It’s getting crowded out there on the dance floor …
— A recent band at the Smilin’ Moose, PsychoFonik — which plays again on Friday night, Aug. 29 — went away from the usual
classic rock or its approximation theme and played right-up-to-date stuff that you’d hear on pop radio. It included two male
singers with the range to pull off almost anything. It should be noted that they were wearing hats ala Bruno Mars. Would that
be, back in the classic rock days, men with, or Men Without Hats?
— In what was a great way to kick off the Labor Day holiday weekend early, singer Amanda and the band Jawsy packed the main
room at Dick’s Bar and Grill on Wednesday. This will prove to be one of the last chances to see them for a while, as the trio is
taking a hiatus. A bit early in the month, there was another overflow crowd at Dick’s, with the fiddler Doug Solberg doing his
annual show, and taking the time between sets to mingle with the audience for sometimes an hour or two.
— And with it being a Monday holiday, there will almost certainly be another full house Sunday night at Dick’s for the one-man
band, Jeff Loven, even when taking into consideration that it’s the very end of the Minnesota State Fair.