February 09, 2007

SON VOLT and LES CLAYPOOL ADDED TO WAKARUSA

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(Photo of Les Claypool from lesclaypool.com)

Wakarusa announced the addition of several new bands today. Among them:

Les Claypool

Galactic

Martin Sexton

Son Volt

Honkeytonk Homeslice

Seepeoples

Asylum Street Spankers

Crooked Still

DJ Harry

Earl Greyhound

More here.

| David Frese, The Kansas City Star

Feb 9, 2007 10:56:06 PM | Ticket alerts

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Florn Roonst

Good news on the Son Volt front. Saw those guys last fall and they sounded great. That Jay Farrar is the Jose Ferrer of post-80s roots rock in my book.

Posted by: Florn Roonst | February 14, 2007 at 10:35 PM

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