From the early 1970’s to the mid 80’s, Whiskey River became a crowd favorite—packing clubs, ballrooms and concert venues with their foot-stompin’ faithful fans. Along with regional acts like Daisy Dillman, Whiskey River helped forge and define a Midwest brand of hard driving country rock that still echoes today. 

From packed nights at the Cabooze in Minneapolis and Grandma’s in Duluth, Whiskey River also toured non-stop throughout 19 states and 3 Canadian provinces. Included were stops at the famed Palamino Club in Los Angeles and City Limits in New York City. Television and live radio appearances were also part of their growing popularity, along with radio airplay. 

Their mixture of well crafted original songs and treatment of other artists’ material garnered them appearances with The Charlie Daniels Band, The Oak Ridge Boys, Elvin Bishop, Tanya Tucker, The Earl Scruggs Review, Emmylou Harris, Hank Williams Jr. and many, many more. 

Whiskey River released albums in 1978 and 1980, the latter being recorded in Nashville with renowned musician and producer, Randy Scruggs, and were inducted into the Mid-America Music Hall of Fame in 2008.  

The idea to reform the band was sparked when the surviving members played a few reunion shows in 2014 and 2015, including sharing the stage with Sara Evans and Dierks Bentley. 

Whiskey River continues to write and develop new material while bringing their old hits back to life for new and old fans alike.

So, allow us to introduce:  

WHISKEY RIVER...downstream

The line up consists of Whiskey River alumni 

Dave Waggoner (Crow) ~ vocals / acoustic guitar / mandolin

Danny Naslund ~ vocals / acoustic guitar  

Norm Steffen (Crow, Corey Stevens) ~ drums

they are joined by the extremely talented

Kirk Landskov ~ bass guitar 

Kenny Krona ~ vocals / acoustic and electric guitar

Curt Stone ~ vocals / acoustic and electric guitar