Wedged into a corner so tightly that Rick used a shoe horn to get settled behind his pedal steel and Mark pole vaulted over his drum kit to his seat, The Dang-Its presented an equally tight performance last Saturday night at the Tyranena Brewery in Lake Mills, WI. This was the Tyranena crowd’s first sight of Jami and they clearly loved her exuberance, which prompted a dance competition between the ladies’ conga line and the gentlemen who couldn’t NOT dance and so danced with each other. The dance floor (formerly known as an aisle) was enjoyably crowded. Pete’s vocal solo on San Antonio Rose drew enthusiastic applause, as did his and Tom’s trading verses of Folsom Prison. One young patron leaned over to me twice to say, “Man, that’s a beautiful song!” after the band played two of Tom’s original tunes (Mississippi and Sweetheart of the Rodeo). High energy, kind and joyful spirits, and did I mention the beer??? It was a very fun evening. Wish you could have been there!