Though he can hardly be considered a household name, Martin Zellar does possess a storied history nonetheless. For example, there are those that have fond memories of his stint as lead singer and ...

Songwriter Martin Zellar made his name as the leader of The Gear Daddies, which earned a cult following for blending weary-but-wry country-rock with raw, Replacements-style emotional vulnerability on ...

Tonight's opening of the Loft bar, formerly Crosstown Lounge, features Martin Zellar & the Hardways. Doors open at 4 p.m., no cover charge is required. Performances ...

When the Gear Daddies’ Martin Zellar started work on his new solo album, he decided to forget about one thing. “In the past, I always gave so much thought to radio play,” Zellar said in a phone ...

Martin Zellar usually sings with his eyes shut. Not out of shyness, although the veteran musician admits he wasn't a born performer -- "I wasn't the show pony; I was the one hiding behind mom's legs," ...

One doesn’t just see half a dozen Martin Zellar shows in a calendar year and not write about them. So I am. Because I did. A hundred years ago when I was in college and working at The Record Shop, ...

There was a time in southern Minnesota when the Gear Daddies were on everyone’s minds. From their early days playing gigs around the Austin area to their nation-conquering night on “The David ...

There is still something distinctly Minnesotan about Martin Zellar. Though the Austin native and his family have been living a decidedly expatriate lifestyle in a Mexican highland town since 2005, he ...

Martin Zellar, 45, is bringing his band, the Hardways, to Duluth to headline FourthFest on Friday. The former Gear Daddy is beloved by those who grew up listening to him play his soulful rock/folk in ...

They say you can't go home again. But they're lying. For starters, you can go anywhere you want. Well, I mean, unless there are "no trespassing" signs. Or you're in ...

Of the ten songs originally released as Born Under in 1995, nine paint a sombre picture of Middle American hope deferred, of the dull ache of hand-to-mouth existence, jarred only by moments of ...