Finger-style and slide guitarist David Jacobs-Strain will be in concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 24, at the Port Orford Community Center, on 11th Street.

Jacobs-Strain is a musician who cites Skip James, Charlie Patton, Tommy Johnson, and a song or two by Fred McDowell or Robert Johnson as “echoes” in his music, as well as other multi-cultural musicians.

His latest recording, Liar’s Day, was produced by his mentor and collaborator, Kenny Passarelli, who’s also featured on the bass. They’re joined by Joe Vitale on drums. “I wanted a big, aggressive drum sound — a Neil Young or Tom Petty sound — that still allowed space for the Traugott acoustic and National steel guitars. I got it by working with Joe and Kenny, Joe Walsh’s rhythm section in the ’70s,” Jacobs-Strain said.

 He grew up in Eugene and sees a distinct connection between the principles embodied in his upbringing and the democracy of the blues. For the past three years Jacobs-Strain has been touring the country. He’s been billed with T-Bone Burnett and Bob Weir, and has opened for acts such as Los Lobos, Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal, Etta James, Boz Scaggs and the Blind Boys of Alabama. By the time he was 19, he had played at the Philadelphia Folk Festival and MerleFest. His other festival credits include the Strawberry Music Festival, the Newport Folk Festival, the Telluride Blues Fest, the Vancouver Folk Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, and the Lugano Blues to Bop Festival in Switzerland. He’s also served as faculty at guitar workshops, most notably at Jorma Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch.

Tickets cost $10. For more information, those interested can call (541) 332-0487.