Yodel A-Go-Go began as a result of my mid-life crisis. In 1998 I was unemployed, about to be divorced, and my younger brother had passed away unexpectedly. To cheer myself up one night, I went out to see a reunion of 70s/80s Minneapolis rockabilly band Safety Last. I had such a great time that my goal became immediately clear: I wanted to play bass like Rusty Jones!
I spent 1999 learning my late brother's Fender Precision bass, and by 2000 I was jamming at open stages with The Dieselfitters and Lazy Ike and the Daredevils. Through that, I met some other like-minded musicians and we formed Yodel A-Go-Go. Since then, we've shared the stage with our local honky-tonk heroes: Safety Last, Trailer Trash, Stockcar Named Desire, The Vibrochamps, The Copperheads, The Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs and more.
Yodel A-Go-Go is Dan Peterson on the bass and singin' (and occasional yodel,) Julia Williams (of Reverse Cowgirl) on drums, and now starring Clay Williams (Dieselfitters, Roy Hubbs) and Jennifer Markey (also a former Dieselfitter and currently leading her own band called The Buckboard Boys) on guitars and vocals.
We hope you'll come out and see us soon!
Dan
