Salina twosome to perform at Art in the Park
Steve Hanson & Co., from Salina, will play at noon and again at 2 p.m. Saturday during the 25th annual Art in the Park in Marion's Central Park.
Steve Hanson & Co. is a duo featuring Hanson on 6- and 12-string guitars, banjo, harmonica, and vocals, and Lessie Diener on bass, guitar, and vocals.
Hanson has performed at every Salina River Festival since the first one in 1977. Diener has performed with him at the festivals for seven straight years.
Their repertoire ranges from "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" to "Classical Gas" and much in between.
Hanson has been known to play the kazoo, too, and the duo plays just about every style of music that exists.
"We've been trying to find our identity in music for several years," Hanson told a recent River Festival audience. "I guess it's just music, because we do everything."
He has run S.M. Hanson Music Inc. at South Street and Clark in Salina for more than 31 years.
