CHICAGO BLUES GUIDE

 HOT SHOWS September 2012

Sept. 29: Magic Slim Blind Pig CD release party  at Reggie’s, Chicago photo: Tim Holek

Sept. 25: Linsey Alexander Blues Band with Demetria Taylor at Blue Chicago

O.C. Anderson and the Drop It Like Its Hot Band at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Chicago Bound Blues Band at Shaw’s, Chicago

Sept. 26: Pistol Pete at Kingston Mines, Chicago

Eric Guitar Davis & The Troublemakers at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Pro Jam w/ Jimmy Burns, Kate Moss, Pookie Styx at House of Blues, Chicago.

Sept. 27: Blues Bash fundraiser for Child Link w/ The Attics at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Cyrus Hayes at Coop's Den, Bolingbrook

Sept. 28: Larry McCray and Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chicago

The Congregation CD party (with 3 other bands) at Martyr’s, Chicago

Harlan Terson Blues Quartet at Smoke Daddy, Chicago

Pat Smillie at Tannins, Elmhurst 

Jimmy Burns at Nick's Beer Garden , Chicago

Nigel Mack & the Blues Attack at Harlem Avenue Lounge, Chicago

Ronnie Baker Brooks with Cedric Burnside Project at Viper Alley, Lincolnshire

Black Willoughbys at California Clipper, Chicago

Sept. 29: Magic Slim CD release party at Reggie’s, Chicago

Siegel Schwall Blues Band w/ Johnny Burns at SPACE, Evanston

Larry McCray and Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chicago    

Vance Kelly and the Backstreet Blues Band at B.L.U.E.S., Chicago

Midnight Blue at Shaw’s, Schaumburg

Peter “Madcat” Ruth at Rosa’s, Chicago

Scotty and the Bad Boys at Smoke Daddy, Chicago

Peaches Staten & The Grooveshakers at Blue Chicago

Linsey Alexander's Delmark CD release party at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Sept. 30: Delmark’s West Side Soul Showcase w/ Michael Coleman’s Big Band & Peaches Staten at B.L.U.E.S, Chicago

 Pete Galanis, Nate Manos and friends at Rosa’s Lounge, Chicago

Chicago Blues Harp Bash #4, featuring Sugar Ray Norcia, Joe Filisko, David Waldman, Corporate Kirk Manley, Highway Rickey, Billy Flynn and Tim Spahn at SPACE, Evanston

Marcia Ball at Old Town School Of Folk Music, Chicago (Lincoln Square)

Oct. 1: Taj Mahal  (two shows) at SPACE, Evanston

Note: Lee's Unleaded Blues on Chicago's South Side will be closed for renovations during September.