Jamaica ska meets German hospitality in south-central Minnesota. The Skruffians return to the Grand Kabaret: www.thegrandnewulm.com/kabaret

I'm playing drums with Minneapolis ska/reggae/jazz band The Skruffians. I ply the wares of my childhood heroes Lloyd Knibb, Carlton Barrett, Sly Dunbar, Grizzly and Style Scott. We do classic Jamaican ska of the Skatalites, plus horn-driven ska originals and other dance and listening music. The Skruffians contains Todd Baer (tpt), Joe Mayo (tenor sax), Jared Jarvis (bari sax), Park Evans (gtr), Brian Knox (keys), Tom Hutton (b) and me. And you.