Live Music in The Veranda Lounge

The Veranda Lounge is proud to bring you FREE live music in the the Fireside Room every week!
We would love for you to join us for Monday Night Jazz every Monday night, as well as every Friday and Saturday
to hear some of the best acoustic guitar, piano and vocal performers Minnesota has to offer.

Join us in time for our daily happy hour of 1/2 off bottles of wine 4-6pm.

Monday Night Jazz w/ Muggsy & Karl

Muggsy Lauer: You may also recognize Muggsy from the Collective Unconscious performances (Pet Sounds, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Abbey Road, Crosby, Stills. Nash, and Young’s Déjà Vu, and The Eagles Tribute w/ The Fabulous Armadillos). Muggsy’s guitar virtuoso skills are not to be missed as years of playing with the George Maurer Group, as well as Monday Night Jazz has honed his skills to an unbeatable quality. You may also recognize him from his picture in The Veranda as provider of our fantastic coffee beans. Muggsy is the proud owner and operator of Muggsy’s Beans and you too can take Muggsy’s beans home with you by visiting www.muggsysbeans.com.

Karl VanBeckum is an active bassist/trombonist in Central Minnesota and the Twin Cities area. Prior to his arrival in St. Cloud, Mr. Van Beckum performed as a freelance musician in the Washington D. C. area, served as house bassist for Sunday Night Jazz at the Bird of Paradise in Ann Arbor, MI, and was also a member of the Green Bay Packer Big Band. Mr. Van Beckum founded the VBGB Jazz Trio, a side project with pianist Ted Godbout and drummer Terry Vermillion, and is a member of The Great River Jazz Collective. Recent projects include performances in the Pioneer Place Theatre Co.’s productions of Sisters of Swing (2010) and Beyond the Rainbow (2009), and on the Fabulous Armadillos Concert Series.

Monday Night Jazz also features occasional special guests: Pete Johnson, Terry Vermillion, Karl VanBeckem, Rich Witteman, Mike Anderson, Ken & Gretchen Vork, George Maurer, Anne Michels & and many other special guests.

Paul “Stretch” Diethelm

Stretch is undoubtedly one of Central Minnesota's favorite musicians!

Paul "Stretch" Diethelm, lead guitarist of The Fabulous Armadillos and Slip Twister, knows how to keep the crowd entertained. His repertoire is nothing short of spectacular. From your classic 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, to some of today’s top hits, Stretch’s guitar virtuosos are not to be missed. Whether you want to “Take a load off” (The Band), or “Rock and roll all night” (Kiss), you will certainly “Wish you were here” (Pink Floyd). So come on down and throw out your favorite request, there’s a little something for everyone when Stretch plays in the Veranda.

Andrew Walesch

A newer face on the Minnesota music scene, Andrew Walesch maintains a very active performance schedule. An in demand singer and pianist, Andrew is known most notably for his unique approach to, (and almost obsessive knowledge of) The Great American Songbook. He certainly ventures outside of jazz and the standards, however, and can be found anywhere from a classy cocktail lounge to a rugged piano bar taking requests from just about every genre. More recently Andrew has focused on songwriting and is working on a project of originals. Andrew has recorded two albums and has sung and played on the stage of the Chicago Theater, the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis and dozens of venues all over the Midwest. In May of 2010, he graduated with a music degree from St. John's University, Collegeville, MN. Whether recording jingles, producing shows, composing and arranging, singing as a solo artist or with big bands all over the Midwest, "the boy with the voice,” is known for winning crowds over. 

Jacob John

Jacob John has truly been performing all of his life.  His earliest memory of performance was walking up and down the isle of an Amtrak train singing at the top of his lungs at the age of 5 on a family trip to Canada.  Throughout his childhood music was always around, whether it was his sister endlessly practicing scales on the piano or his mother and father practicing songs for church or funerals.  Through the duration of schooling from finger-painting to college instruction (advanced finger-painting), Jacob was always involved with choir or some form of musical endeavor.  These years helped him to carve his voice and appreciate the beauty in singing together with others and even finding the sounds of his own. For one reason or another, however, Jacob lost connection with his calling.  He went on trying to fill other shoes and after a while, it became clear that something wasn’t quite right. The next stage in Jacob John’s life found him wanting to go even further down the rabbit hole chasing after the exploration of life and what he loved about it…and music was going with him.  He learned how to play a few instruments  to express his different interests and moods. Singing, playing the piano, and also picking up the bass guitar seemed to fit just right.  And just how life comes full circle, he found that the love for performing wasn’t fading away, but growing stronger.  As if his child soul was telling him something.  You will feel the songs that five year old boy had to share in this later version of himself.  Jacob John never forgot either…he just had to dust off a few things.

Chris Laumb

With roots planted in Central Minnesota, just on the edge of the western prairies, Chris Laumb has drawn his music and songwriting from the landscapes and people around him. At times pulling at the heartstrings with songs about the embattled small town farmer and the joys of courting a girl from the trailer park, Chris interlaces the stories, the pain and humor of our American lives. Chris cut his teeth playing blues-influenced rock in the bar scene of the 1990's, but looking for more inspiring music making led to playing Americana/Roots music with the band Cannery Row. Armed with stories from his family's Norwegian immigrant past, Central Minnesota's bootlegging good old days, and his father's imagery of growing up at the height of the cold war gave Chris a canvas to paint the songs he sings. This is music of an America many of us once knew and may still long for."

Anthony Perry

Six strings and a story to tell, Anthony Perry's "storyteller rock" is a blend of acoustic rhythm and a driven beat. Dynamic and passionate, he tells storys of love, betrayal, and finding ones' self on the open highways that connect his life in Minnesota with his past set in Eastern Montana.

Moe Dell

MoeDeLL’s funky guitar, creative lyrics, and unique voice are his foundation. Beautiful melodies and rolling rhythms tell tales from light to dark and from silliness to the endearing. While captivating audiences with a hot off the press style, you will willingly be pulled along for the ride. 

MoeDeLL has been playing in bands and acoustically since 2003. In that time he has played with fantastic artists, groups, and solo shows encompassing self-penned originals as well as some great covers. MoeDeLL's cover of Blind Melon's "Toes Across The Floor" is included on the Blind Melon Tribute Album "Twenty Stories Below", and was released in December of 2006.  His show will take you on an emotional rollercoaster as he occasionally dives into his old funk/jazz ways and turns out some great cover songs that you might not expect from him.

You may have seen MoeDell perform around MN with the group Nelson Flavor, and he has also toured nationally and shared the stage with such artists as Antigone Rising, AfroMan, Cheap Trick, Bret Michaels (Poison), and Better Than Ezra.

Nelson Lee

Featuring Pete Nelson and Jeff Lee performing a wide variety of acoustic favorites from great artists such as James Taylor, Neil Young, The Beatles and many many more. Join Nelson/Lee for a warm night of great music, tight harmony and relaxing tunes.

Scott & Lou 

After years of playing music in the basement, back yard and Boundary Waters, Scott & Lou take their music into the heart of the city. Lou Palmersten and Scott Anderson have worked together for years as firefighters in St. Cloud and share a love of music. In 2004 Lou introduced Scott to music he didn’t think existed anymore. Fred Eaglesmith, Robert Earl Keen and Todd Snider sing of real life stories, similar in fashion to Jim Croce and a young John Prine, favorites of Scotts from the 70s. Scott dug out his old band equipment and acoustic guitar and Lou picked up the harmonica, soon they were playing around campfires and creating a long list of folk style music. Songs that make you want to listen to every word, and enjoy the story. Using the harmonica like a lead guitar, blending vocal harmonies and adding a ukulele just for fun, the two have created a distinctive folk sound.

 Jake Braking

Jake Braking is rapidly becoming a favorite among local music enthusiasts with his unique style of original and cover tunes. Jake plays throughout Minnesota and can also be seen as part of the band at The Veranda Variety Hour. This show is FREE!!

Mark "Hazzy" Hasbrouck

Whether it's as the main creative force behind the long-running (1989-present) and much loved and praised Surahoolies, or as solo artist "Hazzy", Mark Hasbrouck is generally regarded as a musical genius and an awesome guitar player. While it is the rhythm section that makes the throngs shake their booty, it is Mark's innovative and powerful leads that blow everyone's minds. Mark is also a member of the Stearns County Pachanga Society, BLIMP, and many other shows and productions.

Bill & Tom Show

The Bill & Tom Show is a Guitar/Piano duo that have been playing clubs and private events for over 5 years in Minnesota.

Tom Bard has been in numerous bands, played on dozens of CDs, performed in 27 states and in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and even appeared in a movie as “Keyboard Player in Band.”  He is currently the cantankerous half of “The Bill and Tom Show” and can be found performing in the Veranda Lounge on select weekends throughout the Fall.

 



Paul Lawrence

Paul’s music combines American blues, folk, rock, and country. He writes his own songs and is excited about sharing his music with English-speaking audiences. That’s because Paul just returned to the U.S. after four years in Taiwan. While there, he discovered his musical voice and has enjoyed performing around Taiwan and SE Asia. The music of indigenous Taiwanese has also been a major influence on Paul and his music.

Joe Carey

One might recognize Joe from his turns in St. Cloud playing in the Lounge with Nick Hensley, and on the Pioneer Place stage with such shows as the Tribute to Neil Diamond with Bill and Tom. Please join us as we welcome him to the lounge!