Lightning, Lido Shuffle, and a 60th Birthday at Valley View Club
Outdoor gigs in July are always a bit of a gamble. Heat, humidity, storms – usually at least one shows up. Our live acoustic duo performance for Valley...
Recent after-show stories
Balcony Songs and Seinfeld at the Kewanee Historical Society’s 50th
We don’t play a lot of museums, so getting asked to be part of the Kewanee Historical Society’s 50th birthday party already felt a little different in the...
Rain, Cabernet, and Father’s Day Songs at Tuggers
Our second Father’s Day at Tuggers in Port Byron looked pretty different from the first one. Last year it was all sunshine on the patio and people hanging...
Borderline and a Summer Night at Rams Riverhouse
Rams Riverhouse is starting to feel like our own little experiment in how many tiny things can go sideways before a show and still add up to a...
Rain, Cabernet, and a Packed Sunday at Cedar Ridge
By the time we hit the first chord at Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery on June 7, we were already a little road-weary in the best way. This...
Sweating Through Sundown: An Afternoon Back at Edison’s Gastropub
We’d been quietly circling this date on the calendar for a while, and Edison’s didn’t disappoint. First real hot-weather patio show of the year, first time back...
Shade Trees, Superman Slides, and ‘Sundown’ at the Kewanee Farmers Market
We’d been talking about this one for a while. The Kewanee Farmers Market decided to gamble on an evening version of their Wednesday market, and we got to...
Pon-Tunes, Blue Lights, and New Tunes at Tuggers
Tuggers has snuck up on us and turned into one of our favorite places to play. Kicking off their Pon-Tunes series on the patio, with the Mississippi right...
Family Traditions, Football Replays, and New Tunes at Cerno’s
Some shows feel like gigs, and some feel like you just plugged in the PA at a family reunion. Tom’s parents’ 52nd anniversary at Cerno’s definitely landed in...
Big Crowd, New Alley, and a Piano Man Moment at Market Alley Wines
We’ve played Market Alley Wines a few times now, but this May 23rd show in Monmouth felt different the second we turned the corner onto the square. The...