It was a label given by the bar owner to whoever Drew was playing with during open-stage night. It eventually carried over to this incarnation. the four of us have been playing together as Drew's Cruisers since March 2002.

We are the house band for Jammer's Blue Note Ballroom north of Bemidji, Minnesota. We play for parties, music festivals, Green Party fundraisers, or just to provide music at the club.

I think the Internet has great potential to let artists get their music out to folks without having to go through the record label machine.

I think we would have to look at the fine print very, very carefully first!

The current band was formed when Tracy showed up for an "open stage" one night at Jammer's at Craig's invitation and played a set with the guys (the open stage was to attract a crowd for a blues band from Chicago). A week later, the band played for a wedding party, and we've been together ever since. Our CD contains nine originals that we've developed over the last year-and-a-half.

"'Dead-and-Dylan-inspired blues, folk, rock, and jazz."

If we didn't like it up here, we wouldn't stay here!