Project vision:
Train River is a collective of bluegrass musicians in the Portland, OR area led by guitarist/mandolinist Jeffree White, who now lives in Washougal, WA. The repertoire includes many traditional bluegrass numbers and fiddle tunes, along with more modern additions which have become standards — tunes by Old & In the Way, David Grisman, and Phish — and some nonbluegrass surprises thrown in for fun and variety. Jeffree, like many other new bluegrass fans, discovered the music through the Grateful Dead and offshoot bands, and contemporary jamgrass bands.
Jeffree brings his advanced picking skills, playful vibe, and love of learning and teaching music to the project. You can learnmore about Jeffree from his website at http://jeffreewhite.com. See also Jeffree’s gypsy jazz project called the Hot Club of Hawthorne — and look for Jeffree’s rock projects as well!
Train River is always looking for talent, so if you are looking to play, please get in touch!
Venues at which Train River has performed:
- Hornings Hideout main stage, private wedding
- Portland’5 (formerly PCPA) Noontime Showcase outside the Schnitz Concert Hall — 2 years
- City of Portland’s Foster Floodplains promotional event — 2 years
- Johnson Creek Watershed Council celebration at Reed College’s Kaul Auditorium
- Washougal Times (Washougal, WA)
- Kilted Spirits (Washougal, WA)
- Montavilla St. Fair
- Portland Saturday Market
- Lompoc Brewery
- Portland Hostel on Hawthorne’s annual BBQ
- Biddy McGraw’s — monthly for over a year
- Laurelthirst Public House
- Girasole Pizza
- EastBurn
- Mississippi Pizza
- Jade Lounge
- the Blue Room
- the White Eagle
- Alberta Beer Porch
- private parties
Personnel who have performed with Train River:
guitarists- Jeffree White
- Doug Sammons
- Tommy Houston
- Michael Berly
- Matt Takiff
- Stephen Eggers
- Jason Reichert
- Dylan DiSalvio
- Max Brinster
- Josh Cole
- Dylan-Thomas Vance
- Dan Haley
- Nicholas Humenay-Klaver
- Jeffree White
- Bob Jefferies
- Ben Larsen
- Greg Allison
- Rich Landar
- Micah Babinski
- Natalia K. Burgess
- John Coyle
- Dave Elliot
- Don Tolan
- Josh Cole
- Rob Rainwater
- Steve Varner
- Josh Levine
- Flauren Ricketts
- Ben Larsen
- Zach Lovas
- David Gerow
- Jonathan Norling
- Olivia Duffy
- Ben Blechman
- Oceana Wills
- Marilee Hord
- Lucas Biespiel
- Jeffrey Reynolds
- Matt Franzen
- Peter Schwimmer
- Scott Neidig
- Daniel Nickerson
- Pete Burak
- Max Skewes
- Todd Walker
- Harrison Olk
- Julian Root
- Austin Quattlebaum
- Drew Norman
- David Knaus
- Jeff Wold
- Ed Skoog
- Ray Mann
- Bernardo Gomez
- Kay Waite
- Kevin Eastes
- Carey Rogers
- Chris Marshall
- David Hopkins
- Lawrence Ullman
- Matt Voth
- Julie Larson
…and some we’re forgetting, we’re sure!! (Let us know!)
tune list (incomplete):