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Sarah and Susan, Slur and summer rock is all here.

— When “Jambo” Joe Bones played trop rock for a full house at Dick’s Bar and Grill, a gig which will continue to play out often locally at more than one establishment, you can see why he is near the top of this genre.

Jambo’s banter with the crowd on that Sunday afternoon CD release party, some of whom he knows well, even brought them into the act. He got a few minutes worth in the intro to the song Sluricane, and said about the next number: People ID’d me as the guy who jumped into the pool in his underwear, but it actually was that man in the back!

— Want to see some veteran rockers who play the hard rock songs of Led Zeppelin, Rush and Pink Floyd, but also do covers on the other, mellower side of the coin, with the stylings of Neil Diamond, Johnnie Cash, Bob Segar, Paul Simon and Simon and Garfunkle — with something in the middle, the Rolling Stones, also slotted in? Then you want to check out Thirsty Camel on Saturday night, June 15, at Season’s Tavern in North Hudson.

— Sarah Van Valkenburg, as part of a musical family that often plays together, had her own CD release party, for Guitar Picks & Bottle Caps, last Saturday at Hefty’s Roadhouse in Bayport, and noteworthy was that it ended in an impromptu open mike session. Special guests were Dustin Bell and the Lazy Susan Band. The weekend also marked the start of live music Fridays, not just Saturdays, at Hefty’s. And then on Saturday, June 15, just in time for Father’s Day, there is their version of something virtually every bar seems to be doing this June — the golf invitational party. Following that at 7:30 p.m. is more music, by a group called The Immigrants.

— Its been a few years since the summer River Rock concerts for charity held at the Lakefront Park band shell in Hudson, which featured bands prominent in the 1970s and 1980s, courtesy of the late Jeff Johnson who served as their stage manager and was a leading regional recording artist in his own right. Now, on Saturday, June 15, is the Rockin Ribs on the River festival at Lakeside Park in Bayport, which offers the racks of food as well as music from three bands that include Mick Sterling and the Irresistibles (not to be confused with Christy Sperling who often plays at Hefty’s) and also Crankshaft. There is free admission, which includes a beer and wine garden with Liftbridge Brewery and St. Croix Vineyard products. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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