Upcoming Events

Support a great cause while having fun on the patio! Starting on June 12th, the Sawyer County Resource Center will be sponsoring BINGO every-other Wednesday throughout the summer. Sip some wine, win some money, and support a great local cause.

For each round played, half of the pot will be awarded to the winner and half will go to support the Senior Resource Center.

Circuit Breakers will be putting the blues in Blues, Brews, & BBQ this year. Don’t miss this staff-favorite event with a great musical performance and delicious, hot-off-the-grill ribs!

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.

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

BBQ Ribs Platter – $15.95
BBQ Ribs hot-off-the-grill, homemade Mac and Cheese, and Coleslaw.

Joe Who?
Joe Monahan is a native Chicagoan who has been performing across the Midwest for over twenty years. An acoustic guitarist and singer, Monahan has acquired a repertoire of hundreds of songs. These include popular country & western favorites, classic rock and Irish ballads.

Influences
There were two important events that influenced Monahan’s early musical influences. “My father turned me on to Johnny Cash,” he recalls. “That image of a man telling a story with a guitar really struck me as the coolest thing I had ever seen.” A couple of years later one of Monahan’s brothers came home with an early Clancy Brothers record. It became a favorite and included many of the songs Monahan still plays to this day.

The Chicago folk scene was in its heyday when Monahan was a teen. The music of local favorites like Steve Goodman, Bonnie Koloc, Michael Smith, and John Prine impressed Monahan. “In high school everyone was listening to Led Zeppelin but I was excited because I had the new John Prine album.”

“Give Us a Song!”
In the late 1980’s Monahan’s interest in music lead him to a small unassuming Irish tavern on the south side of Chicago. The 6511 Club was one of the few places in the city that featured traditional Irish music. There he heard music played and sung by native Irish musicians who encouraged Monahan to sing and play. It was only then that Monahan finally took up the guitar and began performing. He became a regular on Friday nights with the legendary Kevin Henry.”

And the Award Goes to…
Monahan has won several awards for his singing. He has won the Midwest Region traditional singing competition three times and in 1998 represented the United States in the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil held in Ballina, Mayo, Ireland.

What Have You Done For Me Lately?
Since those early years Monahan has played at countless Irish taverns and parties for almost every occasion. In addition country & western music has become a large part of his current repertoire. Embracing the music he grew up on he includes a healthy dose of Johnny Cash, George Jones, Willie Nelson and other legends of country music.
“I enjoy the flexibility of being a solo performer. I can go from genre to genre depending on the wishes of his audience.” Take a look at the set list and you will get a better idea of his wide ranging repertoire!

Songwriting
In 2012 Joe Monahan contributed three original compositions co-written with long time friend Dennis Keane to the independent film Morton’s Crossing. This included the theme “Ashes.” The film went on to win several awards.

Born by chance in the windy city and raised in the small Wisconsin farming community of Bloomer, he somehow managed to inherit the musical genomes of both areas. It wasn’t until after his 18th birthday, when he found an old Silvertone guitar in his parent’s attic, that he took up the guitar and immediately began learning and writing in the tradition of his musical idols.

Once described as John Prine trapped in David Letterman’s body, his music gives the outward appearance of being written out of admiration rather than necessity. If you ask him, it’s the other way around. His songs range from heartfelt ballads to beer-drinking party songs. Either way, it’s obvious his focus is on having a good time and enjoying music for the sake of music.

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

Red Schoolhouse Wines presents our 3rd Annual Cocktails, Crooners, and Classic Cars. Complimentary Cocktail tasting as Todd Eckart performs on the Patio from 6-9 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 the Stone Lake Historical Society. Feel free to drive down in your Classic Car and join in the fun.

Support a great cause while having fun on the patio! Starting on June 12th, the Sawyer County Resource Center will be sponsoring BINGO every-other Wednesday throughout the summer. Sip some wine, win some money, and support a great local cause.

For each round played, half of the pot will be awarded to the winner and half will go to support the Senior Resource Center.

Guaranteed to be a Squealing Great Time at the 6th Annual HOG FEST. The Timber Grill will be smokin’ up a variety of locally grown pork roasts, hams, sausages, and all favorite pulled, which will be served along with a choice of tasty sides and desserts. All profits will benefit the older adult programs that the SRC provides throughout Sawyer County for ages 60+ and their caregivers, which includes senior meals and Meals on Wheels.

Larry’s Drifters
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Listen and dance to some boot kickin’ music that will be provided by this locally known band.

Enjoy a smorgasbord of hog while listening and dancing to some boot kickin’ music provided by this locally known band. The SC Senior Resource Center will be serving up the hog while Larry’s Drifters serves up the tunes.

We are an acoustic duet featuring 2 voices and 1 guitar. Our sets feature well known Americana songs, some instrumental picking originals, lots of harmonies and fairly elaborate arrangements. We cater to a wide array of audiences: coffee houses, festivals, supper clubs, outdoor events, and private parties. We are not a dance band, at least not until Christine gets her one-man-band rig finished…….

You will hear a wide array of ballads and livelier songs from Louis Armstrong to Pete Townshend, from Woody Guthrie to the Beatles. I adore the Grateful Dead, and if Christine had her way the Indigo Girls would be a trio. We love songs with lots of parts, so when we get to simpler tunes, we usually doll them up with some riffs, harmonies, stalls, and key changes to keep them moving along. I play exclusively with a flat pick, and always acoustic. I am largely self-taught and can read music well enough to make paper airplanes. Christine, by contrast, is classically trained; her dad was literally the local school band guru….taught every grade and every instrument. If you are wondering how we get along, and if you find out, please tell us.

We do believe, in all sincerity, that music is meant to be shared, is experienced on a core plane, that it can create bonding and love on nearly any level imaginable, and that we are very fortunate to have found one another.

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 6th annual Vodka, Vino, and Vittles is here! Perlick Distillery‘s American Yeoman Vodka will be featured for a 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.

Stealin’ Home is a Twin Cities based eclectic acoustic trio that plays a wide range of music, including early country, jug band, country blues, 50s & 60s rock, folk, and originals. We play songs by Guy Clark, John Sebastian, Leroy Carr, The Beatles, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, Buffalo Springfield, Hank Williams, Uncle Dave Macon, Johnny Cash and many others. We all like baseball.

Stealin’ Home consists of:

Don Brunnquell: vocals, guitar & banjo

Steve Maxwell: vocals, mandolin & harmonica

Jay Scoggin: vocals, guitar, banjo-ukulele

Support a great cause while having fun on the patio! Starting on June 12th, the Sawyer County Resource Center will be sponsoring BINGO every-other Wednesday throughout the summer. Sip some wine, win some money, and support a great local cause.

For each round played, half of the pot will be awarded to the winner and half will go to support the Senior Resource Center.

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.