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THE RIVERWEST ACES’ NAME IS A TRIBUTE TO D.L. MENARD’S BAND THE LOUISIANA ACES. THEY BEGAN AS A SIDE PROJECT FROM MILWAUKEE’S AIMLESS BLADES. BLAINE SCHULTZ AND PAUL SETSER HAD BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER IN VARIOUS PROJECTS SINCE 1995 AND THEIR APPRECIATION FOR VARIOUS ACOUSTIC MUSIC: OLD COUNTRY AND WESTERN, CAJUN, FOLK, BLUES – ROOTS MUSIC THAT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS AMERICANA – LED TO FORMING A LOOSE AGGREGATION OF LIKE-MINDED FRIENDS. IT MAY HAVE BEEN 2004, IT MAY HAVE BEEN 2005, BUT THOSE EARLY GIGS WERE A SUNDAY NIGHT RESIDENCY AT THE CIRCLE A CAFÉ IN MILWAUKEE’S RIVERWEST NEIGHBORHOOD. WITH A ROTATING CAST OF MUSICIANS, THE RIVERWEST ACES HAVE PLAYED BENEFITS, A LAW SCHOOL CLASS REUNION, FARMER’S MARKETS, SUMMERFEST, A RETIRED JUDGE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY, WEDDING RECEPTIONS, CHURCH FESTIVALS, LOCAL VENUES, A BOAT LAUNCH AND MORE. A RECENT HIGH POINT WAS SERVING AS BACKING BAND FOR LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY’S PAUL K FOR A SHOW IN 2017. TUNE INTO WMSE’S LOCAL/LIVE ON TUESDAY, JULY 24TH TO HEAR THE LATEST FROM MILWAUKEE’