Jan. 9: Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater's 80th birthday party at SPACE, Evanston photo: Roman Sobus

Jan. 2 - 31: Buddy Guy w/ special guests, Thurs-Sunday in January only. Tickets $55-$65 at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chgo

Jan. 5: Anne Harris & Dave Herrero at Webster's Wine Bar, Chicago

Tenry Johns Blues Band w/ Claudette Miller at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Jan. 6: Chicago Bound Blues Band at Shaw's, Chicago

Vino Louden at Beer Geeks, Highland, IN

Harry Garner & Mark Wydra at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Jan. 8: Windy City Blues Society Fundraiser to send Charlie Love Blues Band to Memphis for IBC at The Alley, Highwood

Eddie Shaw, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Mississippi Heat at Shaw's, Chicago

Jan. 9: Linsey Alexander at Nick's Beer Garden, Chgo

Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings at Harlem Ave. Lounge, Berwyn

Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater's 80th birthday party at SPACE, Evanston

Jan. 9-10: John Primer & The Real Deal Blues Band w/ Peaches Staten at Blue Chicago, Chicago

Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials at B.L.U.E.S., Chicago

Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Joanna Connor at Kingston Mines, Chgo

Jan. 10: Otis Clay at SPACE, Evanston

Ron Sorin & The Blue Coast Band at Smoke Daddy, Chgo

Jan. 11: Sena Ehrhardt at Reggie's, Chgo

Early Warnings:

Jan. 15: Ronnie Baker Brooks at Double Door, Chgo

Jan. 16: Devon Allman at Wire, Berwyn

Jan. 17: Winter Blues Bash w/ Rev. Raven & The Chain Smoking Altar Boys, Westside Andy, Jim Liban, Alex Wilson Band, Aaron Williams & Hoodoo, Altered 5, Generation Blue at Hemmens Cultural Center, Elgin

Jan. 17-18: 10th Anniversary of "Too Hot To Handel/The Jazz-Gospel Messiah" w/ soloists Rodrick Dixon, Alfreda Burke, Karen Marie Richardson, plus a 200-piece orchestra, pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago