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Where to hear them
What their plans are
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Saturday, July 26th At The Village Bean Coffee House In Avon, MN 6:30pm to 8pm |
Collegeville Station Will be playing this Summer At The Avon Farmer's Market In Avon, MN Next date: September 6th 9am-Noon |
Collegeville Station Will be playing At Thomsen's Greenhouse near St. Joseph, MN Thursday August 21st 7pm-8pm |
Wednesday Night 7:30pm-10:00pm at Bo Diddley's Deli in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
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is back again Where has the Time gone? |
Collegeville Station plays an eclectic mix of Originals, Folk, Bluegrass, Blues, Jazz, Older Country, a few acoustic versions of some classic rock and also a few novelty tunes.
 Collegeville Station 8-8-06 at the site of the original Collegeville Station, Collegeville, MN Photo by John Schwindel |
Since Br. John left Pat and Dave have had some interesting musical adventures but we are still pretty much what we were before John's departure.
In other words- some middle-aged gits who like to sit around and pick our favorite tunes on Guitars, Harmonica, Banjo, Mandolin and sometimes even a Bass or Recorder or Kazoo.
 Collegeville Station January 2004 at The College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN Photo by Monica Cofell |
We try to play without electric amplification whenever possible, using just plain old acoustic instruments sounding like themselves. This is sometimes confusing to people who are used to chest-thumping megawatts of power and fancy light shows. But I must say that we have had some great results this way- i.e. 25-30 people dancing silently in synch with the beat and having a great time.
 From the St. Joseph Newsleader, May 2004 |
We will use an amplifier when we absolutely have to, sometimes a room is just too big and crowded or if we play for large outdoor parties. But even then we try to play to microphones rather than "plugged in" and we get as close to a “natural” sound as we can.
And light shows? You’ve got to be kidding.
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is Dave Cofell- Guitar, Vocals, Banjo, Harmonica, Kazoo and Patrick Dwyer- Mandolin, Bass and Vocals and John Hanson- Guitar, Dobro and Vocals And sometimes John Dwyer- Acoustic Bass and Vocals |
 Collegeville Station Fall 2003 at The St. Joseph Farmer's Market, St. Joseph, MN Photo by Monica Cofell |
A note from Dave:
Well, Br. John is out of town and I'm back at the station trying to keep the train on the track.
I've been trying to get together a CD of my songs and hope to have something available soon.
Anyway, I'll be doing a solo act at the St. Joseph Bo Diddley's in the foreseeable future and I hope you'll come hear me play.
Dave
 Collegeville Station 7-29-05 at the Ambrosia Bakery & Coffee Shop in St Michael, MN Photo by Michael Dreis |
 Dave "warming-up" for Garnet Rogers Nov. 10th, 2006 at Bo Diddley's in St. Cloud Cartoon by Scott Gibson |