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Chicago Blues Guide
HOT shows
2009: |
 Ring
in the New Year with the Blues!
Blues clubs offer deals that won't give your wallet the
blues.
Here are all the details you need to plan your New
Year's Eve.
(photo: Shirley Johnson) |
 Dec.
23: Jimmy
Johnson at
Legends, Chgo.
Nick Moss at
Chuck's Southern Comforts Cafe, Burbank, IL
Dec. 26: Billy Branch, Jimmy Burns,
Taildragger at
Legends, Chgo.
Big Time Sarah at
Blue Chicago, Chgo.
Howard & the White Boys at
Rosa's, Chgo.
James Wheeler at Harlem Ave.
Lounge, Berwyn, IL
Carlos Johnson (photo) at
B.L.U.E.S.,
Chgo.
Dec. 27: Brother John Kattke at
Shaw's, Chgo. |
 Dec.
15: Rev. Raven & the Chain
Smoking Altar Boys
at
Legends, Chgo.
Dec. 16:
Johnny Drummer, Rob Stone, Six
Generations film viewing at
SPACE,
Evanston.
Dec. 17:
Toronzo Cannon at
B.L.U.E.S.,
Chgo.
Dec. 18:
Michael Burks at
Legends.
Ross Bon & Mighty Blue Kings
Christmas Show at
House of Blues.
Dec. 19:
Ronnie Baker Brooks Birthday Bash
for Lonnie Brooks,
FitzGerald's, Berwyn, IL
Lynne Jordan & The Shivers at
Green Dolphin,
Chgo.
Duke Tumatoe at
Blues Bar, Mt.
Prospect, IL |
 Dec.
8: Jimmy Burns at
House of Blues, Chicago.
Dec. 10: Blues Jam w/ Twist & the Groove Machine at
Papa T's,
Midlothian, IL
Dec. 11: Chris Duarte at
Clearwater
Theater, West Dundee, IL
Dec. 11-12: Nellie "Tiger" Travis
(photo) at
Blue Chicago, Chgo.
Dec. 11-12: Joanne Shaw
Taylor at Rosa's,
Chgo.
Dec. 12:
Chicago Bluegrass &
Blues Festival at Congress Theater, Chicago. Eddy
Clearwater, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, 25 bands in one
day!
Carl Davis at
Chuck's Southern Comforts Cafe, Burbank, IL. FREE!
Howard & the White Boys at
Blues Bar, Mt.
Prospect, IL |
 Dec.
2: Special 20's at
Chuck's Southern
Comforts, Burbank, IL
Guy King's Little Big Band at
Andy's,
Chicago.
Dec. 4:
Lurrie Bell at
Rosa's, Chgo.
Hubert Sumlin & the NIghthawks at
SPACE,
Evanston, IL
Honeyboy Edwards at
Legends,
Chicago.
John Primer, Lil' Ed at
B.L.U.E.S.,
Chicago.
Dec. 4-5:
Grana' Louise at
Blue Chicago, Chgo.
Dec. 5: Tail Dragger (photo), Chris
Harper Blues Band at
Harlem Ave.
Lounge, Berwyn, IL
Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show
at
FitzGerald's, Berwyn, IL |
 Nov.
25: Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater at
Beverly Arts Center,
Chicago.
Nov. 27-28: Lil' Ed at
Rosa's,
Chicago.
Big James, Joanna Connor at
Kingston Mines.
Toronzo Cannon & Big Time Sarah at
Blue Chicago,
Chgo.
Nov. 27: Lonnie Brooks, Johnny Drummer, Guy
King at
Legends,
Chgo.
Nov. 28: Jimmy Burns (photo)at
Harlem Ave.
Lounge, Berwyn, IL
Henry Butler, Zachary Richard at
Old
Town School of Folk Music, Chgo.
Sopro
Thanksgiving Blues Revue with Tallan Latz, Deb
Seitz, Doug Lee, Joe Jammer, the Chicago Horns at
Tommy's Place, Blue Island, IL. |
 Nov.
18:
Dave Herrero at
Chuck's Southern
Comforts Cafe, Burbank, IL
Nov.
19: Quintus McCormick
CD release party at
Kingston
Mines, Chgo.
Nov. 20-21:
Kinsey Report at
Rosa's, Chgo.
Nov. 20:
Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown at
FitzGerald's, Berwyn, IL
Nov. 21: Lil' Ed, Cash Box Kings, Matt
Hendricks at
Legends,
Chgo
Blues Bowl
benefit with Honeyboy Edwards,
Toronzo Cannon (photo) at The Alley,
Highwood, IL |
 Nov.
11: Paul Geremia, Ed Holstein
at
SPACE, Evanston, IL
Nov.
13-14: The Blasters w/Billy
Boy Arnold (photo by C. Kenny) at
FitzGerald's, Berwyn, IL
Nov. 13:
Keb Mo benefit for Rock for Reading
at
House of Blues, Chgo
Nick Moss at Rosa's,
Chgo
Nov. 14:
Robert Cray, Johnny Lang at
Star Plaza Merrillville, IN
Coco Montoya at
Legends, Chicago
Ronnie Baker Brooks at
Clearwater
Theater, West Dundee, IL
Nov. 15:
Chicago Blues Challenge
Finals at Legends.
Eleven bands will compete (see below for details) |
 Oct.
29:
Blues Blast
Music Awards,
Legends Chgo. Kenny Neal (photo), Lurrie
Bell, Billy Branch, John Primer, Curtis Salgado,
Insomniacs & more!
Wiley & the Checkmates, East of Edens
Soul DJs at Beat
Kitchen, Chgo.
Oct. 30:
Tinsley Ellis, Sharon Lewis at
Legends, Chgo.
Cash Box Kings CD release party
w/Nick Moss, Oscar Wilson, Jimmy Sutton at
Nick's,
Chgo.
Oct. 31:
Halloween Parties, Costume
Contests!
Nu Blu Band, Killer Ray Allison, Fernando Jones at
Legends, Chgo.
Rick Simcox & the ToneQuesters, Benefit for Wounded Vets
at Skrine Chops,
Forest Park, IL |
 EVENT:
Blues Blast Music Awards 2009, Oct. 29 at
Buddy Guy's Legends
Kenny Neal, Nick
Moss & The Flip Tops,
Lurrie Bell, Billy Branch, Shirley Johnson, Albert
Castiglia, John Primer, Billy Boy Arnold, Curtis Salgado,
Matthew Skoller, Carlos Johnson,
Eden Brent, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin Malcom, Chris
James & Patrick Rynn, Bob Corritore, Kilborn Alley Blues Band,
Robin Rogers, The Insomniacs, Dave
|
 Oct.
16:
Peaches Staten at
Blue Chicago, Chgo.
W.C. Clark, Cashbox Kings, Black Oil Bros.
at Legends, Chgo.
Oct. 17:
B.B. King (photo)
Paramount
Theater, Aurora, IL.
Pat Smillie & Toronzo Cannon at
Harlem Ave.
Lounge, Berwyn, IL.
Oct. 21:
Nigel Mack at
Chuck's Cafe,
Burbank, IL FREE!
Oct. 23:
Royster w/the Oyster Tent Party at
Shaw's Crab House,
Chgo. Kevin Purcell, Melvin Taylor, Dave Specter, Nicholas
Tremulus.
Indigenous, Quintus McCormick, Sam Lay
at Legend's,
Chgo.
Oct. 24:
Big James & Chicago Playboys at
Blues Bar, Mt.
Prospect, IL |
 Oct.
2: Joe Moss at
Rosa's,Chgo.
Oct. 3:
Corky Siegel Chamber Blues w/Howard Levy,
Prairie
Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL
Billy Flynn at
Smoke Daddy's, Chgo.
Nick Moss at
Blues Bar, Mt. Prospect, IL
Josh Kalmus at
California Clipper,
Chgo.
Oct. 4:
Windy City
Blues Challenge: Round 3 at
Harlem Ave. Lounge,
Berwyn, IL |
Sept 22:
Insomniacs at Elk's Club, St. Anne, IL 815-937-1228.
Also Sept. 26
at Buddy Guy's Legends,
Chgo.
Sept. 25:
Nick Moss & the Fliptops , Kent Burnside
at Legends.
Sept. 25-26:
John Primer at
Blue Chicago
Sept. 26:
Lil' Ed at Blues Bar,
Mt. Prospect, IL
Mem Shannon, Joanna Connor at
Kingston Mines, Chgo.
Sept. 27:
Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women, Farewell Tour,
Old Town School,
Chicago.
Oct. 3:
Corky Siegel Chamber Blues w/Howard Levy,
Prairie
Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL |
Sept 15:
Jam for the Cure, Gabe's
Backstage Lounge, Highwood, IL (847) 266-1313
Sept 18:
Dave Weld & the
Imperial Flames at Rosa's,
Chgo.
Rick Simcox & the ToneQuesters at
OakTober Fest, Oak
Park, IL
Lil' Ed at
B.L.U.E.S.,
Chicago.
Sept 19:
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats (photo) at
Legends.
Sept 22:
Insomniacs at Elk's Club, St. Anne, IL 815-937-1228 |
Sept 10: John Hammond at SPACE,
Evanston, IL
Windy City Blues Society Blues Challenge:
Elmore James, Jr., Charlie Love, Toronzo Cannon
and more at Rosa's,
Chgo.
Sept 11:
Larry McCray at
Kingston Mines,
Chgo.
Walter Scott w/Pat Smillie
at Lee's Unleaded Blues, Chgo.
Sept 12:
Melvin Taylor at
Bill's Blues,
Evanston, IL
Deb Seitz at
Harlem Ave.
Lounge, Berwyn, IL |
Sept. 4:
Lonnie Brooks &
Robert Cray at
Last Fling Fest,
Naperville, IL
Tommy Castro & Dave Herrero
at
SPACE,
Evanston, IL
Sept. 5: Tommy
Castro at
FitzGerald's, Berwyn, IL
Lonnie Brooks
at
Legends, Chicago.
Sept. 10:John
Hammond at SPACE,
Evanston, IL
Windy City Blues Society Blues Challenge:
Elmore James, Jr., Charlie
Love, Toronzo Cannon and more at
Rosa's, Chgo. |
Aug. 20: Pinetop Perkins, Willie
Smith, Bob Stroger at
Rosa's, Chgo.
Chicago R&B Kings, Gene Barge at
BLUES, Chicago.
Aug. 21:
Duke Robillard at
FitzGerald's,
Berwyn, IL
Ronnie Baker Brooks
at
Cool River, Homer Glen, IL
Watermelon Slim, Tail Dragger, Fruteland Jackson at
Buddy Guy's Legends,
Chicago.
Aug.
22: Billy Flynn at
Smoke Daddy,
Chicago.
Aug. 30: Buckwheat Zydeco (photo) at SPACE,
Evanston, IL |
IT'S FESTIVAL SEASON!!!
August 22:
Uptown Jazz &
Blues Festival, Lafayette, IN. Fremont Jackson's Funky
Blu-va-Tron, Souled Out Band, Blind Boy & CNI Dawg, Uncle Buck's
Mojo Box.
August 21-22:
Paramount Blues
Festival, Grafton, WI. Honeyboy Edwards, Fruteland Jackson,
Diunna Greenleaf, Zac Harmon, Bernard Allison & more.
Sept. 4: Robert
Cray & Lonnie Brooks at Last
Fling, Naperville, IL
Sept. 5-6: Central
Iowa Blues Society's
Living History Blues Fest, Des Moines, IA. Eddie Shaw,
Pinetop Perkins, Bob Margolin, Chris Cain, Ronnie Baker Brooks,
Joe Price, more.
Sept. 5-7:
On the Waterfront,
Rockford, IL. Janiva Magness Nick Moss & the Fliptops w/Lurrie
Bell, Curtis Salgado, C.J. Chenier, BeauSoleil and more. |
 July
24: Delmark Night at
Legends with Jimmy
Johnson, Zora Young, Aaron Moore, Shirley Johnson, Michael
Coleman, & Quintus McCormick.
Carlos Johnson at
B.L.U.E.S.,
Chicago, IL
July 25: Lonnie Brooks at
FitzGerald's,
Berwyn, IL
Tinsley Ellis at
Legends, Chicago.
July 26: Nick Moss at
Legends, Chicago.
July 30: Curtis Salgado at
Clearwater Theater,
West Dundee, IL |
 July
16: Albert Castiglia,
River Bend Bar & Grill, Kankakee, IL.
July 17: Lonnie Brooks (photo) at
Legends, Chicago.
July 17 - 18: Lil' Ed & the Blues
Imperials at Rosa's, Chicago.
July 18: Rockin' Johnny birthday bash at
Nick's Beer Garden,
Chicago.
Cyril Neville with Nick Tremulis at
SPACE, Evanston, IL
July 24: Delmark Night at
Legends with Jimmy
Johnson, Zora Young, Aaron Moore, Shirley Johnson, Michael
Coleman, & Quintus McCormick. |
IT'S FESTIVAL SEASON!!!
July 17-18:
Nothin' But the Blues Festival, Bloomington, IL. Big
James & the Chicago Playboys, Harper, Pistol Pete, Kenny
"Blues Boss" Wayne, Sharrie Williams, Nathan & the
Zydeco Cha Chas.
August 21-22:
Paramount Blues
Festival, Grafton, WI. Honeyboy Edwards, Fruteland Jackson,
Diunna Greenleaf, Zac Harmon, Bernard Allison & more. |
 June 30:
Earwig Music Day at Taste of Chicago, Grant Park. FREE!
Illinois Lotto Stage: Honeyboy Edwards, Johnny Drummer, Liz
Mandeville, Dave Weld, Rob Stone, Aron Burton & more.
July 1-4:
FitzGerald's 29th
Annual American Music Festival,
Berwyn, IL. Shemekia
Copeland, Marcia Ball, Eric Lindell, Terrance Simien, Roomful of
Blues, Trombone Shorty & more.
July 2: FREE! Lonnie Brooks, Robin
Rogers at
Taste of Mt. Prospect.
Bryan Lee at Buddy
Guy's Legends, Chicago.
July 3: Magic Slim at
Kingston Mines,
Chicago. |
 June
26-27: Urbana
Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival, Urbana, IL. FREE! Pinetop
Perkins, Sonny Landreth, Buckwheat Zydeco, Kinsey Report, Bob
Margolin, Eddy Clearwater, Gina Sicilia & more.
June 26: Lil' Ed (photo) & the Blues
Imperials at Cool
River, Homer Glen, IL
C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band plus Lost Bayou
Ramblers at
FitzGerald's, Berwyn, IL.
June 27: Ronnie Baker Brooks, Aron Burton at
Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago.
June 30:
Earwig Music Day at Taste of Chicago, Grant Park. FREE!
Illinois Lotto Stage: Honeyboy Edwards, Johnny Drummer, Liz
Mandeville, Dave Weld, Rob Stone, Aron Burton & more.
 June 19-20:
Blues on
the Fox Festival,
Aurora, IL. FREE! Los Lobos, Sugar Blue
(photo),
Watermelon Slim, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcom,
Davey Knowles & Back Door Slam, Henry Butler, Big James & more
June 20:
Blues on the Green, Mt. Prospect, IL. FREE! Big James,
Walter Scott, Rodney Brown, Tom Holland, Mz. Peachez, Joanne
Graham, Chick Rodgers and more. |
 Beyond
the Blues Festival 2009: Our top picks on
where to hear the blues in the city and suburbs during
and after the Chicago Blues Festival, from June 8 - June
16. |
Chicago Blues Festival, 2009, June 12-14, Grant Park.
Here's the complete schedule for the free outdoor festival. This
year's lineup includes tributes to Robert Nighthawk, and
Sunnyland Slim; Eddie C. Campbell's 70th birthday party, Earwig
Records' 30th birthday, Maxwell Street revisited and more! |
May 22: Eddy Clearwater at
Legends, Chicago.
Lil' Ed at B.L.U.E.S.,
Chicago.
May 23: Ronnie Baker Brooks at
FitzGerald's, Berwyn, IL
May 26:
The Insomniacs, Kankakee, IL
Tel: 815-937-1228
Johnny Drummer at
Chicago Cultural Center
May 29: Eddie C. Campbell (photo), 70th
birthday party at
Legends, Chicago.
Siegal-Schwall Blues Band at
FitzGerald's, Berwyn, IL |
|
SPRING
AHEAD for FESTIVAL SEASON:
May 16:
Chicago
Blues Tour, 8 bands, 7 clubs. Ride the bus and relax!
June 12-14:
Chicago Blues Festival, Grant Park. FREE! Bettye LaVette,
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Eddie C. Campbell, Bobby Parker,
Pinetop Perkins, Charlie Musselwhite, Jeremy Spencer and much
more!
June 19-20:
Blues on
the Fox Festival, Aurora, IL. FREE! Los Lobos, Sugar Blue,
Watermelon Slim, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcom, Davey
Knowles & Back Door Slam, Henry Butler, Big James & more.
June 20:
Blues on the Green, Mt. Prospect, IL. FREE! Big James,
Walter Scott, Rodney Brown, Tom Holland, Mz. Peachez, Joanne
Graham, Chick Rodgers and more.
June 26-27:
Urbana Blues,
Brews & BBQ Festival, Urbana, IL. FREE! Pinetop Perkins,
Sonny Landreth, Buckwheat Zydeco, Kinsey Report and more. |
May 15: Carl Davis at
Smoke Daddy, Chicago.
May 16:
Chicago
Blues Tour, 8 bands, 7 clubs. Tail Dragger, Lil' Ed, Johnny
Drummer, Vance Kelly, Fantastic L-Roy and more.
Zora Young (photo), CD release party at
Legends, Chicago.
Tab Benoit at
FitzGerald's, Berwyn, IL
Billy Branch & SOBs at
Cool River, Homer Glen, IL |
 May 7: Eric Bibb at
S.P.A.C.E., Evanston,
IL (photo).
May 8: Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King at
Legends, Chicago.
Blues University & Eddie Taylor, Jr. at
Rosa's, Chicago.
May 9: Billy Branch at
Rosa's.
Billy Flynn at
Smoke Daddy, Chicago. |
April
21:
Nick Moss, Lurrie Bell,
Gerry Hundt. FREE show, 7 p.m. Best Buy Store, Downers
Grove, IL.
April 24:
Guitar Shorty at
Legends. Carlos Johnson at
B.L.U.E.S.,
Chgo.
April 25:
Dave Herrero, Felix Reyes, Jimmy Sutton at
Blue Bayou,
Chgo.
April 30:
Etta James at
House of Blues, Chgo. |
 SPRING AHEAD:
Sunday Blues Shows
April 19: Billy Branch at
Harper College, Palatine, IL
April 26: John Nemeth at
Legends, Chicago, IL.
May 3:
Tribute to Gatemouth Brown by Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Larry
Garner, Randy Sabien at DuSable Museum,Chgo
June 12-14:
Chicago Blues Festival, Grant Park. Bettye LaVette, Sharon
Jones & The Dap Kings, Eddie C. Campbell, Bobby Parker, Pinetop
Perkins, Charlie Musselwhite, Jeremy Spencer and much more! |
April 2: Travis "Moonchild" Haddix at
Legends, Chicago.
April 3 & 4: Joanna Connor & Larry McCray at
Kingston Mines.
April 4: Nick Moss CD release party with Lurrie
Bell at Legends,
Chicago.
April 7: Jimmy Burns at
House of Blues, Chicago. |
March 27: Michael Burks (photo) at
Legends, Chicago.
Walter Trout at
House of Blues, Chicago.
March 28: Legendary R&B Revue with Tommy Castro, Ronnie Baker
Brooks, Magic Dick & Deanna Bogart at
Prairie Center,
Schaumburg, IL
East of Edens Soul Express (DJs), Wiley & the
Checkmates at the
Hideout, Chicago. |
 March
21: Honeyboy Edwards at SPACE, Evanston.
Otis Clay at FitzGerald's, Berwyn.
Chicago R&B Kings at Blues Bar, Mt. Prospect.
March 26: Carolina Chocolate Drops at
FitzGerald's,
Berwyn.
|
 SPRING
AHEAD!
March 20:
Buddy Guy, Lonnie Brooks & Indigenous
at
Rialto Square Theater, Joliet, IL.
March 21:
Indigenous at Buddy
Guy's Legends, Chicago. Leon Redbone at
Prairie Center,
Schaumburg, IL.
March 28:
Legendary R&B Revue with Tommy Castro, Ronnie Baker
Brooks, Magic Dick & Deanna Bogart at
Prairie Center,
Schaumburg, IL |
 March
13: Toronzo Cannon (photo) at
Cool River,
Homer Glen, IL
Lil' Ed at Bill's
Blues, Evanston, IL
E.C. Scott, Sammy Fender, Fernando Jones at
Legends, Chgo.
March 16: Blue Monday with Guy King Duo
at Andy's,
Chicago. |
 March
4 -- Free noon
concert with Lonnie
Brooks at Columbia
College's concert hall, 1014 S. Michigan, Chgo.
March 7
-- Free acoustic show with
Jimmy Johnson
(photo), 5:30-8 pm at
Legends.
Special 20's and Chicago R&B Kings, $15 at 9 pm.
Billy Branch at
Rosa's |
 Feb.
27 -- Tad Robinson (photo) & Jimmy Johnson at
S.P.A.C.E. in
Evanston.
Johnny Drummer at Cool River
in Homer Glen.
Guy King at Rosa's
in Chicago.
Feb. 28 -- Byther Smith at
Blues Bar in Mt.
Prospect. |
 Jan.
23 -- Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials at
B.L.U.E.S.
on Halsted, Chicago.
Jan. 24 --
Ronnie Baker Brooks birthday bash at Cool River
Draught House, Homer Glen, IL. New blues venue!!
Tel: 708-301-8006.
Jan. 23-24 -- Nellie "Tiger" Travis
(photo) and J.W. Williams with Laretha at the
Blue Chicago
clubs on Clark St., Chicago. |
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|
Blue Chicago |
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EVENT:
Allman Brothers film & museum benefit 
Aug.
12: Nick Moss at
Feb.
20-24 -- Mardi
Gras in Chicagoland
January
8-31, 2009
