Special Guests
 Saturday, May 11, 2002

Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton
DAN newTON plays the Ethnoclectic Accordian, an instrument with a range so broad it takes seven bands to cover it. Paradise Ranch plays western swing; Dot Combo does jazz, ska, blues, hits, and favorite folk songs "of your groovy life;" Daddy Squeeze & the Doctor do old time acoustic blues; Art Carnage is a contemporary jug band; Guys Can Talk do square dances and contradance; Jumbo Ya Ya is a straight-ahead zydeco and cajun band; the Cafe Accordian Trio plays tangoes, bossa nova, waltzes and French Cafe, "the music of passion and romance." Lately passion and romance are at the Minneapolis Cafe on Wednesdays and at Zinc (10th and Nicollet) on Fridays. He also hires out solo in two versions, the very sophisticated Dan Newton Accordioniste and the down-home Daddy Squeeze.

One might think that winning the Nebraska State Accordion Contest in the Czech Festival at Wilber 15 years ago would have been enough for anybody, but it seems to have just set a fire under Mr. Newton, and we¹re always glad to see him on our stage.

KYLE COOLIDGE is a 12-year-old pianist from Delton, Wisconsin. He was a finalist in last year's Talent from Towns Under Two-Thousand contest and is making his second appearance on our show.

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