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| Chicago Blues Guide
HOT shows 2013: |
 EVENTS:
New Year's Eve 2013
Ring in the new year with the blues! Here's our roundup
of where to celebrate with Chicago's best live blues
bands. |
 Dec. 28:
Mud Morganfield & Nick Moss at
SPACE,
Evanston
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for more HOT shows
this week! |
 Dec. 17:
Jimmy Johnson & Dave Specter at
SPACE,
Evanston
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for more HOT shows
this week! |
 Dec.
14: Nikki Hill, Amazing
Heebie Jeebies at Reggie's, Chgo
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for more HOT
shows this week! |
 Dec. 6:
Booker T. Jones at
SPACE,
Evanston
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shows this week!
photo: Jennifer Noble
|
Nov. 30:
Ronnie Baker Brooks at
FitzGerald’s,
Berwyn
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HOT shows this week!
photo: Jennifer Noble
|
 Nov.
22-23: Sugar Blue at
Rosa's, Chgo
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for more HOT
shows this week!!
photo: Jennifer Noble |
 Nov. 17: Robert Cray at
The Arcada, St. Charles
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for more HOT
shows
this week! |
 Nov.
8: Los Lonely Boys at The Arcada
Theater, St. Charles
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for more HOT
shows
this week!
photo: Jennifer Noble |
 Oct. 28-29: Bettye LaVette
at City Winery, Chicago
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for more HOT
shows
this week!
photo: Jennifer Noble |
 Oct.
5: Candye Kane Band, Barb Clifford Band
at FitzGerald's, Berwyn
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for more HOT
shows
this week!! |
 Sept.
28:
Shawn Holt & The Teardrops CD party at
Rosa's, Chgo
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for more HOT
shows
this week!!
photo: Dianne Bruce Dunklau
|
 Sept.
17-18: Johnny Winter at SPACE,
Evanston
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for more HOT
shows this week!
photo: Jennifer Noble
|
 Sept.
14:
Lucky Peterson at
Rosa's, Chgo
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for more HOT
shows this week! |
 Aug
31: Toronzo Cannon CD party at
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago
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 Aug.
23:
Delmark Records' 60th Anniversary Show w/
Byther Smith, Lurrie Bell, Jimmy Burns, Tail Dragger,
Sharon Lewis, Dave Specter, Linsey Alexander, Mike
Wheeler, Toronzo Cannon
at SPACE, Evanston
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for more
HOT
shows this week!!!
Byther Smith/ photo: Jennifer Noble |
 Aug.
16: Peter
Frampton's Guitar Circus w/ Peter Frampton,
B.B. King, Sonny Landreth w/ guests
Rick Nielsen & Larry Carlton
at
RiverEdge Park, Aurora, IL
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for more HOT
shows coming this week!!! |
 Aug.
7: Lynne Jordan sings Etta, Tina, Janis
& Nina at
City Winery,
Chicago
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for more
HOT shows this week! |
 Aug.
2:
Mike Wheeler, Breezy Rodio at
Buddy Guy's Legends, Chgo
Mike Wheeler will be at Nick's and Kingston Mines, this
week, too.
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for more
HOT
shows this week!
|
 July
26:
Peter Karp & Sue Foley at
Rosa’s, Chgo
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to see more HOT shows coming this week!
|
 July
16:
Taj Mahal, 2
shows at City Winery,
Chicago
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to see more
HOT
shows coming this week!
photo: Dianne BruceDunklau |
 July
12: Lil' Ed & The Blues
Imperials, The Congregation, Zora Young, Tommy
McCracken, Omar Coleman, Mary Lane at Taste of
Chicago.
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to see more
HOT shows
coming this week!
Lil' Ed photo: Jennifer Noble |
 July
4:
Blues in the Garden w/ Sugar Blue at
Blues Heaven
Foundation/Chess Studios, 2120 S. Michigan, Chicago
Celebrate Willie Dixon's 98th birthday and Independence
Day at the historical building and outdoor garden for a
free show at 5 p.m.
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HOT shows
coming this week! |
June
30:
Delmark Records Night w/ Byther Smith Band
& Willie Buck at B.L.U.E.S., Chgo
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this week!
Byther Smith photo: Jennifer Noble |
 June
22:
Lurrie Bell Delmark CD release party at
Rosa’s, Chgo
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for more HOT
shows coming this week! |
 June
15: Holmes Brothers at SPACE, Evanston
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for more HOT
shows coming this week! |
 FEATURE:
Beyond the Blues Fest 2013
There will be blues events all over town before, during
and after Chicago Blues Fest. Here is what's happening
in the clubs, plus concerts, a blues seance, exhibits, brunches, bus
tour, films, free shows and more!
Charlie Musselwhite
photo: Jennifer Noble |
 May
31: Benefit & Birthday Party for Eddie C.
Campbell at Buddy Guy's Legends with:
Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater, Eddie Shaw, Billy Boy Arnold, Billy Branch
& Sons of the Blues, Lurrie Bell, Zora Young, Jimmy
Burns, Marty Sammon, Donald Kinsey
and many more.
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for details and to see more HOT shows for this week! |
 May
24:
"Back to the Delta" Blues Showcase w/ Jimmy Burns,
Smiley Tillmon & Diamond Jim Greene
at the
Beverly Arts Center, Chicago.
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for more HOT shows this week!
photo: Jennifer Noble |
 May
17: Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater w/ Windy
City Revups at
Viper
Alley, Lincolnshire
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for more HOT shows this week!
photo: Jennifer Noble |
May
11:
Ronnie Baker Brooks at
Viper Alley,
Lincolnshire
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for more HOT shows this week!
photo: Jennifer Noble |
April
30:Lurrie Bell & Lil' Ed at
Beer Geeks, Highland, IN
May 4:
Lurrie Bell, Mary Lane at
Buddy Guy's Legends,
Chgo
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Lurrie Bell photo: Jennifer Noble |
 April
26:
Otis Clay w/ Katherine Davis
at City Winery, Chgo
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for more HOT shows this week!!
photo: Jennifer Noble |
 April
20:
CIMM Fest event w/ Billy Branch
speaking on "Evolution of The Blues" with performances
by Guy Davis, Corey Harris,
Sugar Blue at
Rosa’s, Chgo
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for more HOT
shows this week!! |
 April
14: Jesse Dee at
SPACE,
Evanston
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shows this week!! |
 April
6:
Jimmie Vaughan, Chicago Blues Angels
at
FitzGerald's, Berwyn
April 7:
Jimmie Vaughan & the Tilt-a-Whirl Band
at
SPACE, Evanston
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more HOT shows this week!! |
 March 28:
A Night For Magic: A Tribute to Magic Slim w/
host band Shawn Holt & The Teardrops,
John Primer, Otis Clay, Eddy Clearwater, Billy
Branch, Lonnie Brooks, Wayne Baker Brooks, Dave Specter,
Eddie Shaw, Nick Moss, Grana' Louise, Big Time Sarah, Zac
Harmon, Carl Weathersby, J.W. Williams, Jimmy Burns, Linsey
Alexander, Steve Cushing, Mike Wheeler, Chicago Blues
All-Stars and more TBA -- at
Mayne Stage,
Chicago.
Tickets $25. Proceeds go to Magic Slim's family.
CLICK for more HOT shows this
week!!!! |
 March
22:
Chi-Town Blues Fest w/ Bobby "Blue" Bland, Mel
Waiters, Floyd Taylor, Charles Wilson, Bobby Rush, Millie
Jackson, Theodis Ealy
Star Plaza, Merrillville, IN |
 March
16:
Chi-Town Blues Fest w/ Bobby "Blue"
Bland, Mel Waiters, Floyd Taylor, Charles Wilson, Bobby
Rush (photo), Theodis Ealy at
Arie Crown Theatre, Chgo
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for more HOT shows this week, including details on March 28
Magic Slim Tribute! |
 March
8: Shemekia Copeland at SPACE, Evanston
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for more HOT shows this week!
photo: Jennifer Noble |
 Feb.
27: Eric Bibb & Habib Koite
at Old Town School, Chicago
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for more HOT shows this week!
photo: Dianne Dunklau |
 Feb.
22:
Eddie Shaw & the Wolf Gang at
B.L.U.E.S., Chgo
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week!
photo: Connie Kenny |
 Feb.
17: Little Walter Memorial w/
Billy Branch, Demetria Taylor,
Harmonica Hinds at
Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chgo.
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week! |
|
Feb. 8:
Terrence Simien
at
FitzGeralds, Berwyn
Sugar Blue (photo) CD party at
Rosa’s, Chgo
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week!
|
 Jan.
31:
Blues at The Crossroads Tribute to Muddy Waters & Howlin’
Wolf w/ The
Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jody Williams, James Cotton, Bob
Margolin, Tinsley Ellis at the Tivoli Theater,
Downers Grove. Hosted by College of DuPage
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week! |
 Jan.
27:
Delmark Night w/ Billy Flynn & Smiley Tillmon
at
B.L.U.E.S., Chgo
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week! |
Jan.
18:
Booker T. Jones at
SPACE, Evanston
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week
photo: Jennifer Noble |
Jan. 11-12:
Linda Valori at
Rosa's, Chicago
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week
|
 Jan.
5: Otis Clay at SPACE,
Evanston
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for more upcoming HOT shows this week
|
| Chicago Blues Guide
HOT
shows 2012: |
To see Hot Shows of 2012,
click on photo of Lurrie Bell |
| 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) |
|
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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EVENTS:
17th annual Blues on the Fox Fest 2013
