Guitar ace to record album in Sisters

David Jacobs-Strain and harmonica player Bob Beach are recording their next album live and wanted to "bring it" to their favorite audience - in Sisters.

Doug and Katie Cavanaugh will host a special concert on Wednesday, January 7, at 7 p.m. at HarmonyHouse on Kent Road east of Sisters.

Suggested donation for this house concert is $20. Bring your own beverages and any food you would like to share.

David Jacobs-Strain is a fierce slide guitar player and song poet from Oregon. He's known for both his virtuosity and spirit of emotional abandon; his live show moves from humorous, subversive blues, to delicate balladry, and then swings back to swampy rock and roll.

He has performed several times at the Sisters Folk Festival, and has made regular stops at The Belfry and at HarmonyHouse in Sisters.

"I try to make art that you can dance to, but I love that darker place, where in my mind, Skip James, Nick Drake, and maybe Elliot Smith blur together," Jacobs-Strain says. "I'm fascinated by the way that rural blues inscribes movement and transience. The music that frees a singer keeps them on the run; there's a crossroads where a thing can be enchanting but dangerous; damaging but beautiful."

HarmonyHouse is located at 17505 Kent Rd. (off Cloverdale Road) east of Sisters. For directions and information call 541-548-2209.