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Get ready for a hootenanny this weekend.

For the first time in two years, Tyler Gregory will be joined by The Bootleg Band (formerly the Bootleg Bandits) for an actual stage show (and not just a casual jam) at the Bottleneck this Friday.

This is significant because when Gregory is joined by an entire band, fans tend to get down big time. “We’re going to decorate the stage,” he says. “It’s going to be a lot of old friends playing the old songs that I don’t play anymore.”

The show will also be unique because it brings several of the Mudstomp Mondays revelers together in the same room for one big event. It’s been a while since that happened, so Gregory decided to get the old band back together for this one-time event.

“I think I just missed them,” he admits. “It’s fun playing with those guys. It’s really enjoyable. I know a lot of people ask me, ‘Do you play with those guys still?’ It’s been asked about a lot. So you know what? We’re going to do it.”

This fall, Gregory will fly west for the winter. It’s a yearly tradition that sends him to warmer weather for nonstop touring, and he doesn’t return until the weather gets warm again in Kansas. So this may be one of the last few opportunities to see him get an entire audience boogying.

Tyler Gregory and the Bootleg Band will be joined by Rolling Foliage (and their new drummer!) this Friday at the Bottleneck at about 10 p.m.