Courtesy photo of Colin Jones

When you throw dance rock, funk and jazz influences together, you get the recently-formed local band The Slack Theory.

Officially formed last spring, the genre blending live group consists of Emporia State University students P.J. Stephenson, sophomore music major, on saxophone and vocals; percussion performance graduate John Gilmore on drums; graduate music student Jason Brooks on keyboards and vocals; sophomore music major Colin Jones on bass guitar and senior music major Riley Day and local musician Wade Krump on guitar.

Regarding their influences, Day said their biggest ones include Parliament, Bad Rabbits, Cannonball Adderley and Gnarls Barkley. Day said that he would describe the band’s sound as “party funk rock.”

Jones said there is also a definite influence of free jazz and bebop on their live performances.

The Slack Theory only plays shows locally and intermittently right now, performing about once a month on average at bars and house parties in Emporia. The most recent show they played was on New Years Eve at Beer: 30. But the dance-funk sextet is planning to play more shows this spring.

“We would like to play at some bigger venues,” Day said, “because with at least six people in the band, you need the space.”

Day and Jones said The Slack Theory plays originals as well as covers at their shows, though they are not sure what the band’s set list could consist of in shows to come. Day said the group plans on playing shows outside of Emporia later this year.

The band would like to release an album in the future, but there are no plans to do so right now.

Day and Jones said The Slack Theory’s main focus as of now is to just play more shows in the spring and work on new music.

“Recording is a definite possibility, and we are working on some new material,” Jones said, “but there are no plans to record any material as of yet. We just started doing this nine months ago, and we would like to play more shows before we work on recording anything.”

The Slack Theory will have formed one year ago this May, and although they have only performed a handful of shows so far, it’s a challenge to work around each member’s individual schedule.

“We all have school or work, so finding time to record would be hard.” Day said, “Our saxophone player P.J. has to travel for work pretty often.”

Stephenson said he works for Flint Hills Music.

The Slack Theory is planning on playing shows at Natasha’s and Beer: 30 in March.

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The Paperclips perform at Beer: 30 last Friday. ESU students praised the Paperclips for their live performance. Yiqing Fu/The Bulletin

For Jake Briscoe, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for Missouri-based rock band The Paperclips, music is much more than just playing notes and singing. The Band performed last Friday night at Beer:30, 402 Merchant St.

“Music means everything because music can tell stories that you could not speak,” Briscoe said. “Emotion is something that is told through body language, but even more accurately, through music.”

But for The Paperclips, performing is also a method of self-expression.

“You can put on a song that you love at any point in your life and it can make you feel better or it can make you feel terrible,” said Jason Richards, bass guitar and backing vocals. “You associate music with certain people in certain moments, it’s a stronger, more sensual memory than smell…we are not talkers, but through music, we can communicate with each other and always know what the other one is saying.”

Briscoe said the Paperclips first performed at Beer:30 while on tour with John Henry and the Engine.

“We fell into it,” Briscoe said. “It was a good opportunity at the right time and since then we have had a good relationship with Josh Olsen (owner) and everyone at Beer:30. We have been here several times and it is always a blast.”

Zack Daniel, bartender, said The Paperclips usually “put on a great show,” for the bar’s patrons.

“They have a good following, and people like to come watch them play,” Daniel said. “The band has a good time and everyone has a good time watching them.”

The band originally formed for a talent show at the University of Central Missouri and decided to continue performing from there, according to Briscoe.

“We did fairly well in the talent show, we got third place, but the most important thing is we had a blast doing it,” Briscoe said. “We were all stage musicians but we had not played collectively in a band since high school and then we had an opportunity to play together and we enjoyed it, stuck with it and kept trying different things and it eventually lead to this line-up.”

The Paperclips were inspired by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the Rolling Stones, according to drummer, Chris Evans. Briscoe classified the band as heavy blues-metal.

“I love listening to the Paperclips every time they come around – it’s a great show,” said Austin Schopper, senior English secondary and physical education major. “They bring a lot of energy, they have good sound and they are a great band to listen to live…The Paperclips re-guide my interest in live music.”

The Paperclips said they plan to perform again at Beer:30 and in the Emporia area, but currently there is no specific date or time set.

“Whatever comes up and sounds good at the time, we will do,” Briscoe said.

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Ha Ha Tonka kicks off their tour at Beer:30 on Friday night. The 4 man Indie-rock band from Springfield promoted their new album “Death of a Decade.” Jennifer Pendarvis/The Bulletin

Ha Ha Tonka, an indie-rock band from Springfield, Mo., helped Beer:30 celebrate its fifth birthday by kicking off their largest headlining tour at the bar last Friday night.

“(Ha Ha Tonka) has been coming here, beginning or ending their tours in Emporia, for years now,” said Josh Olsen, owner of Beer:30. “We just lucked out – we had them booked for October but they had a conflict so we switched the day.”

Olsen said Ha Ha Tonka is popular because they put on have a high energy shows and always interact well with the crowd, making them easy to watch and enjoy.

“We started playing here a while ago, and we met a lot of good people who enjoy music and it was just rowdy from the get-go and it’s always been that way,” said Lennon Bone, drummer. “(Emporia) has been notorious from day one to be a really rowdy crowd, and we’ve always enjoyed coming here for that reason.”

Band members said that towns like Emporia are fun places to play.

“It’s towns like Emporia that have their own university that aren’t in a major metropolitan area that are more fun to play because not every band on tour comes through the market,” said Brian Roberts, guitarist and lead singer of the group, “so when you come to Emporia, it has that extra energy,”

Bone said the most flattering way he had heard their music described was “indie rock meets the ‘O Brother Where Art Thou?’ soundtrack.” He said they are still striving for that type of sound.

The band is excited that their sound is continuing to grow and feel that they are still improving as a whole.

“If we come back to a (place we have played before) more people will be there or more people will know the words to our songs,” Roberts said, “and we see that (in) a lot of places around the country and it’s really exciting.”

The band said that once they all could afford motorcycles, that they would feel they had made it as musicians, even though guitarist and mandolin player Brett Anderson said he could afford one, but just didn’t want one.

Ha Ha Tonka is touring in support of their new album “Death of a Decade” and were recently featured on Anthony Bourdain’s TV show “No Reservations.”

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Lead singer of HA HA Tonka Brian Roberts performs Saturday night at Beer:30. Erica Cassella/ The Bulletin

The stage lights of Beer:30 were lit yet again when Ha Ha Tonka came to entertain about 200 people last Saturday night, finishing up their 2010 tour in a city that they feel always gives them a warm welcome. Antennas Up from Kansas City, Mo. was the opener band.

“It’s a great college town with a really rowdy crowd and it’s just a great place to play,” said Brian Roberts, vocals and guitar for the band. “We’ve been coming to Emporia for close to four years now and we always look forward to that stop on tour.”

Their first album, “Buckle in the Bible Belt,” was released in 2007 and their second album, “Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South,” was released in 2009. And, according to the band, they sound like, “indie rock meets ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?”

“I thought it was really good,” said Lainie Harber, senior communication major. “I like their music, I think it’s really fun, but what I really enjoy is the crowd they bring in. People are so excited to see them and they bring a really neat atmosphere.”

They also plan to release a third album in the spring of 2011 titled, “Death of a Decade.” The band plans to return to Emporia in April when they go on tour for that album.

“The end of the decade is an obvious reference point to the first point in our lives that we felt that passage of time,” Roberts said. “It’s not a funeral procession for the last years, it’s more like that morbidly optimistic praise that the passage of time is better than the alternative, we’re peaking around the corner to see what’s coming next.”

The band consists of Brett Anderson on keyboard and guitar, Lennon Bone on drums, Lucas Long on bass and Brian Roberts on guitar. While Roberts sings most of the songs, all of the other members also pitch in vocals.

“They’re our biggest crowd pulling band, as far as straight entertainment music,” said Josh Olsen, owner of Beer:30. “We keep having them back just to bring something to Emporia. For a three dollar cover, you can see a nationally touring, signed band.”

Ha Ha Tonka was signed by Bloodshot Records in 2007 and they are very proud of their Ozarkian heritage, a very important influence in their music. In fact, they take their name from a state park in the area.

“We’ve always tried to sing about what we know and where we’re from so there are a lot of Ozarkian trends in both the music and the lyrics,” Roberts said. “I think if there’s any prevailing theme throughout our music, it would be that we are a band from the Ozarks.”

The band has been together for around five years so they are no strangers to Emporia, having played here several times. And according to Roberts, Emporia is one of their favorite places to play.

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For Natalie Denton, junior secondary English education major, the best part about being a bartender at Beer:30 is the fast-paced environment where time flies by rather quickly.

For Natalie Denton, junior secondary English education major, the best part about being a bartender at Beer:30 is the fast-paced environment where time flies by rather quickly.

“With some jobs, your three hour shift can take forever, but three hours at (the bar) feels like a second because you’re always busy doing something,” Denton said.

Denton has been bartending for three years, and she enjoys the adrenaline and excitement that comes with the job. She also likes the social aspect, in that she will often see her friends at the bar.

But Denton said that being a female bartender is not without its drawbacks, and that girls tend to face more challenges than male bartenders.

“The guys (customers) can be very ‘handsy’, and because I’m a woman, I’m not taken very seriously when I try to kick someone out – I’ve been laughed at before,” Denton said.

Zack Daniels, senior political science major and bartender at Beer:30, said that women bartenders do get hassled by unruly drinkers, and they often have a harder time cutting off drunk people than a man would.

Fortunately, Denton said that the bouncers at Beer:30 are helpful in these types of situations and that there is always an extra guy on hand to “watch out” for the bartenders, male and female alike.

“Since the girls tend to be harassed more than the guys, we’re definitely a little more protective of them,” said Trent Line, sophomore biology major and Beer:30 bouncer.

Daniels said that the biggest downside to being a bartender is dealing with rowdy customers, but the bouncers on hand will step in when need and that it’s also crucial to know observe the actions of drinkers and to know when to cut people off.

Line said that things can sometimes become physically violent, but there is usually more than one bouncer present to handle to the situation.

Denton said that she does witness a lot of fights at the bar, but she usually isn’t aware of the circumstances involved.

“People get drunk and fight – I don’t know what they fight over, but it’s generally over something stupid like they’ve accidentally bumped into each other or one of them was talking to the other’s girlfriend… stupid stuff,” Denton said.

There are some social implications for student bartenders. Denton said that occasionally on campus, someone will recognize her as the girl who kicked them out of the bar the night before.

Since she works until about 3 a.m. on some school nights, Denton said balancing classes and work can be tough, but she has learned to adapt her schedule to the routine by napping in between obligations. She also drinks a lot of coffee.

Denton saidthat bartenders need to be able to work well under pressure, multitask, have patience to deal with drunk and rude customers and think fast to serve drinks quickly and efficiently.

“You’ve got to keep your cool because people will be rude and say things, but you can’t lose your focus,” Denton said.

Daniels said that a benefit to bartending at Beer:30 is that he can still enjoy the social aspect of being in a bar atmosphere without spending any money, and that she gets to meet a lot of people.

“You can bartend for someone all night, and they’ll tell you their life story, but when you see them the next day on campus, they have no idea who you are,” Denton said.

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The Deedles

For the first time since May, Emporia’s The Deedles are playing at Beer30 on Friday at 10:30 p.m. Bassist Adam Smith said the band has some new material that they’re excited to play and that he never knows what to expect at the local bar.

“Usually the next morning you find random articles of clothing, flip flops, stuff like that all over the bar, which is definitely proof that people had a good time,” Smith said.

Bar owner Josh Olsen said he’s known most of the band’s members for about nine years and they frequently play at Beer30.

“They just bring a professional side of music to whatever bar they play, just from being on the road,” Olsen said.

Guitarist and vocalist Garret Briggeman said the band has gone through various changes over the years as far as members, style and name. Originally, it was called Locamachine, then the Dewayn Brothers and as of last August, they became the Deedles. Briggeman said it started out as an experimental rock band, and then moved into more bluegrass.

“It’s all just kind of been an evolution from one project into the next,” Briggeman said.

Smith said he had been involved with a band called Oakhurst in Colorado, and after touring together in 2007, he made friends with the members of the DeWayn Brothers. In April 2008, Briggeman called him to see if he could play bass for the Deedles.
“I played mandolin and electric guitar in Oakhurst, but Garret called me up and asked if I could play the bass and I said ‘No, not yet’, and he’s like, ‘Well you want to play bass in the rock band? I said sure,” Smith said.

Smith said the band’s sound hits everything from modern rock to classic rock. He said its blues, country, and the band’s bluegrass roots are still visible.

“It absolutely is different than anything we’ve ever done, I mean it’s basically just rock. It’s everything that the word rock which is also a pretty broad word, encompasses,” Smith said.

Jamie Briggeman, guitarist and vocalist, said a lot of the band’s songs are ones that she and Garret would perform acoustically because they didn’t quite fit in with the bluegrass feel of the DeWayn Brothers.

“We’ve had these songs for a long time, it was just kind of like they were on the shelf, you know, so once the bluegrass band dispersed we finally had a chance to really focus on it and make it our goal to do the songs full time,” Jamie said.

Smith said it’s difficult having the experience that the members of the Deedles do and having to start with a new band that nobody’s heard about. Despite having to start from the beginning, Smith said he thinks with all of the touring and experience they all know what to do this time.

“We have to take what we know about it and just start from the ground up, but we’ve learned so many lessons about what to do what not to do that we feel really good about this being the one,” Smith said.

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Local musicians Muffington are planning to rock the halls of Beer:30 with their reunited group tomorrow, with Stacy Kumberg opening for them.

            “We haven’t had Tyler Stephens, our rhythm guitarist, for a few weeks,” said Riley Day, junior music education major. “He’s coming back from Ohio to practice with us this Wednesday, so that’ll be very refreshing.”

            Muffington, an experimental rock band made up of students from fifth floor South Towers dormitories at Emporia State, has been in the Emporia music scene for over two years now.

            “The local music scene is a tight knit group,” said Glenn Woolard, junior percussion performance major. “We owe a lot to the guys at Flint Hills music.”

            The group’s distinctive style combines elements of jazz, reggae and alternative rock. At previous shows, they’ve covered Grateful Dead songs and Beatles songs.

            Stephens, former ESU student and guitarist for Muffington, had left the group to go back to Ohio with his father for a time, but is returning to play with the group for the show this Friday.

            “My dad lives in Ohio and I am moving back with him,” Stephens said in a previous interview. “Hobo Monk is made up of my dad’s friends from Ohio.”

            Part of the group’s goals for the reunion is to practice together for a tour that would include Kansas City and Ohio.

            “Our plan is to go up to Ohio where Tyler’s dad has some connections to make a CD,” Woolard said. “After we get our CD out, we can fund our tour, or use the money so we don’t have to eat virtually nothing.”

            This summer is going to be integral in the band’s growth, Day said.

            “We’ll hopefully get our CD made this summer,” Woolard said. “Then maybe we’ll be able to get to Lawrence, Ohio, or Kansas City.”

            The band attributes its success largely to the collaboration it has had with Josh and Jared Olsen, owners of Beer:30, particularly with Josh’s volunteering to play bass.

            “We wouldn’t be anywhere without them,” Woolard said. “They’re awesome guys, and they’ve helped us out ever since the open-mic night.”

            In a prior interview, Josh Olsen conveyed his enjoyment at being invited to play with Muffington, and described how he believed the local music scene was trying to grow.

            “I’ve been friends with them for a while, and they needed a bass player for some songs,” Olsen said. “I think the local music scene is trying to grow.”

The concert at Beer:30 starts at 10:30 p.m. with Kumberg and Muffington’s keyboardist Greg “Greenhorn” Drummond performing together.

            “Drummond is a great keyboardist, and he is a baller,” Day said. “Also, everybody should watch Stacy open, since she has such a beautiful voice. After that we come on around midnight, and get to play after everybody’s had a few drinks.”

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John Henry, lead vocalist and guitarist, sings late Friday night at Beer:30, 4th and Merchant streets. The band is planning a tour of Europe in 2010. Jennifer Baldwin/The Bulletin.

On Friday, John Henry and the Engine performed onstage at Beer:30. The St. Louis/ Columbia, Mo based band is touring about 100-110 dates a year and has had shows in Emporia for the past few years.

“We’ve been playing in Emporia for about two years off and on,” guitarist and vocalist John Henry said, “more on lately. We were introduced to the scene by Ha Ha Tonka. They just showed us this market here in Kansas and it was pretty close to home and the people cared about live music, so that’s why we’re here.”

The band classifies itself as “Americana” music and keyboardist and vocalist Wes Wingate said their influence is American music of all kinds, including country, soul, gospel and rock and roll. At the show, they played covers of Credence Clearwater Revival.

“You know, the stuff they’re doing is pretty late 60s-esque stuff,” said John Shell, music major. “I mean, it is what it is and they play it very well. When you do covers, you want to hear somebody that can nail it.”

Henry and Wingate said they like playing in Emporia because there’s always a crowd of people that care about the music.
“The best thing about Emporia is probably the fact that there ain’t much to do in Emporia,” Wingate said. “So we are gathered here and everybody who is going to be out tonight is going to be here, really and that centralizes it which is harder.

“The bigger the city, the more it’s like a hotdog down a hallway, but here we can just really get a lot of people at once. And you know that they’re going to care about what you’re doing most of the time, so that’s a really good quality of this town.”

Eric Nelson, a member of The Whiskey Trio, which opened for John Henry, said he was honored to open for a band that the crowd really enjoyed.

“I thought it was great,” Nelson said. “It’s nice that there’s touring musicians coming to Emporia that care enough to stop here. It’s just good that we have musicians from other parts of the country coming through here.”

John Henry and the Engine plan on touring Europe in 2010. They are also coming out with a new EP on vinyl in October and will be back in Emporia towards the end of that month.

“The goals that we have are to constantly write better songs and to expand the radius that we tour in and to build up so that everyone can hear us,” Henry said. “We want people to hear the music that we do because we feel like what we’re doing is honest American music and we’re not trying to bullshit anybody.”

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Josh Olsen, senior management major, and Jared Olsen, Emporia State alumni, stand in front of their bar, Beer:30, Thursday evening. JENNIFER BALDWIN/THE BULLETIN

Beer:30, a bar located at the corner of 4th and Merchant Street, recently celebrated its third year of business. Owners Josh Olsen, senior management major, and Jared Olsen, 2006 Emporia State graduate, pride the bar on the variety of entertainment features that it offers.
“We have a dancing area if you want to dance,” said Josh. “If you want to hang out you can go to the lounge. If you want to be outside you can be outside. If you want play pool you can play pool. We offer everything but shuffle board. It’s the same with drinks. Pretty much, if people ask for it and we don’t have it, we’ll buy it.”
Jared stressed that Beer:30 is centered around satisfying the customer.
“When we opened the bar that was our goal,” said Jared. “Whatever it is you like, (we) have a place here for you. We tried to make a bar that we would want to go to, that’s it, no frills.”
Another goal that Josh and Jared have is to always keep the prices low, which is just one thing that they do to appeal to college students.
“We always wanted to offer cheap drinks and quality service, and it’s been our plan to attract the college crowd because the college will never go away,” Josh said.
To keep prices low, instead of hiring employees to cover slow shifts, they do it themselves. This is just one way that they quickly made a profit.
“One of the reasons we’ve been successful is because we keep labor costs low with us working,” Josh said. “The truth is, we paid our investment off in a year and a half so we could close down tomorrow and just say we had fun for three years.”
University ties also played a role in their success. Both Josh and Jared attended ESU and were members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
“Something that helped us out is that I just graduated and Josh is still in college so it was easy in terms of knowing people and being able to get the word of mouth out about the bar,” Jared said.
Another factor bringing in crowds is live music. Beer:30 hosts bands varying from rock’n’roll to bluegrass, and will eventually add a recording studio to their facility. Because of his experience, Josh manages the music.
“Josh does all the music stuff because he was in a band that was successful here in town,” Jared said. “He knows both sides, what they should be asking for and what we should be paying. He knows how to set up sound and has the contacts and all that stuff.”
However, not just anyone can play – the bands must be reviewed and selected.
“We screen our bands, they have to give us a demo and we have to like it,” Josh said. “There’s nothing worse than people leaving because of the music that is at the bar.”
Beer:30 also offers an open mic night every Thursday that has less stipulations for performers.
“People just walk in and play a song,” Jared said. “It’s actually hard to get time now because people just come and book it up really fast. It’s designed so that people who are just trying to play their music or trying to get in front of a crowd to get used to it can have that opportunity, and they also have to opportunity to meet other musicians in town. Several bands got started because of that open mic night.”
Events such as wedding receptions and graduations and fundraisers like Poker for Darfur and No-Shave November for breast cancer also take place at Beer:30, opening up business to a variety of people. This diversity is just one aspect that Kaila Mock, junior glass working major and regular at Beer:30, likes about the bar.
“It’s very welcoming,” Mock said. “There’s a whole different variety of people there but everyone gets along really well. And I love pretty much everyone that works there. They’re just all such cool guys, you can talk to them about anything.”
She said she also enjoys the relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
“I’ve known Josh for eight years, so we just hang out and watch football games and stuff,” Mock said. “There’s not people yelling and fighting, and it’s just really laid back. You can just sit there and talk.”
Jared said that regulars contribute largely to the bars’ calm reputation.
“We don’t have fights down here, and that’s a testament to our staff, but that’s the regulars too,” Jared said. “They keep their friends in line because they don’t want their bar messed with. We have the best regulars that you could ask for, they’ll take people home when they’re getting too rowdy. They’ll tell them they have to leave. They’ll cut their friends off, it happens all the time, and it’s just because they don’t want their bar screwed around with, or to have to come in the next day and say they’re sorry to us.”
The regulars as well as the employees give Jared reason to be enthusiastic about his work.
“We really appreciate the people who work here and the people who come often because we have made a ton of friends from this place, a ton of people we can count on,” Jared said.

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“When we opened the bar that was our goal,” said Jared Olsen, 2006 Emporia State graduate. “Whatever it is you like, (we) have a place here for you. We tried to make a bar that we would want to go to, that’s it, no frills.” PHOTO BY JENNIFER BALDWIN/THE BULLETIN

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At 10 p.m. this Saturday, Ha Ha Tonka will perform at Beer:30, 402 Merchant St. The band will also be touring in Cambridge, Mass., Philadelphia, Penn., and Dallas, Texas.

Josh Olsen, a co-owner of Beer: 30, said he is excited to have Ha Ha Tonka back in town.

“We are expecting a crowd of 500 or more and we’ll have drink specials all night,” he said.

Some of their specials will include a mixed drink recipe that is the signature drink of Ha Ha Tonka. Beer: 30 also offers the band drink specials and free Pyramid Pizza.

Ha Ha Tonka will play after two openings acts, Treaty of Paris and Eric Murphy. A cover charge of $3 will be charged to those who are over 21 and $5 for those who are under, Olsen said.

Ha Ha Tonka is classified as indie/rock and is promoting their second album “Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South.” Their first album, “Buckle in the Bible Belt,” can be accessed via their merchandise links on MySpace. They are originally from Springfield, Mo.

The band consists of four guys – Brian Roberts (vocals and guitar), Lucas Long (bass and vocals), Lennon Bone (drums and vocals) and Brett Anderson (keyboard, guitar and vocals).

The four use harmony to their benefit in most of their songs, but especially in “Hangman.” The group has been touring all summer and has been getting a lot of attention from radio stations across the U.S.

Just recently they’ve had requests for their music to be played on stations in Alaska and Florida. A station in Wichita, KACY 102.5, is the only station in Kansas listed as playing their music so far, according to their Myspace page.

Ha Ha Tonka has also recently received a lot of attention from magazines. J. Edward Keyes of Rolling Stone said in May that “(Novel Sounds) Occupies the sweet spot between country and indie, writing ornery songs with big hooks.”

This weekend’s performance will be Ha Ha Tonka’s third time playing in Emporia, and Olsen said he hopes they continue to return in the future.

Krista Harries, junior accounting major, discussed her musical preference as consisting of country, soft rock, and oldies.

“I’ve not heard of them before, though I would be interested in going,” Harries said.

Ha Ha Tonka will have merchandise for sale at the show.

Beer:30 will also host an Open Mic night tonight, the DeWayn Brothers on Friday, with Granny Tweed and Calvin Bennett opening, and the grand finale of Ha Ha Tonka with Treaty of Paris and Eric Murphy on Saturday night. Both shows start at 10 p.m.

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