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I’ve been following vocalist/guitarist Dan Potthast’s career for years, discovering him as frontman for ska punks MU330 and later falling in love with his solo work (not to mention the excellent Dan P and the Bricks). So when MU330 were announced as part of the Viva Ska Vegas lineup I knew I had to take this chance to get him in for a couple of songs. ...

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One of my favorite shows we’ve ever had here in Vegas was the Ska Summit, an early aside to the Extreme Thing that saw ska bands big and small from every era ascend onto Desert Breeze Park for a day of fun and skanking. Almost a decade later, the people behind last month’s Viva Ska Vegas managed to recapture much of that same fun, albeit on a smaller scale (which will hopefully grow larger if this becomes an annual event). Once again ska fans were treated to a day of horns and upstrokes from a number of national, international and local ska bands that covered every wave of ska, giving everyone something to look forward to. ...

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