The Goatz play the songs you weren't expecting, and a different take on the one's you were. Most people mostly agree that this band is better than most.
Biography
The band began as an idea called ScotteeeRock's Acoustic Jam, which would largely be a solo project lead by Scott Nichols, but would feature hand-picked local musicians from time to time in an unrehearsed impromptu Acoustic Jam. Having built strong musical relationships over the past 2 decades, ScotteeeRock's Acoustic Jam began to develop its own unique sound, and it soon became evident that the regular players (Ryan King, Shane Bumgarner, Tim Lacy, and Ed Fliege) should form a solid group with a defined direction--resulting in the birth of Escape Goatz.

Scott Nichols -- lead and backup vocals, guitar, mandolin.
Shane Bumgarner -- lead and backup vocals, guitar, banjo.
Tim Lacy -- lead and backup vocals, drums/percussion.
Ryan King -- guitar, dobro
Ed Fliege -- bass, keys
Description
Escape Goats brings a unique live acoustic spin on your favorite songs
crossing all genre's of music. Featuring the talents of area musicians Tim Lacy, Shane Bumgarner, Scott Nichols, Ed Fliege and Ryan King, the Escape Goatz bring together their powerful harmonies and musicianship to produce a distinctive sound.

Covering songs from artists that range from Matchbox 20 to Phil Collins to
Soundgarden to Beatles to Keith Urban to Seal to Eagles to Avett Brothers to Metallica - Escape Goats brings together the best songs and artists from the 60's to today in a lighthearted, fun, and entertaining show.

"Only a few years ago Brooke Thomas sang plenty, but without performing in a traveling band. Now in 2011, after fronting the Blue Suns for about a year, she is releasing a CD, Live from the Capital City, this weekend, won the local 2010 International Blues Challenge solo/duo contest and performs regularly at venues all over central Illinois. Behind Brooke’s stellar voice, the Blue Suns, Mike Burnett (guitar, vocals) Dion Doss (drums), Chris Warren (bass), Archie Logan (saxophones) and Ed Fliege (keyboards) provide musical backing by some of the best musicians around town. Burnett, frontman of local stalwarts the Suns of Circumstance and a consistent force in area music performance, guides the Brooke Thomas and Blue Suns boat “by keeping both paddles in the water,” while keeping the gigs coming and the music moving. As the band name suggests, the music reflects a strong soul/blues influence and the groovy goodness of the other Suns by combining originals tunes with fun covers to reach out to varying age groups and levels of taste."
(Illinois Times, http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-8888-brooke-thomas-and-the-blue-suns.html, 07/21/2011)