Gorge Guide

BARLOW ROAD WITH THE STUDENT LOAN

February 10, 2012
9 p.m.
CEBU Lounge
Hood River, OR
 

Alt. Country, Folk-Rock with Barlow Road, and High Energy Bluegrass with The Student Loan
       
Hailing from the beautiful Columbia River Gorge, Barlow Road is the music machine where Matthew G. Mesa crafts songs reflecting everything about the landscape and its two-legged inhabitants. With guitar in hand and harmonicas close by, he weaves tales about love, life, asphalt, dirt, and everything else we get on ourselves.
Mesa is joined by the extraordinary Mike Brinster on guitar and banjo, Ed Dietrich on bass, Rick Hulett on electric and pedal steel guitars, and the rocking "timekeeper"Tim Ortlieb on drums.
 
The Student Loan is an eclectic four-piece newgrass band based in Portland, OR. Mixing traditional bluegrass and folk music with elements of rock, jazz, and blues, The Student Loan has a sound that defies genre and is both familiar and new.

They have appeared with prominent national and regional acts including Sam Bush, Greensky Bluegrass, The Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars, Alejandro Escovedo, eKoostik Hookah, and The Ragbirds, and were featured alongside Larry Keel at the 2008 Appalachian Uprising All-Star Bluegrass Jam.