# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Jeffrey Martin + Kassi Valazza at Ruffed Up Duck Saloon
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 02 Apr, 2022 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Jeffrey Martin + Kassi Valazza at Ruffed Up Duck Saloon 

JEFFREY MARTIN

As a babe Jeffrey Martin sought out solitude as often as he could find it. He's always been that way, and he has never understood the whole phenomenon of smiling in pictures, although he is a very happy guy. One night in middle school he stayed up under the covers with a flashlight and a DiscMan, listening to Reba McEntire's 'That's the Night that the Lights Went Out in Georgia' on repeat until the DiscMan ran out of batteries. That night he became a songwriter, although he didn't actually write a song until years later. After high school he spent a few years distracting himself from having to gather up the courage to do what he knew he had to do. Eventually he found his way to a writing degree, and then a teaching degree. He wrote most days like his life depended on it, all sorts of things, not just songs, but songs too. He fell in love with teaching high school English, which was fantastic because he never thought he'd actually come to truly love it. His students were fierce and unstoppable forces of noise and curiosity, and for all that they
took from him in sleep and sense, they gave him a hundred times back in sparks and humility.

All the while he was also playing truckloads of music. There was one weekend where he flew to LA while grading essays on the plane, played two shows, and then flew back home, still grading essays, and woke up to teach at 5 am on Monday morning. It was around this time he started wondering if such a life was sustainable. Alas, music, the tour life, was a constant raccoon scratching at the back door. Jeffrey spent nights on end sitting up in bed, and then
sitting on the front porch, staring off into the dark, wondering if he could bear to leave teaching to go on tour full time. Eventually his brain caught up with what his guts had known for months. With tears in his eyes he announced to his students that he wouldn't beback the following year, and that he didn't feel right hollering at them to chase their dreams at all cost if he wasn't going to do the same.

Jeffrey Martin tours full time now. He is always making music, and he is always coming through your town. He misses teaching like you might miss a good old friend who you know you'll meet again. Jeffrey has put out bunches of music since 2009, but he's most proud of the more recent stuff. He's fortunate to be a part of the great and loving family that is Fluff and Gravy Records in Portland, OR. "One Go Around," which released in October 2017, is his 3rd full length album. At his luckiest, he's shared shows with the likes of Sean Hayes, Gregory Alan Isakov, Courtney Marie Andrews, Jeffrey Foucault, Joe Pug, Peter Mulvey, Amanda Shires, Sean Rowe, Tracy Grammer, David Wilcox, and others.

KASSI VALAZZA

Kassi Valazza has a viscous, light gold voice. It swirls around in your head like whiskey in a snifter; vaporous, and intoxicating. For most of Dear Dead Days pedal steel and electric guitar lope along at half time, the in pocket rhythm section booming from deep in the low end. Its frequencies penetrate your flesh. The songs reverberate off your bones. Her lyrics drip down the inside of your skull. On the opening track “Cayuse”:

“cause they’re hard runnin’ critters, and wild-eyed quitters / kicking up all they can find / that fool hardy man of mine”

Musicians with Southwest origins dependably bring a languorous relaxation –the slow pace a defense against the oppressive heat of the high desert– and a grim sense of gravitas, having walked among the bleached bones and arid landscapes. At times Valazza sings as if her lyrics are smoke she’s exhaling. On “A Fine Colour” she sings every note clearly, and with force, on a surrealist-jealousy jawn.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/laramie/jeffrey-martin-kassi-valazza-at-ruffed-up-duck-saloon/200022172421405
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Laramie
- **state**: WY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Ruffed Up Duck Saloon
- **lat**: 41.31052
- **long**: -105.59137
- **full address**: Ruffed Up Duck Saloon, 310 S 5th St,Laramie,WY,United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Jeffrey Martin + Kassi Valazza at Ruffed Up Duck Saloon being held?
  - **A:** Jeffrey Martin + Kassi Valazza at Ruffed Up Duck Saloon takes place on Sat, 02 Apr, 2022 at 08:00 pm to Sat, 02 Apr, 2022 at 08:00 pm at Ruffed Up Duck Saloon, 310 S 5th St,Laramie,WY,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Jeffrey Martin + Kassi Valazza at Ruffed Up Duck Saloon?
  - **A:** Jeffrey Martin + Kassi Valazza at Ruffed Up Duck Saloon is organized by Pilot Light Booking.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Jeffrey Martin + Kassi Valazza at Ruffed Up Duck Saloon is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Laramie, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Jeffrey Martin + Kassi Valazza at Ruffed Up Duck Saloon sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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