FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2026

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The Jim & Rick Show "Live" - WOMT 100

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

 

Kicking off the Metro Jam “Celebration of WOMT 100” will be a live presentation of ”The Jim & Rick Show” on stage in Manitowoc’s Washington Park.  Join Jim and Rick for exciting surprises during this one hour special live show reminiscing about the 100 years of WOMT as a staple in the Manitowoc and Lakeshore community.  You can help us all toast many more years of WOMT to come as Manitowoc’s flagship radio station!

 

The Jim & Rick Show can be heard Live on WOMT every Friday morning from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM.  Jim and Rick accept phone calls and texts from WOMT Radio listeners during their regular show hours in order to create a free speech platform for the Lakeshore area.  Jim and Rick also host an Open Mic edition of their show on Mondays on WOMT from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM.

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The Fordney Brothers Band

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

 

The Fordney Brothers Band is back in town! The band, first formed in 1971, is made up of all former and current Manitowoc residents; Mike and Ted Fordney on guitar and bass respectively, Tommy “Kielbasa” Chermak on guitar, Dean Peterson on harmonica and more. In addition, joining the brothers as special guest, is keyboardist and Grammy award winner, Dennis Wage.  The band’s repertoire runs the gamut from rock and blues to R&B and much more, with some well-crafted originals rounding out their set.

 

Psycho Logic

 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM

 

Friday evening at Metro Jam will wrap up with a “high-energy” performance from the band Psycho Logic.  Psycho Logic is a nu-metal cover band featuring 2,000’s rock from groups such as System of A Down, Chevelle and The Perfect Circle. Band members include Lex Phinney on lead vocals, Ethan Frounfelker on drums and back-up vocals, Manitowoc’s own Troy Adams on guitar and Craig DeRuyter on bass guitar, keyboards and back-up vocals.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2026

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SONNY LANDRETH

8:30 PM to 10:00 PM

 

New frontiers fit nicely atop the boundary-breaking career of singer-songwriter and slide guitar icon Sonny Landreth.  From performing live with Buddy Guy and John Hiatt in theaters and arenas around the United States, to post-New Orleans Jazz Fest jamming on bayou rhythms with Oteil Burbridge and Johnny Vidacovich, to recording and playing live with ukulele phenome Jake Shimabukuro at The Blue Note in Hawaii, it’s been a noteworthy couple of years for the three-time Grammy nominee and 2026 Grammy winner.  And those are just his side projects.

 

“One of the things I love about collaborations with other artists is the element of surprise,” Landreth says of his continually expanding musical horizons.  “When the chemistry is there, it’s always inspiring to find new twists and turns that up the game creatively.”

 

Landreth tours regularly in a duo with fellow slide guitar ace Cindy Cashdollar as well as with his own electric and acoustic trios.  From his many numerous performances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival to every edition of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival to Wintergrass to Camp Cripple Creek for Jim Weider’s The Weight Band and beyond, Landreth and his musical partners are always reaching for the unexpected and unexplored. He’s twice graced the cover of Guitar Player magazine, and he’s featured on the lead track of Shemekia Copeland’s Grammy-nominated album Done Come Too Far.

 

Stretching in different directions, Landreth says, “gives you a broader perspective, and I think that impacts every aspect of making music.  I know it’s helped to make our shows more memorable and more fun for everyone onstage and in the audience too.”

 

Additional background notes on Sonny Landreth:

• Landreth apprenticed with Zydeco King Clifton Chenier’s Red Hot Louisiana Band and a host of other accomplished roots artists.

• Eric Clapton says, “Sonny Landreth is probably the most underestimated musician on the planet, and also probably one of the most advanced.”

• Landreth’s innovative guitar techniques have opened doors to new sonic textures and a complex tonal vocabulary.  His expressive, ethereal guitar work can be heard on hundreds of recordings from artists ranging from John Mayall, Mark Knopfler and Gov’t Mule to Irma Thomas.

• Sonny Landreth won his first Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album in February 2026 for his contribution to Tribute To The King of Zydeco, a project honoring Clifton Chenier. 

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Parker Barrow

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

 

Parker Barrow, the blues-infused Southern rock band led by husband and wife duo Megan Kane (vocals) and Dylan Turner (drums), supported by the formidable Alex Bender (guitar), and band Will Tipton (guitar), Kyle Priber (bass) and Eric Safka (keys), is a powerhouse group, taking the stage by storm and boasting a distinctive musical style.  Forged from an immediate connection, the band finds inspiration in the infamous duo of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.  Kane and Turner aim to infuse their music with the iconic energy of a dynamic duo, portraying a narrative where, instead of evading the law, they are a dynamic pair in pursuit of their rock ‘n’ roll dreams.

Unleashing their full creative force, the band poured everything into their inaugural 10-track album, Jukebox Gypsies, released on August 11, 2023.  This collection of songs chronicles the couple’s four-year journey, from a serendipitous meeting to navigating life on the road in an RV, capturing both the highs and lows.  Each song serves as a reflection of their emotions and experiences, discovering a harmonious balance amid the chaos.  “One of the best parts of releasing this album was getting to hear that people are connecting with our music and hearing people talk about our music the way we talk about some of our favorite bands,” Kane and Turner gushed.  “It’s been an awesome ride with this record and we’re still enjoying the wave till we reach the shore and can paddle back out for round two!”

Drawing significant inspiration from The Black Crowes, The Allman Brothers Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Whiskey Myers, Parker Barrow seamlessly incorporates blues into each arrangement.  The band’s true brilliance emerges in their live performances, marked by lively flights and a showcase of their grounded charisma.  Turner and Kane, bound by a shared vision, genuine passion, and a love for life on the road, hold their relationship in high esteem through music and faith.  As kindred spirits, they eagerly anticipate continuing to create and perform together in this next chapter of life.  Whether in intimate acoustic sets or impactful full-band shows, it’s clear that the couple is precisely where they should be.

Jukebox Gypsies, a record with high praise, catapulted Parker Barrow throughout the year 2023.  Rock & Blues Muse journalist Mike O’Cull applauded the album saying, “Parker Barrow absolutely swings for the fences on their 10-track debut album Jukebox Gypsies… this much-anticipated record over-delivers on all levels and should do much to jump Parker Barrow up to the highest realms of the roots rock scene.  The band combines power-hungry beats, nail-tough guitars, all-pro vocals, and an impossible-to-ignore emotional fire into new rock music that comes across as genuine and true.”  Jukebox Gypsies marks a significant milestone in Parker Barrow’s musical journey and there’s nothing but greatness in store for their future.

With the release of their new singles' 'Make It' (April '25) and 'Novocaine' (July '25) which received rave reviews, and the recent “Hold The Mash” EP, the band has stated their claim in the southern rock scene and has no plans of slowing down.
 

The Handcuffs
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

 

Led by drummer Brad Elvis (Screams, The Elvis Brothers, Big Hello, The Romantics) and vocalist/guitarist/saxophonist Chloe F. Orwell (Big Hello), Chicago’s The Handcuffs released their fourth studio album “Burn The Rails” (Pravda Records) in summer 2024.  The 13-song album was tracked at Kingsize Sound Labs, Chicago, with producer/engineer Mike Hagler (Wilco, Neko Case, Billy Bragg, Mavis Staples, My Morning Jacket, The Mekons).  “Burn The Rails” is available via all download and streaming platforms, on CD and on 12″ vinyl.

For the new album, The Handcuffs found inspiration from the heady, analog days of early 1970s rock & roll, weaving together elements of glam, indie, garage, art and blues rock. Inhabiting some of the same musical turf as T-Rex, Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music, The Raconteurs, P.J. Harvey, Led Zeppelin, and Patti Smith – all filtered through a modern lens – they deliver bold, sexy songs with memorable melodies and unexpected twists.  Finishing the record during the peak of the pandemic and lockdown, gave several of the songs an inadvertent anthem-for-the-times feel with themes of love and loss, heartache and hope, and even the great ideological divide that was as omnipresent as the virus.

Guest keyboardist Morgan Fisher (Mott The Hoople) demonstrates his synthesizer and piano prowess on a couple of tracks on the new LP.  The relationship with Fisher, a musical hero of the band, began after singer Orwell’s rave review of Mott The Hoople’s 2018 reunion tour went viral on social media, attracting the attention of Fisher, who got in contact.  From there a creative collaboration was sparked, in-spite of an ocean separating the now real-life friends.

Elvis and Orwell formed The Handcuffs from the ashes of Big Hello, their first band together, which released three indie label records and toured from coast to coast. Elvis’ career also includes a few major label go-arounds, arena tours, and a backstory that will be documented in a new autobiography in the near future.  The duo’s eagerness to explore new sonic territory and evolve into an entity that aligned more with their ever-expanding influences and broad range of musical tastes prompted a change.  The Handcuffs began as primarily a studio project, in which Elvis and Orwell wrote and recorded an abundance of material.  During the process, they realized that they missed the live band experience, and so The Handcuffs as recording artists and a dynamic live band was born.  Completing the line-up are bassist Emily Togni, lead guitarist Charlie Short, and keyboardist Carolyn Engelmann, all of whom originate from different parts of the country, but have made Chicago their home.
 

Elephonic

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

 

Elephonic is a group of veteran Milwaukee musicians including Mike Jarvis lead vocals and guitar, Jason Klagstad on guitar, Aaron Heffernan on keyboards and vocals, Brian Wooldridge on bass and vocals and Don Kurth on drums.  Mike Jarvis was the lead singer and songwriter of two of Milwaukee’s highly acclaimed and much beloved bands: The Blow Pops and The Lackloves.  In 2023, Elephonic released their debut album, a worldwide and critically acclaimed sonic vision of sprawling chamber folk-pop.  Elephonic is simultaneously familiar sounding yet wholly original and new.  Exuberant and undeniably melodic, their joyous songs will be stuck in your cranium ad infinitum.  With sweeping keyboards, clinic-worthy guitars, impenetrable bass and brick wall backbeat, all topped off with exquisite vocal harmonies executed by some of the best musicians Milwaukee has to offer,  Elephonic ups the ante on all things that made you love pop music and rock and roll in the first place.

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Biff Hansen and The Works

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

 

Biff Hansen and The Works cover a wide variety of classic rock, country and contemporary music genres.  The band features five seasoned veterans of the music business, including a thumpin’ rhythm section and dueling guitars, with all members providing top notch vocals.  Biff Hansen and The Works don’t just play cool tunes (which they do), but they really entertain as well, bringing energy, excitement and crowd participation to each performance…along with some occasional shenanigans.  They refer to their show as “Hard Roll” (not hard rock) music.  This crowd pleasing rock ‘n’ roll act definitely serves up The Works, “a little bit of everything” to rock you party!

 

Juneautown

1:15 PM to 2:00 PM

 

Juneautown is an original rock and roll band based in Milwaukee, WI.  Formed in 2012, Juneautown began as a band focused on its own blend of roots rock, power pop, and noise.  In 2021, Bart Wagner joined Greg Wessel, Glenn Walters, and Rich Walters to form the current lineup.  The group released their debut album, Serpentine in 2023 and has been playing shows around the Milwaukee area in support of the album release.
 

Dan Walkner & Derek Pritzl

12:00 PM to 12:45 PM

 

Dan Walkner & Derek Pritzl kick off the Saturday Metro Jam lineup.  Dan Walkner was born and raised on 17th Street in Two Rivers, WI.  His mother was a seamstress and his dad was a boat builder, carpenter well recognized local musician.  Dan’s music interest was definitely passed down from his father Bill, as he grew up with his father’s music all around him.  As he became a proficient player Dan collaborated with his father on a number of music projects including a joint album titled, “Two Rivers Walkners” released in 2012.  Living in Madison, WI for many years now, Walkner has fronted bands including Clovis Mann and Wrenclaw.  He also is an English teacher at Madison’s Vel Phillips Memorial High School.  His new album, “Easy Going” was released in the summer of 2025 and its eight tracks were very much inspired by his childhood in Two Rivers.  Dan Walkner often performs with his full group the Dan Walkner Band and also does solo and duo shows.  Derek Pritzl of Derek Pritzl & The Gamble will join Dan Walkner for a duo performance at this year’s Metro Jam.