TONY ENGELHART: JUNKYARD JANE >>>

As the saying goes, “Time flies when you’re having fun,” and for Junkyard Jane it’s been a barrel of monkeys for the past 11 years as Billy Stoops and Leanne Trevalyan have been hosts to a non-stop party. 

Junkyard Jane was formed in 1997 out of stragglers from three different bands with a common vision: to have fun with music. The ensemble of first class musicians has changed over the years, but Stoops and Trevalyan have remained the glue that has kept the Northwest’s number one party band together. 

With a funky mix of blues, twang and rock and roll, the band defied labels and created music on their own terms, which they dubbed “swampabilly roots.” Stoops’ nasty mastery of the Strat coupled with his powerfully rich voice is complimented by Trevalyan’s whimsical vocals and the occasional kazoo solo.

[The Spar, Sunday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m., 2121 N. 30th St., Tacoma, 253.272.2122]