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the tour is also unique due to cross-band
collaborations and a “mega-jam” which
closes each show. “The mega-jam makes
for experimental elements every night of
the tour,” Davis adds.
Check out who’s in the 2014 circus…

Screen Door Porch:

Screen Door
Porch is a compilation of Seadar Rose
and Aaron Davis, along with bass
player Tom Davidson and drummer
Andy Peterson. “Leaving little behind
with the kitchen sink, Screen Door

Radio’s listening audience.
Learn more about Screen Door Porch
at screendoorporch.com – I’m hoping to
learn one day what a Wyoming kazoogle
is…

J Shogren Shanghai’d: Playing
acoustic roots Americana music, Jason
Shogren is not only a really talented
guy, he’s also a really smart guy. An
internationally respected economist who
served on the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change, Shogren was a part

Wyomericana Caravan was a blast—you
can’t beat fun,” Shogren says. “And I sure
am glad Jalan’s brake fluid did not go
out until after we crossed the mountains
to Missoula.” (I sense a back story…)
J Shogren Shanghai’d (which refers to
the way in which he brings musicians
into his band) brings along musical talent
Jascha Herdt to the 2014 circus wagon –
and they’re excited to jump aboard again.
“This year’s caravan should be just as
cool--barnstorming with Screen Door
Porch and The Patti Fiasco should leave a
trail of broken hearts and guitar strings,”

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Porch performs as a quartet (female/
male vocals with three-part harmony
supported by acoustic/electric/slide
guitars, banjo, mandolin, fretless bass,
drums, Wyoming kazoogle, harmonica),”
the group explains. They describe
themselves as a “…soulful Americana,
roots-rock and country-blues band,” and
enjoyed a banner year in 2013. Their
album The Fate & The Fruit earned
prestige on many charts, including the
Euro-Americana Chart, the Roots Music
Report Roots-Rock Chart, and was voted
#2 Album of 2012 by Wyoming Public

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of the team that won the Nobel Peace
Prize with Al Gore in 2007, and he’s a
professor in economics at the University
of Wyoming. His accolades go on, but
we’re here to talk about his music. Four
albums completed and a history of
appearances in shows around Wyoming
and the region, Shanghai’d represented
Wyoming last year in Memphis at the
International Blues Challenge. “We were
the only musician of the thousands
on Beale Street with a mandolin,”
Shogren says. And what did he think
of 2013’s debut caravan? “Last year the

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Shogren predicts. Sign us up. Until then, I
keep up with Shogren and his “upcoming
shows & other disasters” via jshogren.org.

Patti Fiasco:

It was a year ago that
I was blessed enough to experience The
Patti Fiasco in person. Talk about WOW
-- the powerful vocals and electric
performance blew my hair back. “With
proud Wyoming roots now planted in
the fertile musical soil of Fort Collins,
Colorado, The Patti Fiasco is riding the
release of their regionally acclaimed