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Dave Dreiwitz, Gene Ween and Dean Ween of who else but Ween
Several years ago, a friend of mine turned me onto Ween with their album White Pepper. Their catchy guitar riffs mixed with psychedelic, humor-filled lyrics captivated me and my musical taste at the time. Being the music freak that I am, I decided to purchase more of their catalog. What I found was a wide array of music that metamorphosed from album to album more than my little heart could ever have expected. The capability to switch it up like that on each of their 11 releases (and counting) is enough to make any music lover shed tears of joy. Which begs the question: Why did I take so long to see them live? To be brutally honest, I don't hold a valid excuse for you, but as soon as I found out they would be at Harrah's Stir Cove on July 20, 2008, I had a ticket in hand and was ready for a booze filled night of partying while checking out a band I have been craving for years.

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I was turned on to bluegrass about 5 years ago. A friend of mine had given me a burned disc of a Yonder Mountain String Band show and I instantly fell in love. Well, maybe not instantly. To be real with you, it took me a while to abandon my need for screaming electric guitar and lengthy drum solos to finally accept that there are other styles of music that are just as beautiful, if not more, than what I was into. After attending numerous Yonder shows, I finally expanded my horizons on the bluegrass frontier by seeing acts such as Hot Buttered Rum String Band, Bela Fleck and Split Lip Rayfield amongst many. These acts have cultured me in this realm and have since led to me venturing out to see more bluegrass shows when they are around.

Allie Kral, Kris Nowak and Wavy Dave Burlingame of Cornmeal

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Toubab Krewe

So… About three weeks ago, a soon to be former BOT member and I attended the Toubab Krewe show at Knickerbockers in Lincoln, NE. To be exact, it was on Sunday, March 30th. Do not think that the BOT crew is just a bunch of slackers. There are just a few BOT impostors that try to invade our vicinity. Our job, amongst writing about all things music, includes systematically weeding out these jokers.

Trampled By Turtles

Actually I think everyone survived. It was another cold, rainy night in Lincoln, NE. The stage was set for a great bluegrass show at Knickerbockers. It was April 9, 2008 and the rustic bar was filling in with anticipation of the two acts from Duluth, MN. First up we had Charlie Parr, followed shortly there after by Trampled By Turtles. This ended up being a wonderful one-two punch, as both acts complemented each other nicely.

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I always feel the need to bring you as much local content as I possibly can, and in my quest to do so, I recently ran into an instrumental band by the name of The Machete Archive. The trio caught my eye when a buddy of mine introduced me to them at a local battle of the bands held at The State Theatre here in Lincoln. I was quite skeptical waiting through a few mediocre bands, but The Machete Archive wouldn't disappoint. I obviously wasn't the only one who felt this way as they won a spot in the finals on March 7th.

The Machete Archive

Two dollar Old Style tall boys were flowing heavily on Friday, December 14 at Knickerbockers in downtown Lincoln, NE. Cornerstone Dub(C-Dub), a local act, was set to hit the stage sometime during the night. Rumor was that they were supposed to be on at nine o'clock, but arriving at that time, I soon realized that was not the case.