FurLow Riders: UW-L chancellor, lawyer and prof form band, La Crosse Tribune, 11/11/09

By KJ LANG klang@lacrossetribune.com

Looking for a way to cheer up during the economic slump?

Try the “FurLow Riders.”

Instead of letting state-mandated furloughs get them down, this new music group – a chancellor, a professor and an attorney – are staying up late to beat the blues by playing it.

They will perform 1960s blues-rock and the 1950s traditional blues that influenced it at 10:45 p.m. Friday at the Popcorn Tavern, 308 Fourth St. S. The performance is free.

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