Chris Frymire

Great ears and 40+ years of mixing music from around the world!

Current on all the latest tech, and the classic gear too;  Chris is listener #1 making sure that the show or recording sounds great to everyone!

Live Sound / Recording / Mixing / Mastering

  • Live Sound (FOH, MON, A1)
  • Full event production/management.
  • On-location recording
  • On-location or Remote Livestream mixing and mastering
  • In-studio mixing and mastering using state of the art digital and classic analog hardware and software.
  • Archival transfer and editing from Analog Reel, Cassette, 8-Track, Vinyl, DAT, ADAT, VHS, Beta, Masterlink, USB stick, hard drive, or ftp.

Live Mixing Credits

Live shows mixed in the last decade or so... scroll to see all

  • Katie McMahon - Fall 2025 Midwest Tour
    Roxxy Hall Band
    THE GREAT NORTHERN + THE STROLLING CLONERS
    ALEJANDRO BRITTES with Havana Quartet ~Barroco Latinoamericano~
    Roxxy Hall Band
    NORDIC ROOTS SERIES: An Evening with ALE MöLLER & BRUCE MOLSKY
    Kith + Kin Season 8 Finale with Lamaar
    THE ARCADIAN WILD with River & Rail
    COREY MEDINA & Brothers with Midnite Express
    CORB LUND + HAYES CARLL: Bible on the Dash Tour
    Roxxy Hall Band
    BUFFALO NICHOLS with Luke Callen
    "An Evening with SISSOKO, SEGAL, PARISIEN, PEIRANI: LES ÉGARÉS"
    An Evening with JOE BOYD ~And the Roots of Rhythm Remain~
    KRIS DELMHORST with Chris Pureka
    ASI Presents: MIDWINTER NORDIC DANCE f. Frigg
    Roxxy Hall Band
    Pop Wagner's Honky Tonk Ranch
    An Evening with GUY DAVIS
    SAMORA PINDERHUGHES with Theo Langason
    Echoes from the Horn: Somali Lives in Cinema-Black Europe Film Festival
    "THE CEDAR COMMISSIONS Night Two: John Jamison II, May Klug, Yeej Moua"
    "THE CEDAR COMMISSIONS Night One: A.P. Looze, Hibah Hassan, Phillip St. John"
    DRONE NOT DRONES - The 10th 28-Hour Drone Shift 2 1am-9am
    HONKY TONK TAKEOVER f. JACK KLATT TRIO + McCAIN LAKEY BAND
    Katie McMahon Christmas Show
    MPLS AFROBEATS DANCE PARTY f. FANAKA NATION "Loko Motion (Mr. Fuego) + BAKARII and DJS KWEY and Salif Keita"
    BEN COOK-FELTZ's 4th Annual HOLIDAY SHINDIG!
    ANTJE DUVEKOT + SETH GLIER
    Roxxy Hall Band
    THE BAND OF HEATHENS DUO f. Ed Jurdi & Gordy Quist with Chris & Ari Silver
    MARIEE SIOU with Donnie CoCo
    Afghan Cultural Society Anniversary Arts Festival 2024
    Tlalnepantla Arts presents: 12th Annual FESTIVAL DE LAS CALAVERAS:
    JOHN McEUEN & THE CIRCLE BAND with The Eclectics
    THE CEDAR CELEBRATION Hosted by DESSA
    Note 'Sahan Journal's 5th Anniversary Celebration'
    GORILLA BISCUITS with Big Laugh and more!
    ROBIN and LINDA WILLIAMS with Maya de Vitry
    An Evening with GAO HONG & IGNACIO MONTEVERDE
    NATION + Lux String Quartet video/audio recording
    An Evening with TOM PAXTON and The DonJuans
    DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA TRIO with Matt Rahaim
    GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS with Luke Callen
    LAS GUARACHERAS + LADAMA
    NORDIC ROOTS SERIES: JENNI VENÄLÄINEN & Melkutus Party with Sara Pajunen
    DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE and The Guilty Ones with Dead Rock West
    An Evening with THE TANNAHILL WEAVERS
    BOB SCHNEIDER with Fathom Lane
    "ANDREA SWENSSON's ""DEEPER BLUES"" f. CORNBREAD HARRIS, JIMMY JAM & Friends"
    CHRIS SMITHER with Betty Soo
    Studio PAV Presents: SECRET NUMBER ~ The 1st US Show(K)ase Tour 2024: UNLOCK
    Summer at The Cedar: WESLI
    LA DAME BLANCHE with DJ QueenDuin
    WACO BROTHERS with Jake LaBotz and Jon Langford & Alice Spencer of the Bright Shiners
    an experiment: with LESLIE PARKER and Collaborators
    Ganga: A Choreographic Odyssey
    7000 Miles to Broadway Tour - J. Robert Spencer
    PETER MULVEY + SUSAN WERNER
    MPLS AFROBEATS DANCE PARTY
    Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
    MYRIAM GENDRON with Paul Metzger
    "TRIGANOL f. Davu Seru, Douglas Ewert, Anthony Cox with Sarah Greer"
    LE WINSTON BAND with Steam Machine
    GROSSE ISLE with Morcava
    Right in the Eye - film/music of Georges Méliés'
    "THE CEDAR COMMISSIONS Night Two: Sarah Larsson, Lady Xox, Tri Vo"
    "THE CEDAR COMMISSIONS Night One: RZ Shahid, McKain Lakey, YEV"
    MAKING MOVIES with Alma Andina
    "McKnight Composer Fellows Spotlight, presented by the American Composers Forum and The Great Northern"
    "McKnight Composer Fellows Spotlight, presented by the American Composers Forum and The Great Northern"
    Drone Not Drones
    LILLIE MAE + RACHEL BAIMAN
    THE MUBBLA BUGGS with The kAt band project and Poverty Hash
    JEFFREY FOUCAULT + PIETA BROWN
    STEPHEN KELLOGG: the Sit Down & Stand-Up Tour
    MPLS AFROBEATS DANCE PARTY - Holiday Edition!
    Katie McMahon - Christmas Show
    Mother Banjo Live Recording at the Dakota
    An Evening with JOHN GORKA
    An Evening with WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN
    ANTJE DUVEKOT + JOE CROOKSTON
    Festival de las Calaveras 11th Annual
    BOB MOULD (Solo Electric) with Jason Narducy
    DARLINGSIDE with Field Guide
    CHAMPAGNE CONFETTI - Art Vandalay
    7000 Miles to Broadway Tour - J. Robert Spencer
    ANA EVERLING and HOUSE OF WATERS - Global Roots Festival
    JOHN CRAIGIE with Taylor Rae
    An Evening with TOM PAXTON and THE DONJUANS
    Lone Pinon with Steam Machine
    RAY BONNEVILLE + COREY MEDINA & Brothers
    An Evening with THE KRUGER BROTHERS
    STORYHILL FEST 2023 LIvestream
    An Evening with SONA JOBARTEH
    DEAN MAGRAW AND DAVU SERU
    Roxxy Hall Band
    Michael Ian Black
    Roxxy Hall Band
    SUPERBUS MAXIMUS vs. FREAQUE
    ONDARA with Kiely Connell
    STORYHILL with special guest
    An evening with DANIEL VOLOVETS & JIREH CALO
    katha emotion - Rita Mustaphi Dance Show
    An Evening with BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NÄôGONI BA
    Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
    Take 3 Spring 2023 Midwest Tour
    ANDY SHAUF with Katy Kirby
    PERT NEAR SANDSTONE WITH HACKENSAW BOYS
    PERT NEAR SANDSTONE with Arkansauce
    "THE CEDAR COMMISSIONS Night Two: Theo Langason, Sophia Deutsch, Cydi Yang"
    "THE CEDAR COMMISSIONS Night One: Aram Kavoossi, DJ Fawzi, Emily Boyajian"
    BEYOND THE BLUE: A Night of Cinema & Sound Curated by Pieta Brown & Liz Draper
    An Evening with THE TANNAHILL WEAVERS
    An Evening with TALISK
    JOE RAINEY - Niineta
    Drone not Drones
    "2023 HOOTENANNY with TOMMY GOODROAD, PIT STOP & DUSK"
    NORDIC ROOTS FESTIVAL MEMORIES Free Film Screening
    Katie McMahon Christmas Show
    "Dan Newton's Cafe Accordion Orchestra 'Tea Dance"""""
    JOHN GORKA
    Brass Lassies
    Sweet Colleens
    CHICAGO FARMER with Hemma
    DYLAN HICKS & SMALL SCREENS + ABY WOLF & ERIC MAYSON
    An evening with DOMi & JD BECK
    JERSEY TENORS
    HOT CLUB MANIA QUARTET with Red Hot Django Peppers
    THE LOWEST PAIR with Laurel Premo
    The WACO BROTHERS with Pit Stop
    BEGINNINGS - Chicago Tribute Tour
    JOHN CRAIGIE with Maya De Vitry
    KARDEMIMMIT with Nanilo
    DEAN MAGRAW & RICHARD KRIEHN
    TINARIWEN with Garcia Peoples
    MARGO MAYHEM: Why Not / Heart To Gold / Mike Kota / Marmalade
    NATHAN & The ZYDECO CHA CHAS with Brass Messengers
    AIDA SHAHGHASEMI with The OK Factor
    THE REVELERS with New Riverside Ramblers
    UnderCurrentMPLS Fart-a-versary
    TED UNSETH and DE STIJLISTICS Classic Jazz Octet
    HARI KONDABOLU with Chloe Radcliffe
    Sexy Unique Podcast
    SONS OF THE PIONEERS Tour Spring 2022
    CHRIS SMITHER with Betty Soo
    MELISSA MANCHESTER Tour Spring 2022
    LUCY KAPLANSKY with Surge and the Swell
    BARENG AMBARUNG—Together We Grow: A Tri-Culture Collaboration
    THE GIBSON BROTHERS WITH Double Down Daredevils
    Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
    JOSHUA RADIN with Tow'rs
    PERT NEAR SANDSTONE'S WINTER STRINGBAND GATHERING with Rachel Baiman
    PERT NEAR SANDSTONE'S WINTER STRINGBAND GATHERING with Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs
    THE CEDAR COMMISSIONS Night Two ft. Vie Boheme, Alicia Thao, and Kat Parent
    JAKE BLOUNT and LAUREL PREMO with Humbird
    JD MCPHERSON - SOCKS: A Rock ‘N’ Roll Christmas Tour with Joel Paterson
    Masters of Soul Tour Fall 2021
    Irish Fair of Minnesota 2021
    Keith Secola & Friends Live Stream
    She Cage/Kiss the Tiger Filming
    Kashimana - Music in MN Show Filming
    Mike Munson & Mikkel Beckmen with Annie Mack
    Talisk with the Northerly Gales
    Socks in the Frying Pan with Sprig of That
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Jon Stickley Trio
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Cascade Crescendo
    April Verch Band with Corpse Reviver
    Ellis Delaney “Ordinary Love” Album Release with the OK Factor
    Marielle Allschwang and the Visitations' Precession of a Day: the World of Mary Nohl with Chris Rosenau (Volcano Choir)
    Folk, Fiddles, & Friends Festival: The Orange Mighty Trio, The OK Factor, and Sprig of That
    Le Vent du Nord with Uskudar Eclectic
    Little Fevers Album Release with Har-di-har and Matt Latterell
    Katie McMahon - Cambridge
    Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron
    Katie McMahon O'Shaughnessy
    Corey Harris and Todd Albright
    Dan Newton's Cafe Accordion Orchestra with Maud Hixson
    A Christmas Carol - a Radio Play
    On a Winter's Night: Christine Lavin, John Gorka, Patty Larkin, and Cliff Eberhardt
    Charlie Parr Record Release with Sanctified Grumblers (Standing Show)
    Charlie Parr Record Release (Seated Solo Show)
    Julia Jacklin with Christian Lee Hutson
    Rachael & Vilray with Akie Bermiss
    Pat Donohue and the Prairie All-Stars with Jerry Kosak
    Robbie Fulks with Katy Vernon
    Eric Peltoniemi Show with Prudence and Randy Sabine
    The Black Lillies with Haley Rydell
    John McCutcheon with Kelly Hunt
    Reina del Cid Album Release Show
    Mari Boine Trio with Aida Shahghasemi and Jeremy Ylvisaker
    Brent Cobb and Them: Sucker for a Good Time Tour
    Hawktail with Nickel & Rose
    Grf: Lankum Kim So Ra
    Lucy Kaplansky
    Kokoko! with Curandero and Douala Soul Collective
    Lee “Scratch” Perry + Subatomic Sound System, 45th Anniversary Performance of Blackboard Jungle Dub + More with Rey Azucar
    The Tannahill Weavers
    The Great Black Music Ensemble, an Ensemble of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
    ML Magic and Lil Rob
    Irish Fair of Minnesota
    Altan
    A Solo Acoustic Evening with Eric Hutchinson
    Saves the Day/Joyce Manor with Awakebutstillinbed
    The Liturgists Podcast
    Los Amigos Invisibles with Douala Soul Collective
    Freaque with Lena Elizabeth, Charles Rodreick, and Danny Akah
    The Lowest Pair with Sam Rae
    Family and Friends of Tony Present a Celebration of the Life of Tony Glover
    Tony Glover Memorial
    Frankie Lee Stillwater Release Show with Under Violet
    Cactus Blossoms
    Spider John's 1000th Moon Celebration
    Pedro Caprì: Calma Tour
    Watch What Crappens
    Terry Reid
    Rose Cousins with Rachael Kilgour
    Happier Hour: Gretchen Rubin and Elizabeth Craft
    Howie day with Emma Charles
    Masters of Soul Tour
    Eliza Gilkyson with Jim Henry
    Pokey Lafarge
    Sam Amidon with Humbird
    David Huckfelt & the Unarmed Forces with Michael Rossetto: Dual Record Release with Dave Simonett
    The Lost Forty
    Portland Cello Project Performs Radiohead, Coltrane, and Bach
    Faarrow Presents Powher: a Live Podcast Recording with Special Guests (at Moon Palace Books) [Midnimo]
    Twilight Hours - Red Wing
    An Anniversary Evening with Boiled in Lead
    Katie McMahon Austin MN
    Twilight Hours - St Cloud
    Brazilfest MN Presents Carnaval Brasileiro
    Twilight Hours - Detroit Lakes
    Alasdair and Natalie
    Jigjam with Barbaro
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Old Salt Union
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Feeding Leroy
    Angelique Kidjo's Remain in Light
    Tuomo & Markus with Andy Cook
    Lonesome Dan Kase Album Release with Corpse Reviver and Doug Otto & Hurricane Harold
    Ordinarius with Robert Everest
    Katie McMahon O'Shaughnessy
    A Cripple's Dance by Gabriel Roderick with Seaberg and Izell Pyramid
    Amber Run
    Kris Delmhorst with Sam Moss
    Katie McMahon Duluth
    The Midnight Hour with Greg Grease
    Keller Williams
    John Gorka
    The War and Treaty with Courtney Marie Andrews
    Stelios Petrakis Trio with Uskudar Eclectic
    Lee Ann Womack with Jake Jones
    Cactus Blossoms
    Nirmala Rajasekar Maithree the Music of Friendship Album Release
    Hailu Mergia with Yonathan's Cultural Show
    Eric Johnson ah via Musicom Tour
    Dom Flemons with Nickel & Rose
    Jarlath Henderson with A.M. Stryker
    Lucy Kaplansky
    Jim Lauderdale with Mother Banjo
    Eleanor Friedberger with Pill and Jillian Rae
    Ovrfwrd Album Release with Hardcore Crayons
    Molsky's Mountain Drifters with Adam Kiesling
    Grf: Lemon Bucket Orchestra and Delgres
    Grf: Aynur and Sona Jobarteh
    The Cedar's 30th Birthday Party with Hoven Droven and aar Maanta (Global Roots Festival)
    Altan Tour
    Shelby Lynne
    Irish Fair of Minnesota
    The Second City: the Best of the Second City
    Malina Moye with Seaberg
    Lawrence English with Modify and Le
    Coco's Barrio: Alien Invasion
    Tannahill Weavers 50th Anniversary Tour with the Northerly Gales
    Mpls Gospel Choir
    Brian Culbertson - Colors of Love Tour
    Dan Israel Record Release with Rich Mattson and the Northstars
    Mountain Heart with Wild Vylets
    Robbie Fulks with Buffalo Gospel
    Kari Arnett with the Lowland Lakers and the Family Three
    Okee Dokee Bros - Hale School
    Jigjam with the High 48s
    Martin Carthy with Max Wareham
    Jolie Holland & Samantha Parton (of the Be Good Tanyas) with Niki Becker
    Pat Donohue & the Prairie All Stars
    Nils Frahm Presents: All Melody
    Claire Lynch with Matt Hannah
    Boiled in Lead and Sistertree
    Live! on Stage: Jonathan Richman Featuring Tommy Larkins on the Drums!
    We Banjo 3 with Talisk
    The Steeldrivers with Kane and Gellert
    Kyle Kinane with Special Guest Sean Jordan
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Dead Horses
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Kitchen Dwellers
    Jorma Kaukonen
    Rory Scovel in a Proper Gander Tour
    Dan Newton's Cafe Accordion Orchestra with Ukulelezaza
    The Banjo Hour with Captain Gravitone & the String Theory Orchestra ft. Pat Donohue
    Lizz Winstead in 2017: the Greatest sh*t Show on Earth with Sam Breckenridge
    Katie McMahon - O'Shaughnessy
    Katie McMahon Cambridge
    Katie McMhon Duluth
    The Lowest Pair with the Brother Brothers
    The White Buffalo with Alice Drinks the Kool Aid
    Midnimo Workshop Finale Performance
    Bruce Cockburn In
    Jim Lauderdale with Mother Banjo
    John Gorka
    Festival de las Calaveras
    Charlie Parr Record Release with Special Guests
    Maria Pomianowska and Reborn
    Kardemimmit with the Lacewings
    Ten Strings and a Goat Skin with Special Guest
    Erin McKeown with the Cabin Project
    Jaerv with the OK Factor
    Irish Fair of Minnesota
    Mpls Pops Orchestra - Lake Harriet
    Charlie Mars with Dan Rodriguez
    The High 48s Album Release with the Mother Banjo Band
    Robert Earl Keen with Jack Klatt Eric Aren Out
    Sweet Colleens @The Parkway
    Choir! Choir! Choir!
    Russell Howard
    Michael Matheny's “el Dorado” Album Release & Tribute
    Dave Mason Alone Together Again In/Out
    The Spider John Legacy
    Tift Merritt with the Suitcase Junket
    Roma di Luna Reunion Show with Tiwakan and Special Guests
    Lucy Kaplansky with Rachael Kilgour
    Jayme Stone's Folklife
    Why? with Dosh
    Livingston Taylor with Dan Israel
    Boiled in Lead
    Tom Paxton and the Don Juans
    Drone not Drones: the 4th Annual 28-hour Drone
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering
    Michael Ian Black
    Catie Curtis with Connor Garvey
    Dan Newton's Cafe Accordion Orchestra
    Cathie Ryan's the Winter's Heart: an Irish American Christmas
    A Concert for Sarah Bowman
    John Gorka
    The Last Revel and the Lowest Pair
    Three Women & the Truth: Mary Gauthier, Gretchen Peters, and Eliza Gilkyson
    David Bromberg Quintet with Martin Devaney
    Larry Long 65th Birthday Celebration & CD Release
    Dustbowl Revival and Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts
    John McCutcheon
    The Proclaimers with Jenny O.
    Foghorn Stringband with Spider John Koerner
    Shawn Mullins with Chuck Cannon
    Dean Magraw, Prudence Johnson, and Butch Thompson
    The Handsome Family with Calamity and the Owl
    The Local Show's Artists to Watch Patio
    Irish Fair of Minnesota
    Emily King with PJ Morton
    Oh Pep! with Laulu
    Scottish Fair
    Maxence Cyrin
    MN Music Coalition Showcase & Concert ft. Reina del Cid
    "Siama Releases “Rivers - from the Congo to the Mississippi”
    Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill
    Corpse Reviver Album Release with Spider John Koerner
    Lucy Kaplansky with Dan Israel
    The Lowest Pair with Adam Kiesling
    Cambridge - Don Shelby as Mark Twain
    Eliza Gilkyson
    Greg Brown
    Jeffrey Foucault with Dusty Heart
    Farewell Milwaukee and Erik Koskinen with Mike Munson
    Boiled in Lead St Patrick's Day with Sistertree
    Charlie Parr
    Katie McMahon House of Hope St Paul
    Altan
    Carrie Rodriguez: The Sacred Hearts Tour with the Roe Family Singers
    Jane Siberry with Katy Vernon
    Daniel and Adrian Volovets duo and “Noche Gitana” by Twin Cities Flamenco Artists Co-op
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Rumpke Mountain Boys
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Two Many Banjos
    Dan Newton's Cafe Accordion Orchestra
    Dizzy Hat with Special Guest
    The Cedar's Holiday Party
    Davina & the Vagabonds at Cambridge Hardy Center
    Katie McMahon Oshag
    Mark Schirmacher - Aster Cafe
    Dr. Ralph Stanley ft. Nathan Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys
    John Gorka with Special Guest
    Lera Lynn with Dylan Leblanc
    David Bromberg Quintet with Dick Kimmel
    Stained Radiance: Nels Cline and Norton Wisdom and Sam Amidon
    Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear with Laulu
    The Steeldrivers with Crow Call
    Byrne and Kelly with old Desert Road
    Jackie Greene with Derik Hultquist
    Small Feet with Loud Sun and Jourdan Myers
    Sarah Morris and Tim Houlihan CD Releases with Kevin Bowe & the Okemah Prophets
    Irish Fair of Minnesota
    Rickie Lee Jones
    Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
    Colin Stetson with Paul Metzger
    The Pine Hill Project: Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Shindell
    The Last Revel with Dead Horses and the Pistol Whippin' Party Penguins
    Inti-Illimani and los Llaneros: a Benefit Concert for Sol del Illimani
    Okee Dokee Bros Cambridge
    Pieta Brown & the Sawdust Collective with Chatham County Line
    The Lowest Pair CD Release with Dave Simonett
    Randy Sabien and the Fiddlehead Band with Pat Donohue and Judi Donaghy Vinar
    Boiled in Lead St. Patrick's Day
    Katie McMahon -Duluth
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Town Mountain
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Possessed by Paul James
    Charlie Parr with Jeff Mitchell
    On Love: Pavielle with Lynn O'Brien and Sankophoenix
    Harbor and Home with I Like you. and Laura Lou and the Loungeabouts
    Mighty Diamonds
    The Duhks with Winston Drei Tod
    Dan Newton's Cafe Accordion Orchestra Presents Cinema with Diane Jarvi
    Katie McMahon - Cambridge
    The Orange Mighty Trio Christmas CD Release
    Katie McMahon - O'Shaughnessy
    Song Exchange: Gary Louris and Haley Bonar
    Omar Souleyman with Vacation Dad and DJ Don Cuco
    Sonny Landreth & Cindy Cashdollar
    The Pines with John Trudell
    Diane Jarvi: “Bittersweet” CD Release with Dan Newton, Sara Pajunen, Gordy Johnson, the Ditchlilies, Finn Hall Band and Lili Jarvenpa
    Amanda Palmer: The Art of Asking Book Tour
    The Barr Brothers with Leif Vollebekk
    JD Souther with Chris Walters
    Dave Ray - Legacy Concert
    Chris Smither “Still on the Levee” Release Show with Milton
    Eliza Gilkyson
    Julie Fowlis: Music of the Scottish Isles
    Willie Watson with Mikaela Davis
    Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet with Caravan of Thieves
    Delhi 2 Dublin
    David Bromberg Quintet with Tom Feldmann
    Mount Eerie with Waveless
    Paulo Padilha and Group with Daniel Volovets
    Alice Boman with Stoylette and Strange Relations
    Mary Gauthier & Sam Baker
    Ellis Hosts the Acoustic Guitar Project
    The Cactus Blossoms with Tom Brosseau and Andru Bemis
    Irish Fair of Minnesota
    Eid Video Filming
    Jolie Holland with Shy Hunters
    Liam Finn with Alpha Consumer and Fury Things
    John Mark Nelson Album Release with Bad Bad Hats
    Delhi 2 Dublin
    The Poor Nobodys' Album Release with the Murder of Crows and Anonymous Choir
    Lubomyr Melnyk
    Celtic Fiddle Festival
    Fatoumata Diawara
    The Persuasions
    The Lowest Pair with the Dead Pigeons
    The Big Wu with Super Duty
    Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
    Katie McMahon Sundin Hall
    Live Portlandia Viewing with Fred Armisen
    Boiled in Lead St. Patrick's Day
    The Anger-Walsh-Gordy Quartet
    Lake Street Dive
    Lucy Kaplansky with David Francey
    Fullset with Special Guest
    Stanley Clarke - School Days Revisited Tour
    Ruth Moody and the Bills @ O'Shaughnessy
    Lucy Michelle's Valentine Mixtape: Country Western Edition
    Foghorn Stringband with the Cactus Blossoms
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Johnson Family Band
    Pert Near Sandstone's Winter String Band Gathering with Steve Kaul & the Brass Kings
    Cafe Accordion Orchestra Afternoon Dance
    Cafe Accordion Orchestra 20th Anniversary Concert
    Michael Johnson
    Katie McMahon O'Shaughnessy
    Cherish the Ladies
    Katie McMahon - Duluth
    Live! on Stage Jonathan Richman featuring Tommy Larkins on the Drums! with Pho
    John Mark Nelson with Simonett & Young and the Ericksons
    Blind Boys of Alabama with My Brightest Diamond
    Thomas Dolby
    Sans Souci Quartet with Jeff Ray and the Stakes
    The Black Lillies and Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys
    And the Professors Album Release with Farewell Continental and Special Guest
    Revolution Church
    Alice Russell with Marques Toliver
    Dan Newton
    KT Tunstall with Brian Lopez
    Martin Devaney Album Release Show with Ol' Yeller and the Cactus Blossoms
    John Hodgman Lives
    Sam Amidon with Inboil
    Frigg
    Corpse Reviver CD Release with Charlie Parr
    Debashish Bhattacharya's Modern India
    Farewell Milwaukee CD Release with Portage and J.E. Sunde
    Tom Rush
    Battlefield Band
    Barnfest
    An Intimate Evening with Art Garfunkel
    Caravan Palace
    Amadou & Mariam with Worldwide Discotheque DJs
    Communist Daughter with Kevin Bowe + the Okemah Prophets
    Fiddle Pal Masters Concert
    Malamanya with Bato Bato and Radio Pocho
    David Lindley
    Lucy Michelle and her Band ft. Chan Poling and John Munson with Southside Desire
    Nick Drake's Musical Legacy: Joe Boyd, Way to Blue
    Holly Near
    Joey Ryan & the Inks EP Release and Farewell Milwaukee
    Carrie Rodriguez with Jack Torrey and Page Burkum of the Cactus Blossoms
    Peter Bruntnell with the Union Suits
    Boy with the Ericksons
    Boiled in Lead St. Patrick's Day 30th Anniversary Show
    Katie McMahon
    Zorongo Flamenco at the Cowles Center
    Karan Casey & John Doyle
    Trevald - WCCO 30th Anniversary Concert
    Meklit Hadero
    Charlie Parr with Murder of Crows
    Charlie Parr with Jack Klatt and the Cat Swingers
    Pert' Near Sandstone with Special Guests
    Dan Newton's Cafe Accordion Orchestra CD Release for “La Zingara” with Diane Jarvi and Tony Balluff
    Michael Johnson
    Katie McMahon O'Shaughnessy
    Katie McMahon Duluth
    Peter Mayer
    John Gorka with Kris Delmhorst
    The Gourds and James McMurtry
    Minnesota Salsa Fiesta - Malamanya and 16-piece All-Star Salsa Orchestra la Gran Charanga
    Orange Mighty Trio CD Release with Nerd Enhanced Sound
    Ruth Moody
    Tift Merritt with Ben Weaver
    Dark Dark Dark CD Release with Mountain Man and Emily Wells
    Steve Kimock with Bernie Worrell, Wally Ingram and Andy Hess
    The Deadly Gentlemen
    Twin Cities Funk & Soul Release Party
    Nuala Kennedy Band
    Olov Johansson & Catriona McKay
    Irish Fair of Minnesota
    Barnfest 2012
    Spoek Mathambo with Sound System Sabotage
    Wake up Madagascar
    The Flatlanders' 40th Anniversary
    "Lee “Scratch” Perry
    Saltee CD Release with Steve Kaul and the Brass Kings
    Grandmothers of Invention
    Loudon Wainwright III with Jerree Small
    Bruce Molsky
    Dar Williams with Chastity Brown
    Sara Watkins with Sarah Siskind
    Leon Redbone
    Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
    Lucy Kaplansky with Special Guest
    Katie McMahon O'Shaughnessy
    The Mighty Diamonds
    Hot Tuna (Acoustic)
    Lunasa
    Zorro at Cowles Center
    The Pines CD Release with Jeffrey Foucault
    Peter Ostroushko & Beppe Gambetta
    Pert Near Sandstone with the Henhouse Prowlers
    Pert Near Sandstone with Head for the Hills
    Café Accordion Orchestra Presents Midnight in Paris
    Dark Pony Holiday Show with Ashleigh Still and Special Guests
    Katie McMahon - Cambridge
    Halloween, Alaska with Channy Casselle and DJAndrew Broder
    Katie McMahon - O'Shaughnessy
    Gustafer Yellowgold
    Katie McMahon - Duluth
    Laura Marling with the Bello Duo
    Mental Health Education Project with Meg Hutchinson
    Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
    The Blind Boys of Alabama with Sara and Sean Watkins
    The Sweet Colleens Halloween Spooktacular
    Kristy Lee with Nikki & the Ruemates
    Molly Maher & Her Disbelievers and Jon Rodine Double CD Release Show with John Munson and Matt Wilson of the Twilight Hours and Many Special Guests
    Antonio Zambujo with Geitungen (at the Southern)
    The Head and the Heart with Thao with the Get Down Stay Down and the Devil Whale
    Frigg with Kaivama
    Radical Minds
    Tim O'Brien with Mary Flower
    James Vincent Mcmorrow with Marissa Nadler
    Red Horse: Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, and Lucy Kaplansky
    Väsen
    Irish Fair of Minnesota
    Red House Barnfest
    Not Quite Dead and Not Quite Old and in the Way
    Kaivama CD Release with Arto Järvelä
    The Pine Leaf Boys Cajun Dance
    Springtime Salsa Fiesta
    Tom Rush
    Jorma Kaukonen
    Old Blind Dogs with the Roe Family Singers
    Greg Brown
    Abigail Washburn
    Patty Larkin and Willy Porter
    Katie McMahon Chatauqua (Mahtomedi)
    Marc Ribot
    Katie McMahon Elk River
    Twin Cities Celtic Showcase with the Sweet Colleens, the Hounds of Finn and the Dregs
    Son de Madera
    The Pines
    Diafanes with Eric Matern
    Rodney Crowell
    “Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles are in Big Trouble Again; Celebrating, Like, 101 Years of Romantic Comedy”
    Kings Go Forth with the Right Now
    Dean Magraw and Marcus Wise CD Release
    Vishten
    Marc Anderson: 416 Club Commissions
    Pert Near Sandstone with Hackensaw Boys
    Pert Near Sandstone with Foghorn Trio
    Zack Kline: 416 Club Commissions
    Cafe Accordion Orchestra with Diane Jarvi and Ensemble Limousin
    Katie McMahon O'Shaughnessy
    Neal & Leandra
    Peter Mayer
    Katie McMahon Duluth
    Mavis Staples with Roma di Luna
    Daniel Lanois' Black Dub with Rocco Deluca
    Zipp's Fall Beer Tasting
    Junip with Sharon van Etten
    Debashis Sarkar, Kousic Sen and Chandrachur Bhattacharjee
    Azure ray with Tim Fite and James Husband
    Horse Feathers with Anais Mitchell
    Klezmatics
    Jabali Afrika
    Felabration! with Chicago Afrobeat Project and Mr. Something Something
    Gypsy Jazz Festival Featuring Clearwater Hot Club with Tim Kliphuis and Gypsy Mania
    The Poor Nobodys CD Release
    Brave Combo
    The Long Straight Forever CD Release
    Delhi 2 Dublin
    Claudia Quintet with the Dave King Trucking Company
    Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
    The Rhythm Devils
    Irish Fair of Minnesota
    Barnfest
    Kings Go Forth with Chooglin'
    Joan Armatrading with Jamie McLean
    The Lower 48, the Wapsipinicon and Total Babe
    Bicycle Film Festival
    Spider John Koerner with Charlie Parr
    The Pines Event
    Matmos and So Percussion
    Chastity Brown CD Release with Roma di Luna (duo) and No Bird Sing (Acoustic)
    The Handsome Family
    Bruce Molsky and Ale Müller
    Jake Shimabukuro with Jake Armerding
    Colin Hay with Brianna Lane
    Doc Watson Featuring David Holt
    Les Primitifs du Futur with Cafe Accordion Orchestra
    Peter Ostroushko
    Eliza Gilkyson
    Radio Happy Hour with Tapes n' Tapes, Chris Koza and Geoff Herbach
    The Pines with Ben Weaver
    Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
    Altan 25th Anniversary
    Lucy Kaplansky and Catie Curtis
    Oddsac
    Del McCoury Band
    416 Club Celtic Curated by Drew Miller
    Punch Brothers
    The Brass Kings CD Release
    Juanito Pascual Flamenco Valentine's day Concert
    David Bromberg & Jorma Kaukonen
    The Sweet Colleens with Minneapolis Youth Chorus
    Modern Radio Record Label 10 Year Anniversary Extravaganza
    Cafe Accordion Orchestra
    Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet with the Brass Kings
    Winter Solstice Fire Jam and Drum Jam
    Bunny Clogs
    The Honeydogs with Chris Koza
    Mountain Heart
    Katie McMahon O'Shaughnessy
    Neal and Leandra
    Katie McMahon Duluth
    “Here Come the Waves”: a Visualization of the Decemberists' “The Hazards of Love”
    Cliff Eberhardt CD Release with Storyhill
    Boiled in Lead Benefit for Dean Magraw
    John Gorka
    Buille
    Loren Kellen Memorial Service
    The Mountain Goats with Final Fantasy
    Zipp's Beer Tasting
    The Pines CD Release with Spaghetti Western String Co.
    Zipp's Wine Tasting
    John McCutcheon
    416 Club Curated by Mpls Ltd
    D-Tour - Sound Unseen Event
    Non-stop: Gogol Bordello - Sound Unseen Event
    The New Standards with James Buckley Trio
    Tortoise with Prefuse 73
    Global Roots Festival - The Brass Kings with Nirmala and Soukousize
    Global Roots Festival - Watcha Clan & Huun Huur Tu with Carmen Rizzo Eternal
    Global Roots Festival - Minyeshu & Os Mutantes
    Global Roots Festival - Speaking in Tongues
    Global Roots Festival - Bajofondo
    Global Roots Festival - Blk Jks
    Micachu & the Shapes with Dessa
    Marshall Crenshaw with Dan Israel
    Väsen CD Release
    Kelley Hunt
    The Twilight Hours
    Guy Clark with Elizabeth Cook
    Roger McGuinn with Caroline Smith
    Megafaun with Happy Apple
    416 Club Curated by Radio Heartland
    Chicha Libre with the Poor Nobodys
    Ralph Stanley & his Clinch Mountain Boys
    17 Hippies with Davina and the Vagabonds
    Crooked Still with Jake Armerding
    Lucy Michelle & the Velvet Lapelles CD Release
    Rebellion Politik EP Release with Carnage, Samosa and Special Guests
    Bloodshot Records 15th Anniversary Beer-B-Q
    Irish Fair of Minnesota
    Blues at the Barn (Red House)
    Deep Blues Festival Films
    Bicycle Film Fest
    Fountains of Wayne Acoustic
    Deep Blues Festival Films
    Concert for the Greater Good
    Vieux Farka Toure
    Jonathan Edwards
    Orange Mighty Trio CD Release with Mississippi Peace
    Iris Dement w/ the Pines
    Alice Peacock with Alicia Wiley
    Gypsy Mania CD Release
    Nicholas “the Feelin” Mrozinski CD Release
    Laura Gibson
    Red Stick Ramblers
    Camera Obscura
    Matthew Santos
    Richie Havens
    Rachel Unthank & The Winterset
    Jenny Sippel Wedding Party!
    Happy Apple
    Janiva Magness with Cool Disposition
    Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua Blue Canvas Orchestra
    Windy & Carl with Salamander and Paul Metzger
    The Southside Aces
    416 Club Hosted by the Brass Kings
    Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
    Roma di Luna with Pieta Brown
    Open Stage w/ Trio Tipo
    Loney Dear with Headlights
    Jeremy Messersmith with Kaiser Cartel
    Anand Yankarran
    Dobet Gnahore
    Dance Band with Military Special
    Gustafer Yellowgold
    Colin Hay with Peter Mulvey
    Zipp's Beer Tasting
    Perpich Arts School Celebration
    Julie Fowlis
    The Bad Plus
    Carmen Souza
    Mother Banjo CD Release
    Cafe Accordion Orchestra
    89.3 The Current's Sound Opinions
    B-side Jazz Festival
    Bunny Clogs
    Peter Mayer
    Lucy Kaplansky w Danny Schmidt
    Ryan Montbleau Band
    A Hawk and a Hacksaw with Sulk
    Bill Frisell Trio with Sarah Siskind
    The High 48'S
    416 Club with the Jelly Mountain Art Collective
    Punch Brothers
    Pert Near Sandstone
    Brave Combo
    Kalman Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Band
    Carolina Chocolate Drops
    Justin Roberts
    Eleni Mandell with Daniel Martin Moore
    Chango Spasiuk
    Zipp's Spring Wine Tasting
    Hawaiian Treasures Celebration
    Rory Block with the Bitter Spills
    Occidental Brothers Dance Band International
    Sessions II with Roy Ayers, Melvin Sparks, Russell Batiste Jr., Joe Krown and Jim Anton
    Mandragora Tango Orchestra
    Karan Casey
    Alice Russell with Maria Isa
    California Guitar Trio with Andreas Kapsalis Trio
    Pistolera
    Cheryl Wheeler with Susan Werner
    416 Club Curated by Drew Miller
    Mike Marshall Big Trio with Caterina Lichtenberg and Mirko Schrader & Special Guest Peter Ostroushko
    Anni Rossi with I, Colossus
    Dervish with Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill
    Greg Brown with Noelie McDonnell
    Ralph's World
    416 Club with Roma di Luna
    Sessions I with George Porter Jr., Dean Magraw, and Johnny Vidacovich
    Andy Mckee with Justin Roth
    Tyva Kyzy
    Romantica and Kid Dakota
    Spark Festival
    Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet with The Sweet Colleens
    Spark Festival
    Gokh-bi System with Muja Messiah
    Spark Festival
    Blitzen Trapper with Alela Diane
    Spark Festival
    Hot Swing Combo
    Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited with DJ Paul Harding
    The New Standards
    Brass Messengers CD Release
    James Cotton Band with a Night in the Box
    Rokia Traore
    Alison Brown Quintet including Joe Craven
    Greg Herriges CD Release
    Davina and the Vagabonds
  • My first paid gigs as a stage hand at the Carlton Celebrity Room
  • Mel Tillis, October 19, 1980:  Benefit for the Twin Cities Diabetes Association raised $75,000
    Mel Tillis, October 20 – 26, 1980
    Lettermen, October 31 – November 8, 1980
    Charley Pride & Janie Fricke, November 12 – 16, 1980  [Don Williams]
    Mitzi Gaynor, November 21 – 29, 1980
    Oak Ridge Boys, December 2 – 13, 1980
    Sandler and Young, December 16 – 21, 1980

 

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