How two friends drummed up the idea for the Winstock Country Music Festival

WINSTED, Minn. — Country stars Cody Johnson and Miranda Lambert will headline a popular Minnesota country music festival this summer with a unique backstory. Every year, the population of Winstead multiplies with thousands of festival goers, exploding from roughly 2,500 to nearly 20,000 in town for two days of country music. Thirty years ago, Winstock Country Music Festival was born inside Keg’s Bar on First Street. “It was a weeknight and there weren’t a lot of people in here. It’s weird to come in here though and think this is where it started,” Tom Ollig said. Ollig and friend Dick…