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Barr Band Friday Night (Hour 2)
Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba and Greg Bach · Fri Apr 11, 2025
We think you'd be great.
And I'm thinking, let's make it about health care.
Let's make it about politics.
He's like, no, let's make it about you.
And so it was his idea to make it the Dr. Kristen Lairley show.
I still am not super comfortable with that.
I'll be honest.
You know, I didn't know how cool it was when I was in high school because it's just like what you grow up with but now looking back.
I'm like, oh, yeah Except for the fact that like at the football games we had somebody gallop out on a horse in the ghost costume and there are some questionable imagery Issues there, but it was I think it was authentic.
I don't think it was meant to be scary.
Yeah, I went to Minnesota for my undergrad, ended up back lived in a couple different places, ended up back in Madison for my training.
So medical school, my master's in public health.
And then when I left after my residency, I was on Minnesota.
I was going to go back to Minnesota.
That was where my friends were from college.
And that seemed right.
But I came to Green Bay just on a lark to do an interview here at Bellin Hospital.
And it was the nurses.
It really was the nurses.
When I went to interview, yeah, it just felt like home.
And the nurses said, we need you here.
And the more time I spent, I went to lock, stock and bagel.
All right, so you are a doctor and you speak very articulately and fluently on all these topics that have come up on my show over the many times you've been here.
But what will you be excited to talk about most?
I know it's a community-based show, but you are a doctor.
What issues can you not wait to talk about?
So this weekend, Emily Cephos from Appleton is my guest and we're talking about the Supreme Court race and what this means for Wisconsin.
And that's a great conversation.
If you haven't met Emily, she's delightful.
She's a mom.
She's an educator.
She's an organizer.
She cares deeply about her community.
So it's just, it's a conversation.
And that's really what the show is.
It's like you're sitting around the table with us, having some coffee, chatting.
And I think you walk away, I hope you walk away feeling informed and entertained and like you're part of us, because that's what this community is.
And I think that's the thing that really drew me back.
At first I thought, is it because I'm from here that I felt so connected?
But I don't think it's that.
I think it's the people here are just so fundamentally good and kind.
I think about Jordan Love.
Thank you.
Because you're one of them.
What was this two years ago?
He was on his way to a playoff game and there was a girl who had like slid off the road.
The weather was bad and he like stopped to help her.
That's what we do here.
When you go to a packer game, you don't park in a ramp.
You park in somebody's yard for 30 bucks and they're like sure you can use the bathroom.
Here's water.
There's nothing like it on earth.
That's very well said.
And that's, you know, so does this mean, okay, you ran for Congress?
Yeah.
Not a small undertaking.
Does this mean, or doing the show, will that keep you from doing things like that in the future?
Are you more excited to affect things just with what you say on the air to try to persuade people or are you leaving that door open for another campaign?
Yeah.
I love being a doctor.
I still practice pretty much full time.
I work, you know, usually two weeks straight.
at a hospital in Northern Minnesota in rural Northern Minnesota.
But I love that because I get that time with my patients and their families where I can answer questions and help them make really good decisions for themselves.
And the decisions that we make, whether we're talking about vaccines or medications or treatment for cancer or preventive health, it doesn't matter.
Those are the decisions that set us on this trajectory for the rest of our lives.
So I can do that one by one with my patients and that's
But here, I can talk to lots of people all at the same time in a community that I deeply love.
So it's not about an office.
Running for Congress to me wasn't about being in Congress, it was about making a difference.
So I didn't win that seat, but the connections I made and the difference, the community that we built, it was totally worth it.
So I don't know what the future holds, we'll see.
So the Medical College of Wisconsin is a school out of Milwaukee, and they have a couple different spokes.
They've got one in Wausau, and they've got one in Green Bay.
They're not huge, but they're this really...
like a sticky group of students.
They all, we all know each other.
They're integrated in the community.
And actually the UW has different groups of students all across the state.
Cause the goal is not to train students to practice in Madison, Milwaukee.
It's to train students to practice.
everywhere.
We need doctors in Hayward.
We need doctors in Seymour.
We need doctors in Green Bay.
So we want to get these students out to these different places.
So I just had a wonderful conversation with this woman who is probably going to go into OBGYN.
And the more we talked, the more we were like, and we can do this, and we can do this, and we can do that.
And it's all about building that sense of community and how can we get more information and bring more people in so
And then we were talking to one of the bartenders and he's a big biker.
He's involved with the Green Bay Bike Collective.
And it turns out her husband is a giant cyclist.
When they lived in Milwaukee and she was doing her original training, her husband was really involved in the biking community there.
So now we got him plugged in to the biking community here in Green Bay, which does all this advocacy work and makes all these trails that make it safe to bike in Green Bay.
I mean, just all of the connections are just, that's what it's all about.
love for folks in the community to let us know what they want to hear about.
So one of the conversations I had with the medical student was she worked in foster care before she started medical school, and she was sharing some of the experiences that she had.
We think of foster care as like, yeah, that's a great alternative.
Well, what does it really mean?
She said, oh, I've got stories.
I said, oh, I'd love to hear your stories.
Yeah, there's a guest.
Are you familiar with the name, the local Green Bay name, Robert Kennedy?
Long time news man.
He's been around forever.
No, not that not the RFK junior who's ruining our health infrastructure
We're talking about like what would his what kind of stories has he seen throughout his illustrious career?
What can he tell us about?
Journalism and how it's changed over the decades.
I think people would be really interested in hearing that so many there's no end to the stories
Good luck with the show.
Thank you.
It's Dr. Kristin Lirely.
Check out her show here on Civic Media, 3 o'clock Saturday and 3 o'clock Sunday.
This is Pete Schwab.
And Night Light will be right back with more on the Civic Media Radio Network.
Welcome back.
Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I am Pete Schwabba, and we are having some fun here on a Friday night.
Sean Hannish, Kristen Lyrely, if you kid me, where do you find a lineup like that?
And it's a bar band Friday night, ladies and gentlemen, which means the big fun is on the way.
Her name is Terri Barr, and she will be joining us at 735 with new music and fun conversation.
Conrad, I don't.
You know, I know you have your typical producing duties you do on a nightly basis But you also have to tell me when like a big chunk of hair is out of out of place here.
I had this crazy thing going on here And you didn't tell me so the whole show
Tom, on the text line, our question of the night is, where is your favorite spot, folks, to have a drink or a cocktail?
We've heard some great bar names, Marinette, Oshkosh, Appleton Green Bay.
Tell us where your favorite spot is.
It could be a dive bar.
It could be a nice bar, a restaurant, your back porch, your yard.
Where do you like to have a nice cocktail?
Sit and have a drink.
I said earlier, I have a chair at home that I can look out and see beautiful trees, play some poker and have a drink.
What did you say, Con?
I remember being in college and there was a guy who, uh, one of my friends, he's like, man, I dropped 60 bucks.
60 bucks.
And like, that's kind of a lot now even, but back then.
Yeah.
When you're like 22 and you're buying drinks for people hoping it leads you to meet a girl or whatever you just throw it around like It's insane what people spend when they go out Tom on the text line.
He's in New Berlin He says being in the Navy station in San Diego did not see the Brewers until the World Series in 82 lost a hundo to a how to a Fan watching will be a good cry to a loose fan
I don't know what he means by that, but he had a very emotional, Tom had a very emotional reaction or will.
He'll have a good cry when he finally sees the film.
So I'm with you, Tom.
Check it out.
Let us know what you think.
I'm going to watch it this weekend.
I'm excited to see it.
I have really, truly heard amazing things.
It's supposed to be just an absolutely brilliant documentary.
Tom also says, I love you, doctor.
Yes.
Shout out for Kristen Lierly.
Everybody loves
It's a good one Dave my favorite like when I When I lived in LA I had a couple friends other dads at the school that really were into scotch and that got me into scotch and The weather's just so great.
You could just sit out in the backyard and those guys would have like one scotch They were like raised in LA so they don't get the whole drinking thing.
You don't just have one scotch
I mean, I applaud you for trying to practice moderation, but you got to at least have a second scotch.
But I played by the rules and it was fun.
It's great.
I love sitting outside, having a cocktail.
There's nothing better.
Or a garage.
And so people did in LA, too.
They used their garage and just kept the door open all the time.
And it was like their sitting area.
You see that in Marinette, though, too.
Do you see that where you live, Conrad?
People just keep their garage open and sit in the garage.
40 seconds.
Yeah, we can play
I live right here in New York City.
The building I live in charges me $50 a month because I have a cat.
It's a spiteful pet fee to have.
Remember being in the leasing office, sign a lease, guys like, so it's just you in the apartment?
Yeah, just me and my cat.
Also, it's not just you in the apartment.
There's also something this big living there.
Yeah, she's the size of my toaster.
You have a toaster?
You gotta come clean with me, my man.
I'll have a couple of spoons also.
Okay, we'll go 50 for the cat, 30 for the toaster.
Eight bucks each for the spoons.
I can make that choke last 19 hours if I want to.
Yes, she is.
All right, fantastic.
We're going to do it all when we come back after Civic Media's news team tells you what's up.
Terry Barr coming up next.
Time to check out original music with Bar Band Friday on Nightlight.
Now your host, Pete Schwabba, and special guest, Terry Barr.
It is that time of the week, ladies and gentlemen.
It's Friday.
T-G-I-F-B-B-F.
Bar Band Friday.
BBFN.
How does that sound?
Barr is here
Isn't it incredible when you think of all the songs you know from James Brown, Clyde Stubblefield was his funky drummer.
And what is happening right now, there is a young man who grew up in Madison.
His dad got to be really good friends as a fellow drummer with Clyde, because Clyde lived in Madison, Wisconsin for most of his adult life.
People are still surprised to find that out.
Oh right up until now he passed away a couple of years ago But like that entire time period he after when you know the whole James Brown thing at some point ended He started doing his own showcases where he put together a band they would play every week and they would bring other musicians up to play so there are a number of Madison and southern, Wisconsin musicians that can brag and say I got
to sing while Clyde Stubblefield was on the drums.
So he's he's a beloved figure by many people.
But I think what is surprising, he is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
James Brown is alone as a solo, not with the band.
So this young man that I spoke of, who's originally from Madison, Trevor Banks started a petition.
just a few weeks ago, he's got more than 2000 people who have signed it, and people can sign it from anywhere.
This doesn't have to be just Wisconsin, but he is working so hard to get the word out about Clyde Stubblefield, what he contributed to music, and why he deserves his own place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
the
So you'll hear me talking with Trevor, who's behind the petition right now, and you'll hear us talk about, give the drummer some, and then you will hear where James Brown calls out Clyde Stubblefield on stage to give the drummer some.
Clyde's imprint on music.
as we know it is so vast and we've consumed it, we've recycled it, we've digested it and regurgitated it and xeroxed and spit it out and danced to it in its purest form and it stood the test of time, it's transcended genre, it's transcended time and decades and eras.
My motivation in getting Clyde's story out is to
maintain that legacy that he deserves to preserve his iconicness and his contributions to not just funk, not just hip-hop, but like the global landscape of music.
It's the reality, like that's what Clyde contributed to the world.
His impact and his fingerprint on music is so vast and he's the foundation for so much.
It's a crime that he's not, you know, enthrined in an institution like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland has some of Clyde's drumsticks on display.
of this very long historical story.
And you know, when you hear those beats, here's something that people are still learning about Pete.
His drum beats were used under songs done by LL Cool J, Run DMC, Public Enemy, but basically when you talk to people, they took them without Clyde's okay.
So Clyde.
for any of the drum beats they used.
Yeah, it was an inspiration.
All these people thought he was something as a drummer.
So, you know, they hear those beats and you can imagine like the funky music they could put to it.
One other thing I want to tell you about who was really inspired by Clyde Stubblefield, Prince.
The two never met.
But Trevor, the gentleman I was talking to in that interview, Trevor told me that Prince paid all of Clyde Stubblefield's medical bills when he was in the hospital.
He had bladder cancer and had close to $100,000 worth of medical bills.
Prince paid it all.
And the two never got to meet because they both passed away before they had a chance to meet.
I
interviewed, his dad is going to be on as well, but his dad is hosting a big Clyde Stubblefield birthday celebration.
So we're kind of coming at this from two different
angles trying to get Clyde's story done in a documentary which Trevor is working on.
Also the petition to get him in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
And then the third thing is just to celebrate his birthday.
They were playing a show in Madison and they play all over.
I mean, they travel the world, another one of those.
But they play in Wisconsin a lot because it's easy.
They're based in Rockford, but we claim Rockford as our own anyways.
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, his dad is, you know, that guy Rick Nielsen.
that plays guitar and helped found the band Cheap Trick.
And Miles plays guitar, I would say equally well as his dad.
but very different kind of music where his dad obviously cheap trick is more pop rock.
Miles has kind of gone off in this really cool Americana storytelling sort of vein and they still hop in a big old van and drive wherever they need to to do shows and he has never wanted his dad to do something special for him.
He wants to make it on his own.
Now, Miles' brother, Dax, plays with cheap tricks.
So Dax is doing okay.
Yeah, right.
And Miles is like, no, no, thanks.
I'm good.
I can do this on my own.
But they play a, I guess I would call it an annual show in Wisconsin Dells every year.
It's called The Stampede.
All of the Miles Nielsen and the Rustin Hartz fans are considered the herd.
So now it's the stampede, so the whole herd is coming to the
I did that, but when it comes to music, I opened for Huey Lewis in the news in South Carolina years ago when I was a comedian.
But at the time, Hootie and the Blowfish were the big band.
And I almost said, I said, please welcome to the stage, Huey Lewis in the news.
Like I said, Huey, because I almost said Hootie.
It's such an idiot.
So, but that makes me nervous, you know, introducing bands, but how did you get involved with that?
I had a friend who had met them a long time ago and took me up to introduce me.
They played quite a few fundraisers that I've been a host of.
And we've become, I would like to say, friends over time.
And I just really believe in what they do.
Their music is just gorgeous.
So I'm
to know them and call them a friend and be a little bitty baby part of the show.
I'm sure it'll be a blast.
All right.
Terry Barr is here, ladies and gentlemen.
It is a Barbie and Friday night.
We have to very short break and then we're going to come back and hear from Miles Nielsen and the rest at hearts.
And before we do the break, let's read our steady Eddie text for the night.
He says, Pete, my favorite place to have a drink outside the Minona Golf Course Clubhouse sitting in the shade on a warm sunny afternoon with golf buddies.
after playing nine holes of golf.
I love that.
Terry, when we come back, I'm going to ask you that same question.
So think about
That would kill the whole party.
I'm not going to do that.
Thank you for playing that, Conrad, and indulging me.
And it's a bar band Friday night, ladies and gentlemen.
Terry Barr is here, as she is, just about every Friday night.
We're talking about Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts.
Great name for a band.
You sent us two songs.
I think we're going to play Kentucky.
Is that OK?
Dear Kentucky, you're killing me.
Take two.
One, two,
three, four.
Well, Kentucky, Kentucky, oh, why do you want me?
Why do I laid your feet?
Well you know I am easy Emporious for whiskey Rest me and put me to sleep Well Kentucky Kentucky you make it so easy Kentucky you're killing me
Well now smoking is sexy and cigarettes on me Sweet little Southern James Well the ashtrays are smiling as I try to fill them And the chief wins every time Well Kentucky, Kentucky you make it so easy Kentucky you're killing me
Now what were you after?
Now I'm
a disaster Who needs looking after?
Let's hang from the rafters and sing
Kentucky, Kentucky, oh, why do you want me?
Why do I let your feet?
All this talk about bluegrass
green in Lexington, I was obscene.
Welcome, Kentucky, Kentucky, oh, make it so easy.
Kentucky, you're killing me.
Dear Kentucky, oh.
Great
Yeah, that one is called Heavy Metal, and you could look it up on YouTube, and they have an official video that goes with it.
They also do a great version of a couple of cheap tricks, really popular songs, but they do those songs in their own way.
And it's just really fun to hear these done by somebody related to the cheap trick band, but they're still doing it their own way.
It is.
And people come from all over to be part of the Stampede.
This is an annual event.
Miles invites other bands to come and be part of it as well.
And they'll do, in the afternoon, a singer-songwriter, storyteller thing.
Then each night, they'll be a concert with whatever bands are invited.
And of course, Miles and his band, Headline.
But the cool thing is, if you've never seen a band in the basement of monks,
Bar and Grill.
It's true.
It's a listening room.
That's what it's billed as.
So when you go to see a band there, nobody talks.
You are there for the music.
Yeah.
from the film festival crowds where they're all like with you or like, you know, it's just those kind of crowds are a few and far between.
That's fantastic.
Well, have a great time.
And we've got about a minute left, Terry.
Where do you like to have a drink?
Oh, no.
Put your favorite space to have a drink where it's just Terry.
No one else.
Oh.
Dive bar, nice bar, porch, living room.
Where's Terry kicking back?
You know, five years ago, I probably would have answered this differently, that it would have bent in live music spaces.
OK.
Yeah.
But I've really come to like my deck in the last few years.
you know, listening to the brewers game or picking the music I want to listen to.
And of course, we will often crank it up.
Maybe the neighbors say, oh, what are you listening to tonight?
But there's something about sitting out and the sun is still up and just having that nice cool drink and some great music or some great brewers action.
Thanks so much.
That's Terry Barr.
Check out Max, Inc.
Radio tomorrow.
And I would like to thank all my guests, Dr. Kristen Lyrely, Sean Hannish from Just a Bit Outside, Terry Barr.
And thank you for all your texts.
Monday night from Arts for All Wisconsin.
Christina Martin-Rite will be here and Milwaukee based comedian Dana Ehrman.
We'll light it up Monday style.
In the meantime, everybody have a great weekend.
And, uh, Conn, you have a great weekend too.
Thanks.
Thanks.
You got it.
On behalf of the lovable producer Conrad, I'm Pete Chihuahua saying good night,