Labor Day Weekend is often read as the end of summer, but the Pacific Northwest will enjoy summerlike weather extending into October with opportunities for river hangs, outdoor shows, and sun-soaking. The Honeydew List foregrounds political commitments including support for Palestinian liberation, trans bodily autonomy, and Black and Indigenous reparations. Thursday, August 28 features Ural Thomas & the Pain with Laura Gibson at Topaz Farms on Sauvie Island; Ural Thomas is an 86-year-old Portland soul legend who performed at Harlem's Apollo in the 1960s and continues to perform with his backing band the Pain. A Fred Cole birthday celebration with Toody Cole, Los Hackals, and The Reverberations honors Dead Moon's legacy.
For some, Labor Day Weekend is a signifier of the end of summer. And it is for those heading back to school as students, teachers, and school administrative staff (big shouts to the lunch ladies and janitors of the world). But y'all know this is the PNW (in the year of our Climate Collapsing Lord, 2025)-summer will be extending herself to October. We've got plenty of time for river hangs, outdoor shows, and soaking up the sun, as Sheryl Crow loves to gently remind us.
For fans of Lee Fields, Jackie Shane, Sugar Pie DeSanto Undeniably the King of Portland Soul, Ural Thomas has been bringing the pain since his days playing Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater in the '60s. But if you think the man's slowed down in any way shape or form, you're painfully mistaken-the 86-year-old has been greasing wheels on Rose City soul trains since the formation of his backing band the Pain, and his reentry into the world of live performance.
The only time I was lucky enough to see Dead Moon was January 2014 at Crystal Ballroom, and it was one of the most rockin' nights of music of my life. Everyone there knew every word to every song, no one was there by mistake. And though Fred Cole isn't with us any more, yes he is. It's (Dead Moon) nights like these that keep the real ones alive in our hearts.
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