The beat goes on for Cottage Grove-based band

RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO – The Windy Ridge Band, a Cottage Grove group that formed in 1966, has played shows every year for 56 consecutive years.

COTTAGE GROVE – The music has never stopped. 

Through marriages, new jobs, kids being born, divorces, new bands, new marriages … the Windy Ridge Band members have seen it all since they formed a band in 1966. 

“It works because we get along,” lead singer and rhythm guitar player David Munsell…