So Minnesota: The Dakota has brought world-class music talent to the Twin Cities for decades

One music club has brought world-class talent to the Twin Cities for decades.

The Dakota in downtown Minneapolis has become a legendary music venue for the last four decades.

“I thought I was going to be a lawyer,” Dakota owner Lowell Pickett said.

Growing up in Austin, Minn., Pickett had an early love for music. With that love for music, Pickett in 1985 opened the Dakota in St. Paul’s Bandana Square…

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