The Dans: Dan Newton, Dan Lowinger w. special guests Joe Savage, Tom Schaefer, Nick Salisbury

Joe Savage (steel and vocals) has played and recorded with many artists and bands and was a guest on the Prairie Home Companion radio show.  As a member of the Midwest Country Theatre band he performed with legendary country singers such as the late Hank Thompson, Margo Smith, Rex Allen Jr., Jean Shepard, Jeannie Seely, Stonewall Jackson, Jim Ed Brown, David Frizzell, Wanda Jackson, Narvel Felts, Tommy Cash.  Joe has been recognized by his peers with two Minnesota Music Awards and with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Rock/Country Hall of Fame.

Tom Schaefer’s (fiddle) Western swing credentials include performances with Texas Playboys Tiny Moore and Eldon Shamblin, and Country Music Hall of Famer Hank Thompson. He has recorded on more than 70 albums and was inducted into the South Dakota Friends of Traditional Music Hall of Fame in 2013.