WALKENPORT

It’s a rare Wednesday night that RecordBar isn’t packed when Bob Walkenhorst and Jeff Porter take the stage. The friends are two of Kansas City’s longest-running performers, and much of their audience has been with them for the better part of two decades. After playing his last show with the Rainmakers in the mid-1990s, Walkenhorst took a five-year hiatus before returning to the scene with a solo album in 2003. He’s been a stage presence ever since, with Porter — a veteran of such acts as S.D.I. and Blue Riddim — riding shotgun. “We’re just buds,” Walkenhorst says. “Once you get to be around 50, you have to be making music in a situation that’s not a strain. Back in our younger days, we would put up with a lot of nonsense from a lot of people just to make music and travel.” Walkenhorst & Porter perform their collaborative album, No Abandon, in its entirety tonight at the All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church (4501 Walnut, 816-531-2131). Tickets are $10, and all proceeds go to the church.

Sat., Oct. 10, 8 p.m., 2009