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My long-ago evening with Styx
50 years ago tonight, on Saturday, Jan. 11, 1975, Styx played a show at the Wausau West High School fieldhouse in Wausau, Wisconsin. It was the first rock show I ever attended. I was 17. I’d hoped to...
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The musicians we love are just like us
Perhaps you saw this picture when it made the rounds of social media earlier this month. What you took away from the picture probably depends on when you came of age. It was taken Saturday night, Feb....
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You still doing the blog?
As we sat in the bar shooting the breeze, getting caught up after not seeing each other for far too long, my old high school and college friend dropped this question: “You still doing the blog?” Yes,...
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Welcome to their nightmare
50 years ago tonight, on Tuesday, March 25, 1975, Alice Cooper came to town. A sold-out crowd of 6,400 saw his “Welcome to My Nightmare” stage show at the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena in Green...
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The dawn of disco
50 years ago last weekend, as March was on the verge of turning to April in 1975, it was quietly announced that disco had arrived in Wausau, Wisconsin, my hometown. Sneaky Pete’s was a small cocktail...
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