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Local band, "The Doctor Nothings."

This week we bring you a photograph from the book, "Garage Sounds: Bringing Down the House," by Scott Schell. The book is richly illustrated and brings to life the sounds and times when country, jazz, and rock ‘n’ roll music were being cross-pollinated by a new sound from Great Britain. Beginning in the 1950s the book looks at the sounds and groups that inspired so many local musicians over the years.

This photograph shows a band called, "The Doctor Nothings." From left to right: Greg Johnson - guitar/vocals, Dave (Doc) Lee - drums, Steve (Minnow) Minichillo - bass, and Phil Wolf - guitar. Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.

To learn more about this band, and many others, "Garage Sounds" can be purchased for $40 at the Warden's House Museum in Stillwater.

Stillwater popcorn vendor, George Goutsos, ca. 1940s.

Popcorn has been a part of our culture for decades and continues to be one of the favorite snacks of Americans for most any event. Even in Stillwater, the popcorn wagon sat on the street corner popping corn and selling bags of the snack to passersby as early as the 1890s.

By the mid-1940s, popcorn wagons became motorized and George Goutsos, a Greek immigrant, became the town popcorn vendor. Goutsos would drive his popcorn truck around to most of the community events and there are people around today that still remember him parked at the high school football games selling popcorn to eager high school students.