This is a sort of chronicle / history / documentary of the band Irenes's Garden, a group of Wisconsin musicians who have been creating and performing music for years.
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12/07/2024 - Will be playing at the Intermission in Wausau
10/25/2024 - Played at Rookie's in Stevens Point
10/16/2024 - Played at the Amherst Opera House
8/17/2024 - Played at Vibin in the Pines
3/16/2024 - Played at the Amherst Opera House
12/23/2023 - Played at the Intermission, Wausau,
8/31/2023 - Played at the Jackpine Jamboree
01/18/2020 - Played at Misfits, Appleton
01/10/2020 - Played at Main Street Taps, Stevens Point.
12/28/2019 - Played at Goodfellas, Marshfield
11/23/2019 - Played at Glass Hat, Wausau
10/27/2019 - Played at Renee's Red Rooster, Stevens Point
09/07/2019 - Played at Celebrate Amherst
08/29/2019 - Played at Jackpine
06/15/2019 - Played at Taps on Main
01/19/2019 - Played at Taps on Main
09/22/2018 - Played at Kristin's in Stevens Point
11/01/2017 - 02/28/2018: Practicing and working in new percussionist
10/28/2017: Played at Nelson's Party
09/02/2017: Played at Sunset Point Winery, Stevens Point, WI
08/12/2017: Played at Goodfellas in Marshfield, WI
07/28/2017: Played at Waupaca River Park, Waupaca, WI
06/24/2017: Played at the Intermission in Wausau, WI.
06/21/2017: Played at Wauapaca Concert Series. Outdoor venue very nice.
06/17/2017: Played at Guu's on Main in Stevens Point, WI.
06/15/2017: Radio interview in Waupaca, WI. Played about 4 tunes.
06/10/2017: Played at Classics in SHawano, WI.
06/03/2017: Played at ZWolf Eatery in Waupaca, WI.
05/28/2017: Played at at Mellen Jam
04/14/2017: Played at Sunset Point Winery (stevens Point, WI).
03/18/2017: Played at Cold Shot in Appleton, WI. This was our first time there. This is a great little venue. The owner, Dave, ran sound and achieved an awesome instrumental and vocal balance both out front and on stage. Our drummer, Rick, had injured his shoulder so Sarah played cahon and was amazing. After the gig, Dave cooked up some pizzas and passed out beef jerky of various flavors and heat indices.
03/04/2017: Played at The Landmark in Amherst, WI.
02/04/2017: Played at Goodfellas in Marshfield, WI.
01/20/2017: Played at the Intermission in Wausau
11/25/2016: Played at the Sunset Point Winery in Stevens Point, WI;
11/04/2016: Played at the Intermission in Wausau, WI.
10/15/2016: We played at Classics in Shawano, WI. Jay did a great job on sound.
9/17/2016: We played at the Yes!tival!, an annual, one-of -a- kind magical/musical happening at Sarah Ludeman's farm .
9/4/2016: Played at the Jackpine Jamboree Music Festival in Birnamwood, WI. This is always an excellent venue. The festival goers are appreciative music lovers and the musicians are great..
8/20/2016: Played at Waupaca Arts on the Square event. Very fun gig.
6/26/2016: Great day recording at Big Rock Studios. Rhythm tracks for 4 more tunes completed: Ballad of Lucky Jack, Incense, Twilight and Flight of Mystery. Mercury Dave treated us to Rubarb Martini's.
6/24/2016: Band playing in Vesper, WI. at event protesting the Enbridge tar sands pipeline.
6/10/2016:Band playing at Band played at Coral Lanes, Rothchild WI.
6/4/2016: Band played at Twister Jam in Mountain, WI.
5/29/2016: Band played at Mellen Jam, Mellen, WI. We had a great time. The people who attend this unique festival are music lovers of the highest caliber.
5/9/2016: Mailed contract in for 2016 Art on the Square in Waupaca. Show is scheduled for August 20th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm on the main stage.
5/8/2016: Yesterday's recording went well. We did another take of On and On / Resistance and laid down rhythm tracks for Fun to be a Loser, Stardream, You and Me and Twilight.
5/7/2016: We are Recording at Mercury Dave's Studio. Gig coming up on May 14th at Rookies in Stevens Point
4/29/2016: Played at Goodfellas in Marshfield; Bubba bought us congratulatory shots after the show; Stage sound was kind of loud, but I think we sounded OK out front. It was great to have Rick drumming.
4/25/2016: Recording session with full band at Big Rock Studios. Rhythm tracks completed for Transition, Temporary Thing, Ballad of Lucky Jack, O World and Gem Tree. Gig this Friday at Goodfellas Pub in Marshfield, WI.
4/17/2016: Vocal overdubs at mercury Dave's
4/5/2016: Just heard from Mercury Dave of Big Rock Studios that vocals were successfully added to How Many Tears, Vanished and Waiting for You during recording session on 4/3/2016. Hopefully, we'll be practicing this Sunday to prepare for more rhythm track recordings
4/3/2016: We are recording another album at Big Rock Studios, David "Mercury Dave" Kruger, engineer. We've recorded bed tracks for about 9 of 21 tunes. Today Sarah and Jenny are working on vocal overdubs.
We have a gig coming up at "Goodfellas" in Marshfield, WI on April 29th.
10/25/2024 - Played at Rookie's in Stevens Point
10/16/2024 - Played at the Amherst Opera House
8/17/2024 - Played at Vibin in the Pines
3/16/2024 - Played at the Amherst Opera House
12/23/2023 - Played at the Intermission, Wausau,
8/31/2023 - Played at the Jackpine Jamboree
01/18/2020 - Played at Misfits, Appleton
01/10/2020 - Played at Main Street Taps, Stevens Point.
12/28/2019 - Played at Goodfellas, Marshfield
11/23/2019 - Played at Glass Hat, Wausau
10/27/2019 - Played at Renee's Red Rooster, Stevens Point
09/07/2019 - Played at Celebrate Amherst
08/29/2019 - Played at Jackpine
06/15/2019 - Played at Taps on Main
01/19/2019 - Played at Taps on Main
09/22/2018 - Played at Kristin's in Stevens Point
11/01/2017 - 02/28/2018: Practicing and working in new percussionist
10/28/2017: Played at Nelson's Party
09/02/2017: Played at Sunset Point Winery, Stevens Point, WI
08/12/2017: Played at Goodfellas in Marshfield, WI
07/28/2017: Played at Waupaca River Park, Waupaca, WI
06/24/2017: Played at the Intermission in Wausau, WI.
06/21/2017: Played at Wauapaca Concert Series. Outdoor venue very nice.
06/17/2017: Played at Guu's on Main in Stevens Point, WI.
06/15/2017: Radio interview in Waupaca, WI. Played about 4 tunes.
06/10/2017: Played at Classics in SHawano, WI.
06/03/2017: Played at ZWolf Eatery in Waupaca, WI.
05/28/2017: Played at at Mellen Jam
04/14/2017: Played at Sunset Point Winery (stevens Point, WI).
03/18/2017: Played at Cold Shot in Appleton, WI. This was our first time there. This is a great little venue. The owner, Dave, ran sound and achieved an awesome instrumental and vocal balance both out front and on stage. Our drummer, Rick, had injured his shoulder so Sarah played cahon and was amazing. After the gig, Dave cooked up some pizzas and passed out beef jerky of various flavors and heat indices.
03/04/2017: Played at The Landmark in Amherst, WI.
02/04/2017: Played at Goodfellas in Marshfield, WI.
01/20/2017: Played at the Intermission in Wausau
11/25/2016: Played at the Sunset Point Winery in Stevens Point, WI;
11/04/2016: Played at the Intermission in Wausau, WI.
10/15/2016: We played at Classics in Shawano, WI. Jay did a great job on sound.
9/17/2016: We played at the Yes!tival!, an annual, one-of -a- kind magical/musical happening at Sarah Ludeman's farm .
9/4/2016: Played at the Jackpine Jamboree Music Festival in Birnamwood, WI. This is always an excellent venue. The festival goers are appreciative music lovers and the musicians are great..
8/20/2016: Played at Waupaca Arts on the Square event. Very fun gig.
6/26/2016: Great day recording at Big Rock Studios. Rhythm tracks for 4 more tunes completed: Ballad of Lucky Jack, Incense, Twilight and Flight of Mystery. Mercury Dave treated us to Rubarb Martini's.
6/24/2016: Band playing in Vesper, WI. at event protesting the Enbridge tar sands pipeline.
6/10/2016:Band playing at Band played at Coral Lanes, Rothchild WI.
6/4/2016: Band played at Twister Jam in Mountain, WI.
5/29/2016: Band played at Mellen Jam, Mellen, WI. We had a great time. The people who attend this unique festival are music lovers of the highest caliber.
5/9/2016: Mailed contract in for 2016 Art on the Square in Waupaca. Show is scheduled for August 20th from 3:00pm to 4:30pm on the main stage.
5/8/2016: Yesterday's recording went well. We did another take of On and On / Resistance and laid down rhythm tracks for Fun to be a Loser, Stardream, You and Me and Twilight.
5/7/2016: We are Recording at Mercury Dave's Studio. Gig coming up on May 14th at Rookies in Stevens Point
4/29/2016: Played at Goodfellas in Marshfield; Bubba bought us congratulatory shots after the show; Stage sound was kind of loud, but I think we sounded OK out front. It was great to have Rick drumming.
4/25/2016: Recording session with full band at Big Rock Studios. Rhythm tracks completed for Transition, Temporary Thing, Ballad of Lucky Jack, O World and Gem Tree. Gig this Friday at Goodfellas Pub in Marshfield, WI.
4/17/2016: Vocal overdubs at mercury Dave's
4/5/2016: Just heard from Mercury Dave of Big Rock Studios that vocals were successfully added to How Many Tears, Vanished and Waiting for You during recording session on 4/3/2016. Hopefully, we'll be practicing this Sunday to prepare for more rhythm track recordings
4/3/2016: We are recording another album at Big Rock Studios, David "Mercury Dave" Kruger, engineer. We've recorded bed tracks for about 9 of 21 tunes. Today Sarah and Jenny are working on vocal overdubs.
We have a gig coming up at "Goodfellas" in Marshfield, WI on April 29th.
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Biography:
For years, Irene's Garden has been making their own original music in the Central Wisconsin area. The vocal harmonies, mixed with keys, bass, guitar, percussion, and violin create what's been dubbed "organic rock and roll," and "hippie disco." Though their music tends to defy genre, influences from jazz, country, rock and roll and club music are apparent in their songs. And whatever you may call the music that comes from the seven member ensemble gets people out of their seats and onto the dance floor. When you go to an Irene's Garden show, expect to hear songs about love, life, and outer space. The band plays venues ranging from clubs to music festivals. To go along with several recording projects under their belts, Irene's Garden is currently working their newest project, Big Rock Theory, due this summer.
Brett Stephenson played with the Stellectrics as a bassist and with Irene's Garden as lead guitar player. His improvisational technique was sublime. Check out his lead on Anxiety.
