- Les Commo
Les Commo (born
September 8 ,1950 ) is acountry singer andguitar player fromFond du Lac, Wisconsin .Commo began his music career in the 1970s with rock bands such as Manchester and Tom Thumb and the Four Fingers. In the 1980s. Commo enjoyed success in
country music withIda Red , playing alongsideAsleep at the Wheel steel player Eddie Rivers. Ida Red released two LPs consisting of mostlyWestern Swing and traditional country songs, most notably a Western Swing rendition ofPatsy Cline 's "Walkin' After Midnight ".Les Commo is the only 3-time winner of the
Hodag Country Festival "Best Band" contest, taking first place twice withIda Red in 1989 and 1995, and once with Wild Wild Les and The Rhythm Rockets in 2000.Currently, Commo is performing with the Wisconsin country band, Twang.
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