PERRYSBURG — Wednesday at Woodlands continues noon with Locoweed. The lunchtime concerts take place in the Woodlands Park shelter area, 429 E. Boundary St.
Bring a packed lunch and a chair, or sit it at one of the many picnic tables in and around the shelter area in both the sun or shade.
Locoweed is commemorating its 50th year and is recognized as the catalyst that launched the country rock movement in Northwest Ohio. Locoweed, emerged in 1973 as a trailblazing band when country and rock music seemed like polar opposites. The band’s distinct sound and genre-defying music quickly developed as a niche. The band embraced the notion they were “too country to be rock and roll, and too rock and roll to be country.”
Bass player Randy Monk, an original member of the band reflected on the band’s jubilee year.
“Locoweed continues to belt out that bold buckeye beat that started in 1973. We introduced the music of Gram Parsons, the Flying Burrito Brothers and Pure Prairie League, (to name a few), to Northwest Ohio. Members have come and gone but the current lineup has remained the same since 1978,” he said.
Members include Dave Athanas, lead guitar; Mike Malone, vocals, rhythm guitar; Dave Cubbedge, vocals, pedal steel, guitar; Randy Monk, vocals, bass guitar; and Rick Gerbeck on drums and percussion.
