Music

Packer Rockers

Briana Novacek |

Have a hankering for some Packer-themed music?  Well, you’re in luck because Elroy and the Diehards just came out with a new set of Wisconsin-themed tunage, featuring the song “Green and Gold Cups.”  It’s called Packer Party and boasts to be “songs in honor of the world’s greatest football team.” Tom Sumner, the leading man in the green-and-gold band, came out with an album called Cheesehead Special in 2005 and decided to make Packer music again.  Tom is “Elroy” and does most of the singing for the band at 65 years old. With the musical and business-minded skills of J.R. Hanson, as well some other musicians to round out the sound, they produced an album that includes everything from country jams to rockin’ blues to lilting Caribbean beats.  Hanson says, “We all have to find ways to cope with the season [winter]…Sunday football keeps some people alive.”