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Mary Cumpston
Mary Cumpston

Mary Cumpston

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Mary Cumpston
Mary Cumpston
Nov 20, 2017 · 3 min read

The mind blowing Vin Shambry

I was reasonably nervous before my interview with Vin Shambry. The man went straight from college to the limelight, scoring an immediate role on Broadway. After continuing his acting career in his home town, Portland, he would be the first man to win 3 Drammies awards in one…

Mary Cumpston
Mary Cumpston
Apr 9, 2017 · 3 min read

Eulogy for Jimmy Mac’s

It was with a heavy heart and a turning stomach that I learned Jimmy Mak’s was closing. In a way, I grew up in that jazz club. After all, my father, Jeff Cumpston, had been one of the better known jazz drummers of Portland. The club, being only a year older than me, was around for the…

Mary Cumpston
Mary Cumpston
Feb 23, 2017 · 9 min read

50 Years of Doors

Dark curls fly as the leather suited figure throws back his head. Eyes closed, Jim Morrison clutches the microphone tightly and moans into it. The audience is still and silent with concentration, deep in a musically induced trance. Even 50 years since the birth of the band’s hypnotic sound, the…