Jim Basnight by Kene Sperry

Jim Basnight Band
Thursday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
$10 cover, includes an appetizer

Make a reservation for this show by calling 509-826-5836.

Rock from the 50's through the 90's, with Soul, Punk, Funk, Americana, Alternative and the Blues.

ÒJim Basnight is a true rock and roll warrior, fighting the good fight for decades now. HeÕs always been shaking up the rock music scene in some way, shape, or formÓ BillÕs Music Forum 2008.

ÒLong before Seattle was the grunge rock capitol of America, it had a long history of rugged, tough-as-nails rock, beginning in the 1960s with garage rock stalwarts the Sonics and Wailers and culminating in the '80s with Jim Basnight and the Moberlys, a band that evoked the Beatles and the Rolling Stones at the same time, while turning out some of the decade's finest, if unfortunately obscure, new wave pop.Ó All Music 2008.

ÒFans of Little Steven's Underground Garage, we think you'll find plenty to dig here. So Jim, where have you been all our lives?Ó The Vinyl District 2008.

ÒAttention, Jim Basnight is a power pop boy wonderÓ Powerpop Criminals 2008.

ÒJim Basnight ranks with The Heats as one of the great power-pop artists never to break out of the Pacific Northwest.Ó Cueburn 2007.

"The sound of the Jim Basnight Band is an impressive blend of rock-flavored pop, with notable r+b tones. The OSU Daily Barometer 2004.

"The ÔKing of PopÕ for the Northwest may very well be Jim Basnight." The Montana Kaiman 2002.

ÒRightfully hailed as the man who helped introduce that ol' New Wave to the Pacific U. S. Northwest, Jim and his bands The Moberlys, Rockinghams, and most recently The Jim Basnight Thing have straddled many a musical hurdle - not to mention pigeon-hole - by sharing influences (and often stages) with everyone from Johnny Rivers and the Young Fresh Fellows to Suzanne Vega, The Police and even The Band.Ó Gary ÒPigÓ Gold www.Tomlou.com 2001.

"Jim Basnight has certainly covered a whole lot of ground over the past 20 years, creating a body of work dripping with quality and excitement. Unlike most performers, he can't be stereotyped, as each of his records offers something new and different." Rock Beat International, April 2000.

"Basnight's an under-recognized figure in local rock circles who deserves credit not only for his resilience but for his continuing musical accomplishments." Seattle Weekly 1999

Visit the Jim Basnight Band website.