Posted by Chris DeRosier on May 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
There was a time when Jim Wirt was the young musician fighting for recognition, the guy rolling the dice and moving away from Springfield to take a shot at making it in rock ‘n’ roll. That was in the early ’80s, when his band Fools Face was all the rage in SGF and getting signed [...]
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Posted by Chris DeRosier on March 5, 2010 · 1 Comment
It’s amazing to think not even three years ago Cornbelt Chorus was exactly where local bands such as The Cropdusters are today: Playing to packed rooms onstage and on the tip of everyone’s tongue off it. No band garnered as much attention at the time as quickly as Cornbelt, and a series of serendipitous events [...]
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