From the <a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110728/ENT/110727019/Vermont-musicians-get-once-lifetime-European-tour-courtesy-an-uber-fan-?odyssey=nav|head">Burlington Free Press</a>

<blockquote>Von Jan soon caught a Grace Potter and the Nocturnals show in nearby Cincinnati, met Potter back stage and kept in touch with the band, whose music inspired him to create his own music company, Stevja Promotion. “Meanwhile I have seen approximately 35 GPN shows and I became a good friend of Grace and her family,” von Jan wrote. “Every year between Christmas and New Year I (come) to Burlington to see GPN at Higher Ground.” His daughter, Svenja, came to Burlington to attend the University of Vermont, deepening von Jan’s ties with the state.

He met Inoue through Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (her ex-boyfriend is Bryan Dondero, the band’s former bass player), and von Jan’s repeated trips to Vermont introduced him to other musicians in the lively Burlington scene. “We have been at the Honky Tonk Tuesday (at Radio Bean), at the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival, First Night Burlington and so I met many musicians from Burlington,” von Jan wrote. “I know (Burlington musician) Jen Crowell since her time as a tour manager of GPN and I liked the music a lot. Listening to Joshua Panda, Kelly Ravin, Lowell, Aya, Jen and many more I thought it would be great to have them in Germany.”</blockquote>

If you don't know him already, find Klaus and give him a high-five in next time he is in Vermont. He deserves it.



