How did the Cadillac Joe Memorial Winter Festival come together?
AW: It’s a show that we’ve been doing for the last three years. It’s pretty much been the same bands, because the bands that have done it are really close with our family. It was originally started to help my father out with a lot of his health insurance costs. Unfortunately, he passed away, and I felt like I want to keep his legacy in the papers and on people’s minds. Also, he was always a big proponent of raising money and helping other musicians out when they needed something. Our friends and I wanted to do two things: Keep his name because he was my dad, a good guy, and our friend, but then also raise money each year for a different section of cancer research. Last year we raised a lot of money for the UW hospital where he was treated, and this year we’re doing The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, because that’s the kind of cancer he had. AVC: When did you start backing up your father on guitar? AW: I think I was 17, and I went on the road with him at 18. It was a blast hanging out wit
