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617 BAND    
ALFALPHA MALES
, NEW NAME "RETRACTIONS"
AUSTIN HEALY
 
ARMADILLO JUMP
BECKY THOMPSON & OLD SCHOOL
BELFAST COWBOYS
BIG WALTER SMITH
BRUCE KURNOW/BOBBY SCHNITZER
BRUCE McCABE
[CD]
BUTANES 
CAIN
CALVIN JAMES

CANOISE

C.A. QUINTET OFFICIAL SITE
CASABLANCA ORCHESTRA
CHAIN LIGHTNING
CHOPPERS
CITY MOUSE
CROW

DAISY DILLMAN
DANNY'S REASONS
DAWGWILD
DEBBIE DUNCAN

DELCOUNTS
DOUG SPARTZ      
[CD]        [VIDEO]
DR MAMBO'S COMBO
DWEEBS
G. FRANCIS   [MYSPACE]    [YOU TUBE]
THE GUESS WHO
[ALMOST LOCAL]
GYPSY
[OFFICIAL SITE]
HIGH & MIGHTY
 
HIGH NOON
INSIDE OUT BAND
INSIDE STRAIGHT BLUES BAND
JOE JULIANO
JOHN KOERNER [SPIDER]
JONAH & THE  WHALES 
[80'S ROCK] JESSE LANG
JOSE JAMES
[JAZZ]
KILLER HAYSEEDS
[JAMES WALSH]
KURT JORGENSEN
LAMONT CRANSTON
LARRY WIEGAND
LAST CHANCE
LEGENDS
LITTER

LONNIE KNIGHT
MARGARET COX  
MEMPHIS & THE MEANTIMES
MICK STERLING

MR WINKY BAND
NEW PRIMITIVES

OTHER BROTHERS
[LARRY WIEGAND]
PAMELA MCNEILL
PAUL MAYASICH & BENDERHEADS
PORK CHOP
RAVE ONS
RAVE ONS
[MYSPACE]
RELATIVE STRANGERS
ROSS WILLIAM PERRY BAND
RUBBER SOUL 
[BEATLES TRIBUTE]
SOULMATES
TAPES N' TAPES
TC JAMMERS
TONY SIMS
TRAILER TRASH
TRANSIT AUTHORITY  
 
UNCLE FUNKY
UNDERBEATS
WHITE HORSES
ZIP CAPLAN


Clubs/Misc:
GUIDE TO LOCAL CLUBS
MY KEY CHAIN RECORDS
LINKS [to other sites]
ARM ENTERTAINMENT
EP ATELIER

Musicians MIA
 MUSIC LEGENDS: R.I.P.

Press Clippings
CLIPPINGS



 

GIGS    2008

Crow:
Fri July 18 Whiskey Junction Mpls
Sat July 19 Renegades 3809 Hwy 13 Burnsville

Mr Winky: July 18/19 Inn Kahoots Hamel MN

Last Chance: July 18/19 Hydrant in Bethel MN

Benefit for Glenn Graham:
Sat July 19
Mpls Eagles 2507 E 25th St, Minneapolis, MN
(612) 729-4469
Noon till 7 pm
The RETRACTIONS will then take over, starting around 8:30 or so.    MAP
Lots of good music from noon on and a great cause.



Other notable events!

SOMA: I am the new "Archivist" with the non profit org "Sounds of Mid America".

A "tip o' the cap" to Midwest musicians with memorabilia, great music, and more.
Please join us...

SOMA Website

Festivals:

* Rockfest: July 17-20 Cadott, Wis.    Website
* Deep Blues: July 18, 19 Lake Elmo Website
* Lumberjack Days July 23-27 Stillwater Website
* HalfWay Jam: July 24-26
Royalton MN   Website
* Santiago Shakedown: Aug 2 Bailey Rays Santiago MN   Website

More listed at City Pages: Festivals

List of Motorcycle rallies for 2008: Rallies * *

Black Water Choppers is closing. Sat July 26, 2008 is their farewell BBQ with free beer! See website


Weekly GIGS:

Butanes: Every Fri at McMahon's pub
(old Poodle  club)  3001 E. Lake St.
Every Wed at Mpls Eagles Club 2507 25th st

Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs
: Every week Friday, 7:00pm Eagles Club - The Nest - 2507 E 25th St. Minneapolis

Hot Club:
Every Sat at Merlins Rest 3601 E. Lake St Mpls       Django Jazz

New Primitives:
Thursdays at Nye's in Mpls

NEWS
6-18-08: Another Midwest musician is ill. He also happens to be a fine player and a genuine nice guy. Please visit the Glenn Graham CaringBridge site below
Glenn Graham

4-1-08: Check out the link for City Mouse on the left. These Mankato boys go back a long ways (1971) and are damn talented.

RIP: Soul Brother: Buddy Miles, Jack!

1947-Feb 26, 2008.
Myspace for Buddy
Seen him just once, at the Cabooze. Fine player...



Buddy's music: Down by the river


Buddy's music: Wind cries Mary


"James Walsh Gypsy 2" CD's for sale:
More details at Gypsy today


New Doug Spartz video


Tom Campbell's tribute to Ida Rosenbaum
January 6, 2008
[Word document ]



I have some "new" Midwest music video clips on this site here,
on blip.tv and YouTube

blip .tv probably has the best video quality...
 

New [fab] website for the Last Chance Band


Check out Larry Wiegand's website here
Crow, 617 band, and more in his resume...

  
Roger Arneson, our north Mpls homeboy,  is  on MySpace. Yes, this is the wild & crazy  mofo  who drove all over the Crystal airport.  And, oh  yes, he also does a mean "Jake"  blues,  aka "the Jake & Elwood's Blues  review".
 
50 greatest MN hits article in
City Pages.
(Where's Gypsy?)


Wikipedia article about Enrico Rosenbaum  links  to this website.

Songlists
at BMI for James Johnson, Enrico Rosenbaum & James Walsh

Whisky-A_Go-Go info

Merlin's rest: Our favorite pub, free music,  great beer (Belhaven, Guinness, etc).
Wild Bill to be found here...
3601 E. Lake St.,  Minneapolis - 612 216 2419
Merlin's website

    
Wolfgang's vault:
Incredible live concerts from Bill  Graham's estate. Free to listen to, $10 to record a  concert. Bookmark this site, you will be back...

Quote of the day:
"The music business is a cruel and  shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where  thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like  dogs. There's also a negative side."

 -- Hunter S. Thompson

Email me for music/music video
sales & trades or info:

info@NO_SPAMmidwesttribute.com

(leave out the NO_SPAM part)



CROW

Shows scheduled July 08:
July 18     Whiskey Junction
July 19     Renegades
July 19 is probably last show this year.

Larry Wiegand page or Crow for further details.


You can stop emailing me for classic
Crow music!
They released a CD
with 11 cuts on it called
"Crow Classics 1969-1972". [$15 + s&h]
Order on their webpage...

Details on CD here




Wikipedia link about Crow

KFAI "fresh air" radio past Crow
shows at: www.kfai.org
Name of Radio Show: "In Your Ear"
Also archived under "In Your Ear"

Gypsy Shows
None scheduled

JWG 2 CD:
Now available for the first time ever, the unreleased James Walsh Gypsy Band – Muscle Shoals album. This CD is digitally remastered from the recently recovered Muscle Shoals master tapes. The CD features such notable musicians as James Walsh, The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Tower of Power Horns, Bee Gee Strings and was co-produced with James Walsh by Barry Beckett and Jimmy Johnson.
Contact me for details

* Gypsy Posters
* How to get Gypsy music

Roger found this Willie Weeks article