CHICAGO BLUES GUIDE

 HOT SHOWS Aug-Sept 2012

Aug. 31-Sept. 1: Sugar Blue, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo.

Aug. 29:  Pro Jam  w/ Billy Flynn, Eddie Shaw, Bob Stroger, Kenny Smith at House of Blues, Chicago

Women's Blues Jam hosted by Big Ray & Chicago's Most Wanted at  B.L.U.E.S. , Chicago.

Nick Peraino at Smoke Daddy, Chgo.

Aug. 30: Canned Heat w/ Harvey Mandel at SPACE, Evanston, IL

Toronzo Cannon at Shaw's, Chicago.

Jackie Rose Band at Venuti's, Addison, IL

Aug. 31: Rock 'n' Blues Fest w/ Johnny Winter Band, Edgar Winter Group, Rick Derringer, Leslie West, Kim Simmonds at Country Club Hills Theater.

Fabulous Thunderbirds at SPACE, Evanston, IL

Kingsnakes at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn, IL

Mike Wheeler, Alex Wilson, Jimmy Burns at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago.

Claudette Miller & the Mississippi Raiders at Lee's Unleaded Blues, Chgo.

Aug. 31-Sept. 1: Illinois Blues Fest w/ Duke Robillard, Walter Trout, Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames, Maurice John Vaughn, Jimmy Thackery, Curtis Salgado, Lil' Ed, James Armstrong & more, at Riverfront Park, Peoria, IL

Linsey Alexander Blues Band w/ Demetria Taylor at Blue Chicago, Chgo.

Sugar Blue, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo.

Sept. 1: Duke Robillard, Doug James & the Pocket at Viper Alley, Lincolnshire, IL

Jimmy Burns at Rosa's, Chgo.

Sept. 2: Taste of Polonia w/ Blue Road Band & many other bands at Lawrence & Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.