Don Klossner
Don Klossner (1935-2025 ) Inducted 2006 Donnie Klossner attempted to play his father’s button accordion at an early age. He then received a double-reed concertina and took lessons from Ray […]
Ray Valek
Ray Valek (1917-2018) Inducted 2006 There is a saying, “To be Czech is to be musical”. The Valek family of Lonsdale, Minnesota is no exception. His first memory of music […]
Libby Larsen
Libby Larsen (1950- ) Inducted 2006 Libby Larsen is one of America’s most prolific and most-performed living composers. She has created a catalogue of over 500 works spanning virtually every […]
Daisy Dillman Band
The Daisy Dillman Band Inducted 2006 Twin Cities-based Daisy Dillman Band formed in 1976 simply because Pat Frederick, Steve Solmonson, Steve Seamans, and Michael Wold liked each other’s music-making and […]
Julie DeLeo
Julie DeLeo (1932-2009) Inducted 2006 Julie DeLeo was a pioneer woman of old-tyme music in New Ulm. At the age of 11, she performed with The Six Fat Dutchmen whenever […]
Rutherford Witthus
Rutherford “Rudy” Witthus (1914-2011) Inducted 2005 Rudy Witthus was born in Green Isle Township, Minnesota in 1914. At the age of eight he began playing a seventy-six-key, three-reed concertina. Rudy […]
The Trashmen
The Trashmen Inducted 2005 The Trashmen was a rock and roll band formed in Minneapolis in 1962. The group’s lineup was Tony Andreason- lead guitar; Dal Winslow- guitar and vocals; […]
Lowell Lundstrom
Lowell Lundstrom (1939-2012) Inducted 2005 Lowell Lundstrom, born in Minneapolis, moved with his family to South Dakota when he was six years old. When Lowell was in the eighth grade […]
Gene Thomas & The Jolly Brothers
Gene Thomas (1941- ) and The Jolly Brothers Inducted 2005 Gene Tomaszewski grew up on St. Croix Street in Roseville, Minnesota and as a young boy was always interested in […]
Les Fields
Les Fields (1928- ) Inducted 2004 Les Fields of Rochester, Minnesota was born in Cresco, Iowa, a town near the Turkey River. His musical history began at the age of […]