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15 Dec 07
Jostle and 10 other bands @ Steve's Arboretum Lounge – Saturday, July 12th from 11a to 11p
Jostle will be playing for Ted Bauer's benefit Party this Saturday starting at 5pm.
1 July 08
We remember you Sandy and always will.
Sandra Marselle
June 27, 2008
Sandra Rae Marselle, known to many as “Grama”, age 45, of Reedsburg, passed away on Friday, June 27, 2008, at the University Hospital in Madison. She was born on September 15, 1962, in Reedsburg, WI, the daughter of Ray and Lavon (Kopf) Astle. On March 25, 1989, Sandra was united in marriage to Rocco F. Marselle in Rock Springs, WI. Sandy was the owner and operator of the Riverwalk Pub in Wisconsin Dells. She enjoyed socializing with her patrons. She loved to sing and dance, and wanted to see people having a good time in her restaurant. Sandy was a hard worker, and a wonderful mother, wife, daughter and friend.
She is survived by her husband, Rocco;
Parents, Ray and Lavon Astle of Reedsburg;
Grandfather, Raymond Kopf of Baraboo;
Children, Matthew (Chasity) Tourdot of Reedsburg,
Amanda (Charlie) King of Baraboo;
Grandchildren, Dustin, Renee, Peyton and Wyatt Tourdot, Matti and Cody King;
Brother, Dan Astle of Reedsburg;
Sisters, Tammy (Kim) Brandt of Loganville,
Cindy (Dan) Tourdot of Reedsburg;
Several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, along with many friends.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Josephine Kopf, George Astle, and Marion (Emery) Patterson.
Funeral services for Sandra “Grama” Marselle will be conducted at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Baraboo with Pastors Steve and Debra Ohrtman officiating. Burial will follow in St. John Cemetery, Rock Springs. Friends may call on Tuesday from 4-9 PM at the Farber Funeral Home in Reedsburg, and on Wednesday from 2:00 PM until the time of the service at the church.
1 July 08
Woman dies from motorcycle crash injuries
REEDSBURG -- A businesswoman severely injured two weeks ago in a motorcycle accident on a flood-damaged Juneau County road died Friday.
Sandra Rae Marselle, 45, of Reedsburg, sustained head injuries in a June 15 accident and had been in a coma until her death at University Hospital, her husband, Rocco F. Marselle, said Sunday.
Sandra operated the Riverwalk Pub in Wisconsin Dells, Rocco said. She loved to sing and dance and see her customers have a good time.
"She just loved singing along with the band, " he said. "She will be sadly missed and the world just won 't be the same without her. "
Sandra Marselle was riding with 43-year-old Gregory Hachtel of Friendship as he drove his motorcycle north on 21st Avenue from state Highway 82, according to the Juneau County Sheriff 's Department.
At the time, 21st Avenue was closed due to high water in the road.
Investigators believe Hachtel drove around road closed signs and the motorcycle struck a washout, causing Hachtel to lose control.
Hachtel was pronounced dead at the scene, and Marselle sustained severe injuries to her arms as well as her head, according to Juneau County authorities.
The Juneau County Sheriff's Department said that a man is dead after he took his motorcycle on a road closed due to flooding in Lemonweir Township.
16 June 08
MAUSTON, Wis. -- The Juneau County Sheriff's Department said that a man is dead after he took his motorcycle on a road closed due to flooding in Lemonweir Township.
Investigators said that on Sunday afternoon the driver -- a 43-year-old man from Friendship -- ignored signs that a road was closed due to flood damage and drove around them.
They said that he struck a washout and that caused him to lose control.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities said that his passenger -- a 45-year-old woman from Reedsburg -- was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Names haven't been released.
The crash remains under investigation.
21 Feb 08
This week in …
1896, blueswoman Ida Cox is born in Toccoa, Georgia … her song from 1927 " ’Fore Day Creep" was recorded in 1972 by Humble Pie …
1951, Dan Randall of Fender comes up with a new name for their solidbody guitar: "Telecaster" … the original name "Broadcaster" is dropped after Gretsch complains they have a line of drums using that name … the name "Telecaster" is chosen because TV is becoming popular …
1956, Bill Haley & The Comets receive a $250,000 guarantee for 21 shows—an unprecedented amount in those days …
1963, The Beatles form Northern Music Publishing which eventually will fall into the hands of Michael Jackson …
1967, The Doors, Buffalo Springfield, and The Byrds join forces in an L.A. all-star concert to protest cops roughing up hippies on the Sunset Strip …
1968, Johnny Cash and June Carter marry at the First United Methodist Church in Franklin, Kentucky … a motorcade of Cadillacs carry Johnny, June, and the families to the small, private ceremony … Johnny’s best man is Merle Kilgore, who shares co-writing credits with June on "Ring of Fire," the tune generally credited as a musical documentation of Johnny and June’s love affair … this same week, Frankie Lymon dies of a heroin overdose at the age of 26 … Lymon is often regarded as the first black teenage star … his 1956 hit "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" marked the apex of a career that promptly headed downhill …
1969, The Eagles’ Greatest Hits album became the first album in the U.S. to be certified platinum by the RIAA …
1970, The Jefferson Airplane is fined $1,000 for using profanity during a show in Oklahoma City …
1977, country blues guitarist Bukka White dies … born Booker T. Washington White, his main inspiration was Charley Patton … .Bukka left music in the 1930s to play semi-pro baseball and box … in 1937, he was imprisoned on an assault charge … he then escaped, cut some powerful sides for the Vocalion label, and was eventually recaptured … rediscovered by blues researchers in 1963, he made appearances at folk and blues festivals during the latter stages of his eventful life …
1978, The Eagles win Grammys for the Hotel California album and "New Kid In Town" single …
1987, Sly Stone goes down for letting illicit substances take him higher … two outstanding warrants on drug charges land him in the pokey in LA … by the end of the year he'll be doing hard time on cocaine charges …
1991, James Brown is released from a South Carolina prison after serving two years of a six-year sentence …
1995, former Led Zeppelin duo Jimmy Page and Robert Plant kick off a year-long world tour in Pensacola, Florida, supporting their No Quarter album …
1998, Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II … even though he is announced as "Sir John Elton," the singer is still enthusiastic about the honor, proclaiming "They don’t come any bigger than this." …
1999, The Bluebells—Patricia Holt, Sarah Dash, Nona Hendryx, and Cindy Birdsong of Patti LaBelle & the Bluebells—sing together for the first time in 31 years at The Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards in L.A. at which the group is honored …
2003, Othar Turner, one of the last remaining and most well-known African-American fife-and-drum musicians, dies at the age of 93 in Gravel Springs, Mississippi … fife-and-drum bands were a significant influence of early blues …
2005, the legendary Muscle Shoals studio closes in Muscle Shoals, Alabama … artists such as the Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Bob Seger recorded some of their biggest hits at the facility … the studio, owned since 1985 by indie blues label Malaco Records, is a victim of the computer recording boom …
And that was the week that was.
[Compiled by the Musician’s Friend copywriting staff]
15 Dec 07
Jostle – The RiverWalk Pub Customer Appreciation Party – Saturday Dec. 15th from 8 to Midnight
Jostle will be playing the RiverWalk Customer Appreciation Party this Saturday. Come and be celebrated where everybody knows your name!
Details below. Hope to see you there!
Jostle – The RiverWalk Pub Customer Appreciation Party – Saturday Dec. 15th from 8 to Midnight
Jostleband.com RiverWalk Pub Pictures from last show
11 Dec 07
Led Zeppelin brings down the house
Full Story at CNN.com/entertainment
LONDON, England (AP) -- After that performance, Led Zeppelin really must go on tour.
Led Zeppelin played Monday night at London's O2 arena.
The reunited rock 'n' roll legends were superb Monday in their first full concert in nearly three decades.
The band's three surviving members -- singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones -- were joined by the late John Bonham's son Jason on drums.
09 Nov 07
26 Oct 07
RIP Jeremiah
Johnson, Jerimia BARABOO/PLAIN - Jerimiah C. Johnson, age 25, of Baraboo, and formerly of Plain, passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2007, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born on March 17, 1982, in Plain, Wis.
25 Oct 07
05 Oct 07
This Week In...
1944, Dinah Shore’s "I’ll Walk Alone" moves to the top spot on the American singles chart … it is the first-ever number-one U.S. hit for a female artist …
1957, rock-and-roll wild man Jerry Lee Lewis records "Great Balls of Fire" … it reaches #2 on the Billboard pop charts, #3 on the R&B charts, #1 on the country charts, and #1 on the U.K. pop charts … 32 years later a motion picture by the same name is released starring Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder … despite the movie’s chilly reviews, Quaid is acclaimed for his performance …
1958, doo-wop group The Vocal Chords release the single "Please Accept My Love" … lead vocals for the tune are sung by none other than B.B. King …
1959, 22-year-old Bobby Darin becomes the youngest to ever headline at the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas … he displaces the prior record-holder Johnny Mathis who headlined when he was 23 …
1960, Tommy Roe & The Satins release "Sheila" on Judd Records and Jerry Landis releases "I’d Like To Be The Lipstick On Your Lips" for Warwick records … both singles are major flops … a revised version of "Sheila" will be released two years later by a lone Tommy Roe on ABC-Paramount and will streak to the top of the charts … the first of 22 hits for the artist … five years later, Jerry Landis will emerge as one of America’s greatest songwriters when he hits with "The Sound of Silence" (aka "The Sounds of Silence") under his real name, Paul Simon …
1961, the Beatle haircut is born when Paul and John are celebrating John’s 21st birthday in Paris … they meet up with Jurgen Vollmer, a friend from Hamburg who wears his hair brushed forward in a cut popular with French teens … Paul and John like the style and have Jurgen give them haircuts in their hotel room … the rest is history …
1962, Bob Dylan showcases at Carnegie Hall … the man who would later be called the voice of his generation "speaks" to an audience of 53 … The Beatles release their first single in the U.K., "Love Me Do" backed by "P.S. I Love You" … according to rumor, in an act of faith, manager Brian Epstein orders 10,000 copies for the record store chain he owns … all 10,000 are purchased … assuring The Beatles a spot in the British Top 20 … it’s to do with the hair … Little Richard and Sam Cooke begin a European tour in Doncaster, England … playing keyboards on the tour is a 16-year-old Billy Preston and the M.C. is Gene Vincent of "Be-Bop-A-Lula" fame, who wasn’t allowed to perform because his work permit had expired … for later concerts it is oddly decided by authorities that Vincent would be allowed to sing, but only in front of the stage, not on it …
1966, The Jimi Hendrix Experience is formed in London … his song "Fire" will become one of the most played songs in rock … despite the song’s sexual overtones, the actual inspiration came while spending a cold December night at the home of bassist Noel Redding’s mother … Jimi asked if he could stand next to her fireplace … though she agreed, apparently her Great Dane did not … hence the spoken line before the solo, "Aw, move over, Rover, and let Jimi take over" …
1968, after rising to the top with three million-seller albums, supergroup Cream begins its farewell tour …
1970, Janis Joplin is found dead in her room at Hollywood’s Landmark Hotel, the victim of a heroin overdose … she had just finished recording her second solo album, entitled Pearl … at the time of her death, Joplin is only 27 years old …
1976, The Who and The Grateful Dead pair up as dual headliners for a concert at the Oakland-Alameda County Stadium … Joe Perry and Steven Tyler are injured during an Aerosmith concert in Philadelphia when a fan throws a cherry bomb onto the stage …
1980, Bob Marley collapses in New York while preparing for a tour … he is diagnosed with cancer and will die seven months later …
[Compiled by the Musician’s Friend copywriting staff]
05 Sept 07
30 July 07
This Week In...
1938, born in Nashville to blind musicians, Bobby Hebb is best known for his 1966 hit "Sunny" … Hebb wrote the song following the death of his older brother Harold in a knife fight outside a Nashville nightclub … devastated by the death of his former song-and-dance act partner, he later recalled writing the optimistic tune because, "All my intentions were just to think of happier times—basically looking for a brighter day … " … the popularity of the song won Hebb a slot on a Beatles tour and has since been covered by hundreds of artists …
1956, the Platters become the first black group to have a number one pop hit when "My Prayer" reaches the top spot on the Billboard chart …
1960, when the scheduled vocalist fails to show for a recording session, producer Ike Turner presses his wife Tina into service on the track, "A Fool in Love" … much sampled by modern hip-hop and R&B acts, the single will be the first of 20 Hot 100 hits produced by the contentious couple … this same day future soul star Aretha Franklin cuts her first secular sides …
1963, the Beatles make their U.S. album debut with Introducing The Beatles distributed by Vee-Jay, a small Midwest label known for its blues, R&B, and doo-wop acts …
1964, country star Jim Reeves dies in a plane crash along with his manager …
1965, The Beatles second feature film Help! debuts in London with that pretty nice girl Queen Elizabeth in attendance …
1966, Bob Dylan suffers major injuries when the brakes on his Triumph motorcycle lock up near his home in Woodstock, New York … though the exact nature of his injuries are never disclosed, it is clear that he suffered a broken neck and used his lengthy convalescence to marshal his artistic resources … reflecting on the wreck later, Dylan says, "When I had that motorcycle accident … I woke up and caught my senses, I realized that I was just workin’ for all these leeches. And I really didn’t want to do that."
1968, after sustaining heavy losses and being forced by neighboring businesses to remove the psychedelic mural adorning its exterior walls, The Beatles shut down their Apple Boutique in London … a near-riot ensues when the shop’s stock is given away to the public … a day later the lads enter the studio to cut "Hey Jude" … the song will top the Hot 100 Chart for nine weeks and become The Beatles’ biggest hit …
1969, Elvis plays to a packed house at the International Hotel in Vegas … while his client sweats up a storm, manager Colonel Parker works out a multi-year multi-million-dollar contract covering return engagements … the terms are jotted down on a tablecloth in the hotel’s coffee shop …
1973, a rock show held at the Watkins Glen racetrack in upstate New York pulls in a record 600,000 fans to see The Band, The Allman Brothers, and The Grateful Dead …
1974, Mama Cass Elliot of The Mamas and the Papas dies … contrary to the urban folk legend, she did not choke to death on a ham sandwich … her death is the result of a massive heart attack possibly brought on by her roller-coastering weight … she dies in the London apartment owned by Harry Nilsson … in 1978 Who drummer Keith Moon will die in the same flat …
1976, John Lennon receives his green card from U.S. immigration authorities more than three years after he was ordered to leave the country …
1980, the FBI arrests John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas on cocaine charges … he is later sentenced to five years hard time but dodges prison by delivering 250 hours of anti-drug lectures as an alternative sentence …
1981, MTV bursts onto the airwaves by broadcasting The Buggles’ somewhat prophetic "Video Killed the Radio Star" …
1990, Grateful Dead keyboard player Brent Mydland dies of an overdose at age 38 … the keyboard position for the Dead is proving to be as dangerous a slot as the drummer’s stool in Spinal Tap … Mydland replaced Keith Godchaux who died in an auto wreck in 1979 who in turn had replaced the hard-living original Dead keyboardist Ron "Pigpen" McKiernan who passed on in 1973 …
1991, Unforgettable … With Love, the album in which Natalie Cole sings duets with her deceased father Nat "King" Cole tops the album chart … when the singer originally brought the concept to her label, EMI, it nixed the idea … she then signed with Elektra and cut the record with her dead dad …
1992, ’60s soul singer Mary Wells who was one of Motown’s earliest success stories with hits like "Two Lovers" and "The One Who Really Loves You" dies of cancer … she originally approached Motown as a songwriter pitching a tune she had written for Jackie Wilson to sing … label owner Berry Gordy passes on the song, but after hearing her sing the demo, signs Wells as an artist …
meanwhile in Warwick, Rhode Island, Patti Labelle abruptly pulls the plug on her concert there after complaining that the food backstage isn’t up to snuff …
2005, the former lead singer of the Motown act Martha Reeves and The Vandellas makes her bid for a seat on Detroit’s city council saying, "Summer’s here and it’s time to run" … she ultimately wins and Detroit’s voters dance in the streets … on other fronts, an unnamed bidder coughs up $1.1 million for a scrap of paper on which John Lennon had scrawled the lyrics for "All You Need is Love" in preparation for the Beatles’ 1966 BBC satellite broadcast … Lennon had tossed the sheet following the show and it was retrieved by a BBC employee … during the same auction a pair of Lennon’s specs go for $98,000 … newly-unearthed documents relating to Mick Jagger’s drug bust in 1969 reveal that the Stones singer had alleged he was framed and that a cop planted heroin in his home offering to quash the charges if Jagger paid £1,000 … at the time his allegations were swept aside and he was ultimately fined £200 for pot possession …
2006, Steely Dan’s Walter Becker and Donald Fagen fire off a letter to actor Luke Wilson charging that his brother, director Owen Wilson has misappropriated the name of a character from their song "Cousin Dupree" for the movie You, Me and Dupree in which Luke Wilson’s Dupree character is a couch-hopping loser … the letter, posted on the Steely Dan website warns Wilson, "There are some pretty heavy people who are upset about this whole thing and we can’t guarantee what kind of heat little Owen may be bringing down on himself" … the letter goes on to suggest that Wilson should make an appearance at a Dan concert and apologize to their fans … the tongue-in-cheek feud continues when Wilson fires back, "Cousin Dupree and I don’t even know who this gentleman, Mr. Steely Dan, is. I hope this helps to clear things up and I can get back to concentrating on my new movie, HEY 19." … in England the long-running Brit TV pop music show Top of the Pops breathes its last gasp … the show had aired on the BBC continuously since 1964 …
And that was the week that was.
[Compiled by the Musician’s Friend copywriting staff]
07 June 07
Curt Mueller's 2nd Annual FLY-IN is coming. Calendar
Photo Courtesy of: Robin Bromley
05 June 07
I was 1 30 years ago this day.
31 May 07
Salute to Bob Barker
Talk Show Icon TV Reign Ends In June
Do you remember what you were doing in 1972?
That was the year that Bob Barker made his first appearance on the "Price Is Right." His Sept. 4, 1972, debut started a legendary game show run. After 35 years, the white-haired host will moderate his final Showcase Showdown in June.
His last words on the popular game show will be familiar ones. You will hear, "Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered."
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