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Forager 6/28/2025 by Jerry Gohman

Hello All,

Welcome to the Newsletter for July.  In the photo above we're getting tuned up to play the outdoor stage at Forager Brewery in Rochester, MN last Saturday night.  After years of playing there and having storms or freezing weather and having to play inside, we finally got to play the outdoor stage on a beautiful evening!

It's gonna be a very full Independence Day holiday weekend with five shows in four days.  Starting with July 3rd at the Main Street Sports Bar in Hutchinson.  July 4th Marv & Kaat are excited to play our first public show at the Freight House in Stillwater.  Music from 6:00-9:00 pm.  Come for the music and stay for the fireworks!  July 5th Kaat will be doing two Kaatwalk original music shows.  From 2:30-3:30 pm Kaat will be on the Singer/Songwriter Stage at the Taste of Minnesota in downtown Minneapolis.  6:30-8:30 pm Kaat will be performing at Sociable Cider Werks in NE Minneapolis.  Marv will accompany on both shows.  Sunday July 6th Marv & Kaat will be back at the Marina Lodge in Fairmont.

Shane Martin's Songs of the South Alabama Tribute has four shows this month.  The one that I would especially like to highlight is next Saturday July 12th.  Vickie's Camp N Country is a camping and country music festival located in Redwood Falls, MN.  A three day festival, we are playing the final day opening the mainstage for The Castellows followed by Diamond Rio.  Our set starts at 5:30 pm.

There are a few other unique and first time shows for Marv & Kaat that I would like to mention.  First up is July 10th at X-Golf in Rochester, MN.  We'll play from 6:00-9:00 pm.  If you're a golfer, come hit some balls while listening to the music.  If not, just come and watch the show.

July 17th we'll be back in Stillwater in front of the Washington County Historic Courthouse for a Washington County Parks Ice Cream Social.  Our set will be from 5:00-6:30 pm followed by a set from my old friend PK Mayo (Paul Mayosich).  I played with Paul in a band called The Rolling Blunder Review.  The band was originally a combination of two bands: the full five piece band Kevin Bowe & the Okemah Prophets (which I was a part of) and Mick Sterling with two of his band mates from the Stud Brothers.  When Kevin left the band to pursue more songwriting and producing Paul took his place.  That was an incredible band!  Also playing bass with the PK Mayo trio is another old friend, John Wright.  John was the original bass player for the Okemah Prophets and is currently engineering and producing a couple of Kaat's songs.  BTW if you want to hear what that band sounded like you can find our first album called Restoration by Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets on your favorite streaming service.

July 18-20 Marv & Kaat will be doing a mini Wisconsin tour.  Friday July 18 from 7:00-10:00 pm will be Marv & Kaat's first time playing Ooga Brewing in Beaver Dam, WI.  Beaver Dam is Kaat's mom's hometown so I'm looking forward to meeting more of the Family.  The rest of the weekend will be devoted to private shows for Marv & Kaat and Songs of the South.

Many shows to pick from this month, so I'm hoping that we'll be playing close to you at some point and we'll see you out at a show!  The list below is everything that is planned so far for July.  Please check the website and click on the STAGE link for updates to the schedule.  Thanks so much for your interest in and support of the music.

Peace & Love,

MG.