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Hello Dave has been playing music all around the country and the world for the past… whole bunch of years. It all began at Eastern Illinois University at the turn of the 90s. The first, self titled, cd came out in ’93 and they’ve been full time ever since. -Founder and vocalist Mike Himebaugh says, “why the hell not!” – Lead guitar abusing hippy, Magoo quips, “shoot, we’ev (he actually mis-spelled the word while speaking) seen the rains down in Africa, and we got paid.” -Peter “Petah” Bauschke recently took over for long time drummer, Rez, and he’s never been so excited to play the keyboards. Big Al Wetzel, bass player, remembers when………………? Just come see ’em play!

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Mercury Blonde is an original Americana/Rock band based in East Nashville, Tennesse. The band consists of Zach Sarapas, Dan Wecht, Mario Galati, and Tyler Peck. Each member of the band is from the east and the mid-west area of the United States. All the members of the band decided to make the move to Nashville to pursue their musical adventures and to be part of the heart of what is known as Music City. The band formed from playing at open jams, being part of other musical groups, and getting together at live shows. Often compared to a ‘modern day Allman Brothers-style southern rock’ band, Mercury Blonde combines new Americana sounds with Old-School Rock n’ Roll.

BUY TICKETS       ARTIST WEBSITE Morry Sochat and The Special 20’s are bringing a fresh sound to the Chicago Blues scene. They mix classic Chicago Blues with Swing and Rock N’ Roll from the 1950’s. The band is influenced by the best in blues history. Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Louis Jordan, Junior Wells, and all of the Chicago greats. Morry Sochat (pronounced Socket) moved to Chicago from Texas in 1990. He started playing harmonica in 2000, taking lessons from renowned teacher, Joe Filisko at the Old Town School of Folk Music. He played with The Shakes and Tongue & Groove before starting The Special 20s in 2005. Their first, self-titled release, recorded in 2006, was received with great reviews, taking the 20s from playing one or two nights a month to constant bookings all over the city. Morry has been playing around the city learning from the greats in Chicago, playing with Dave Specter, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Billy Flynn and Barrelhouse Chuck. In 2007, Sochat took the next step and went out on his own. He hired some of the best musicians in Chicago to round out The Special 20s. In 2008, they returned to the studio to record a new CD. The recording Swingin’ Shufflin’ Smokin’ was produced by Nick Moss and featured Ted Beranis, Kenny Smith, Dave Ross, Nick Krebs, Shoji Naito, and Jim St. Marie. The CD was also met with rave reviews. This opened up doors for the band across the US. In 2010 Morry took the band back to the studio to release Eatin’ Dirt. The CD was produced by Jimmy Sutton, and features 10 original songs. The band has grown in both skill level and size, adding a horn section on a lot of the songs. Eating’ Dirt was a sound expansion for the band.  It was the first CD that brought in the horn section.  The recording featured the line up of  Marty Binder, Doug Corcoran, Shoji Naito, Chris Neal, Jim St. Marie and Ted Beranis. It has special guests Billy Flynn, Dave Hererro, and Brother John on the CD.  The sound is vintage with a modern feel. The new album, Dig In was released on November 24th, 2015.  It was recorded with the same band as Eatin’ Dirt with the addition of Billy Flynn.  Tim Bluhm, from the Mother Hips, produced the CD.  It was a crazy recording session.  We got 19 inches of snow on the first day.  The album came out great!!! The band is cooking on all cylinders so get out and see them live.

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“The Connectors” are quickly establishing themselves as one of Chicago’s newest party bands. They entertain the crowd by performing a wide variety of music including Pop, Classic Rock, Motown, Swing, Country, and much more.

The band is a blend of talented musicians with various backgrounds. When they “connected”, their goal was to create a fun party atmosphere for dancing, singing along, and just having fun.

The members derive from a long list of other Chicago favorite bands including: Hi Infidelity, Sixteen Candles, Hip Pocket, The Blind Roosevelts, and Soco 7.

Mike Tomaselli: Vocals and Trumpet

Marty Lombardo: Keyboards and Vocals

Vito Raimondi: Drums

Don Mills: Bass, Vocals, Harmonica

Russ Maki: Trombone, Flute, Vocals

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The Core rocks Chicagoland with classic rock and top 40 hits, served up with accomplished musicianship and polished harmonies. After almost 10 years singing together, Bill and Wendy share a musical bond that allows each to anticipate and harmonize with the other. Rhythm section players Steve, Gary and Mark have been performing since high school where they played classic rock tunes when they were on the top 40 countdown! Pete holds down the bass while singing lead and harmony.

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Real Pretenders are four Chicago music scene veterans with a passion for
the hard driving rhythms, catchy melodic hooks, soul-tortured lyrics, and
back alley sex appeal that characterize the music of the Pretenders. They
aren’t a costume act and they don’t play the original members of the band
as characters. Instead, these established players with audiences of their
own have come together to thread the musical needle between faithfully
rendering the Pretender’s sound and joyfully harnessing these timeless and
lustful pop rock gems as a means to expressing their own musical identity.
Not only do they take on both the band’s classics and deep cuts, they also
offer a new take on songs covered by the Pretenders as well as those that
perhaps might have been. Real Pretenders aren’t simply a tribute to the
music of the Pretenders, they are a tribute to their essential spirit. Do not
miss.

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Mellencougar is made up of a group of musicians from the Illinois/Wisconsin scene. Our appreciation of the music of Heartland U.S.A. and specifically John Cougar Mellencamp helped to create our band and gain the respect of many venues, fans and musicians.

The shared experiences described in John’s lyrics bring the audience and band together while singing songs about youthful lust in songs like “Hurt So Good”, “Ain’t Even Done With The Night” and “I Need A Lover”
In songs such as “Check It Out”, “Small Town” and “Jack and Diane” you are reminded of what is truly important in life and how to recognize it.

As the fiddle cries and the bass drum hits, patriotic songs like “ROCK in the U.S.A.”, “Rain on The Scarecrow” and “Pink Houses” drive you to dancing as you raise your glass to toast the greatest country on earth, the United States of America.

Mellencougar has shared the stage with Eddie Money, Blake Shelton, the Spin Doctors, Styx, Night Ranger, Jamey Johnson and many other national acts.

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“The Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Tribute In The World”

Beggars Banquet is an authentic tribute to The Rolling Stones featuring all of their greatest hits and performed in full costume.  Together for over 16 years, performing with all five member in authentic costume. The boys visually and aurally recreate the look and sound of “The Greatest Rock’N’Roll Band in the World” Why do the guys in Beggars Banquet say the are America’s number one Rolling Stones tribute?…Quite simply put, they prove the are, by playing just like the Rolling Stones, dressing like the Rolling Stones, moving like the Rolling stones and looking like the Rolling Stones.