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Special Guests
Saturday, September 27, 3003
THE DERAILERS have never made any bones about their fondness for the classic radio sounds of '60s-era country, pop and rock'n'roll, but they're sure not one of your garden-variety retro outfits that's stuck in the past. Rather than a "throwback," it's more like they set Mr. Peabody's Wayback Machine to the mid-'60s, parted-out enduring hits, slapped 'em all on a chromium-alloy frame, then slingshot-ed the whole shebang forward to the here-and-now with the glistening, timeless melodic structures and resonant production values intact.
JEARLYN STEELE started singing with her siblings in the aptly named group The Steele Children. The children sang in churches, concert halls, and on radio and television across the state of Indiana. Jearlyn left the Hoosier state to attend the University of Minnesota and, one by one, the rest of her brothers and sisters followed. For fun, they started singing together again as The Steeles. The public wanted more, and so the family turned to singing full-time, which they've been doing for more than a decade. In 1983, the Steeles sang in Gospel at Colonus at the Guthrie Theater. The show toured and ended up on Broadway in 1988. Jearlyn has recorded many local and national commercials, and has been heard on various albums with top acts like George Clinton and Prince. In addition to her music career, in1998 Jearlyn began hosting her own radio show at The Good Neighbor, WCCO (830 AM); her show, "Steele Talkin'," airs Sundays 8 to 10 p.m. About her career in radio, she says that the best part is getting to talk to people about their lives. "Everyone has a story, and we're all entangled. Our country's melting pot makes an incredible soup. It's up to all of us to decide how that soup's going to taste."
Growing up in Woodstock, New York, CINDY CASHDOLLAR, was captivated by Delta blues music and began learning to play the guitar when she was only eleven years old. This led to her mastering the dobro and steel guitar and, eventually, eight years playing with Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel. She has won five Grammy Awards, and she can be heard playing on Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind (Columbia), as well as recordings by Manhattan Transfer, The Dixie Chicks, Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, and numerous others. Always willing to help others musically, she has issued three instructional videos for steel guitar and dobro on Homespun Tapes. She was recently a featured guest on Beausoleil's 25th Anniversary tour.
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