Now a local guy has decided he wants a piece of the action. Your Big Break 's National Finals will be shown May 26. Thom Effinger has a musical gift.
Some people can play the guitar pretty well.
Others write songs that make the whole world sing. Just like them. Until recently, Effinger, who runs his own heating and air conditioning business, could only impress the 40 or so people who show up at his band's weekly gig at the Cafe Pacific in the 'Couv with his mimicry skills. But after being tapped last August at a tryout for the national television show Your Big Break at Portland karaoke haunt the Grand Cafe, Effinger has expanded his horizons. He believes he's on the verge of being discovered.