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The Selinsgrove Oktoberfest was first held in 2016 as one of many fundraisers for DH&L Fire Company in preparation for the purchase of a new $1.5 Million ladder truck.  DH&L has begun the truck project with completion planned for 2024!  

This year's Oktoberfest is bringing you two great bands:  The Badlees, with special guest Dustin Douglas and the Electric Gentlemen.  Proceeds benefit DH&L Fire Company.  We look forward to seeing you!

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THE BADLEES

The Badlees are a Pennsylvania-based roots rock band, formed in 1990. The group released several independent albums before achieving international success in the mid to late 1990s. The critically acclaimed 1995 album River Songs spawned two hit singles while the Badlees toured with top-notch artists like Greg Allman, Bob Seger, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.

Since 1999, the group has taken several extended breaks but has continued to come back to perform and produce great material independently - and with much critical success and appreciation from a dedicated fan base. 

Individual members have inspired, mentored, produced for, and performed with scores of artists throughout the Pennsylvania music scene and beyond.

In 2021 the Badlees were inducted into the Central PA Music Hall of Fame, which sparked the latest reunion of the classic group lineup, with 2022 seeing the band back to full steam culminating with the release of a new self-titled album in December 2022.

The band will be inducted into the Luzerne County (PA) Arts and Entertainment Hall Of Fame in October 2023.

DUSTIN DOUGLAS & THE ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN

DUSTIN DOUGLAS & THE ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN’s dynamic, heavy, swagger injected, sexy & dirty, blues-influenced rock n’ roll brings vintage sound and vibe to modern ears. The band’s much-anticipated third album Black Leather Blues via Mojo Records underlines this and much more.

On the 10-song Black Leather Blues, Pennsylvania’s Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen put the pedal to the floor, asking for no mercy with heavy riffs, huge hooks and memorable, blues-inspired rock n’ roll rhythms that takes listeners on a familiar yet fresh musical journey. Black Leather Blues was recorded at Eight Days a Week Studios in Northumberland, PA by Paul Smith (Badlees) who engineered and co-produced the album with Douglas. It was mixed by Brian Moncarz (Alice Cooper, Our Lady Peace, Phillip Sayce) and mastered by Brian Lucey (Black Keys, Royal Blood, Arctic Monkeys, Buddy Guy, Doyle Bramhall II, Green Day, Liam Gallagher, Elvis Costello.)

The album was launched with the single/video “Broken,” described by Rock and Blues Muse as “a soul-cleansing shot of progressive blues/rock minimalism that’s as much about the space between the notes as the notes themselves. Dustin Douglas is a first-class guitar shaman, weaving together spellbinding riffs and solos that transport listeners directly into his world.” The publication added: “His vocals are strident and strong, expressing the hard blues inherent in 21st Century life.” The album’s second single/video is the rhythmically dynamic and lyrically pointed “Why Would You Say Such A Thing,” which underlines the band’s ability to create modern blues-rock with plenty of attitude and drama. “From the moment I wrote it, I felt it would be a signature song for us,” says Douglas. “It defines what we do as a band. It has a big riff, danceable rhythm, catchy chorus and an ole’ school broken-hearted, blues-inspired lyric.” “Why Would You Say Such a Thing” is destined to be one of the band’s best-received songs.” BLACK LEATHER BLUES is the follow-up album to DDEG’s 2018 release, Break It Down which charted on The Blues Album Charts, Blues Singles Charts and Blues-Rock Single Charts. In 2018, the band took home two Steamtown Music Awards (Scranton, PA) for both “Blues Artist Of The Year“ and “Album Of The Year.” Notably, again in 2019, they found themselves with 3 Steamtown Nominations—Guitarist Of The Year, Video Of The Year for “Broken” and Live Performers Of The Year—as well as an Independent Blues Music Award nomination for Blues/Rock Song of The Year for “Out of My Mind.” On top of that, the Central PA Music Hall Of Fame nominated the band in 2021 and 2022 for “Blues Rock Band Of The Year.”