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| Chicago Blues Guide
HOT
shows 2012: |
 Dec.
30:
Lurrie Bell at
Rosa's, Chicago
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week
(See below for our guide to New Year's Eve blues shows) |
 Dec.
21:
Delbert McClinton
at
SPACE, Evanston
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week! |
 Dec.
14:
Kenny Neal at
Reggie's,
Chicago, IL
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week! |
 Dec. 7:
Coco Montoya at the
Montrose Room,
Hotel Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare, Chgo.
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week! |
 Dec.
1
Robert Cray at House of Blues, Chicago
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week! |
 Nov. 25:
Erwin Helfer & Barrelhouse Chuck
at Old Town School,
Chicago
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for more
upcoming HOT shows this Fall |
 Oct. 19–20:
Big James & The Chicago Playboys
at
Kingston Mines, Chgo
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for more upcoming HOT shows this Fall |
 Oct.
6:
Brooks Family Blues Dynasty with
Lonnie Brooks, Ronnie Baker Brooks &
Wayne
Baker Brooks
at
Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL
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for more HOT shows this week! |
 Sept.
28:
Ronnie Baker Brooks and Cedric
Burnside Project
at Viper Alley, Lincolnshire, IL
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for more HOT shows this week! |
 British
blues master John Mayall will play two
shows in Chicagoland:
Sept. 18 at The Mayne Stage, Chicago
Sept. 19 at Viper Alley, Lincolnshire
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for info and more HOT shows this week!! |
 Sept.
8:
Popa Chubby at Rosa's, Chicago, IL
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for more HOT shows this week! |
 Sept. 1:
Duke Robillard, Doug James & the Pocket
at Viper
Alley, Lincolnshire, IL
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for more
HOT shows this week! |
 August
25:
Liz Mandeville CD release party at Buddy Guy's
Legends, Chicago
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HOT shows this week! |
 Aug.
17:
Bryan Lee, Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames,
Dave Herrero at Buddy Guy's Legends,
Chicago
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HOT shows
this week! |
Aug. 11:
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Sammy Llanas at Viper Alley,
Lincolnshire, IL
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for more HOT shows this week!
photo: Jennifer Noble
|
Aug. 5:
Blues in the Country w/ Bobby Blue Bland (photo),
Latimore, Willie Clayton, Floyd Taylor, Mel Waiters at Country
Club Hills Theater, Country Club Hills, IL
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shows this week!
|
 July
26:
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats at SPACE, Evanston,
IL
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for more HOT
shows this week! |
 July
20-21:
Travis Haddix CD release party at
Rosa's, Chgo.
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for more HOT
shows this week! |
July 13:
Otis Clay, The Revelations at SPACE, Evanston,
IL
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for more HOT
shows this week! |
June 29:Coco
Montoya, Blue Road Band at Viper Alley,
Lincolnshire, IL
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for more HOT
shows this week! |
June 22:Jimmie
Vaughan & the Tilt-A-Whirl Band, Matt
Hill at
Buddy Guy's Legends,
Chicago.
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for more HOT
shows this week! |
 June
15 - 16:
Blues on
the Fox Festival w/
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Shane Dwight,
Shemekia Copeland, The Lee Boys, Chicago Blues:
A Living History Revue, The Neville Brothers
and more, Aurora, IL
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HOT
shows this week!
|
|
 HOT
SHOWS FEATURE:
Beyond the Blues Fest 2012
Where to see blues outside of Grant Park this week
Joe Louis Walker/photo: Jennifer
Noble |
June
1: Robert Cray, NuBlu Blues Band
at the Arcada Theatre,
St. Charles, IL
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HOT
shows this week! |
May 27:
Musician Bob Carter passed away on April 19 after a
long illness. His former band, the Mighty Blue Kings
will reunite for this special benefit/memorial show along with:
Dave Specter,
Nick Moss, Little Al Thomas, John Edelman,
Erwin Helfer, John Brumbach, Tom Holland, Rockin’ Johnny, Matther
Skoller, Scotty & the Bad Boys, Sharon Lewis, Gerry Hundt, Matt
Hendricks, Harlan Terson, Mark Wydra, Marty Binder and emcee
Hambone from WDCB.
Event is at
SPACE, Evanston IL.
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shows this week
Nick Moss photo: by Jennifer Noble.
|
 May
18: Dominican University's Blues Divas:
Deitra Farr, Peaches Staten, Nellie "Tiger" Travis
(photo), Sharon Lewis at
Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn, IL
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this week! |
May 12:
Eddie C. Campbell's Delmark CD release
party at
Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago
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this week! |
May 3:
An Evening with Barrelhouse Chuck
at the
Discovery Museum. Hear stories and songs about the
blues and visit the Blues From The Heart & Soul
exhibit.
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April 27:
James Cotton, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater at
Viper Alley, Lincolnshire, IL
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for more HOT shows coming this week! |
April 25: Lurrie
Bell CD release party at SPACE, Evanston, IL
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for more HOT shows coming this week! |
EVENTS: Chicago Blues Festival 2012
June 8 - 10 in Grant Park
This year includes tributes to Lightnin' Hopkins, Hubert
Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins, Honeyboy Edwards, Koko Taylor,
Muddy Waters' band mates,and more!
Click on Mavis Staples for complete schedule |
April 13:
Bobby Rush,
Chicago Blues Angels at Buddy Guy's
Legends, Chgo.
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for more HOT shows coming this week! |
April 7: Lynne
Jordan at The Drake, Chicago. FREE.
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for more HOT shows coming this week! |
March 30:
Janiva Magness CD release party at
SPACE, Evanston, IL
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for more HOT shows coming this week! |
 March
10: Buckwheat Zydeco at College of
DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glenn Ellyn, IL
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week |
 March
3: Shemekia Copeland at SPACE, Evanston,
IL
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week |
Feb. 26: Delmark's West Side Soul with
Billy Flynn, Elmore James,
Jr.(photo), James Wheeler, Silas "Milwaukee
Slim" McCratcher and special guests at
B.L.U.E.S., Chgo.
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this week |
Feb. 15: Chris
Thomas King at SPACE, Evanston, IL
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for more info and many more HOT shows coming this week
|
Feb. 10: Lucky Peterson
at Rosa's, Chicago.
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for more info and many more HOT shows coming this week
|
Feb. 5:
Guy Davis at SPACE, Evanston, IL
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for more info and many more HOT shows coming this week |
Jan. 28:
Otis Clay at FitzGeralds, Berwyn, IL
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HOT shows coming this week |
Jan. 20-21:
Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang at Kingston
Mines, Chicago.
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for more info and more HOT shows |
Jan. 13:
Liz Mandeville & Donna Herula and
Pistol Pete Blues Band
at the
Harlem Avenue Lounge in Berwyn, IL.
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for more info and more HOT shows |
 Jan.
6-7: Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
at Rosa's, Chicago.
It's Buddy month in Chicago!
We have the entire schedule for Buddy Guy's annual
January residency at his club Legends.
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for more info and more HOT shows.
photo: Jennifer Noble |
| Chicago Blues Guide
HOT
shows 2011: |
To see Hot Shows of 20ll, click on the photo of
Otis Clay |
| Chicago Blues Guide
HOT shows 2010: |
To see Hot Shows of 2010, click on photo of Jimmy
Johnson (left) |
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Chicago Blues Guide
HOT
shows 2009: |
To see Hot Shows of 2009, click on photo of Shirley
Johnson |
| Chicago Blues Guide
HOT shows 2008: |
To see 2008 Archive, click on photo of Magic Slim (left) |
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