Ex BoDeans lead capitalizing on March Madness but gives no love to MU

[Rudy]

I never was more that a casual Bodeans fan, but Sammy Llanas played last summer in Oconomowoc with his new band and it was the best live performance I have heard in years.

Bob

[reinko]

I saw the femmes, I enjoyed the femmes.    The BoDeans were my band.     Still among my personal top 3.   All of their albums, a dozen shows.    And I always thought 'Closer to Free' was kind of weak.   

I'm gonna do the classic, "no offense", but will offend the crap out of you.

The BoDeans are one your top 3 favorite bands??!!?!

Really, top 3?  Beatles, Stones, Zep, CSNY, The Who, AC/DC, Nirvana, U2, The Velvet Underground.

/rant over

[Norm]

The BoDeans sound like a bunch of unremarkable easy listening drivel. They aren't unique in any sort of way. There are 20 bands from that era with the same exact sound.

The Femmes absolutely kick ass. They brought a punk, chip-on-the-shoulder, attitude to a mainly acoustic sound. They are the greatest musical contribution that Milwaukee has produced (and I am fully aware of Steve Miller).

Jerry Harrison gets my vote for the second greatest contribution to music - being a member of two of my favorite bands of all time, The Modern Lovers and Talking Heads.

Really?? Please name 3 bands with "the exact same sound" as the BoDeans. Like them or don't like them, they had/have a pretty unique sound.

[Spotcheck Billy]

They are the greatest musical contribution that Milwaukee has produced (and I am fully aware of Steve Miller).

wow, did you ever hear of some guy named Les Paul?

(I wouldn't but) some would offer that even Liberace was more significant than the Femmes

[JakeBarnes]

From the article ...

Llanas, who is from of Waukesha, Wis., said that despite his proximity to both NCAA tournament participants Marquette and the University of Wisconsin, he's not a fan of any one team in particular.

"What I like is seeing a game that's anybody's game when it goes down to the wire," he said.

it seems that by avoiding taking a rooting interest, he is one step Closer to Free

[warriorchick]

wow, did you ever hear of some guy named Les Paul?

(I wouldn't but) some would offer that even Liberace was more significant than the Femmes

Not to split hairs, but Les Paul is from Waukesha.

[Spotcheck Billy]

not to split hairs? LOL

and Victor DeLorenzo was from Racine

even more ironic with the BoDeans vs. Femmes d!ck waving, Guy Hoffman of the Femmes previously played in the BoDeans, close enough for Rock & Roll

[mu-rara]

The BoDeans sound like a bunch of unremarkable easy listening drivel. They aren't unique in any sort of way. There are 20 bands from that era with the same exact sound.

The Femmes absolutely kick ass. They brought a punk, chip-on-the-shoulder, attitude to a mainly acoustic sound. They are the greatest musical contribution that Milwaukee has produced (and I am fully aware of Steve Miller).

Jerry Harrison gets my vote for the second greatest contribution to music - being a member of two of my favorite bands of all time, The Modern Lovers and Talking Heads.

Ice Cream Man, Ring Ring.....

[The Process]

Not to split hairs, but Les Paul is from Waukesha.

As were the BoDeans...

[warriorchick]

not to split hairs? LOL

Back when Les Paul came of age (the '30's) I doubt that Waukesha was considered a suburb.  Milwaukee didn't go much further west than 35th street.  Waukesha was another 17-20 miles, and there were no freeways.

I read an article awhile back that said that Les Paul had offered to donate his entire collection of guitars and memorabilia to the Village of Waukesha if they were willing to set up some sort of museum to display it.  The Village said thanks, but no thanks.  Must not have been rock and roll fans.

[GGGG]

wow, did you ever hear of some guy named Les Paul?

(I wouldn't but) some would offer that even Liberace was more significant than the Femmes

Liberace was a showman first...musician second.

Steve Miller actually learned how to play guitar from Les Paul.  Yeah and while Paul was technically from Waukesha, he was born in Milwaukee.  (Just like Miller was born in Milwaukee but moved to Dallas.)

But honestly if you were going to talking about the Milwaukean who has had the greatest impact on the music industry, it is probably Jerry Harrison.  Member of the Talking Heads and a producer of albums by both the Femmes and the BoDeans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Harrison

[BrewCity83]

Les Paul not only taught Steve Miller how to play guitar, he was Miller's Godfather.