Jackson Hole has a brand new band.
Station 54 â Justin Smith, Shane Wolf, John Gallagher and Steve Place â make their debut June 9 at Melvin Brewing, with dates at the Wort Hotelâs Silver Dollar Showroom and the Knotty Pine in Victor, Idaho, in the weeks to come.
A chill blend of funk, rock and folk, Station 54 plays stripped-down, contemporary covers of tunes by such disparate songwriters and bands as The Talking Heads and Jack Johnson, Leon Bridges and Gordon Lightfoot, Steve Miller and The Band, to name but a few.
Singer-guitarist Smith is a well-established force in the Teton music scene, currently ripping up the Silver Dollar every Tuesday with bluegrass unit One Ton Pig and working by day as the talent buyer for the Wort and the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Wolf is a Berklee School of Music-trained multi-instrumentalist who in Station 54 plays guitar and sings, seemingly able to turn on his harmonizing skills at will. The much-lauded Gallagher is the founding ba
A future home for the Teton County Fairgrounds could be up for debate as soon as January.
Town and county elected and appointed officials are ready to discuss whether thereâs a better location for the fairgrounds, whether the space could be better used for housing, and how to preserve Jackson Holeâs âWestern heritage.â
But with the conversation coming on the heels of planning for northern South Park, at least one official is worried that people wonât be ready for another major undertaking.
Still there could be some overlap between the wishes of housing-focused electeds and fair officials when it comes to the future of the fairgrounds.
A few steps to the north of the Teton County Fairgrounds building in Driggs, thereâs a scraggly patch of ground. One corner is edged by pines, and the southern edge plays host to a ragtag line of shrubs, just beginning to muster up buds to greet the warmer weather. In some places the fence seems sturdy, while in others, it has certainly seen better days. Skeletal remains of bull thistles stand as tribute to past seasons of neglect.
While it doesnât look like much now, this swath of fallow ground has an exciting future: it will be revived into a vibrant community garden that will enrich the valley in a variety of ways.