By CompilationTUBE
We don’t care about blue lights, take a picture!
Posted on January 31, 2012
The Weekend in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Rise Against at the UIC Pavilion on Friday night.
Posted on January 30, 2012
The Week in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Ghost at the Bottom Lounge on Tuesday night.
Posted on January 27, 2012
About a Song: Pumped Up Kicks
By Steve Rhodes
I’m a big fan of Songfacts, so I found the year-end results of most requested Songfacts of 2011 quite interesting. A lot of Adele. But No. 1 was “Pumped Up Kicks,” a song I was vaguely familiar with to the point of asking a buddy of mine what it was every time it came on at Filter. Now I know for reals. It’s pretty great.
Not everyone thinks so though – once they realize what the song is about. I couldn’t disagree more with those folks.
Posted on January 26, 2012
Buried Treasure Not For Sale: An Adam Clayton Bass Arrives In Chicago
By Bass Club Chicago
“Bass Club Chicago just got in a Fender Custom Shop Adam Clayton Precision Bass and what a beautiful instrument it is. When Adam had a moment away from touring with U2, he sat down with Fender Master Builder Paul Waller to design this instrument. This bass is a part of Fenders ‘2011 Limited Collection’ with only 60 pcs being made. The Gold Sparkle finish makes it feel like you’re opening buried treasure every time you open the case. This bass not only plays well but with the Abby Hand-wound Pickup, has tone for days. This bass is already spoken for and is not available for sale.”
Posted on January 25, 2012
Etta James & Chicago
By Steve Rhodes
“Last Friday, the renowned blues and R&B singer Etta James died at a hospital in Riverside, California, outside L.A.,” Davis Inman writes for American Songwriter. “James had battled health problems and years of drug abuse, but died from complications of leukemia.
“Though James had an early hit in her career with a song called ‘Dance With Me, Henry’ (also known as ‘Roll With Me, Henry’) and success with a girl group called The Peaches in the ’50s, the singer really hit her stride when she signed with Chicago’s Chess Records in 1960.”
Indeed. Here she is portrayed by Beyoncé Knowles in the 2008 chronicle of Chess, Cadillac Records.
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But we can also bring you the real thing. Here are the few Etta James performances on video to be found; the first three from her appearance with Dr. John and Allen Toussaint on on WTTW’s Soundstage in 1982 and the other captured from rehearsal for the Blues Fest in 1988.
Posted on January 24, 2012
The Weekend in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Sound Tribe Sector 9 at the Congress on Friday night.
Posted on January 23, 2012
The Week in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Young Distractions at Chrome Chicago on Thursday night.
Posted on January 20, 2012
Song of the Moment: Know Your Rights
By The Beachwood Occupation Affairs Desk
You have the right to remain silent.
Song: Know Your Rights
Album: Combat Rock
Recorded: 1982
Released: April 3, 1982
Format: 7″
Length: 3:51
Wikipedia: It was released as a single prior to the release of the album, Combat Rock, on which it appears. The song was the first single from the album. (The next single was “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?”)
Posted on January 19, 2012
When Blind John Davis Remembered When Glencoe Was Fun
By The Beachwood Blind Bluesmen Affairs Desk
From the documentary Sweet Home Chicago, uploaded to YouTube this week by RawBluesTV.
Posted on January 18, 2012