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An amalgam of raw energy, classic charm, by-gone era romance, and formidable stage presence, grace every note of Todd Eckart’s live performance. He is part wistful crooner, part country song-smith, and equal measure rock-n-roll heartthrob. Reminiscent of the days when a man armed only with his guitar, his songs, and a burning desire to tell his story could pour out his soul to a backbeat, and in a manner of speaking, conquer the world, the charts, but most poignantly and infinitely, and most importantly, touch the hearts of many a listener male and female ….young and old alike. It is this special alchemy of kinetic energy, raw talent, and sincerity of soul that Todd’s music possesses.

Now for the first time, those who have not had the chance to see Todd’s live performance, though countless have in his native home in the Midwest, as well as abroad, can hear what this local artist has been charming fans with for years. From the comfort of their own home, iPod, car, castle, grass hut, or tractor, Todd is making the leap to undoubtedly international recognition with his soon to be released self-titled debut CD. He has infused all the old-time grit, polish, and poise of his influences with a modern pop sensibility that is as fresh and uniquely his own as it is familiar in its quality. To bridge the gap between what was great and what is great is something Todd’s music does with seemly effortless ease. To pay homage without being derivative is a tall order, and that is one challenge that Todd Eckart is clearly up for.

– Laura Jo DeWitt

Carol Z. has been performing her entire life on various stages from churches to clubs. Her music spans from gospel rock to sultry ballads, because life includes everything, and Carol writes and sings about it all in a very unique way. She has songs about coffee, girlfriends, kids, God, love, marriage and even football…and just when you hear one song done in a rock vein, you will hear jazz, country, power ballads, quirky rhythms, and even a poem being read with birds singing. She does it all, says it all…and sings her heart out.

The Stone Lake Chamber of Commerce will be hosting it’s annual Ladies Nite from 5:00 –
8:00 pm. Local businesses will be offering discounts, giveaways, door prizes, wine, and food tastings along with much more. Rack cards displaying Lady’s Nite discounts may be picked up at participating local businesses the evening of the event and a raffle ticket for your chance to win Stone Lake Chamber dollars (3 prizes to be awarded totaling $350.00). You will also receive bonus raffle tickets for each business visited, increasing your odds of winning. Raffle Drawing will be held at 8:15 pm, but you DO NOT need to be present to win.

Carol Z. has been performing her entire life on various stages from churches to clubs. Her music spans from gospel rock to sultry ballads, because life includes everything, and Carol writes and sings about it all in a very unique way. She has songs about coffee, girlfriends, kids, God, love, marriage and even football…and just when you hear one song done in a rock vein, you will hear jazz, country, power ballads, quirky rhythms, and even a poem being read with birds singing. She does it all, says it all…and sings her heart out.

Enjoy a Complimentary Rum tasting while listening to fantastic Rat Pack favorites performed by Todd Eckart! Todd’s music and stage presence will make you feel as if you have been transported to the Las Vegas strip! Ribeye steak sandwiches served hot off the grill with great summer sides will be available for purchase so don’t miss out!

An amalgam of raw energy, classic charm, by-gone era romance, and formidable stage presence, grace every note of Todd Eckart’s live performance. He is part wistful crooner, part country song-smith, and equal measure rock-n-roll heartthrob. Reminiscent of the days when a man armed only with his guitar, his songs, and a burning desire to tell his story could pour out his soul to a backbeat, and in a manner of speaking, conquer the world, the charts, but most poignantly and infinitely, and most importantly, touch the hearts of many a listener male and female ….young and old alike. It is this special alchemy of kinetic energy, raw talent, and sincerity of soul that Todd’s music possesses.

Now for the first time, those who have not had the chance to see Todd’s live performance, though countless have in his native home in the Midwest, as well as abroad, can hear what this local artist has been charming fans with for years. From the comfort of their own home, iPod, car, castle, grass hut, or tractor, Todd is making the leap to undoubtedly international recognition with his soon to be released self-titled debut CD. He has infused all the old-time grit, polish, and poise of his influences with a modern pop sensibility that is as fresh and uniquely his own as it is familiar in its quality. To bridge the gap between what was great and what is great is something Todd’s music does with seemly effortless ease. To pay homage without being derivative is a tall order, and that is one challenge that Todd Eckart is clearly up for.

– Laura Jo DeWitt

Brian Bethke is an American singer-songwriter known for his silky-smooth voice and lasting impact
on the hearts of his fans and listeners. Bethke has seven self-released albums and is currently
working in the studio on album number eight.

Bethke’s music has been featured on radio stations around the world. He’s appeared on WPR’s “Spectrum West”, “Big River Radio Waves” and scores the quirky music for PBS’s wildly popular television show, “Around The Farm Table.” He’s also been a regular on Eau Claire’s WAXX 104.5’s morning show, and books the acts for “Park Beats,” Osseo’s summertime concert in the park series on Monday afternoons.

Annually, Bethke is voted into the top three in the “Best Folk Singer” category of “The Best of the Chippewa Valley,” organized by Volume One in Eau Claire. He has won numerous times over the past 10 years.

Early in his career, he won a songwriting contest for the movie, “The Last Rites Of Ransom Pride”, starring Dwight Yoakom and Kris Kristofferson during which he gained the attention of Jon Lennon’s publicist, Bruce Replogle. Replogle said Bethke’s collaboration with Peter Phippen was, “Real Top- notch. The unmistakable sound of cool intelligence rings through with every note.”

While Bethke is a full-time working musician, he also is the lead singer and guitar player for the grunge-rock foursome, The Broken Eights, and plays mandolin and sings with the folk group, Merry Weathers.

The staff-favorite event of the year is back! Come listen to some blues music on the patio, try a variety of craft beers during the complimentary tasting, and fill up on delicious BBQ ribs hot-off-the-grill.

Music with Circuit Breakers
Come enjoy this summer’s blues performance. Definitely, a can’t-miss music event of the season!

BBQ Ribs Platter
BBQ Ribs hot-off-the-grill, homemade Mac and Cheese, and Coleslaw.

Northern Wisconsin Singer/Songwriter Jennifer Reisch offers some of the widest varieties of acoustic music, and can easily adapt her setlist to your needs. She is also a creative Business Publicist and writes Jingles! From blues, to country, to oldies, to ballads…Jennifer makes sure that she keeps her setlists diverse. She also writes her own music and is quite the entertainer. Jennifer also travels to Hospice patients and has a ministry of singing for the dying, the sick, and their families. Her Ministry is called Random Acts Of Music.

One Less Guest is a quartet from Duluth, Minnesota comprised of guitarist Nick Muska, violinist Ren Cooper, bassist Nick Glass, and drummer Sten Duginski. Equal parts dynamic, fun, and soulful, One Less Guest showcase their own original music alongside unique renditions of songs from artists past and present.

The group started as “Cooper & Muska” in February of 2018. An acoustic folk/americana two-piece, playing mostly local breweries and coffeehouses. But the project quickly expanded both in size and style as the duo’s songwriting began to incorporate their love for funk, soul, jazz, rock and blues music. With an album forthcoming and a full docket of shows, One Less Guest is quickly becoming one of Northern Minnesota’s up-and-coming groups.

Dave Cofell is known for his insightful songwriting, guitar wizardry, rich baritone vocals, gentle humor and unforgettable live performances. Raised in the fertile farmlands of Central Minnesota, his lyrical compositions reflect his rural roots, life-long musical explorations, and his love for the open road.

Dave’s parents gifted him with a love of learning and traveling. Every year his family (he is the youngest of seven children) would load up their ’66 Chevy Impala station wagon and road trip to somewhere in the USA or Canada. They stopped at historical sites and wayside oddities, searching out the cultural background of whatever region they happened to be in.

Television was not a large part of Dave’s young life. Instead, he read voraciously, wandered the local forests and started his musical journey.

At the age of seven, Dave had a few basic baritone ukulele lessons from a nun. From this humble beginning he taught himself by saving his allowance until he could buy a John Denver songbook (Dave’s favorite performer at the time), and devouring all of the songs within it. As soon as his fingers could manage, Dave moved up to a full-size guitar and started writing his own songs. He also had violin and piano lessons, but the guitar was the first instrument that resonated with his soul. The second was the banjo.

Dave’s exposure to banjo music had been fairly limited until he saw the movie “Deliverance” and decided to explore the instrument further. His oldest brother played the banjo and gave Dave a few pointers on the old-time frailing style. Dave also dabbled in the bluegrass style but discovered that frailing worked better for solo performances.

Dave has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts. Highlights of his college career included the study-abroad programs where he visited and performed in England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, and Turkey.

Smitten with wanderlust, Dave satisfies his love of traveling by touring 10 months of the year throughout the United States and Germany.

Dave’s third CD of original music, “A Thousand Shades of Blue” was produced at Bobby Vee’s Rockhouse Studio and released in August 2016. Demonstrating a broad interpretation of “The Blues”, it was a Central Minnesota Arts Board McKnight Foundation Artist Career Development Grant Winner for 2015.

In February 2017, for the second year in a row, Dave was selected to perform for the American Folklife Center for the Library of Congress, alongside Billy Bragg, Si Kahn, and Las Cafeteras.

Now working on his fourth CD, Dave is compiling a collection of his most requested original songs, new compositions and, for the first time, interpretations of his favorite songs written by other songwriters.

In the spring of 2019, Dave began a new project; he is performing his song “The Billionaires” outside of each State Capitol building in all 50 states. So far he has visited 19 capitols and adds another to the list every few weeks. He will complete the project in the spring of 2020 with a homecoming performance at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

The ‘Best Original Musician of Central MN’, (Gannett Media), Dave performs a variety of styles on six and twelve-string guitar and banjo, from original folk and blues to old jazz standards and R&B cover tunes. He is proud to be endorsed by Breedlove Guitars, Shubb Capos and John Pearse Strings.

Red Schoolhouse Wines presents our annual Swine, Wine, Whiskey, and Wetlands… Featuring a complimentary Wine and Whiskey Tasting! Pork Shanks, hot-off-the-grill, will be available. Served with homemade potato salad and baked beans. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Stone Lake Wetlands Park. Stop down Rain or Shine for refreshments on our beautiful outdoor patio or come inside for air-conditioned comfort in a turn-of-the-century Schoolhouse Saloon!

Music with Sean & Ian Okamoto
6:00pm – 9:00pm

“Joy” is what listeners often see and feel coming from Yata as he sings and performs the songs he has written; and he’s written quite a few, many of which are on his eleven original CD recordings.

Yata Peinovih began as a songwriter of love ballads while a freshman at St. Olaf College and over four decades has explored musical genres such as Americana, folk-rock, swing jazz, and gospel.

Early in his career, he formed Artesian Dreams with jazz guitarist Dave Peterson and classically trained violinist Jim Price and wone a Minnesota Music Award for  Best Folk Band. They were also nominated in the jazz category.

Next, he moved to Western Wisconsin where he began a family, continued to write, record, and perform in mostly local concerts and community events. During an appearance on Garrison Keillor’s Talent from Towns Under 2,000 Show on National Public Radio’s Prairie Home Companion, he chose an original ballad Wisconsin Waltz which naturally didn’t carry first prize with a Minnesota audience. Aunt Virginia said he should have played Music in the Outhouse from the Norske Nonsense cassette recorded in Norway.

Yata has a passion for performance, connecting with the audience from concert stages and outdoor festivals to intimate venues, such as churches and classrooms. He also organizes several community music events and mentors emerging artists.

Each winter for the last fifteen years, Yata and his wife, artist Jean Accola, have traveled afar to be immersed in new cultures including Thai, Lao, Cambodian, Kenyan, South African, Moroccan, French, Spanish, Norwegian, Mexican, Guatemalan, Caribbean, Japanese, and Hawaiian. The people, places, and experiences are reflected in their compositions and expanding views of art, music, photography, and culinary arts.

Yata and Jean live in a converted country schoolhouse in rural Pepin County, Wisconsin and enjoy every minute they can with their grandchildren.

The annual Vodka, Vino, and Vittles is here! Enjoy a complimentary vodka tasting alongside an assortment of wines sold at RSW. There will also be a cookout and music on the patio from 6:00pm – 9:00pm.

Carol Z. has been performing her entire life on various stages from churches to clubs. Her music spans from gospel rock to sultry ballads, because life includes everything, and Carol writes and sings about it all in a very unique way. She has songs about coffee, girlfriends, kids, God, love, marriage and even football…and just when you hear one song done in a rock vein, you will hear jazz, country, power ballads, quirky rhythms, and even a poem being read with birds singing. She does it all, says it all…and sings her heart out.

Guaranteed to be a Squealing Great Time at the annual HOG FEST.

Music with Bare Bones
6:00pm – 9:00pm

Red Schoolhouse Wines presents our annual Cocktails, Crooners, and Classic Cars. Complimentary Cocktail tasting as Todd Eckart performs on the patio featuring the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and all your favorites of the Rat Pack Era! Food and Beverages will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds to benefit a Stone Lake charity. Feel free to drive down in your Classic Car and join in the fun.

Music with Todd Eckart
6:00pm – 9:00pm

An amalgam of raw energy, classic charm, by-gone era romance, and formidable stage presence, grace every note of Todd Eckart’s live performance. He is part wistful crooner, part country song-smith, and equal measure rock-n-roll heartthrob. Reminiscent of the days when a man armed only with his guitar, his songs, and a burning desire to tell his story could pour out his soul to a backbeat, and in a manner of speaking, conquer the world, the charts, but most poignantly and infinitely, and most importantly, touch the hearts of many a listener male and female ….young and old alike. It is this special alchemy of kinetic energy, raw talent, and sincerity of soul that Todd’s music possesses.

Now for the first time, those who have not had the chance to see Todd’s live performance, though countless have in his native home in the Midwest, as well as abroad, can hear what this local artist has been charming fans with for years. From the comfort of their own home, iPod, car, castle, grass hut, or tractor, Todd is making the leap to undoubtedly international recognition with his soon to be released self-titled debut CD. He has infused all the old-time grit, polish, and poise of his influences with a modern pop sensibility that is as fresh and uniquely his own as it is familiar in its quality. To bridge the gap between what was great and what is great is something Todd’s music does with seemly effortless ease. To pay homage without being derivative is a tall order, and that is one challenge that Todd Eckart is clearly up for.

– Laura Jo DeWitt