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Drink the Sea

Sunday, August 30, 2026 · 7:30 PM PDT · Vashon Center for the Arts
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Drink the Sea
Peter Buck, the guitarist from R.E.M., teams up with drummer Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season), bassist Alain Johannes, and multi-instrumentalist Duke Garwood for Drink the Sea on Sunday, August 30 at Vashon Center for the Arts. It's a supergroup of serious alternative rock credentials playing an intimate hall on Vashon Island.

Lineup

  • Peter Lawrence Buck (born December 6, 1956) is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.; he played the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs. Throughout his career with R.E.M. (1980–2011), as well as during his subsequent solo career, Buck has been at various times a member of numerous side project groups.

  • Barrett Harrington Martin (born April 14, 1967) is an American drummer and record producer from Washington. He is perhaps best known for his work with the alternative rock bands Screaming Trees and Mad Season. He was also a member of Skin Yard, Tuatara, and Walking Papers, and has performed as a session musician for many artists in a variety of genres.

  • Alain Johannes

    Alain Johannes Mociulski (born May 2, 1962) is a Chilean-American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, whose primary instruments are guitar and bass. He is a founding member of several bands, including the alternative rock group Eleven, and has been involved with acts such as Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, PJ Harvey, Chris Cornell, Arctic Monkeys, Mark Lanegan and The Desert Sessions, both as a…

  • Duke Garwood (born 1969) is a British multi-instrumentalist from London.

  • Primarily known as a bassist with groups like Grammy-nominated band Alvvays and surf pop band La Luz, Abbey Blackwell (Seattle, WA, USA) is focusing her energies on writing for solo guitar and voice. Since making her home in Seattle, WA in 2009, moving down from Everett, WA, Abbey has enmeshed herself in the myriad scenes there via the University of Washington.

Venue

19600 Vashon Hwy SW · Vashon