The name of the octet, The Other Guys, was taken from the name of a VMGC trio called The Other Three (string bass, guitars -- very Kingston Trio), which had completed...
Johnson had an early hand in keeping the O.G. going as a permanent institution. Following his graduation in 1970, he stayed on at Illinois for a master’s degree and remained a member of the Glee Club, although...
Semester break during Bruce Johnson’s grad school year, 1970-71, found him visiting his friend, Lawrence Eyre, in New Haven, where Eyre had lingered at Yale for a year of divinity...
As promised, more about “Saloon.” In the late 1960’s, Kams was a low-rent tavern on Daniel Street in Champaign which had been around for more than 30 years, serving beer to anyone tall enough to reach the bar with his quarter...