"The Dakota Ramblers Band"
"Real Country Since 1956"
About "The Dakota Ramblers Band"
The Dakota Ramblers Band traces its lineage back to the mid 1940's directly out of South Dakota....rich for its history in its contributions to Country Music.
As most musicians will tell you, it can be very difficult to find the right chemistry of musicians to work together as a cohesive unit. We've been very fortunate over the years to have had some of the very best musicians in the area work in this band. Our present line-up in The Dakota Ramblers Band is a testament to that.
Bruce joined The Dakota Ramblers in the Spring of 1981. His duties were as Lead Guitarist, some back-up vocals and sang about a half dozen songs per night, up until June 1998, when he took over the reigns as the band's new leader, lead vocalist and lead guitarist.
Kevin Mincke joined the band in 2021, filling the role as the band's Pedal Steel player. Kevin brings with him many years experience playing pedal steel in many venues, bands and artists.
John Sandbo, the band's full-time drummer is back again with us, and we are very fortunate and happy to have John back with us. John brings with him many years' of experience in working with some of the region's top bands and artists. He's a heck of a nice guy and a very talented drummer and singer as well...
Rich Klatt, the band's newest Bass player, joined the band in 2022. Rich brings with him many years of professional stage experience in Country Music and a conscientious willingness to always keeping it pure and Country.
As mentioned on the opening page of our website, this band has split, moved and evolved over the years. The group re-organized and totally changed its format to all Real Country in June 1998. We've had plenty of naysayers, potty-mouths and detractors (and still do) wondering how we were going to cover all the variety fluff with a Pedal Steel player now in the group. That was the key... we would no longer be a variety group.....which gave us the freedom to get back to Real Country roots.....a brand new "Dakota Ramblers Band " had emerged!
****Looking back, it would have been much easier to just change the name of the band back in '98 and avoid a lot of the grief. But we were encouraged by Goody Johnson (before he passed) and long-time fans and followers to keep it going. So, we stuck it out and have never given up trying to see just how far we can take this little band.****
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