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Live Music Friday: Wally Pleasant

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Scott Pohl
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WKAR
Wally Pleasant performs live from WKAR's Studio S.

Our Live Music Friday guest is Wally Pleasant. Tonight at the Lansing City Pulse River Rock concert, he’ll perform his classic album “Songs About Stuff” in its entirety.

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Wally Pleasant is our Live Music Friday guest today. He's on the bill tonight for the Lansing City Pulse River Rock concert headlined by The Verve Pipe. For his set, Pleasant will play music from his 1992 album “Songs About Stuff” in its entirety.

The Verve Pipe will do something similar, playing their hit album “Villains” from start to finish. The local cover band Triple Lindy is also on the bill and will open the show at Adado Riverfront Park at 6:30 p.m.

Wally Pleasant performs "Cool Guy with a Car" and "Dead Rock and Roll Stars" live from WKAR's Studio S.

Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
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