 Joe Gallenberger in his teen years at his brother's guitar shop, circa 1980's! Wow, that was a long time ago! :) |
 Best Midwest Guitar Show, circa "when the Seinfeld show was considered new" |
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 Gretsch Day 2008 raffle |
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 Pound that neck heel Andrew! Andrew our part timer at CCM pounds at a neck heel at the Breedlove factory. Tell that neck heel who's boss Andrew! |
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 Christmas elves at CCM, John Sieger and Ben Derickson |
 One of the better gospel singers in a city full of them, (Willy) Ray Gill, of the Gill Singers and pastor of The Kingdom Missionary Baptist Church |
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 Laurence Juber, Friday June 19th...MORE |
 from left to right, Kim, John M, Laurence, and Ben...MORE |
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My Morning Jacket stop by before their performance at the Pabst theatre...MORE |
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 Steve Young & John Sieger Songwriting Workshop. Aug. 3 - 2006 |
 Fred Gretsch, president of Gretsch Guitars the winner of the nice black Electromatic 5125 and Kim Falcon.
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 NAMM 2006 Joe Gallenberger and Hartley Peavey |
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 Parker (of US Music) visit 2005 |
 MARTIN JACK ROSENBLUM CD Release Concert April 28 - 2007 |
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 Daryl Stuermer Workshop 2008 pics
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 Willie Wisely Songwriting Workshop 2008 pics
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 A visit by the Gibson Tour Bus Saturday, Sept. 27th - 2008 [Click here for more info] |
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 Patrick Nettesheim of Guitars for Vets, Fred Gretsch |
 Chet records in
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 Jessi & Joe at the Golden Gate
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 Eleanor & Virgil cuddle up admist shipment boxes
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 Greg Koch Guitar Clinic and Performance Friday, Sept 25 - 2009 |
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 Cream City's Les Paul guitar show at Discovery World 2009 |
 Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick arrives at the Les Paul show with his prized vintage Les Paul 'Burst |
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 Les Paul's 94th Birthday card |
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 The show's attendees got a chance to sign to sign Les Paul's birthday card |
 Ron checking out the electronics |
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 "Joe getting Brian high!" or
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 Brian Rocks out to Joe's smooth playing.
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Dick Elliot has played with Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley. Just to name a few!
We've known Dick Elliot since the early 90's when he and his brother Don were regulars at Crown Music... he's been a friend and customer every since. He also was a signature artist for Eko Guitars back in the sixties, when a sketch of his image appeared on the Eko String packaging !
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Jim Schenk entertaining the crowd at Cream City Music.
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Ben and Brian stopped by the Gibson booth during NAMM to discuss 2008 product. They were fortunate enough to share the presence of Slash during our appointment.
Herman’s Hermits At Cream City
The first thing we noticed were the Manchester accents…. OK, British accents, we’re not that good. When we inquired a little further, we found that we were host to one of the bigger British invasion bands, Herman’s Hermits. A string of top ten hits in the sixties will do wonders for your touring schedule, after a few dates in the area, they will be finding themselves down under for a tour shortly. They not only enjoyed the store, but Eddy purchased a Les Paul that he plans to use immediately. As evidenced by the photo, four more cheerful lads would be hard to find! Left to right they are; drummer Barry Whitwam, keyboardist Kevan Lingard, bassist Geoff Foot and guitarist Eddy Carter."Are you familiar in the music industry of sampling? It's like we played down a really good bass line and coke zero - zero has come along and added something in there..." -Coke Zero commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-s_TAgM2_M
Say Hi To Joan!
We spotted this tattoo at the Greg Koch (Rhymes with chalk) clinic here on Sat. Feb 28th. Surprisingly, it was not on the arm of our shipping guru Beezer, who is a fan of Joan's, has some serious ink on his own arrms and is even pictured just below chatting with Joan her own bad self.
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My Morning Jacket Says Hi!
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Beezer Meets Joan!
Thank you Joan!
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GRETSCH DAY
On Saturday, August 2 - 2008, Cream City Music hosted a great, day-long event, Gretsch Day. Fred Gretsch, the congenial president of Gretsch Guitars, was on hand signing autographs and generally making people smile.
Pictured above, Fred Gretsch, president of Gretsch Guitars the winner of the nice black Electromatic 5125 and Kim Falcon.
Pictured below: Cowboy entertainer Vince Bruce is known as The Master Of The Whips and Ropes. Here he is giving a little clinic on how to twirl. Don't try this at home! he was on hand last year when Cream City Music and Jam For Sam raised money for Jim Kishline, a great bass player and vocalist who was seriusly injured in a car accident. We are gald to report that Jim has made an amazing recovery and is back at it, playing gigs and enjoying life.
Joe Klass (left) and Sam Radatz (right) of the group Voice Of Veterans stopped by the store to check out some of our guitars.. Shown here admiring the Guitars For Vets Benford custom guitar that is being raffled off at the store. (Stop down and enter, you might win!) They are taking their music to veterans in the Northern Illinois and Southeastern Wisconsin area and trying to do what they can for the men and women who have given so much to our country. Their CD, Welcome Home, is available at their website: www.voicesofveterans.us
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Recently, at Cream City Music in Brookfield, WI...we had a visit from blues guitarist Tallan "The T-Man" Latz. Tallan is all of eight years old and, at an age where most kids are trading Pokemon cards, he's riffing like a pro and fast becoming a solid little blues player! There are traces of Albert King and Jimi Hendrix in his playing. He's played with Greg Koch (and Greg's son) and we think great things can be expected of this young man. Here's a short vid of him flexing his music muscle atop a very nice Mesa Boogie Maverick Combo amp doin' Voodoo Chile!
Check out http://www.tallanlatz.com
CREAM CITY MUSIC VISITS NAMM 2011
Joe and Jessi Gallenberger, the owners of Cream City Music, hopped a flight to sunny California to visit the giant NAMM trade show. Always on the lookout for new products and trends, they spent a long weekend visiting with reps and finding out what will be new and great in 2011.
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 Joe G and James Trussart pose with a few of the coolest guitars on the planet! |
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was in the NEWS!
Fox 6 video Feb. 2011
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Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Todd Park Mohr visits Cream City Music - 2012
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