Taco Tapes plays the Range Rider Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. with special guest Joshua James Jackson.

ENTERPRISE — Folk rock group Taco Tapes comes to the Range Rider, 107 NW First St., on Wednesday, Nov. 15, along with Joshua James Jackson, formerly of the Bay Area band Sharkmouth.

The show starts at 7 p.m.

Long known as the talented guitarist who plays with the Bart Budwig Band, Ben Walden and songwriting collaborator Jeremy Meyer front the four-piece, rounded out with Olaf Wydstie on drums and Dean Shakked on bass.

The band’s name is a riff on an album called “Pizza Tapes” featuring Jerry Garcia, Dave Grisman and Tony Rice. The band even offers two of its albums on cassette, “Trad is Rad” and its latest release, “Keep on the Shady Side,” for those fortunate enough to have held on to their vintage technology.

Both of those albums, along with “Garden Variety,” are also available digitally.

“Keep on the Shady Side” will be available Nov. 17 and the Range Rider is on a short list of venues Taco Tapes is previewing its newest release. The band recorded the album in Wydstie’s living room in Astoria. Budwig engineered the session and played trumpet, one of many featured musical guests.

The album spans the spectrum of rock and roll from folk to jazz, funk to blues. The opening song “Railroad Car” has a decided Wilco vibe. “Anna Patrick” takes a Latin turn and “Omission” has a funky backbone groove. Most of the songs are originals but includes an intriguing, bluesy rendition of the Grateful Dead’s “You Know Me Rider” … with a whole lot of organ.

“We went eclectic with ‘Keep it on the Shady Side’ and kept things ‘out of the box.’ It’s based around country and folk music and focused on rhythm — we have some Latin and African influences along with 90s hip-hop,” Walden said.

The name of the album nods to both its hip-hop influence, the Eminem song “Slim Shady,” and its country roots, with a nod toward The Carter Family song, “Keep on the Sunny Side.”

The band had its roots in the pandemic shutdown and its first two albums, released during that time, were acoustic. “Keep it on the Shady Side” is mostly electric, a decision not made consciously, Walden said, but more out of a response to playing live shows where audiences want to get up and dance.

After their release tour, the band has some gigs in California, and then it is back to the studio for another album, this time with more acoustic instrumentation.

“We spend time focusing on studio recording, then we focus on live performance — it’s kind of cyclical to me,” Walden said.

Mostly raised in Idaho, Walden said his childhood was immersed in music — at the age of four the kid who couldn’t sit still became mesmerized by Alison Krauss and Union Station at a live concert in Wisconsin.

“My parents and extended family got me into music — my parents were really into folk music when I was a kid and we went to a lot of festivals,” Walden said. “Jeremy had a similar upbringing and is strongly influenced by John Prine.”

It wasn’t long before Walden said he picked up a harmonica. Considered a prodigy, he performed around the Northwest and appeared on “Prairie Home Companion” when he was 13. He eventually moved to the guitar when he discovered one lying around at his grandmother’s house.

“My mom showed me the first couple of chords, and then I picked up some skills from my dad,” Walden said.