Band Spotlight | Thursday, February 17,2011

The Legendary Clampetts

They hail from the Springfield area, they’ve been around for ages and stake the claim of being “just the best damn unknown rock-n-roll band in the land.” These last-name-lacking band

Band Spotlight | Thursday, February 10,2011

Royal Pain

By Tom Irwin

Stocked with a bevy of classy, veteran Springfield musicians, Royal Pain stakes a claim as the classic rock band “THAT ROCKS!” With Sam Draper (guitar, vocals) from Freak of Nature, Elepha

Band Spotlight | Thursday, February 3,2011

Iron Orchard

By Tom Irwin

Hailing from somewhere between the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers not far from Macomb, singer-songwriter-guitarist Bill Harroun leads his group of heartland rockers through a terrain of proudly alt-c

Band Spotlight | Thursday, January 27,2011

The Timmys

By Tom Irwin

Around since 1997, the Timmys still play fast and furious fun songs in punkster fashion. Led by that fine figure of a man, Robbie Kording, on vocals, the rest of the band (as of this moment) is Brando

Band Spotlight | Thursday, January 20,2011

Joe Cooke Band

By Tom Irwin

From a stint at Berklee College of Music, where he hung with fellow student and future legendary guitarist Al DiMeola, to years as Springfield’s reigning rock guitarist in the ’70s, and fr

Band Spotlight | Thursday, January 13,2011

Pete Sander

By Tom Irwin

Here’s the idea: take four singer-songwriters, set them on stage then let them sing their songs and talk about the inspiration behind the tunes. Springfield songwriter Pete Sander participated i

Band Spotlight | Thursday, January 6,2011

Cabin Fever

By Tom Irwin

With a heartfelt love of music and a strong desire to entertain, Cabin Fever boasts an enthusiastic lineup of extraordinary musicians. Formed in 2006, the band plays regularly at local nightclubs and

Band Spotlight | Wednesday, December 29,2010

Cowboy Randy Erwin

By Tom Irwin

An accomplished musician on many levels, Randy Skalicky a.k.a. Cowboy Randy Erwin, found his niche several years ago as a yodeler of American western swing music. By learning tricky rope tricks (like

Band Spotlight | Wednesday, December 22,2010

Ben Bedford

By Tom Irwin

In the last five years Ben Bedford went from being a guy playing open mics around town to a nationally known and highly respected folk singer of original music. He did it the old-fashioned way, by wri

Band Spotlight | Thursday, December 16,2010

The Ramblin Blues Band

By Tom Irwin

For over a year and half now The Ramblin Blues Band has traveled around the local music scene roaming through venues all over central Illinois. The quartet of Keeli Zerrusen (lead vocals), Matt Combs