"THE BAND"

Gary Lee - Lead Guitar / Vocals
Faribault, MN

John Sweigart - Drums
Prescott, WI

Dan Pearson - Bass / Vocals
Red Wing, MN

Brad Issendorf - Steel Guitar
Lake City, MN

 

Shannon Harrell - Lead Vocals / Guitar

Biography:
-Birthplace:  Chaffee, MO
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Current Homestead:  Goodhue, MN
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Birthday:  April 20, 1976
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Influences:  Garth Brooks, George Strait, Ronnie Milsap, Jewel, Merle Haggard
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All Time Favorite Male Artist:  Garth Brooks
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All Time Favorite Female Artist:  Jewel
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All Time Favorite Country Group: Diamond Rio
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All Time Favorite Country Song Statue Of A Fool - Ricky Van Shelton
-Little Know Fact:  While Persuing Music Career In Vegas, Shannon was hired as a manager at
                                  Payless Shoes but never took the job and moved back to Missouri.
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All Time Favorite Slow Song:  When You Come Back To Me - Garth Brooks
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All Time Favorite Song In General:  Europa (Earth's Cry, Heavens Smile) - Santana
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Favorite NFL Team:  Denver Broncos

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1 Thing You Would Take On A Deserted Island With You:  My Son "Brady"
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Question You Get Asked The Most:  What brought you to Minnesota from Missouri
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Weirdest Thing That Ever Happened To You:  Met My Wife On The Internet (Really !!!)
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What do you do when you're not playing music:
  Internet Sales Manager at River Valley Power & Sport

Accomplishments:
City of Roses Music Festival (Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky)
BEST COUNTRY BAND - 1997
BEST MALE VOCALIST - 1998

Shared The Stage With:
Rick Trevino - http://www.ricktrevino.com/
Cletus T Judd - http://www.cledus.com/
T. Graham Brown - http://www.tgrahambrown.com/
Shenandoah - http://www.shenandoahband.com/

Jimmy Wayne - http://www.myspace.com/jimmywaynemusic

Original Songs Written:
On The Weekend -
Hear The Song - Click Here
Perfect Harmony
To Be With You
Lonesome Road

Naming The Band "generation":
Many names were taken into consideration such as bringing back "Kidd Sundown" from a previous band.  Other options were names like:  Free Drinks Tomorrow, Kidd Generation.  But in the end we wanted to have a name that wrapped it all up.  We are a group with a wide age group and the music we play covers many generations.  So there it was "generation".


Shannon Harrell - Lead Vocals / Guitar
Goodhue, MN


Future Band Member (Daddy playing guitar to him)
"Brady Lee Harrell"


"Other Important Characters"
&
"Howard's Helpers"

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Howard Strusz - Sound / Lights / Road Crew
Goodhue, MN

 

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