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Hop Juice Festival

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Video: Michael Heaton at the Hop Juice Festival

The Montgomery songwriter kicked off the second day of the festival Saturday at Two Brothers Roundhouse.

Last weekend, thousands upon thousands of people flocked to Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora for the fourth annual Hop Juice Festival. The fest has traditionally been held at Two Brothers’ Warrenville location, and this is the first year the brothers have moved it to Aurora. The large parking lot, next to the Metra station on Broadway, served as a festival grounds, and the crowd thrilled to performances by the Jayhawks, Freddy Jones Band, Hoss, The Right Now, and the Hurricane Reggae Band. Kicking off the festivities on Saturday was Montgomery’s own Michael Heaton, with his band. Though the crowd would get larger as the day went on, Heaton brought smiles to the faces of those who showed up early, playing a nearly two-hour set of original …

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Local Songwriter to Rock the Hop Juice Festival This Weekend

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Local Songwriter to Rock the Hop Juice Festival This Weekend

Montgomery's Michael Heaton will share the stage with the Jayhawks, the Freddy Jones Band and others at the annual festival, coming to Aurora for the first time.

Michael Heaton is always striving for truth in his songs. So it’s ironic that his life as a musician began with a lie. Heaton, 47, a tall and gregarious man with a love of stories, relates this one with a huge smile. As a junior high school student in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Heaton wasn’t particularly popular. So he decided to fix that—he told a classmate that he played guitar, hoping to join his band. There was just one problem: Heaton didn’t play guitar at all. But his lie got him invited to a party, where he was expected to entertain. He decided to go anyway, and pretend he had left his nonexistent guitar at home. But when he arrived, he was immediately handed a six-string. “I never thought they would have a guitar there,” Heaton laughed. “But…

Mandi Rediger

9:52 am on Tuesday, May 29, 2012

What a great musician he is! I havent seen him for some time. Just amazing when i last did. Great guy too! A must see   more ›

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