Nate Logsdon

Nate Logsdon is a writer, musician, and entrepreneur from Ames. His music and local culture articles have appeared in the Ames Tribune and Ames Progressive and on numerous websites and blogs. Logsdon is a founder of the Maximum Ames music company and the Iowa Music Store. He is also the owner of Cycles Recycling and the bar manager of the rock club DG's Tap House. Logsdon writes and plays music with local band Mumford's and many other ensembles. He releases albums under his own name and others.

NATE LOGSDON: THE MIND BEHIND THE MAXIMUM AMES MUSIC FESTIVAL

Des Moines Music Coalition | Posted on September 23, 2013 | by Band Bombshell | Written by Chad Taylor
Nate Logsdon
Endlessly upbeat, infectiously positive and overwhelmingly intense, Logsdon has two settings: Full Speed and Sleeping.
Nate & Leo Logsdon
Me & my Dad: We be doin' it!


Nate leading Mumford's @ Maximum Ames Festival, 2014

Nate leading Mumford's
Maximum Ames Music Festival co-founder Nate Logsdon performs with his band Mumford's after the band had not played a public show in five months. Dale Johnson


Steering My Hustle Ship Through the Ocean of Consciousness: Week One as a Beauty Shop Music Resident

peacetown, USA | Poated on June 7, 2012 | by Nate Logsdon
Nate Logsdon
Sandwich Eating Crew


More Music than Man: Week 2 as a Beauty Shop Music Resident

peacetown, USA | Posted on June 18, 2012 | by Nate Logsdon
Nate Logsdon
Nate at the Beauty Shop


The Beauty Shop Residency Program Celebrates Six Months of Solid Art

peacetown, USA | Posted on May 29, 2012 | by Nate Logsdon from Ames Progressive
Nate Logsdon
Courtesty of Sonic Harvest

Adrien & Nate's Wedding June 15, 2014

Adrien & Nate

He put a ring on it: Nate Logsdon proposes

to Adrien Daller on stage at 80/35, July 7th, 2013

Published July 7th, 2013 | by Joe Lawler dmjuice.com

He put a ring on it: Nate Logsdon proposes to Adrien Daller on stage at 80/35, July 7th, 2013
Nate Logsdon proposes to Adrien Daller on stage at 80/35, July 7th, 2013
He put a ring on it
Maximum Ames Festival Sept 10-13, 2015, promo photo

“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.’”

William Allen Roger's 1904 cartoon recreates an episode in Gulliver's Travels

In a letter written to Henry L. Sprague dated January 26, 1900 the then Governor of New York, Teddy Roosevelt stated… “I have always been fond of the West African proverb: “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.’”

The Phrase Finder: The meaning and origin of the expression: "Speak softly and carry a big stick"

Medium.com "The importance of backing up the things you say in life, work, and politics."

Wikipedia: Big Stick ideology