The supergroup which features Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, along with drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Vic Johnson replaces Staind, which was previously scheduled to perform Aug. 12, on the opening day of the fair. Last month, the rock band canceled its scheduled performance citing a scheduling conflict.
Hagar, who is known as “The Red Rocker,” was the lead singer of Van Halen after a solo career that included his 1984 hit I Can t Drive 55.”
Formed in 2014, The Circle is his latest group. In addition to Van Halen, Hagar was previously part of the hard rock band Montrose and hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot.
Grant Johnson said it was his brother, Mitchell Johnson, who started helping a family friend s daughter take care of Clydesdale horses.
Eventually, Grant Johnson s parents, Dennis and Linda Johnson of Springfield bought their first Clydesdale in 1990. The family stable, Linden Clydes, still has seven of the iconic horses.
Grant Johnson now works full-time for Anheuser-Busch-In Bev s eastern hitch of Clydesdales in Merrimack, New Hampshire, but he s back in Springfield this week for the 2021 National Clydesdale Sale that begins a three-day run at the Illinois State Fairgrounds beginning Thursday.
The sale is open to the public, Johnson said.
Johnson said his entire family, including another brother, Dustin from Morton, volunteers with the sale, which has a connection to Springfield and the fairgrounds going back to the mid-1980s.
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Super Bowl champion linebacker Devin White made headlines with his victory lap courtesy retired Standardbred racehorse Artistic Dream at Raymond James Stadium last week. It has since been revealed that White owns more Standardbreds that are slated to compete at racetracks this summer.
White co-owns his three Illinois-bred horses with his friend Adam Hawthorne.
“Devin is really excited to get into the business,” said Hawthorne. “This is his first time getting involved in horse racing and we plan to buy more Illinois-bred horses next year. Illinois is my favourite state to race in, bar none.”
The names of the horses White and Hawthorne purchased are First And Goal, Timber Creek Molly, and Creations Dream MV. The owners plan to keep them stabled in Louisiana during the winter where trainer Herman Wheeler will work with them. This spring, Wheeler will move the horses to compete in Illinois.