Longtime local music buffs know Seafood Mama was the first incarnation of Quarterflash. I’m old enough to have seen them under both monikers. My favorite show was when Quarterflash played Neighborfair, a daylong music festival held in Waterfront Park. By the time the sun went down and they took the stage, the crowd was 100,000 strong and Rindy’s saxophone wailed long and loud into the night.
Tonight, Quarterflash will headline the 2nd Annual Induction Ceremony for the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. There is a silent auction held beforehand at 6 PM, and you can see a list of items up for grabs here.
Also appearing will be Crazy 8s, who I’ve seen as an opening act for national touring bands too many times to count. Bring your dancing shoes; your feet will be tapping more furiously than Larry Craig in a Minneapolis bathroom!
For blues fans, Curtis Salgado will be playing. I can’t tell you anything about Curtis you don’t already know. Maybe, if we’re lucky, Terry Robb will join him on his set. (That’s pure fantasy on my part, FYI. No mention of Terry Robb on the website or handbill.) Terry is a shoe-in for the OMHOF; in fact, he was the opening act at the aforementioned Neighborfair.
So, if you over-21ers want to revisit the 80s for an evening, get on down to the Roseland Theater. Doors and auction start at 6; music starts around 7.
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Is the restaurant called Seafood Mama still around over by Northwest 21st? I wondered if that is where they got the name for their band?
I ate there one time. I had cioppino, which came out as a bunch of shellfish floating in ketchup. Their steamed clams were pretty good though. I hardened my heart to ever returning to the restaurant.
Well too bad I missed this
Would have been nice to see one of the many bands my uncle was a drummer for before they became a one hit wonder (seafood mama aka quarterflash) 
I had dear friends Laurie and Steve Burpee who attended High School in Vancouver Washington with the lead singer of Seafood Mama and then Quarterflash. They attended many of the bands performances in the Seafood Mama days.
Steve Burpee was an awesome musician in his own right at Eastern Washington University and went on to become Director of Bands at Renton Washingtons Hazen High School. I used to attend Steves band concerts with Laurie and he was so talented tears would come to my eyes.
Steve Burpee in my opinion was a real undiscovered talent. Man could he blow the sax!!!
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