Eddie Krekeler

MN Music Note - Ep 14 - Eddie Krekeler - Church and Rock N Roll

9mo ago

Fun facts from the interview

• His first band was Masquerade, an 80s and 90s cover band he played with in college in Wichita, Kansas.
• His first bass was a dark blue Fender P bass, which he traded for a bright yellow Fernandes from Knut Koupee in Burnsville.
• Crazy Chester played classic rock, the Allman Brothers, Neil Young and a Clash medley, and played Wild Tymes in St. Paul.
• With the U2 tribute Rattle and Hum he played the Fine Line, and on one St. Patrick's Day played three gigs in a day at O'Donovan's, Kieran's and Brit's.
• He took Rock Camp Experience courses for Nirvana, Van Halen twice, Ratt and Stone Temple Pilots.
• The Stone Temple Pilots camp band went on to play Mayslack's, the Caboose and CanCan Wonderland.
• Motley Six started as a rock camp band and has been going in some form for close to 10 years.
• His favorite Motley Crue songs to play are Wild Side, Too Fast for Love and Saints of Los Angeles.
• He played Seven Nation Army as the second song ever at the Ziggy's jam, and helped fix the jam's banner after it was printed upside down.
• Feral Parents played as the feature band at Mad Mike's jam.
• His first album was ELO's Out of the Blue, which he got at about age eight.
• He loves the Driftwood Char Bar as a place for new bands to get their stage legs.
• He recommended Tom Moga and Gordy, the bass player for Rhino, as future guests.