HOT SHOWS 2015

August

Aug. 23: Bettye LaVette at SPACE, Evanston photo: Jennifer Noble

Aug. 12: Saxophone Summit w/ Eddie Shaw, Rodney Brown & TK Pivonka at BLUES, Chgo

Dave Specter at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Studebaker John & The Hawks, Michael Charles at House of Blues, Chgo

Aug. 13: Smiley Tillmon Blues Band w/ Kate Moss at BLUES, Chgo

Mississippi Heat at Shaw's, Chgo

Guy King, 4:20 pm show, at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chgo

Aug. 14: Walter Trout at  Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang at BLUES, Chgo

John Primer, Breezy Rodio at House of Blues, Chgo

Rockin' Johnny Band at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

Kinsey Report,4:20 pm show, at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chgo

Aug. 14-15: Maurice John Vaughn Blues Band w/ Demetria Taylor at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Billy Branch & Sons of the Blues, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Aug. 15: Guy King's Little Big Band at BLUES, Chgo

Lurrie Bell, Alex Wilson at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Kinsey Report at Rosa's, Chgo

Dawn O'Keefe Williams & The Lucky Dogs w/ Carl Davis at Mac's on Slade, Palatine

Aug. 16: Pat Smillie at Blues & Brews Brunch at River Roast, Chgo

Joe Barr & The Soul Purpose Band at BLUES, Chgo

Aug. 17: Tenry Johns Blues Band w/ Sheila Lewis at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Joel Paterson at Shaw's, Chgo

Linsey Alexander, Windy City Rev Ups at House of Blues, Chgo

EARLY WARNINGS

Aug. 18: Joe Moss Band at BLUES, Chgo

Langhorne Slim & The Law at Thalia Hall, Chgo

Aug. 19: Jimmie Vaughan & Tilt-A-Whirl Band w/ Lou Ann Barton at City Winery, Chicago

J.W. Williams & the Chi-town Hustles w/ Demetria Taylor at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Big Dog Mercer at Shaw's, Chgo

Aug. 20: Jimmie Vaughan & Tilt-A-Whirl Band w/ Lou Ann Barton at SPACE, Evanston

Aug. 20: Buckwheat Zydeco at College of DuPage, Lakeside Pavillion, FREE outdoor show

The Sauce Boss (Bill Wharton) at FitzGerald's, Berwyn

Lionel Young at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Dave Herrero, Nicholas Barron at House of Blues, Chgo

Aug. 21: Killer Ray Allison, 4:20 pm show, at Lagunitas Tap Room, Chgo

Lurrie Bell at BLUES, Chgo

Toronzo Cannon at Rosa's, Chgo

J.B. Ritchie at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Nigel Mack at Mac's on Slade, Palatine


Aug. 20-21: Eddie Shaw, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Aug. 22: Charlie Musselwhite at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

Kilborn Alley at Nick's Beer Garden, Chicago

Studebaker John at Blues & Brews Brunch at River Roast, Chgo

Aug. 23: Bettye LaVette at SPACE, Evanston

Dave Herrero at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

Aug. 27: Grana' Louise Farewell & Bon Voyage party at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago

FESTIVALS

Aug. 21-22: Brother John Kattke, Billy Branch & Sons of the Blues, Joanna Connor, Red, White & Blues, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials at Little Bear Ribfest, Vernon Hills

Aug. 28: Fabulous Thunderbirds at Skokie Backlot Bash, Skokie, IL 8:30 p.m.

Aug. 29: Albert Castiglia, Dave Specter Band w/ Sharon Lewis, Mike Wheeler Band, Stormcellar, Jimmy Nick & Don't Tell Mama & more at Crossroads Blues Festival, Rockford, IL

Sept. 4-5: Taj Mahal, Johnny Lang, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Victor Wooten, Doyle Bramhall II, Tinsley Ellis, Rev. Payton's Damn Big Band, Rusty Wright & more at Illinois Blues Festival, Peoria