Band members are:

Art McClure – lead guitar & vocals

Dirk Weber – bass guitar & vocals

Eric Hartwig – drums & vocals

Jim Davison – keyboard & vocals

When they first started out they’d play music in Art’s parent’s basement or the Bass player’s basement. Art’s mom, a Juliard trained classical pianist, “helped” Jim learn Ray Manzarek’s iconic intro to Light My Fire on her baby grand.

The band learned songs by listening to Lindy Shannon’s box of 45’s that he played on his Saturday night radio show – they played the 45 on a record player over and over again to learn the music and lyrics. They became a member of Lindy Shannon’s syndicate of local bands after auditioning at one of Ma Shorty’s legendary Sunday Jam Sessions at the top of Irish Hill on the corner of HWY 33 and County F.

The Molly Maguires played high school dances, homecomings, proms, Your Uncle’s Place, The Varsity Club & other area bars, teen tents, 4th of July parade on a flat bed truck, The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake Iowa, Oktoberfests, Holmen Korn Fest, 50th 1968 Class Reunion La Crosse Central, 100th Anniversary Celebration for The Wolfe Eye ClinicWe opened for Archie Bell and the Drells at the Varsity and Milwaukee’s Gentrys at the Mary E Sawyer Auditorium.

Tickets: $11.00 If not sold out, available at the door day of show.

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