A Montana-authentic evening of delicious food paired with the savory sounds of an eclectic roster of local music artists awaits you at Desert Rose Restaurant & Catering in downtown Belgrade.
Yeti’s Jam will be held on Thursday, April 21st. This is a weekly jam session open to all string players of various instrumental styles. Cabin Fever will take the stage on Friday, April 22nd. From Manhattan, the band plays a combination of original music, 70’s rock, and a wide variety of dance tunes from Dwight-style country to Pink Floyd. This 5-piece-plus band showcases strong vocal harmonies and a wide variety of instrumentals. The members are Lonny Walker on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Steve Loessberg on lead guitar and vocals, Larry Greenbaum on bass, lead guitar, and vocals, Josh Fike on drums and vocals, Jon Gerhts on bass guitar, Ross Barrett with percussion, and Lane Quandt on harmonica and vocals.
The Heather Lingle Band will be on hand Saturday, April 23rd. Heather is a Montana-based singer/songwriter whose debut radio release “Last Call on Love” made it into the top 40 on New Music Weekly’s National Country chart in 2012. She fronts a band comprised of a lead guitar player and upright string bassist, both of whom spent a considerable amount of time playing professionally in Nashville. Heather is the front person and rhythm guitarist.
Sugar Daddies are set to play on Thursday, April 28th. This Montana-based trio was founded in early 2012 and consists of Richard Riesser on guitar and vocals, Oscar Dominguez on keyboards, bass and vocals, and Ron Craighead on drums and vocals. Between the three, there is a vast amount of experience, professionalism and talent with its basis in Nashville, New York, Las Vegas and San Francisco. Since its inception, the band has been successfully performing in various venues throughout Southwestern Montana. The main attribute for this success lies in the bands ability to be as versatile as it possibly can, thus enabling it to adjust their set list at any given time to adapt to any particular venue. While the gist of their material is popular rock and roll, country, oldies, R&B and blues, they also have an extensive arsenal of original songs, all of which are palatable, as well as an array of lesser-known but still great songs by both obscure and well-known artists/songwriters. Their main focus is variety, and they half-jokingly have a motto of “No request left behind.”
Americana band Cottonwood Line are set to perform on Friday, April 29th. They will be playing a harmony-driven mix of original songs and traditional country, blues, gospel, and folk. Cottonwood Line is made up of Tarek Isham (guitar, harmonica, percussion and voice) and Julia Sanders (banjo, percussion and voice). They met and started playing together in New Orleans, a town overflowing with American roots music.
Todd F. Green will play a solo set Saturday, April 30th. Green, originally from Michigan, has lived in the area for more than thrity years. He is known for his acoustic light rock musical style and passion for vinyl records. When Green is not performing, the self-proclaimed “Vinyl Junkie” sells high end audio equiptment out of his shop TTVJ Audio in his home of Three Forks. Located in downtown Belgrade at 27 West Main, Desert Rose is where food is still the real deal. Now open Tuesday-Saturday from 11am-9pm, the restaurant recently put down a new oak dance floor and recovered its stage. Many bands are commenting about it being the best place to play in the valley due to the quality of the venue and continued support from its patrons and their longtime fans. All music starts at 7pm. For more information about these performances, the menu, or catering services, call (406) 924-2085. •
