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Friday, Jan 6, 2012 - Posted by Rich Miller

* It’s Friday, so how about we loosen things up a bit…

Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon is bringing her love of banjo to a Chicago audience.

Simon will play Saturday evening for a grand-opening preview of a $16.5 million education and performance venue at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. […]

Simon has played the banjo for more than a decade with her Carbondale band, Loose Gravel.

She’ll join the Hoyle Brothers on stage Saturday. Simon says there’s a joy in live music and the Old Town School will help share that joy.

* In case you’ve never had the pleasure, here’s our lt. governor with her band…

* The Question: What’s your one word reaction to this news?

Please do you utmost to keep your response to just one word. And let’s not be excessively mean-spirited. Thanks.

…Adding… In case you’re interested, LG Simon and Bau Graves from the Old Town School of Folk Music (one of my favorite venues in the world) were on Jonathon Brandmeier’s show this morning. They start a few minutes into the online podcast…

Click to download

…Adding More… No offense intended to the lite guv, but here’s the real deal, Earl Scruggs…

60 Comments

- LilLebowski - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 10:44 am:
Earplugs.

- Give Me A Break - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 10:45 am:
Yeehaw

- 47th Ward - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 10:45 am:
Folkadelic.

- Dirty Red - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 10:46 am:
Who?

- Jaded - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 10:47 am:
Deliverance

- MrJM - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 10:47 am:
Plucked

– MrJM

- In absentia - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 10:53 am:
Topinka-esque

- CircularFiringSquad - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 10:54 am:
Plunkalicious

- cynical - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 10:54 am:
Multi-talented!

- wordslinger - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 10:56 am:
Roadhouse

- GMatts - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 10:56 am:
’boutright

- OneMan - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:03 am:
Freebird

- Boone's is Back - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:03 am:
cacophonous

- anon - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:07 am:
Brave!

- Mark - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:08 am:
Awesome!

- walkinfool - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:08 am:
Hunh?

- Homer J. Simpson - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:09 am:
Stereotypical

- Retired Non-Union Guy - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:10 am:
Yawn …

- Publius - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:12 am:
Folksy?

- unspun - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:13 am:
Uncle!

- WazUp - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:14 am:
Gong!

- Wensicia - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:16 am:
Jammin’

- siriusly - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:16 am:
Uninspired

- Stones - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:17 am:
Embarassing

- How Ironic - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:20 am:
Craptastic
Craptacular

You get the picture.

- Easy - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:20 am:
uncomfortable

- Irish - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:23 am:
Nero!

- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:24 am:
Simon-ized

- Deep South - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:29 am:
prettybad

- Shock & Awww(e) - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:30 am:
Refund.

- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:31 am:
banjo-licious

- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:33 am:
Sheila-stopper

- Jake From Elwood - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:37 am:
Telethon-worthy

- John A Logan - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:42 am:
toothache.

- I bleed blue... - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:42 am:
Entertaining.

- Anon from SI - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:46 am:
OMG! That’s one word isn’t it?

- South of Sherman - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:49 am:
Banjorific!

- anon - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:50 am:
Ridiculous

- 32nd Ward Roscoe Village - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 11:51 am:
Dueling!

- Robert - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 12:00 pm:
Rome.

- Lakeview - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 12:02 pm:
Downstate

- Irishpirate - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 12:17 pm:
Tall

- Just Obsserving - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 12:18 pm:
Aight.

- Irishpirate - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 12:18 pm:
takemeJesus

- mokenavince - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 12:25 pm:
Better on the banjo than Quinn on the fiddle.
Cool!

- Excessively Rabid - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 12:28 pm:
Again?

- 47th Ward - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 12:33 pm:
Folkengolden

- Lefty Lefty - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 12:53 pm:
Inoverherhead

- Judgment Day - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 1:16 pm:
Suffrage

2 words: Jerry Springer

- Boone Logan Square - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 1:17 pm:
Twang.

- 3rd Generation Chicago Native - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 1:26 pm:
Interesting

- Springfield Skeptic - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 1:37 pm:
Shootmenow.

See, one word.

- Tommydanger - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 1:42 pm:
Luddite

- anon - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 1:59 pm:
one word: pleasemakeitstop.

- Champaign - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 2:04 pm:
idiosyncrastic

- OurMagician - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 2:55 pm:
Plummertastic

- aufjunk - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 2:59 pm:
Disconcerting

- cermak_rd - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 3:21 pm:
Unusual.

- Cheswick - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 4:14 pm:
Toe-tappin’

- golfman_r - Friday, Jan 6, 12 @ 4:29 pm:
bleepin-golden

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