes 50, Confidentials, Salmon Dave, Buster, Go 90, Nimble Darts, Radio Silence, Norman Slyvester. Other Great Noteables:
Jim Pepper, Cal Scott, Dennis Springer, Gary Ogan, Calvin Walker, Billy Kennedy, Island, Pa’ Lante, Pilot, Orange Orange, Big Guise, Sky River, Island, Jr. Cadillac, Kidd Afrika, Betty Romaine, Tangier, Robert Rude and the Attitude, Here Comes Everybody, Picture This, Hundread Percent, China Watch, Esquires, Silvertones, Jackals, Wages of Fun, Kashmir, RIA, Paris, Media, Ricky G, Duke Party and the Chargers, Cool Rays, Tom McFarland, The Kinetics, The Allies, The Heats, the b-sides, The Kingsmen, Johnny Limbo and the Lugnuts, Ron Lloyd Band, Joe Cannon, and Vince Vance and the Valiants. |
