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Not only does the Oregon Music Hall of Fame preserve the legacy of Oregon music and it’s rich history, but it is a non-profit that takes an active part in promoting musical education in Oregon schools. We will offer scholarship money to selected Oregon high school seniors who are continuing their musical studies in college. We will also do our part to raise money in order to help Oregon grade and middle schools continue their music programs which are, sadly, being slowly discontinued due to budget cuts. All of these important goals will be funded by OMHOF dues, fundraisers, grants, donations, our Emerging Artist Showcases, and various OMHOF promoted concerts.

Mid Valley and Parkdale elementary school students got a taste of both traditional acoustic and modern electric violin at all-school assemblies at both sites on April 2.

Local musician Aaron Meyer brings the 40-50 minute assemblies that focus on music, history and science to various sites as part of his nonprofit music education program, “Aaron Meyer Music in the Schools,” in conjunction with Oregon Music Hall of Fame.

Meyer and Oregon Music Hall of Fame “both want more music in Oregon schools, and we try to visit schools that don’t have music or the students come from lower-income families that might not get opportunities like this outside of school,” Meyer said in an email last week.

This April, he’ll visit every Hood River County School District site minus the high school — he’s still working on setting that one up. He’ll be at Hood River Middle School and Wy’east Middle School on April 17, and will finish up April 19 at Cascade Locks, May Street and Westside elementary schools. Parkdale and Mid Valley were the first of the district schools to host the assemblies.

“I fundraise on my own, with the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, who is my fiscal sponsor,” he said. “We have a mission of giving 20-25 of these assemblies to schools all throughout Oregon.”

At his assemblies, he demonstrates the similarities and differences between classical and rock music, and integrates musical history and the properties of physical science that produce the sounds.

Kim Yasui, Mid Valley Elementary principle, said Meyer left her students eager to learn more.

“He shared the many ways a violin, using different techniques, could be used to produce a multitude of musical styles,” she said. “This was not a stuffy violin concert! He treated the students to rock, classic, blues and jazz songs that greatly expanded their ideas about how to make music from one little instrument.”

Yasui said Meyer also talked to the students about the importance of practicing and being willing to make mistakes.

“The opportunity to hear and see a musician with such skill and connection with students left many of our students wanting to learn more,” she added.

“I try to sneak in some of the classroom content without the kids really knowing that it’s in there,” Meyer says on www.aaronmeyer.com, where he has a short video explaining the music assemblies and the concepts he covers.

And while he does connect the dots between music, science and history, the point of the assemblies is to have fun while doing so. He began his program in 1998 and has consistently presented since then.

His upbringing may point to his interest in teaching. Meyer is the son of a well-known violin teacher from Philadelphia. His father, Julian Meyer, “was a very active private violin instructor for young people, who taught seven days a week for 40 years. He taught thousands of young people, starting many of them from scratch,” he said.

Meyer also has an annual benefit concert for the United Way each December. This year’s concert, already planned for Dec. 15, will be his 10th.

“Over 400 people attend every year,” Meyer said. “… I bring my 12-person band with horns and the fabulous gospel group, The Brown Sisters.”

The 12^th Annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) Induction & Concert will be held on Saturday, October 13^th at 7pm at the Aladdin Theater. The concert will feature performances by The Kingsmen, Monti Amundson Trio and Ural Thomas and the Pain.  Tony Starlight will MC the event which will feature a live auction of autographed guitars including: Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Adam Ant and Echo & the Bunnymen. Proceeds from this event help support our music education, scholarship programs, and inductions.

Tickets available at:  https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1747650

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The 12^th Annual Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) Induction & Concert will be held on Saturday, October 13^th at 7pm at the Aladdin Theater. The concert will feature performances by The Kingsmen, Monti Amundson Trio and Ural Thomas and the Pain.  Tony Starlight will MC the event which will feature a live auction of autographed guitars including: Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Adam Ant and Echo & the Bunnymen. Proceeds from this event help support our music education, scholarship programs, and inductions.

Come celebrate the inductions of:

ARTISTS: Andy Stokes, Freak Mountain Ramblers, Monti Amundson, The Rats and

Ural Thomas

SIDE PLAYERS Dan Eccles, Dover Weinberg

INDUSTRY: Dennis Carter (Falcon Studios), Peter& Michael Mott (The Last Hurrah)

The music artistry awards include:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR–Portugal.The Man

ALBUM OF THE YEAR–Portugal.The Man–Woodstock

 

Tickets are on sale at Ticketfly.com and the Aladdin Theater box office. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door. VIP tickets, which include prime seating, collectable laminated pass, a Gary Houston limited edition hand pulled signed and numbered poster plus entrance to the catered after-induction party with the inductees, musicians and other VIPs, are $100 in advance or $110 at the door.

This years presenting sponsor is Elliott, Powell, Baden & Baker Insurance. Additional sponsors: Southeast Portland Rotary, Columbia Bank, KISN-FM, Hotel Modera, Willamette Week, Oregon Music News, Classic Pianos, KGON, Five Star Guitars, Portland Music and Youth Music Project.

What is the Oregon Music Hall of Fame?    

The Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) is a non-profit organization (501 c3) whose main purpose is to promote and preserve the musical arts of the state of Oregon. The Oregon Music Hall of Fame is dedicated to the development, revitalization, invention and expansion of music education in Oregon’s public and private educational institutions. So far this year we have produced music education programs in Oregon public schools without music programs that have served over 5000 students. We also gave away four $2500 scholarships to high school seniors that were going on to further their music education at a higher level.

 

Side players:  Dan Eccles, Dover Weinberg

 

Dan Eccles

Guitarist

Inducted 2018

Dan Eccles is one of those guitarists who seem to play just what the band needs to hear. From his days with Richmond Fontaine, Fernando, international tours with Willy Vlautin and King Black Acid, he adds the right touch to whatever genre. According to Richmond Fontaine’s Willy Vlautin,  “Dan was always my favorite guitar player in Portland. He always plays twice as hard as any of us and he always shows up trying to deliver. He’s the soul.” He has backed Lewi Longmire in the Left Coast Roasters and, most notably, was a member of Moxy Love Crux, with Andy Ricker and Chris McDermott.  In 2014, the inaugural release on Voodoo Doughnut Recordings featured Dan’s first project as orchestrator and front man on the seven-inch single titled “It Ain’t No Cupcake Working at Voodoo Doughnut.”

(https://musicmillennium.com/Event/41361)

 

 

Dover Weinberg

Blues Keyboardist

Inducted 2018

Dover Weinberg grew up in East County and was just playing for himself and giving lessons when bassist Dave Kahl coaxed him onto the stage.  After some time at Mt. Hood Community College, he hit the road with a number of Northwest bands. Dover came on board with the Eugene-based Robert Cray in the late 1970s. Though not always in the band, Dover’s corner of the Robert Cray groove goes back 40 years. In between he has played and recorded with many local and national Blues greats: Albert Collins, Charlie Musselwhite, Coco Montoya, Duffy Bishop, Paul Delay and Lloyd Jones. Dover has a wicked sense of humor, great Groucho Marx sendup and humbly jokes that his resume makes him “look like he can’t hold a job,” but Dover is the kind of player that makes anyone who shares a stage with him want to raise their game. He is currently performing and recording with the Robert Cray Band.

(https://www.facebook.com/dover.weinberg)

 

 

Industry: Dennis Carter, Peter& Michael Mott

 

Dennis Carter

Studio Owner/Producer/Engineer

Inducted 2018

Dennis Carter started playing drums at the age of 11, continued in Big Bands and Blues. In 1981 he and Dave Lohr formed Falcon Recording Studios, which has since grown into 4-room facility, combining both new and old technology.   Flacon’s client list is large and long and includes: Linda Hornbuckle, Terry Robb, Mel Brown, Lloyd Jones, Bernard Purdie, Obo Addy, Tom Grant, Robben Ford and many others. He most recently oversaw Curtis Salgado’s collaborative project with guitarist Alan Hager called “Rough Cut”–nearly 20 years since Portland’s harmonica great recorded his first album there, with his band, the Stilettos. Dennis Carter still finds time play drums with Terry Robb’s trio but his time at Falcon Studios has made Portland a great place for musicians to record.

(http://www.falconrecordingstudios.com/)

 

Peter and Michael Mott

Club Owners/Music Entrepreneurs

Inducted 2018

In the 1980s, a vibrant array of downtown nightclubs featured live music. Michael and Peter Mott were the brothers with sister, Susan, who ran the Last Hurrah in sprawling basement at 6^th and SW Alder. From 1975 to 1987, the club-hosted local bands seven nights a week with a policy that a certain percentage of the music had to be original. Promoting a wild variety of styles the club featured: Billy Rancher, Cruise Control, Burnside Bombers and a long run of Tuesdays with the Rasco Brothers. Michael was the executive producer for early albums by the Rascos, Johnny and the Distractions and Nu Shooz. Most nights were well promoted and filled to capacity. One night John Entwistle of the Who sat in on bass with Portland’s Dan Reed Network. After the club closed, Peter was known for his work on Bud Clark’s Mayor’s Ball and the Rose Festival. Michael Mott returned to his love of golf, at Nike’s golf division for 25 years and recently… playing more golf.

https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=90478

 

 

 

Heritage Awards: The KISN Good Guys, Ed Dougherty

 

 

KISN Good Guys

Radio personalities

Inducted 2018

Before the heyday of FM radio, there was a powerhouse Top 40 station in Portland that broadcast at 910 on the AM dial.  From 1959 to 1976, when the FCC shut them down, KISN ruled the AM dial like no other station in Portland: at times capturing a whopping 86% of the listening audience. The station played Pop, R&B and, of course, Rock’n’Roll. The DJ’s collectively became known as’ The KISN Good Guys.’  The crew included larger than life personalities like the ‘Real’ Don Steele, Pat Pattee, ‘Tiger’ Tom Murphy, Dave ‘Records’ Stone, Roger Hart, Rod ‘Kangaroo’ Muir, Tom Michaels, Robert ‘Addie Bopkins’ Atkins, Ken Chase, Mike Phillips, Roger W. Morgan, Roger Adams and Buddy Scott. KISN was known for a trademark blend of high energy, tongue-in-cheek antics, like the famous sign that greeted everyone at PDX “Welcome Home….We’ve been KISN your wife.” Recently, Dave Stone, good friend “Dirty Dave the Record Slave,” station historian Craig Adams, and technician Scott Young have brought the great station back to life as KISN FM 95.1.

(http://goodguyradio.com) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoMJy4B6dy8)

 

 

Ed Dougherty

Concert promoter

Inducted 2018

Ed Dougherty was a math teacher at Waldo Middle School in Salem back in the mid 1960’s when he began to hear students complaining that there was “nothing to do in Salem at night and on the weekends.”  He organized a dance at the local Knights of Columbus Hall.  Admission was 25 cents and the hall was big enough for 250 people…. and 500 teenagers showed up ready to rock and roll.  That was Ed’s introduction to concert promoting.  He was responsible for bringing big name acts like Sonny and Cher, The Yardbirds, Steppenwolf, The Doors and Pink Floyd to the area, putting Salem on the musical map in the 60’s and 70’s.  Over the years he and his companies, EJD Enterprises and his Concert Services Inc, booked the Oregon State Fair and fairs, conventions, corporate and special events up and down the West Coast. He served as president of the Salem Chamber of Commerce and Salem Convention and Visitors Bureau. Governor Tom McCall appointed Ed to the Oregon Film Commission, where he was instrumental in bringing filming of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest to Oregon.

(https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/oregon/2015/07/15/known-salem-concert-promoter-dies/30191495/)

 

 

For more information about Oregon Music Hall of Fame:

https://www.omhof.org/

Oregon Backstage: An evening of mingling and music benefiting the Oregon Music Hall of Fame

Saturday, May 12 – 7pm (6:30pm Doors)  //The Secret Society — 116 NE Russell St, Portland, OR 97212

http://bit.ly/OregonBackstageBlindPilot

Portland, OR –The Oregon Music Hall of Fame presents its 2nd annual fundraising concert and auction event – Oregon Backstage – an intimate pop-up concert event in the heart of Portland. This event serves as an evening of mingling and music benefiting the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, on Saturday, May 12, 7pm at The Secret Society in NE Portland. The event features a rare, intimate performance by Blind Pilot with opener, Hearts of Oak. Between performances, attendees can bid on music experience packages during a silent auction and live guitar auction, all while guests mingle among Oregon musicians and industry legends. Funds raised during the event support the Oregon Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) and its scholarship and music education programs. The second-annual event will be held at the exclusive The Secret Society, setting the tone for an evening of intimate music and surprise performances . This event is open to all ages, and tickets are limited. Tickets are $50 in advance and $75 at the door; $100 VIP Meet & Greet tickets are also available in limited quantities. Student tickets for those ages 16 years and under are available for $35. Limited Supply. Purchase tickets at www.omhof.org or direct ticket link or Facebook page with ticket link. Support music education an Oregon legends. Tickets on sale now.

Direct Ticket Link: http://bit.ly/OregonBackstageBlindPilot