Monday, January 03, 2005
Long-running band to play their last song soon
From The Grand Island Independent
An entertainment era will come to an end soon.
Mike Nuss and the Country Oaks will play their final Auld Lang Syne at the Morrill American Legion on New Year's Eve before bidding a fond farewell to a side-career, which has spanned three decades.
Mike and Jan Nuss will hang up their traveling band boots while bass player Rick Bahr and drummer Scott Fernau, both of Chadron, will pursue new gigs.
"It will be different not having the band," said Mike Nuss. "But it's time for us."
Mike and Jan Nuss began their country and western band playing days as a young couple in the early 1970s.
The name Country Oaks reflected their country/western sound.
"We stayed pretty busy back then," Mike said, explaining that the band played about 45 weekends a year at its peak.
Read the article
Grand Island Independent
An entertainment era will come to an end soon.
Mike Nuss and the Country Oaks will play their final Auld Lang Syne at the Morrill American Legion on New Year's Eve before bidding a fond farewell to a side-career, which has spanned three decades.
Mike and Jan Nuss will hang up their traveling band boots while bass player Rick Bahr and drummer Scott Fernau, both of Chadron, will pursue new gigs.
"It will be different not having the band," said Mike Nuss. "But it's time for us."
Mike and Jan Nuss began their country and western band playing days as a young couple in the early 1970s.
The name Country Oaks reflected their country/western sound.
"We stayed pretty busy back then," Mike said, explaining that the band played about 45 weekends a year at its peak.
Read the article
Grand Island Independent
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