Party ’til the mourning

Tensas & The Mourners are a powerhouse duo armed with a rotating arsenal of guitar, drums, trumpet, piano, bass and whatever else they can plug in or beat on. As part of the Rough Waters Tour, the duo returns for their third time to the Pacific Northwest at The Grill 1646 in Lincoln City this Friday, June 6.

Hailing from Colorado, the band has been compared to acts such as Tom Waits, White Stripes and Gogol Bordello.

“We started out a couple of years ago as a two-piece, just me and my bandmate Desha, playing under the stage name that I had been writing and performing under for years,” said Tensas, songwriter and band leader. “About six months in, we added a bass player and decided it made sense to adopt a name that reflected the spirit of the music and growing nature of the band.” That’s when Tensas & The Mourners was born.

“The mourners felt right, because it’s always been about letting other people in and creating something a little bigger than just the two or three of us.”

The mourning begins at 5 pm at The Grill 1646, located at 1330 NE Hwy. 101. For more information, go to tensasmusic.com