Remembering Influential Portland Soundman Patrick Kenneally

This month, Patrick Kenneally, the founder of legendary Portland club the Blackbird, passed away at the age of 43. Though the Blackbird was short lived, even local musicians who didn’t know Kenneally well were beneficiaries of his generous vision. In between Satyricon’s pro bono New Band Night and today’s pay-to-play arrangements that require emerging bands to sell tickets in order to get paid, The Blackbird was a brief golden ear in which even small local bands were paid and fed.