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ason Wickens is the descendent of Albanian immigrants who came as far west as the railroad tracks extended more than 100 years ago — Winifred, Montana. Wickens grew up there, ranching, hunting and exploring his older brother’s record collection and an acoustic guitar that he would soon teach himself to play. The first songs he would write — much like those he writes today — were about his experiences growing up in a sparsely populated town in a sparsely populated state. He would work as a mechanic at an oil refinery, squirreling away the funds needed to buy audio equipment that would eventually become the backbone of The Divide recording studio on Peach Street. He and business partner Doc Wiley, a Grammy-winning audio engineer and producer, would eventually launch “Live from the Divide,” a syndicated radio program distributed to public radio stations and heard in six states. LFTD features singer/songwriters largely from the Americana, blues and rock genres. Wiley and Wickens have recorded and distributed more than 300 hour-long episodes featuring standout artists such as Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, Bonnie Bishop and Adia Victoria. As a performer, Wickens opened for country artist and songwriting luminary Chris Knight this summer. He and Jackie, his wife, live in Bozeman and have two preschool-aged children. How long have you lived in Bozeman? I moved here in 2009. I’m from Winifred, Montana. It’s in the dead center of the state, with a lot of public

access land, so there’s a pretty large group of hunters from Bozeman who go there. That part of Montana is slowly being discovered. Once you get out of Bozeman, there’s an entire state of small towns that are economically deprived, so them being discovered can be a good thing. You’re a recording artist, but you started out on the production end of music. How did you get your start? I worked more than three years as a mechanic at an oil refinery so I could save enough money to buy all this audio equipment — much of which became the foundation of our studio on Peach Street, The Divide. I had been thinking about moving to Austin when I met [future wife] Jackie. And right around that same time, [music producer and singer/songwriter] Dave Goodwin introduced me to an audio engineer named Doc Wiley. Doc became my roommate, and eventually we started “Live from the Divide” in an old cold-storage unit on Peach Street. Cold storage is great space for a studio since it’s so well insulated. I never understood why studios felt like a spaceship — that can feel intimidating to me. So we built ours out with reclaimed wood so it would feel homey and inviting.

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What was your first date with Jackie? I was at the Eagle’s Club and somebody kept playing all this great Texas music on the jukebox. Jerry Jeff Walker, I remember, was playing over and over. I thought I had to meet the dude who was playing all that great music, and it wasn’t a dude at all — it was Jackie. But for our first date, we went to the Garage and ate burgers and went back to (continued on page 7)

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#0;&."/ 16#-*$ -*#3"3: MUSIC ON THE GREEN Sunday, September 17: THE HOOLIGANS Bozeman Public Library Front Plaza, 4-7pm As Montana's longest running Americana roots rock band, expect great Americana, rock, reggae, and blues tunes from artists as varied Bob Marley, Muddy Waters, John Hiatt, Grateful Dead, Dylan, Hot Tuna, and The Band as well as lots of spirited jamming throughout. Bring your friends and a blanket or low chair. REIMAGINE MONTANA EXHIBIT September 12 to October 31 The Atrium Gallery is proud to display the Montana Preservation Alliance’s special exhibit, Reimagine Montana. This is an Artist-in-Residence program funded through a nationwide Imagine Your Parks Initiative. Reimagine Montana celebrates nationally significant parks and outstanding heritage properties in Montana by reinterpreting five historic places depicted by iconic artists such as Karl Bodmer, Thomas Hart Benton, Gustav Sohon, Charlie Russell and Native American traditional artists. The Reimagine Montana artists whose work will be on display are Ben Bloch, David Burke, Tim Holmes, Kit Frost, DG House and Lewis Williams. Please join us Friday, September 15 at 6pm, for the opening reception. T RACE IN MONTANA The Montana Racial Equity Project's “Race in Montana Community Forum� is a day dedicated to raising our community's awareness of racial injustices while instilling skills for our community to create positive, lasting change. Join us on Friday, September 15 from 9am - 4:45pm in the Library Community Room or from 7:30 - 9pm at the Museum of the Rockies Hager Auditorium for the evening keynote. For more information, contact Judith Heilman at info@themtrepr.org.

YOGA FOR ALL IS BACK! Yoga for All - Tuesdays at 11am and 12pm in the Community Room. Each class is taught by a certified yoga instructor—Brooke Russell at 11am and Jen Brick at noon. All are welcome to either class, but please bring your own mat. Call 582-2425 for more information. 2017 LIBRARY GALA This year our Library Gala with an Alice in Wonderland theme will be held on Saturday, October 7 at 5:30pm at Riverside Country Club. Please join us to honor former Library Director Alice Meister with the Cornerstone Award. Tickets are $125 per person or $900 for a table of 8. The evening will include a photo booth, silent & live auctions, seated dinner, a hosted bar, and presentation of the Cornerstone Award. If you have not yet received an

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Services Computer Tomography (CT) We are excited to bring the newest and best technology in advanced 3D imaging to GVH. We are the first veterinary hospital in the state of Montana to install the NewTom 5G Vet Cone Beam CT. The technology is so advanced, that many of these machines are placed in universities, such as The University of California at Davis, or in larger cities. Why is this important? Cone beam technology allows equal and, in some cases, better image quality when compared to traditional CT scans. It exposes our patients to less radiation and is completed in a fraction of the time, which means less time under anesthesia. All of our scans can be read by a radiologist that specializes in computer tomography and results are usually available within 24 hours. More information, quicker scans and less anesthesia is a win for our patients. Montana Veterinary Surgical Service (MVSS) MVSS is Montana’s most skilled and experienced small animal surgery referral service. Dr. Mark Albrecht is the only small animal residency trained surgeon in Montana. He is one of the first 50 surgeons in the world to be trained by

Dr. Slocum to do Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomies (TPLO) and the first person in Montana to offer TPLO surgeries. In addition, GVH was a beta test site for the Canine Unicompartmental Elbow Procedure (CUE) – a revolutionary treatment for elbow dysplasia. The results of that testing are in publication and show this procedure to significantly help patients with elbow arthritis. In fact, Dr. Albrecht has now preformed this procedure on two of his own Labradors. Dr. Albrecht is a member of the Veterinary Arthroscopy Arthrology Advancement society, or VA3, making him a recognized world leader in veterinary arthroscopy. Hospital GHV provides complete general and advanced pet care, including during extended and Saturday hours. ‡ $FXSXQFWXUH ¹ 'U 6DUD +DQQ '90 CVA, is using acupuncture to provide complimentary care to treat arthritis, lameness, postoperative pain, nerve injury, back and muscle pain, GI problems, lick granulomas, allergies and general wellness. ‡ /DSDURVFRSLF VXUJHU\ ¹ 'U 0DGHO\QQ Fell is our go-to veterinarian for minimally invasive laparoscopic

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Cardboard Box City Sept. 23, 4:30pm, Bogart Park

Bogart Farmer's Market Tuesdays through Sept. 26

Edge: Wellness Pop Up Weekend Sept. 23, 10am The Baxter

North Side Summer Stroll Sept. 16, 4pm High Tea Service 3rd Sunday ea. month, 8am Townshend's Teahouse

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MSU Downtown Homecoming Pep Rally Sept. 29, 5pm Live Music: The Meyer Trio Sept. 29, 7pm Townshend's Teahouse MSU Downtown Homecoming Parade Sept. 30, 10am Swing Dance Sept. 30, 7pm Townshend Teahouse Bozeman Color Me Fun 5k Oct. 7, 9am Library Gala - Alice in Wonderland Oct. 7, 7pm

The Hooligans - Live Sept. 17, 4pm Bozeman Public Library Encore Screening of "Charged" Sept. 20, 7:30pm Ellen Theatre Tango Dance Sept. 22, 7:30pm Townshen'd Teahouse

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her place and drank wine and listened to Chris LeDoux records on vinyl. You released a single last October called “Sacred Roads.” What was the inspiration for that song? That song, like most of my songs, are snapshots of how I feel about my childhood and growing up in North Central Montana, and being out there with the land. It’s unique. My family homesteaded Montana at the turn of the century straight from Albania. They got out here on the railroad. I never feel like I’m a native Montanan, because I have roots in Albania, and the other side of my family was from Southern Indiana and Kentucky. When is your next record coming out? Spring of 2018. I wrote it mostly about rural Montana. I’m working with the Montana Film Commission and a few others to put together a tour that will consist of playing in Montana movie theaters to promote these beautiful venues. Wes Sharon produced the record. He produced John Fullbright’s record From the Ground Up, which was nominated for a Grammy in 2013. He’s great. He also has worked with Parker Millsap and the Turnpike Troubadours, among others. Which came first for you, singing or playing guitar? Guitar, for sure. I would sneak into my brother’s room and play his old Ibanez acoustic. It was definitely something that was easier for me to do than him. My brother was super annoyed that I was drawn to it like that.

Do you remember the first song you wrote? It was called “Lifestyle.” It was an overly honest and overly sincere song. I was proud of the culture I grew up in and was trying to express that. More so now than ever, songwriting is a way for me to connect back to the culture I grew up in. I’m doing music full time now, so I’m not saddling up to move the cows anymore. You and your partner Doc Wiley do produce the weekly “Live from the Divide” syndicated radio program that you describe as “a celebration of the American songwriter.” You’ve featured more than 300 singer/songwriters to date. Who are some of those that stand out in your mind? Oh, man! I’ve been able to bring up every one of my heroes, which is insane. Walt Wilkins is somebody I really look up to and we’ve become friends. These Texas guys that turned me on to the music I identify with — Houston Marchman, Walt Wilkins, Ray Wiley Hubbard, Jack Ingram, Tommy Emmanuel — I never thought I’d get to see them live, nonetheless host them in our little room. It’s surreal. Then there’s the more contemporary artists like Sturgill Simpson, Holly Williams, Paul Thorne, and Hayes Carll. Joe Pug played the show in August, and he said, “Steve Earle turned me onto you guys.” I had to take that in for a second. That type of feedback, as you can imagine, is amazing. Sometimes it’s hard to tell who’s paying attention. Who are some of your stretch-and-reach dream guests you’d like to book for “Live from the Divide?” Let’s start with Jackson Browne and Willie Nelson. We’ve had dates held for Billy Joe Shaver a few times,

but it hasn’t worked out yet. [The late] Merle Haggard and Marty Robbins would have been great. I’d like to expand the format of the show a bit and bring in guys like Keb Mo and Taj Mahal, who are touring together right now. Ben Harper would be great. He’s a perfect example for the show because he pulls from roots music but in his own way. James Taylor would be great. Shawn Colvin, too. Jeff Bridges. I would love to get John Mayer, too. I’m going to start focusing on getting those guys here. John Mayer and Jeff Bridges have homes in the area. And Shawn Colvin and James Taylor are up in Yellowstone Club quite a bit. Even beyond that, Bozeman, Big Sky and Livingston/Paradise Valley area has a thriving music scene. What would surprise visitors about the scene we have here? I would say it’s the quality of the venues here. You’ve got Pine Creek Lodge, The Old Saloon in Paradise Valley and the BBQ spot behind it that’s really cool. You’ve got the Ellen Theatre in Bozeman and The Realta is going to be done at the first of the year. The Attic in Livingston is a really great room. I’m telling agents all the time that they have to get their artists in there — it’s really special. It slows down in the winter and the brewery scene emerges as the thing to do for live music. It’s brand new and it’s super cool, and it’s supporting some full-time musicians around here. _______________________________________ Skip Anderson relocated to Bozeman from Nashville a year ago, where in 2015 and 2016 he was recognized as Music Writer of the Year in the Nashville Scene’s Readers’ Poll. He also won the Alternative Newsweeklies’ Best Music Writing award in 2015.

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