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You shoulda been there.
1. Tommy Stinson at the Double Door on Sunday night.
Tommy covering Alex. My only recording from Chicago’s Double Door. Focus is off, but the audio works.
Posted by René Greblo on Sunday, January 24, 2016
Posted on January 29, 2016
Let’s have a look-see.
Out On Redmoon Records
Some of the material on Tortoise’s new record, The Catastrophist, was commissioned by the City of Chicago “to help celebrate that town’s musical history.”
Prairie State Freakout
“For [The Redemptions’] debut record, Broken Hearts and Shattered Glass . . . [Anthony] Fama has focused the lyrical content on his follies in love. While he doesn’t shy away from his other mistakes, like flipping out on drugs at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and having a whole wing shut down due to his behavior.”
Posted on January 27, 2016
You shoulda been there.
1. Seet at Moe’s Tavern on Friday night.
Posted on January 25, 2016
You shoulda been there.
1. Bruce Springsteen on the West Side on Tuesday night.
Posted on January 22, 2016
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You shoulda been there.
1. The Go! Team at Lincoln Hall on Saturday night.
Posted on January 18, 2016
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You shoulda been there.
1. Black Road at the Tree in Joliet on Sunday night.
Posted on January 15, 2016
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You shoulda been there.
1. The Vulgar Boatmen at Schubas on Saturday night.
Posted on January 12, 2016
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You shoulda been there.
1. Eleventh Dream Day at the Empty Bottle on Sunday night.
Posted on January 8, 2016
By Steve Rhodes
“Grammy Award-winning singer Natalie Cole, who died Thursday at the age of 65, was no stranger to Chicago audiences, having performed here at numerous concert venues over the years, most recently a concert last February in Naperville,” the Sun-Times notes.
“In 2011, Ms. Cole headlined a free concert at Taste of Chicago, and 2013 she performed a double-bill with Ramsey Lewis at Ravinia.”
Cole’s most noteworthy Chicago appearance, though, was arguably her May 1997 two-night stand at the Arie Crown Theatre, which was also broadcast the following month on the legendary King Biscuit Flower Hour.
“She came on like an amiable dynamo on the fast numbers and suitably sentimental on the slow ones,” the Tribune’s Lynn Van Matre wrote at the time.
The Trib’s Aaron Gold wrote that “The Arie Crown security staff wasn’t prepared for the adoring Natalie Cole fans who rushed the stage at her Friday concert.”
Here’s “I’m Catching Hell” from that show:
Posted on January 5, 2016
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You shoulda been there.
1. Running at the Empty Bottle on Thursday night.
Posted on January 4, 2016
