2025 Induction Ceremony and Banquet
Every year the Board of Directors induct six nominees to the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. The 2025 Induction Ceremony and Awards Banquet will be held 5pm Friday, April 25, […]
The Castaways
The Castaways Inducted 2025 Original promotional 8×10 photo from 1965. Courtesy Soma Records. “Liar, Liar- pants on fire. Your nose is longer than a telephone wire. You ask me […]
Herb Pilhofer
Herb Pilhofer Inducted 2025 If The Herb Pilhofer Story ever becomes a movie, this will be the key scene: In the Spring of 1945 after Germany’s surrender, the citizens […]
Marv Nissel
Marv Nissel Inducted 2025 Marv Nissel started his interest in music in 1947 at the age of nine when his grandfather (William Nissel) and his father (Harold Nissel) were […]
Mark Kreitzer
Mark Kreitzer Inducted 2025 Mark Kreitzer began playing music in kindergarten, taking piano lessons, though it could be said that having two musicians for parents, music was always part […]
Myron Muehlbauer
Myron Muehlbauer Inducted 2025 Like a lot of musicians, Myron started out playing music in grade school. At New Ulm Cathedral High School, he was the Student Band Director. […]
Augie Garcia
Augie Garcia (1932-1999) Inducted 2025 Born on St. Paul’s West Side, Augie Garcia has been referred to as The Godfather of Minnesota Rock n Roll. His family was immensely […]
MMHF Remembers 2024
Five Minnesota Music Hall of Fame inductees that left us in 2024 to play at that Great Gig in The Sky: •Florian Chmielewski •Slim Dunlap •Doug Kodet •John Koerner •Lester […]
Crow
Crow Inducted 2024 Crow was Minnesota’s first hard rock band to achieve national success. The band was formed in 1967 by singer David Wagner, guitarist Dick Wiegand, bassist Larry Wiegand, […]
Dan Witucki
Dan Witucki Inducted 2024 Back in 1971, all that Winthrop, Minnesota native Dan Witucki wanted was a chance to see and hold a concertina. His concertina-playing idols at the time […]