Jim Eaton is the frontman of the Kansas City-based country group Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders. The Whiskey Benders feature Jim Eaton on rhythm guitar and vocals, Mark Brown on bass and vocals, Frank Eaton on piano and vocals, Brent Wooden on drums and Cliff Smith on lead guitar.
Ramon Magee, a Blue Springs resident and former Hallmark Cards Inc. employee for 39 years, has been selected as the winner of The Longview Art and World Music Festival 2010 Poster competition.
With less than a week remaining until the start of the 38th annual Santa-Cali-Gon Days festival, Independence Chamber of Commerce staff and fair board members say they are at 98 percent occupancy among the festival’s market vendors and commercial spaces.
Time will turn back musically to the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s Saturday night at Kansas City’s Reunion Jam II at the Independence Events Center. The four-hour event aims to raise $50,000 for clinical trials at the Leawood, Kan.-based Parkinson Foundation of the Heartland.
Jeff Miller is manager of the Brandon Miller Band. He talks about the band’s Thursday performance at the Trouser Mouse in Blue Springs.
As the unbearably hot days of summer (hopefully) wind down, the leaves will change color, the days will begin getting dark sooner and the more comfortable weather will cause for celebration.
Jenifer Witzke is the Contact Center team leader for CommunityAmerica Credit Union. She is also active with the Blue Springs Fall Fun Fest volunteer effort.
Johnny Rzeznik, 44, is the guitarist and lead singer for the Goo Goo Dolls, an American rock band that has gained popularity with the 1990s songs “Name,” “Iris” and “Slide.”
