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Last night, Brett Dennen and opening act Dawes opened up the Clear Summer Nights concert series at the Athletic Club of Bend and BENT blogger Ethan Maffey (and editor of eightythreemusic.com) was there to capture all of Dennen’s goofy dances and pelvic thrusts with his camera.

More photos after the jump.

Dawes comes out to perform Steve Miller Band’s “Swingtown” with Dennen and company. Dennen decides to show off his strength during the guitar solo.

More from Dawes’ killer opening set.

This article appears in Jun 16-22, 2011.

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PHOTOS: Last Night’s Brett Dennen Show

by Ethan Maffey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
June 17, 2011

<h1>PHOTOS: Last Night’s Brett Dennen Show</h1> <p class="byline">by Ethan Maffey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />June 17, 2011</p> <p><em>Last night, Brett Dennen and opening act Dawes opened up the Clear Summer Nights concert series at the Athletic Club of Bend and </em><em>BENT blogger Ethan Maffey (and editor of eightythreemusic.com) was there to capture all of Dennen's goofy dances and pelvic thrusts with his camera.</em></p> <p><em> </em></p> <p><em></em></p> <p><em>More photos after the jump.</em></p> <p> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </p> <p>Dawes comes out to perform Steve Miller Band's "Swingtown" with Dennen and company. Dennen decides to show off his strength during the guitar solo.</p> </p> <p>More from Dawes' killer opening set.</p> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/photos-last-nights-brett-dennen-show-2138516/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=13909&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/photos-last-nights-brett-dennen-show-2138516/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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