photo by Daniel Muller

Great American Desert has a few questions to answer: Why the name change from South of Lincoln? Whatever happened to The Frontier Project? With these few unknowns, it's funny how a sort of pop culture can develop around a guy many folks know simply as Max Holmquist.

Such is the way a local music scene works, and you might have heard explanations through a friend or from Holmquist himself. To hear him talk candidly as Mid-Best Podcast host Zach Peterson's dog takes a drink of water, just sharing the stories with a friend, it pulls the listener in. Throughout this hourlong interview with a live performance at the end, Holmquist and Peterson talk musical roots, alt-folk and White Clay, Neb.

Michael Todd is Hear Nebraska's managing editor. He laments the loss of "Beardsley" from Max's name. Reach Michael at michaeltodd@hearnebraska.org.