Codfish Barnstormers...Big Sound, Small Venue And New Life For An Old Barn

The Driftless Area,  is a unique region of the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The area was by-passed by the last continental glacier.   Weathering and erosion have results in a steep, rugged landscape referred to as karst topography.

The land, soils, ecosystems and it's people are diverse, this area is home to Codfish Hollow Barnstormers.
 Codfish Hollow is located in SW portion of the Driftless area in a valley of the Maquoketa River.  The round barn was build in 1954. They celebrated the completion of the barn with a barn dance. The round barn hosted live music again, 55 years later in 2009 with the first Daytrotter Barnstormer. The old farmhouse is used for a makeshift art gallery during every show.
This intimate venue has attracted both national acts such as Norah Jones, Pieta Brown, Counting Crows and John Rielly and Friends to regional singer/song writer and indee bands like The Pines, David Zollo, River Glen, and Blackberry Bushes String Band.   Just to name a few of my favorites.

Tonight's $9.50 ticket featured four bands
Los Angeles rock/pop outfit BUSY LIVING started out the night with an energy packed show.  Closing the set, frontman Mike Moonves handed off his guitar to a guy in front, near the stage then he joined the crowed dancing to the bands pounding drum.


 Next BOOTSTRAPS also formed in LA. kept the night rolling with up beat tunes and layering of sounds.

Between sets we played a little game.  Try to spot the band members of the next group in the crowd.
The lead singer of
NEULORE was easy to pick out of the crowd the Nashville based band did a funky cover of Lorde's  "Team"   and .
 HUNTERCHILD Singer/Songwriter out of Brooklyn, NY.closed out the night


 












Thanks Busy Living, Bootstraps, Neulore and Hunterchild for an AMAZING show!