August 13, 2013 • Page 2 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com Darla Drew Lerdal (third from left) and her band, DD and the Fayrohs, have played at every Kool Deadwood Nites. "It's always a good time," she says. "And it's free. So, there you go." Our Most Musical Month anything better than playing for 15,000 people? That's the greatest feeling in the world," Lerdal told us last year when we interviewed her for a story about Kool Deadwood Nights. She and the Fayrohs play popular period covers like Why Do Fools Fall in Love and The Way You Do the Things You Do. This year's headliners are Paul Revere and the Raiders and The Buckinghams. Lerdal doesn't mind being an opening act. "There's a great thing about being a bridesmaid band, the pressure is on the headliners," she said. A more intimate concert will occur on the same weekend across the state at the historic Orpheum Theater in Sioux Falls. The Rock Garden Tour, a SDPB program, will host a live concert on Friday, Aug. 23 featuring Jami Lynn and Dylan James. The two musicians met while Jami Lynn, a Glacial Lakes folk singer, was in Rapid City for a performance and ran into James on a street corner where he was playing music. She invited James to her concert that evening and before parting they made plans to collaborate on an album. The album, Cluck and Croon, was recorded at the Homestake Opera House in Lead, James' hometown, and features a mix of folk, bluegrass and jazz. They included a song called Pride of the Prairie, written in 1907 by George Botsford, a Sioux Falls native who moved to New COUNTRY FORD Dept. $ 95 $ 95 Service 39 $ 95 $ 29 95 or less -$10 Mail-in Rebate or less Synthetic Blend Oil Change • Tire Rotation & Pressure Check • Brake Inspection Fluid Top-Off • Battery Test • Filter Check • Belts & Hoses Check Retail purchases only. 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