CHICAGO BLUES GUIDE

 HOT SHOWS September 2012

Sept. 14-15: John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band at B.L.U.E.S. , Chicago. photo: Michael Kurgansky

Sept. 11: Shake 'Em On Down w/ Rick Sherry, Joel Paterson, Beau Sample, Alex Hall at The Hideout, Chicago.

Sept. 12: Dave Specter & The Bluebirds at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago.

Sept. 13: Debbie Davies at SPACE, Evanston, IL

Mississippi Heat at Shaw's, Chicago.

Nigel Mack at  Smoke Daddy, Chicago.

Smiley Tilmon Band at Coop's Den, Bolingbrook, IL

Big Dog Mercer at Venuti's, Addison, IL

Sept. 13, 14, 15: Shirley Johnson Blues Band at Blue Chicago, Chgo.

Sept. 14: Mike Wheeler at House of Blues, Chicago.

Keb' Mo' at North Shore Center, Skokie, IL

Rockin' Johnny Band at LaGrange Jazz & Blues Fest, LaGrange, IL

Howard & The White Boys at Rosa's, Chgo.

Sept. 14-15: John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band at B.L.U.E.S. , Chicago.

Eddie Shaw, Linsey Alexander at Kingston Mines, Chgo.

Sept. 15: Blues, Brews & BBQ Fest w/ Billy Branch, Brother John at College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

Chris Beard, Nick & The Ovorols, Harmonica Hinds at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago.

Pat Smillie at Shaw's, Schaumburg, IL

Dawn O'Keefe Williams & The Lucky Dogs, benefit for CatVando, an organization that rescues cats at The Friendly Tap, Berwyn, IL

Studebaker John & The Hawks at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn, IL

Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang at the Chicago Theatre, Chicago.

Sept. 18: Royal Southern Brotherhood at SPACE, Evanston, IL

John Mayall, Peggi Young  & The Survivors at The Mayne Stage, Chgo.

Sept. 19: John Mayall, Jimmy Nick & Don't Tell Mama at Viper Alley, Lincolnshire, IL