Minnesota Zoo concert series FYI

[DPK]

Anyone visiting the Twin Cities this summer and finding themselves with a free evening for some outdoor music may find a matchup in this year's schedule of shows at the Minnesota Zoo in the south metro suburb of Apple Valley.

Enjoy

SUBWAY MUSIC IN THE ZOO
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Govt Mule ($35)--6/17/05
Martin Sexton ($25)--6/18/05
Arlo Guthrie ($40)--6/19/05
Los Lobos ($30)--6/24/05
Loudon Wainwright III & David Wilcox ($27)--6/25/05
Funk Brothers ($33)--6/26/05
CANCELED An Evening with Hall & Oates ($53)--7/1/05
Lucinda Williams ($32)--7/2/05
Robert Randolph & The Family Band ($29)--7/3/05
John Hiatt & North Mississippi Allstars with a Special Acoustic Set by Mississippi Allstars ($39)--7/6/05
Peter Himmelman with special guest Vienna Teng ($25)--7/10/05
Buddy Guy with special guest Lamont Cranston ($42)--7/16/05
Dave Koz "Smooth Summer Night" featuring Jeffrey Osborne, Marc Antoine and Praful ($45)--7/23/05
Tegan & Sara ($16)--7/27/05
Todd Snider/Willy Porter ($20)--7/30/05
Aimee Mann ($29)--7/31/05
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy with special guest Stockcar Named Desire ($25)--8/3/05
Susan Tedeschi ($30)--8/18/05
Kasey Chambers with special guest The Greencards ($25)--8/19/05
The Ike Reilly Assassination with special guest Olympic Hopefuls ($20)--8/20/05
Umphrey's McGee ($20)--8/21/05
C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band and Dirty Dozen Brass Band ($23)--8/25/05
Norman Brown's Summer Storm, starring Peabo Bryson, Brenda Russell and Everett Harp ($45)--8/28/05

[chadgumbo]

Pretty impressive list here Dave
As we Minnesotans are aware, the Minnesota Zoo is where we usually get our annual Little Feat fix. But this will be the second year in a row that either the zoo or the Feat have passed on one another.

Still, the John Hiatt booking looks tempting, as does the Buddy Guy - with guest Lamont Cranston Band. Then I see there's Susan Tedeschi, Los Lobos, where do I stop? Maybe I need to buy a gorilla suit and take up residence at the zoo
-chadgumbo

[Rollin' Mark]

Don't miss the Rads at the Bunker and
"The Big Wu Family Reunion"
Sweet!
Maybe you can get that "Trombone Monster" himself Mark Mullins to show up.

I'm Jealous

[DPK]

Rollin' said:

Don't miss the Rads at the Bunker and
"The Big Wu Family Reunion"
Sweet!
Maybe you can get that "Trombone Monster" himself Mark Mullins to show up.

I'm Jealous

I got plenty of floor space, and the WU reunion is a three day deal with some interesting acts. Get on the plane and ride.

I'm getting a SRO 10 show pass this year. When I tape I'm never in a seat anyway. Can probably openly tape 5-6 of these shows and "manage" the rest.

Suck some tails for me first weekend in June. ;D Would love to make that fest.

[threebeards]

I caught Lamont Cranston at a bar in Des Moines 20-odd years ago and they were smokin'. Hadn't heard boo from them so thought (apparantly wrongly) that they had vanished. Glad to see they're still around. If that one gets recorded I'd love to hear it.

TB

[chadgumbo]

3beards -
Yes, Lamont Cranston Blues Band is still with us. They can be found live fairly regularly in the Twin Cities area. The band comes to Rochester once or twice a year. They used to play at a place called Mugzees,
but the building was in such bad shape it got condemned. Now, when they come to Rochester, they play at the Holiday Inn South.

In 1996 and '97 they came out with a couple of studio albums, a self-titled album and then Roll With Me. A 2CD album Lamont Live was released in 2001. Oddly, Upper Mississippi Shakedown comes up only on the live album.


The studio cut of the song appears on "The Best of Lamont Cranston", released in 1993, but you gotta be willing to fork over about $68- for a legitimate copy of that.

The band's sax player, Rick O'Dell, died a couple of years ago of a heart attack and I thought that might bring things to an end for the band, but the band survived and is still touring.
- chadgumbo

[DPK]

FWIW, Lamont and the boys will be on the same bill as the Feat at Baily Ray's, June 18th just about an hour north of the cities. Check the Tour '05 thread I started.

21 days to Baily Ray's Upper Miss'ippi Shakedown! ;D

If you can get tix yet, Gov't Mule on the 17th, Feat on the 18th and Arlo Guthrie on the 19th. Not bad if you like these acts.