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Chicago Blues Guide
HOT shows |
CHICAGO BLUES GUIDE
HOT SHOWS May 2012
May 18:
Dominican University's Blues Divas: Deitra Farr, Peaches
Staten, Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Sharon Lewis at
Harlem Ave. Lounge,
Berwyn, IL
Nellie "Tiger" Travis photos: by Michael
Kurgansky |
May 17: Eric "Guitar" Davis
at
B.L.U.E.S., Chicago.
Quintus McCormick at
Shaw's, Chicago.
May 18: Dominican
University's Blues Divas: Deitra Farr, Peaches Staten, Nellie
"Tiger" Travis, Sharon Lewis at
Harlem Ave. Lounge,
Berwyn, IL
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Eddie Taylor, Jr. at
Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago.
May 18 - 19:
Blues & The Spirit Symposium
at Dominican University in River Forest, IL. Includes bus trips to
see the Blues Divas at the Harlem Ave. Lounge and Sugar Blue at Rosa's.
Big James & the Chicago Playboys, Vance Kelly
celebrate the club's 44th Anniversary at
Kingston Mines, Chgo.
Shirley Johnson at
Blue Chicago, Chgo.
May 19: Sugar Blue at
Rosa's, Chgo.
Howard & The White Boys at
Blues Bar, Mt. Prospect, IL
Sir Walter Scott & The Mighty World Band w/
Delores Scott at
Lee's
Unleaded Blues, Chgo.
Andrew Diehl & the Nightmen at
Smoke Daddy's, Chgo.
May 20: Sharon Lewis & Texas Fire
at
Old
Town School, Chicago.
Benefit for Iraq Veterans Against The War
with Watermelon Slim at
Simone's Bar, 960 W. Taylor St.,
Chicago. Doors 5 p.m. Music starts 6:30 p.m. $10 donation.
May 21: Tweed Funk
at
House of Blues,
Chicago
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May 27:
Musician Bob Carter (original drummer for the Mighty
Blue Kings) 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.
Tickets
are on sale now.
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