A Rare Night Home: Dave Fleschner & Friends, guest Alan Hager

Featuring Alan Hager, Dan Gildea, and Edwin Coleman III

Dave Fleschner is currently on tour with blues legend Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, which makes Portland shows a rare occasion these days. On May 21, he’s home for one night only at Hōkū Events — two sets of American roots music with an all-star lineup.

You might know Alan Hager — the reigning Cascade Blues Association Muddy Award winner for Electric Guitar — as the longtime guitarist with Curtis Salgado. But before Alan hit the road with Curtis, he and Dave had a duo residency at O’Connor’s Vault, where they recorded The Hager Fleschner Duo – Live From The Vault (available at davefleschner.com). Alan also appears on Dave’s project, The Blues Cabaret. This show is a rare chance to hear that partnership back in action.

Also on guitar is Dave’s good friend and longtime collaborator Dan Gildea — a Portland jazz mainstay who has played with Ron Carter, Leroy Vinnegar, and Shelly Rudolph. Dan has played on a number of Dave’s records, including The Dave Fleschner Trio – Deep Cuts, At Home, and The Blues Cabaret. Two guitar masters whose very different styles lock in beautifully together.

Anchoring the whole thing is Edwin Coleman III, this year’s CBA Muddy Award winner for Drummer of The Year and a longtime cornerstone of Portland’s best bandleaders — equally at home in a Hammond jazz trio, a blues revue, or a soul band. 

The setlist will move through selections from the recent vinyl release The Dave Fleschner Trio – Deep Cuts, along with material from The Blues Cabaret and Live From The Vault, plus a handful of vintage blues classics and Bob Dylan favorites.