Start your Saturday right and celebrate 420 with us at Ruse brewing. All ages no cover.
Start your Saturday right and celebrate 420 with us at Ruse brewing. All ages no cover.
Mojo Holler and Always A Hoot! at Haymaker. Great drinks, good food, nice people. $10.00 21+
We're back! Come on down to the speakeasy and have a refreshing beverage. $10.00, 21+
$10.00
Happy hour, no cover, all ages!
Due to circumstances beyond our control, this gig has cancelled. Come and get a couple refreshing beverages with us. All ages no cover
Come celebrate Groundhog Day with Always A Hoot and Ruse Brewing! Happy hour 4-7, no cover, all ages.
Always A Hoot! at Integrity Beer Hall no cover all ages
Yes, we play parties. Maybe you'd like ua at your event, give us a shout!
Come see Always A Hoot! At Integrity Beer for an early Halloween shindig! Free, no cover
Private part at McMenamins Edgefield, that’s right, we play parties too!
We're playing a happy hour show at Ruse. No cover, kids with parents ok!
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The Rosebud Cafe, 50316 Columbia River Hwy, Scappoose, OR 97056
We’re back! Grab a plate and your beverage of choice and hear us do ehat we like to do where we like to do it! No cover
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Multnomah French Quarter, 3518 SW Multnomah Blvd, Portland, OR 97219
Alway A Hoot! at the Multnomah French Quarter all ages, free!
Come join us at our familiar haunt for a trip to wherever you’re going. $5.00 21+
$5.00
Come join Always A Hoot! At Haymaker for a Friday frolic to end your workweek $10.00 21+
Always A Hoot! at the Starday Tavern. Happy hour, no cover 21+
Not just sometimes, or every other time...
Three decades in the making, Always A Hoot!, began as a friendship between two U of O students. In 1988, Eric Shirazi began a cross country trip to Eugene, where he met Rob Cork. The two musicians discovered their common love of harmony and appreciation of the Grateful Dead, bluegrass, and Americana. Years later, Eric, and Steve Dearborn, both members of another band, wanted to take their music in a different direction and decided to form a new group. Bringing Rob into the mix gave the trio an opportunity to create the bluegrass style harmonies and the improvisational jams that have been thrilling audiences since October, 2021. As they worked out their distinctive vocals and musical parts, the guys realized that there was a piece missing. In the fall of 2022, that missing piece was filled by percussionist, Bryan Finke, who shares the same musical interests.
While the band members have a deep appreciation for the Grateful Dead, and that music was the seed that has blossomed into this group of musicians, it would be a mistake to consider them a Grateful Dead cover band. With four strong singers, any song with the potential for harmonies has a chance of being added to their set list. From bouncy pop hits, country and blues classics, to 70s easy listening, the tunes are a delicious playlist on shuffle. You never know what you’re going to get, but it’s going to be tasty.
Always A Hoot! is Eric Shirazi, bass and vocals, Steve Dearborn, guitar, mandolin, mandola, harmonica, and vocals, Bryan Finke, percussion, and vocals, Rob Cork, guitar, and vocals.