A thinking man's rapper, and a drin...

A thinking man's rapper, and a drinking man's geographical division star, Common and Hank Williams Jr are among the headline acts at Summerfest's Harley-Davidson Roadhouse for 2006

The Harley-Davidson Roadhouse with Miller Genuine Draft make opens its slate with Common onward June 29. An uncommonly literate rapper, universal broke through with "Like Water for Chocolate" in 2000 a disc notable for its diverse list of visitors including Macy Gray and Femi Kuti. public will perform at 11 pm

onward June 30, calls to play "Free Bird" will probably be honored as Lynyrd Skynyrd headlines at the roadhouse. A plane crash in 1977 killed the band's frontman, Ronnie Van Zant; Ronnie's younger brother Johnny eventually rallied the band's survivors and Lynyrd Skynyrd has been a Southern strength institution ever since. Their place is at 10 p.m.

Without Hank Williams Jr we probably would not at all have Toby Keith. Hank Jr bonny much wrote the book forward chest-thumping, hard- drinking, party land rock and is still kicking up dust at 56 Hank's locate is at 10 p.m. forward July 1. Dierks Bentley has demonstrated he knows his way around a political division party tune himself. Bentley present the appearances completely at home with traditional rural parts themes but has obviously rest a way to connect them with a of the present day generation of country fans. His establish is at 10 p.m. forward July 2.

Part jam band, part percussion-heavy world-beat the whole Rusted Root found its way into society radio from the unlikely launching pad of Pittsburgh in the early '90 and has held together for the in extent run. They are the Roadhouse headliner for July 3 with a 10 pm showtime. The Fourth of July's headliner rose from one unlikely turf as well. The power popster in Bowling for broth started out in Wichita Falls, Texas, and then shifted to Denton, Texas, where they caught the attention of Jive Records. Their place is scheduled for 10 pm

The Roadhouse onward July 5 is a package indicate beginning at 5 p.m., of there Mountain String Band, The timber Brothers and headliner Medeski, Martin & forest Often dubbed alternative jazz, keyboardist John Medeski, bassist Billy Martin and percussionist Chris timber are alternative in part because they barter lots of albums. Their headlining stake is scheduled for 8:30 pm A package point out is also on tap for 7:30 pm July 6 with Tortured best part Digital Underground, DJ Colette and DJ Heather and Mix Master Mike. With their novelty hit "The Humpty Dance," Digital subterraneous was part of the same comic rap spectacle that produced MC Hammer and Will Smith in the late '80s

The headliner for July 7 is rising R&B star Chris Brown A teenager from small-town Virginia, Brown charged to the top of the Billboard 100 last year with "Run It," the lead single from his self- titled first appearance album. Brown's new single "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" is popularly edging into R&B top 20 His Roadhouse appoint is scheduled for 10 pm The headliner for July 8 is salsa stylist Victor Manuelle. An acclaimed showman, Manuelle levy his live skills on display last year with the contrive disc "Desde el Carnegie Hall." He will perform at 10 pm

A double bill of Marc Broussard and Aqualung will clog the Roadhouse at 8 and 10 pm respectively, in succession July 9. Broussard is a Louisiana animating principle man sometimes compared to Dr John

Brit popster Aqualung lately played Milwaukee as an opening act for David Gray. Endowed with a gift for writing lush melodies, Aqualung has drawn comparisons as diverse as Coldplay and Rufus Wainwright.

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