Bars and Bands: Oregon’s Three for Silver plays the Swillery

“Bury Me Standing,” “Seven Skeletons Found in the Yard” and “These Laughing Bones” are three tracks from Portland, Ore.’s Three for Silver, who will play at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at Bellingham’s Swillery Whiskey Bar, 118 W. Holly St. Cover for the Bellingham show is $5.

The band’s sound can be compared to Bellingham’s Bar Tabac and The Penny Stinkers, or Colorado’s Devotchka — but in addition to a growly Tom Waits-ish bass singer, Lucas Warford (a hard-strummer on bass banjo and contrabasin) Three for Silver’s sound is complemented by sweet soprano Willo Sertain and by wild violinist Greg Allison. Fretts opens.

Dead Prez at Buffalo

Tickets may be tight for the gig with Dead Prez, playing at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at The Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., but rappers Stic.man and M-1 have a new EP out called “Future Fossils,” worth a listen. Tickets are $15. Raz Simone, Don Dishes, DJ Jeff Hawk open.

Baby Gramps at Make.Shift

Baby Gramps doesn’t often make it up this far north from his home in Seattle, but catch him with Hot Damn Scandal at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Make.Shift, 306 Flora St., for an all-ages gig. Admission is $10.

Reid Jamieson travels south

Vancouver, B.C., acoustic guitarist Reid Jamieson performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at The Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce St., in Skagit County. Tickets are $10. The next night, Friday, Feb. 19, he will play at 7 p.m. at The Green Frog, 1015 N. State St. Cover is $5.

Music at Eat Restaurant

Deakin Hicks — the acoustic duo of Thomas Deakin and Lucas Hicks — are among the first musicians booked for Eat Restaurant and Bar, 1200 Cornwall Ave.

Also playing Thursday

Queens Bluegrass, 5 p.m., Jansen Art Center Piano Lounge, 321 Front St., Lynden.

Conner Helms Jazz Quartet, 8:30 p.m., McKay’s Taphouse, 1118 E. Maple St.

Bentgrass, 9 p.m., Milano’s Bar and Italian Restaurant, 9990 Mount Baker Highway, Glacier.

SUMAC, ENDON, Black Spirituals, 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St.

Walt Burkett & Friends, 8 p.m. Skylark’s Hidden Cafe, 1308 11th St.

Also playing Friday

Chuck Dingee, 7:30 p.m., Beach Store Cafe, 2200 N. Nugent Road, Lummi Island.

Jeff Reier and Dave Lewis, 5:30 p.m., Book Fare Cafe, 1200 11th St.

Deakin Hicks, 7:30 p.m., Eat Restaurant and Bar, 1200 Cornwall Ave.

Marcel & Nakos, 8 p.m., The Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

Anissa Quartet, 8 p.m., Fireside Martini & Wine Bar, 415 W. Bakerview Road.

Louis Ledford, 8:30 p.m., Honey Moon Mead & Cider, 1053 N. State St.

Julieanne Thoma, 6 p.m., Lighthouse Bar & Grill, Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way.

Billy Stoops and Hambone Wilson, 8:30 p.m., Little Roadside Tavern, 3699 Mount Baker Highway, Deming.

The Electric Soul Society, 9 p.m., Main Street Bar & Grill, 2215 Main St., Ferndale.

Tea Seas Trio, 9 p.m., Poppe’s 360 at Four Points By Sheraton, 714 Lakeway Drive.

Minor Plains, Ibex, 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St.

Telefonic, 8 p.m.. Skylark’s Hidden Cafe, 1308 11th St.

The Blackouts, 9 p.m., The Waterfront Seafood & Bar, 521 W. Holly St.

Also playing Saturday

Willdabeast and Southlvnder, 9 p.m., Cafe Bouzingo, 1209 Cornwall Ave.

The Naughty Blokes, 8:30 p.m., The Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

Cheryl Hodge and Friends, 4 p.m., Fireside Martini & Wine Bar, 415 W. Bakerview Road.

Fritz & The Freeloaders, 8 p.m., Fireside Martini & Wine Bar, 415 W. Bakerview Road .

Baby Cakes and the Staxx Brothers, 9 p.m., The Green Frog, 1015 N. State St.

Marcel’s Bluegrass Night, 8:30 p.m., Honey Moon Mead & Cider, 1053 N. State St.

Julieanne Thoma, 6 p.m., Lighthouse Bar & Grill, Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way.

Gadjo Gypsies, 7 p.m., Eat Restaurant and Bar, 1200 Cornwall Ave.

The Troy Fair Band, 9 p.m., Main Street Bar & Grill, 2215 Main St., Ferndale.

Rainy Day Ramblers, 6 p.m., Old World Deli, 1228 N. State St.

Ryan Sandholm & Friends, 9 p.m., Poppe’s 360 at Four Points By Sheraton, 714 Lakeway Drive.

STFU Robot, Verbal Tip, Mannequin Hands, Panda Panda Panda, 9 p.m., The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St.

Bar Tabac, 7 p.m., The Temple Bar, 306 W. Champion St.

Nuages, 8 p.m. Skylark’s Hidden Cafe, 1308 11th St.

Also playing Sunday

Autumn Divers, noon, Book Fare Cafe, 1200 11th St.

Bow Diddlers, 5:30 p.m., The Edison, 5829 Cains Court, Edison.

Rabbit Wilde, 7 p.m., The Green Frog, 1015 N. State St.

Rane Nogales, 4:30 p.m., Lighthouse Bar & Grill, Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way.

Marcel & Nakos, 7 p.m., Kulshan Brewing Co., 2238 James St.

Also playing Monday

Bob’s Your Uncle, 5 p.m., Book Fare Cafe, 1200 11th St.

Ben Starner or Steve Meyer, 6 p.m., Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro, 1107 Railroad Ave.

Irish and Folk Mondays: Flattery, 6 p.m., Honey Moon Mead & Cider, 1053 N. State St.

J.P. Falcon Grady, 6:30 p.m., Poppe’s 360 at Four Points By Sheraton, 714 Lakeway Drive.

Also playing Tuesday

J.P. Falcon and Friends, 6 p.m., Fireside Martini & Wine Bar, 415 W. Bakerview Road.

Steve Rudy Trio, 5 p.m., Lighthouse Bar & Grill, Hotel Bellwether, 1 Bellwether Way.

Whatever’s Cleverly Variety Show, 8 p.m. Glow Nightclub, 202 E. Holly St.

Also playing Wednesday

David Vergin, 4 p.m., Book Fare Cafe, 1200 11th St.

Aaron Guest, 6 p.m., Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro, 1107 Railroad Ave.

Chuck and Carr, 7 p.m., Kulshan Brewing Co., 2238 James St.

Sam Chue, 6:30 p.m., Poppe’s 360 at Four Points By Sheraton, 714 Lakeway Drive.

Miles Black, 7 p.m., Whatcom Jazz Music Art Center at The Majestic, 1027 N. Forest St.

Continuing

Open mic

The Green Frog, 1015 N. State St., 4 p.m. Sundays, slow jam; 7 p.m. Mondays, music hosted by Trace Rezideux; 9:30 p.m. Mondays, Guffingham (comedy).

Cafe Bouzingo, 1209 Cornwall Ave., 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

Honey Moon Mead & Cider, 1053 N. State St., 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

Poppe’s 360 at Four Points By Sheraton, 714 Lakeway Drive, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, with Chuck Dingee.

Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 3030 Northwest Ave., blues jam with Patrick McFarland.

The Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., 9 p.m. Feb. 23, blues jam with Andy “Badd Dog” Koch birthday show.

DJ spin

Glow Nightclub, 202 E. Holly St., 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, with DJ J-Will; 9 p.m. Saturdays, with DJ Boombox Kid; 9 p.m. Wednesdays, Western Wednesdays with Gray Matter.

Poppe’s 360 at Four Points By Sheraton, 714 Lakeway Drive, 9 p.m. Thursdays with DJ Clint.

Rumors Cabaret, 1119 Railroad Ave., 11 p.m. Thursdays, with DJ Enz; 9 p.m. Saturdays with DJ Robby Clark.

The Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., 9 p.m. Feb. 19, Elvish Freshley and Boombox Kid; 9 p.m. Feb. 20, Pressha, Pinky Promise, Dream Journal, Roman Candle, Sensebellum; 9 p.m. Wednesdays with Boombox Kid.

Karaoke

Bellingham Bar and Grill, 1408 Cornwall Ave., 9 p.m. Mondays.

El Gitano, 1125 E. Sunset Drive, Suite 110, 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

Paso del Norte, 758 Peace Portal Drive, Blaine, 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

The Royal, 208 E. Holly St., 9 p.m. Thursdays.

Rumors Cabaret, 1119 Railroad Ave., 9 p.m. Mondays, with Zack Zinn.

The Shakedown, 1212 N. State St., 9 p.m. Tuesdays, Aireeoke with Aireekah.

Swillery Whiskey Bar, 118 W. Holly St., 9 p.m. Wednesdays.

Village Inn Pub & Eatery, 3030 Northwest Ave., 8 p.m. Fridays.

The Wild Buffalo, 208 W. Holly St., 9 p.m. Mondays, Lip Sync Battle!

Bar trivia

Archer Ale House, 1212 10th St., 7 p.m. Sundays.

Kulshan Brewing Co., 2238 James St., 7 p.m. Mondays.

K2, 1538 Kentucky St., 7 p.m. Wednesdays.

McKay’s Taphouse, 1118 E. Maple St., 7 p.m. Wednesdays.

Skylark’s Hidden Cafe, 1308 11th St., 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

Slo Pitch Sports Grill & Casino, 3720 Meridian St., 7 p.m. Wednesdays.

The Table, 100 N. Commercial St., 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

Uisce Irish Pub, 1319 Commercial St., 8 p.m. Tuesdays.

This story was originally published February 17, 2016 at 4:01 PM with the headline "Bars and Bands: Oregon’s Three for Silver plays the Swillery."