Paddle the Mississippi? Okee Dokee!

by Mike Pengra, Minnesota Public Radio
May 31, 2011
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Childhood buddies Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing, aka The Okee Dokee Brothers. (Alex Johnson)


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St. Paul, Minn. — Can a banjo double as a canoe paddle?

The Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing are about to find out. The duo performs family music as The Okee Dokee Brothers and are setting out on a 30-day expedition down the mighty Mississippi to write and sing songs, as well as record a documentary DVD about the river, the people and fulfilling a childhood dream of theirs.

The Okee Dokee Brothers were in the Radio Heartland studio the day before embarking on their journey.

Radio Heartland This in-studio feature aired on Radio Heartland May 31, 2011.

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