One of Liz and my all-time favorite bands. We've been watching them since they started back in 1973. In the early days they played at Andy's in DeKalb and now at Lord Stanley's in DeKalb and PJ's Courthouse in Sycamore quite often. Of course, there are many other places they play, but these are our favorite ones.
They have played NIU's Homecoming every year since 1973. And, we have been to most of those homecoming shows. To us, the Footstompers at NIU Homecoming are as important as the game.
This is from part 2 of an interview you can find on You Tube.
They remember their famous "Marches" outside of Andy's as they played "As the Saints Go Marching By." You just have to wonder what people driving by on Lincoln Highway (DeKalb's Main Street) thought seeing four guys playing a tuba, accordion, guitar and drum walking down the sidewalk with a whole big group of slightly inebriated folks yelling, hollering and dancing behind them. The poor Andy's doormen would be grabbing drinks as fats as they could before they went out the door.
One of the guys selling hot dogs from push carts outside of Andy's back in those days was the current owner of PJ's Courthouse in Sycamore where the band often plays.
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