Steve Peterson – Audio Engineer

Father, musician, audio engineer, consultant and coach. He is the Game Day Audio Engineer for the Minnesota Vikings at US Bank Stadium and the Audio Technician for the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN. He worked the sidelines for Super Bowl LII, in 2018, and the Major League Baseball All Star Game in 2014. As well as NHL Winter Classics and NCAA Final Fours.

He has worked as an engineer or in a producer capacity for many local and national music artists. In 1998 he pioneered the Minneapolis audio consulting company Lucid Sound. He is a founding member of the Minneapolis based band Whiskey Monday, touring England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. He was an elected district representative for the City of Minneapolis serving two years, and coaches his son’s hockey team.

Russ Greer – Guitarist

Father of three, grandfather of six and is an extremely accomplished contractor in the tile and stone industry. In the late 1980’s, Russ was the lead guitarist for the Minneapolis band The Remnants along with the late Kevin Schelander, Carson Amling and Rob Chastine.

In January 2019, Russ suffered an aortic aneurysm in his throat. He underwent a biopsy on his lungs and endoscopy on his esophagus. During the four days waiting for the results he made peace with God, asking for forgiveness of sins and to watch over his loved ones. The results revealed benign cysts on his lungs. His entire esophagus was removed. The surgery caused a large amount of blood loss that threatened his life.

Although still dealing with many complications from the surgery Russ survived. The procedures left his vocal cords damaged and he is no longer able to sing, He continues as a writer and guitar player, with his guitar doing the singing. Russ wrote, “Survive to Legacy” the music for this podcast.

John Mallet – Mentor

A son, brother, husband, father and my uncle. A career in public service, selfless, always consistent and a clinic in patience. Making sure everyone in the boat is in the right spot and making the perfect cast. He pinned my badge on my chest my first day as a police officer. He has been there for all of my life’s successes and failures. And for that, I’m forever grateful. We fished, but it was never really about fishing to me.