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"PRAIRIE BEATS"

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:

2024:

*Friday, April 12: 6:00 - 8:30, American Legion, Montevideo, MN

*Sunday, May 5: 2:00 - 5:00, Two Silo Winery, Grant, MN

*Sunday, June 2: 2:00 - 5:00, Two Silo Winery, Grant, MN

*Sunday, June 30: 2:00 - 5:00, Willy's on the Water, Big Lake, MN

*Sunday, July 7: 3:00 - 6:00, Rustic Roots, Scandia, MN

*Friday, July 12: 6:00 - 9:00, Tally's Dockside, White Bear Lake, MN

*Sunday, August 4: 2:00 - 5:00, Two Silo Winery, Grant, MN

*Saturday, August 17: 2:00 - 5:00, Horseshoe Lake Sand Bar, Merrifield, MN

*Sunday, September 29: 2:00 - 5:00, Two Silo Winery, Grant, MN

PAST PERFORMANCE VENUES

  *Rustic Roots Winery, Scandia, MN

*Lone Oak Winery, Hastings, MN

*Cracked Barrel Winery, Hudson, MN

*Willy's on the Water, Big Lake, MN

*St Croix Vineyards, Stillwater, MN

*Two Silos Winery, Grant, MN

*Rolling Forks Winery, Glenwood, MN

*Schram Haus Brewery, Chaska, MN

   *Horseshoe Lake Sand-Bar, Merrifield, MN 

*St Andrew's Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN

*United Presbyterian Church, Rockford, MN

*Military Reunion, Camp Ripley, MN

Our Music

We play soft rock and country with a list of over 300 songs from the past 5 decades and multiple genres.

 

You can listen to a sample of            our music at:

https://ksgerdes.wixsite.com/website-1.

          About Us


Kevin is a retired Brigadier General who served 33 years with the Minnesota National Guard. He's also a retired faculty member from the University of Minnesota. He has roots in the prairies of western Minnesota, where he performed with his Dad at dances in barns and Legion Clubs during his  teen years.  He's led  many"Midnight Choir" sessions with his soldier friends and family in Camp Ripley tin huts, Camp Taji, Iraq patios, wineries, breweries, and other back-road venues.  

Barrett is a 35+ year veteran of law enforcement who is now retired from the Buffalo Police Department.  Besides "Prairie Beats", he is also a member of "Crow's Feet" - a 70's classic rock band.  Barrett plays a djembe which is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe comes from the saying "Anke djé, anke bé" which translates to "everyone gather together in peace" and defines the drum's purpose. 

 

Bringing people together in peace and unity is our hope as we perform a lot of your favorite light rock and country songs from the 70s, 80s, 90s and even a few from today. 

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CONNECT  WITH  US

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Phone: 651-399-4750

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