Blue Ringers

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Blue Ringers is one of Southern Minnesota favorite Country/Rock cover Bands. These Guys will make your body move and your feet dance. Don’t miss this great show on a stage thats worthy of their talents. See you Friday Night

Cinco De Mayo Party is a staple for Busters. We will be having our Famous $1.00 Coronas. Plus this year we will be having a Reality TV Show filming for America’s Hot Spots. Be part of history and a hell of a good time!

Later that night watch B Re’ who sang Tootsi Roll, and Ride the Train

IV Play

IV Play (4 Play for all you 3rd grade dropouts) introduced itself to the music scene in 1999. Playing anything from the Village People to Pantera, this premier rock band will have you on the dance floor in no time!
Based out of Mankato, Minnesota, you may have seen the name playing most of their dates in the upper mid-west, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and South Dakota. IV Play can take you from the arena rock and hair metal of the 80′s, to the down and dirty grunge rock of the 90′s, to the hot pop dance hits of today! Oh yeah, and everywhere in-between! IV Play hopes you enjoy the show and looks forward to seeing you at a gig soon!!!

Burn Halo

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Between May and October 2007, Hart made week-long treks to Tulsa, OK to write and demo with Maloy. “I knew that I wanted a clear-cut rock ‘n’ roll band, which is something I had not had in the past”, Hart says of the music. “My vision and my brand of rock ‘n’ roll without having to compromise on any of the songs or any of the material. I wanted to make a very straightforward rock album. Something that had commercial appeal, but also something that had a classic, vintage mid-‘80s throwback vibe to it.”

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Captain May I performs sensible, unpredictable rock from many sub-genres with an emphasis on execution. The experienced cast of characters reeks of cool and effortlessly delivers massive fun and great times. C.M.I. was assembled by former Hairball bassist Dan Dryden. Although Dan was instrumental in building Hairball’s success, his desire to expand musically led him to resign from the band. “I had a great run with Hairball.” Dryden admitted, “I made some good money, but I was running low on integrity. New 80′s songs never seem to get written, so I had been
playing virtually the same setlist for over 5 years. It became very clear to me that it was time to build a new empire and concentrate on what drew me into this crazy business… the music.”

Dryden first approached his old friend and former Slow Children bandmate Steve “Stibs” Thommes about forming the new project. Stibs is very well known and respected as one of the most talented and versatile guitarists around. Stibs
immediately welcomed the challenge to help form… the next BIG thing.

The duo quickly recruited Junk FM guitarist Chris Heille to the fold. On top of being an extraordinary guitarist, Chris is an accomplished keyboardist, a gifted studio engineer/producer, a computer whiz and a brilliant vocalist. It was obvious to the three veteran musicians, that an additional “frontman” would be completely unnecessary. Dan, Stibs and Chris have all performed professionally as lead vocalists and their distinct voices complement each other perfectly. One more piece to this puzzle and C.M.I. sets sail!

Drummer Wade Hagblom came from out of nowhere. On a whim, he sent Dryden a video of himself playing a crushing 3 minute drum solo. Wade formerly performed as Danny Carey in the premier TOOL tribute act 10,000 Days. 2 Days later he was a member of the band. C.M.I. didn’t simply secure a drummer, C.M.I. acquired a legitimate drum MONSTER!

Captain May I takes pride in surprising people with sure-fire songs that most bands wouldn’t think to play, or are unable to play properly. Lost classics such as “Cars” by Gary Numan, “Come Together” by The Beatles and “A Girl Like You” by The Smithereens normally evoke a reaction similar to, “O.M.G. I LOVE this song”! College rock, classic rock, country rock, 70′s 80′s 90′s rock, modern rock, pop rock… nothing is off limits for Captain May I.

Here are some examples to represent the depth of Captain May I’s repertoire:

Don Henley/The Ataris – “Boys of Summer”
Foo Fighters – “Learn to Fly”
The Romantics – “What I Like About You”
Billy Joel – “You May Be Right”
The Black Keys – “Howlin’ For You”
Dwight Yokum – “Fast as You”
The Knack – “My Sharona”
Greg Kihn Band – “The Breakup Song”
Fuel – “Shimmer”
Jimmy Eat World – “The Middle”
The Wallflowers – “One Headlight”
KISS – “Beth”
Keith Urban – “Put You in a Song”
The Presidents of the United States of America – “Lump”
REO Speedwagon – “Take it on the Run”
Kelly Clarkson – “Since You’ve Been Gone”
INXS – “What You Need”
The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
Andrew W.K. – “Party Hard”
Semisonic – “Closing Time”
Tom Petty – “American Girl”
Of course Captain May I has a 100,000 gallon bucket full of just about any old standard tune at their disposal if the situation calls for it. Joan Jett, Poison, Rick Springfield, AC/DC, you get the picture.

Frank Hannon From Tesla

Drawing on his early childhood influences of American Folk artists such as Bob Dylan, John Denver, and Willie Nelson, Frank Hannon has showcased his lyrical, vocal, and “acoustic” storytelling song writing abilities on the self produced album. Apart from recent TESLA concerts, Frank Hannon has been performing solo “acoustic” shows, one in particular was the KGGO “Summer Jam” in Des Moines Iowa where he performed throughout the day in between artist such as John Waite, 38 special, and BTO in front of 10,000 fans singing by himself with an acoustic guitar, and recently performing with Aaron Lewis who is also known for such solo acoustic performances. Frank has recently formed the independent label RedHawk Records.

The Early Years
Hannon started playing guitar and writing songs when he was 10 (1976). He joined/started the band Tesla at age 19 but had also played with and produced many artists. He uses guitars such as Gibsons preferably his ’96 Cherry SG, ES 335, Les Paul Goldtops, Doubleneck 12/6 strings and acoustics and he uses a Dove, J50. Hannon later learned to play piano from his mother at a young age. He also played the B3 organ, Bass Guitar and Drums. As the years rolled when Tesla started he and other band mates met Jeff Keith on a local radio station.

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