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Chicago quartet Family Groove Company integrates the groove sensibility developed by funk/jazz crossover artists like Herbie Hancock and Medeski, Martin, and Wood with tight songwriting that takes cues from the likes of Steely Dan and The Beatles.Louisiana's Dirtfoot plays a good-time gumbo of gypsy, punk and country flavors with instrumentation including acoustic guitar, banjo, upright bass, pots n' pans, drums, bells, saxophone and bean can shakers.Steel Train's cheery indie folk-pop has little in common with the emo-tinged offerings of its peer bands on Drive Thru Records. Whereas the band's earlier works offered up busker folk, Steel Train's 2007 LP "Trampoline" sounded more like The Arcade Fire or The Stills.Lawrence's OK Jones will be performing as an acoustic duo.This Wakarusa Pre-Party is FREE until the place gets packed, at which point only Wakarusa ticket holders will be admitted.8:30 OK Jones9:30 Steel Train11:00 Dirtfoot12:30 Family Groove Company