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Sunday, May 15, 2011

CROW...the Band

Well, I've been a CROW fan since 1969. I was living in Michigan and when I was visiting relatives in Moline, IL that's when I first heard of CROW. I remember hearing "Cottage Cheese" many times while there.

On Friday, 05-13-11, CROW played at Wilebski's Blues Saloon. There were three out of five original members who played on Friday. Dave Wagner on lead vocals, Larry Wiegand on bass and Dave (Kink) Middlemist on organ.

Side note: I used to work for the US Forest Service in Isabella, MN in the early 80's. While up there I used to hang out at the Knotted Pine which was owned by Dave's parents.

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Ronnie Baker Brooks

Ronnie Baker Brooks played at the Minnesota Music Cafe on Friday, 05-13-11. Early on he brought up Jellybean Johnson on stage who played a considerable amount of time.

Before the first break, Ronnie strolled through the bar to the bar where he ended up pouring himself a drink without stopping. Next he proceded to drink the drink.

Before he left the bar he made a couple ladies blush while playing directly in front of him.

I really enjoyed Ronnie's first set which he played the "blues". The second set seemed to be mostly "funk". This set Ronnie brought more guest up to sit in. First it was Bernard Allison's drummer who switched places with C.J. Tucker without skipping a beat. Next up was Jonny Lang's drummer.

The other person who got up on stage was (I believe) , Terry Lewis. If I was more into "funk" music I probably would know. If it was Terry, both him and Jellybean, were with "The Time". Jellybean played drums with them.

Overall, there was a lot of energy in the playing. I believe some of the images captured it.

There's a link at the bottom of this post to more images.

Ronnie Baker Brooks