Somewhere between Memphis and Nashville is a fork in the road where country turned left and rock-n-roll turned right. Lazy Ike and the Daredevils, a Minneapolis Outlaw Country band formed in 1999, is rockin' and twangin' at the intersection. Offering an original blend of Outlaw Country, ‘50s-style rockabilly, and juke-jumpin’ honky tonk, Lazy Ike appeals to both the dancing crowd and the barstool set.

Pithier than pop country, but far from a nostalgic anachronism, Lazy Ike and the Daredevils will continue to crowd dance floors as long as bartenders pour whiskey and men and women pine for lovers they’ll never win.

Somewhere up north, shimmering on the sylvan surface of one of 10,000 lakes, is a blue moon that keeps on shinin’. Lazy Ike and the Daredevils will take you there.

Lazy Ike and the Daredevils have been thrice nominated for a Minnesota Music Award. Highlights of the band’s career thus far include: opening for the legendary Geroge Jones in June of 2005; playing every Wednesday night at Lee’s Liquor Lounge for about two years; playing First Avenue twice; playing for several thousand people at Stillwater’s Lumberjack Days; performing in three “Cash Only” Johnny Cash tribute shows; opening for Tommy Cash and Sherwin Linton; and recording a CD (“Someday”) at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tenn.