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AMERICANA—With Polecat, the musical sum is far greater than its parts, as the quintet patches together rock guitar chords, Celtic fiddle playing, and twangy crooning. Ideal for outdoor venues, the band brims with enthusiasm—this is music for howling at the moon. Part of Pickin’ & Paddlin’; free demos.
4- 9 pm. Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe, 805 SW Industrial Way. $5 (children under 12, free).

This article appears in Jul 16-24, 2014.

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PICK: Polecat at Pickin’ and Paddlin’

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 30, 2014

<h1>PICK: Polecat at Pickin’ and Paddlin’</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 30, 2014</p> <p>AMERICANA—With Polecat, the musical sum is far greater than its parts, as the quintet patches together rock guitar chords, Celtic fiddle playing, and twangy crooning. Ideal for outdoor venues, the band brims with enthusiasm—this is music for howling at the moon. Part of Pickin’ &amp; Paddlin’; free demos. <br /> 4- 9 pm. Tumalo Creek Kayak &amp; Canoe, 805 SW Industrial Way. $5 (children under 12, free).</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/pick-polecat-at-pickin-and-paddlin-2383705/&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=31075&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/pick-polecat-at-pickin-and-paddlin-2383705/&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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