Music - Jan. 17, 2009
A special guitar helps Grimm keep the dream alive
When he began recording his latest solo album, "Keep Your Dreams Alive," Steve Grimm didn't have to look very far for inspiration. He just had to look at his guitar. Grimm, a member of Bad Boy and a mainstay of the Milwaukee music scene for nearly three decades, used a Gibson Les Paul on many of the bed tracks for the eight songs that make up the disc. He received the guitar from a friend, Carl Dennino, who died shortly after presenting the gift.
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Music - Jan. 13, 2009
The Wigs reunite for a hair-raising reunion at Shank
Local power-pop heroes The Wigs, who left Milwaukee for Los Angeles in the early 1980s, return to town for a combination reunion show and CD release party Saturday night at Shank Hall.
Tags: the wigs, shank hall, my chauffeur, jim cushinery, marty rooss, bobby tews, bob pachner, file under: pop vocal, val mccallum, the new monkees, the haskels, the oil tasters, youth in asia, shivvers, yipes, off broadway, arroyo, white lie, bad boy, teddy's

Music - March 1, 2007
Cheap Trick comes full circle in Milwaukee
After 34 years and 5,000 shows Cheap Trick has come full circle, playing more intimate venues in Milwaukee with the same sonic intensity and musical aura that other bands crave.
Tags: Cheap Trick, Stone Toad, Bad Boy, Xeno, Robin Zander, Bun E. Carlos, Potawatomi, Deone Jahnke, Teddy's, Haskels, Humpin' Hanna's