SAMPLE THE PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
OF THE BLUES ON
CHICAGO BLUES TOUR™ SPRING 2009
Special Features:
**Chicago Blues Fest Preview
**Guitar Duel
**Harmonica Showdown
Blues University® and the City of Chicago invite music fans to preview the Chicago Blues Fest with a busload of blues on Saturday, May 16th when the Chicago Blues Tour™ departs from the "hub" of the tour, Wabash Tap at 1233 S. Wabash St. The Chicago Blues Tour™ is a "pub crawl" event connecting 7 blues lounges hosting 8 live blues bands and many special musical guests performing all night long. Tickets ($40) include all transportation and admission charges for a nightlong blues adventure. Advance tickets are strongly recommended, and are available through the Chicago Blues Tour website,
http://www.chicagobluestour.com
The tour runs buses on one-hour shuttle routes connecting the participating venues, including classic, historic lounges like Checkerboard Lounge, Rosa's Lounge, and Lee's Unleaded Blues, as well as newer blues havens like Rooster's Palace, Catcher's Inn and Linda's Place. Several performers on the tour are also featured on the Chicago Blues Fest in June, including Li'l Ed & the Blues Imperials, Johnny Drummer & the Starliters, Mz. Peachez, and Killer Ray Allison.
ADVANCE RESERVED discount tickets are available for $30 until April 25th. The website also includes more details on participating clubs and performers.
The tour emphasizes off-the-beaten-path, classic lounges, that highlight the wide variety of modern blues talent, from world-renowned veterans like Johnny Drummer, Li'l Ed, and Vance Kelly, to Chicago soul-blues stars like Fantastic L-Roy. There's also a "Southside Showcase / Chicago Blues Festival Preview" jam session at Catcher's Lounge featuring a dozen of Chicago's south side stars, and a "Harmonica Showdown" at Wabash Tap, where Deak Harp will take on all challengers including two special guests, and a "Guitar Duel" at Rosa's Lounge between Li'l Ed Williams and Pete Galanis, the guitarist from Howard & the White Boys.
Blues University® sponsors classes and events that expand the understanding and audience for blues music. The Chicago Blues Tour began in 1990 as the West Side Blues Tour and has expanded in scope to include live blues venues throughout Chicago, and has helped promote blues with assistance from the Mayor's Office of Special Events since 1998. Blues U.® maintains an online archive of blues information and also launched a blues news service, BluesWire, in 2008.
Spring 2009 Chicago Blues Tour
PARTICIPATING CLUBS AND PERFORMERS:
WABASH TAP 1233 S. WABASH, 312-360-9488
(8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.)
DEAK HARP BAND with special harmonica guests
in a
"HARMONICA SHOWDOWN"
Including:
HARPMONSTER,
OMAR COLEMAN,
3rd harmonica player TBA
CATCHER'S INN 901 W. 35TH, 773-869-9411
(8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.)
ROBERT PASENKO & THE 35TH STREET BLUES BAND
"SOUTH SIDE SHOWCASE / BLUES FEST PREVIEW":
special guests including:
Tre', Lady Kat, Floyd Wilson, Reggie Tutt, Mz Peaches,
Smilin' Bobby, Killer Ray Allison, Chuck Crane, Linsey Alexander,
Chicago Babe, Ramblin' Rose, Li'l Daddy
ROSA'S LOUNGE 3420 ARMITAGE AVE., 773-342-0452
(continuous music from 8 p.m.)
"GUITAR DUEL" featuring:
Li'L ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS
PETE GALANIS
CHECKERBOARD LOUNGE 5201 S. HARPER, 773-684-1472
(9:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.)
VANCE KELLY & THE BACKSTREET BLUES BAND
LEE'S UNLEADED BLUES 7401 S. SOUTH CHICAGO, 773-493-3477
(7:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.)
JOHNNY DRUMMER & THE STARLITERS with special guests
LINDA'S PLACE 1044 W. 51ST ST., 773-373-2351
(7:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.)
FANTASTIC L-ROY & THE BULLETPROOF BAND
ROOSTER'S PALACE 4501 W. MADISON, 773-678-0739
(8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.)
TAILDRAGGER & HIS ALL-STAR CHICAGO BLUES BAND
http://www.chicagobluestour.com/bluestour/mp3s/JohnHenry_DeakHarp.mp3
http://www.chicagobluestour.com/bluestour
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