Bobble Tiki once said of Seattle's rockabilly phenomenon the Dusty 45s, "Not only has this band perfected the art of rockabilly blues, enough so to make the artists of the '50s and '60s proud, but frontman Billy Joel Huels has a pyrotechnic side that Bobble Tiki can relate to." These are words we can all get behind, even while admitting Tiki's penchant for the third person has become a bit predictable over the years. On the same note, I once said of Brent Amaker, "There's more to this man than simple, old-school country machismo; and there's more to Amaker's music than the obligatory, alt-country nods to the likes of Cash, Williams, Haggard and so on." Both statements hold true to this day, which is just one of the reasons Friday night's show at the Royal in Olympia should be so epic ... even if epic is the most overused word of the moment. 

[The Royal Lounge, 7 p.m., 311 Capital Way, Olympia]