The year is uncertain. The hour is late. Somewhere behind an unmarked door, a clarinet finds its voice….
Tony Brussat and Lawrence Newcomb deal in the real thing; music from an era when a song could stop a room cold and a melody meant something. Tony spent a decade fronting Austin's Jazz Pharaohs and touring with the legendary Asylum Street Spankers, his guitar work and warm vocals carrying the weight of songs that were old before most of us were born. Lawrence brings the essential clarinet voice of traditional New Orleans and pre-war jazz, the kind of sound that once drifted out of dimly lit rooms along the Mississippi and never quite left.
Together they carry a repertoire of over 200 songs from the true golden age of American songwriting — the 1910s through the 1950s. As Tony himself puts it, "even the sweetest melodies will have a touch of the blues."
He's not wrong. He never is.
Curious what a bygone era sounds like? Have a listen HERE. We'll wait.
Sunday, August 9th · Butterfly Club · 6–8 PM · $10 cover + $25 minimum purchase · 21+ only ·
Reservations required, of course. Give us a ring at 541-499-1133 to make yours today, darling.
Come as you are. Leave as someone who heard something they won't forget.