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- ↑ Audio of Mayor Dave proclaiming February 1 Gomer Day in Madison WI
- ↑ Text of the official Mayoral proclamation in Madison, WI
- ↑ Maximum Ink Cover Story by Mike Huberty
- ↑ Maximum Ink September 2002 Article on The Gomers by John Noyd
- ↑ Madison Magazine documents The Gomers Live Karaoke Show
- ↑ "Club de Wash". 17 April 2015.
- ↑ "Fire and Ice: Remembering the long-lost Hotel Washington". 20 June 2023.
- ↑ High Noon Saloon Calendar
- ↑ [TBA]
- ↑ "The Gomers to 'hit the pause button' on Gomeroke at the High Noon Saloon in July". 4 May 2016.
- ↑ documentation of The Gomers being given 3 MAMA awards in March 2006 Archived 2007-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Spending New Year's Eve 2006 in Madison? – Isthmus | The Daily Page
- ↑ "2004 Lifetime Achievement Award" – Wisconsin Foundation for School Music documents Les Paul and Steve Miller playing with The Gomers as well as the band providing music for the Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner on October 27, 2004. Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine .
