Windy City Smokeout just wrapped up its 10th festival! Come for the headliner, but fall in love with the support.
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The diversity of talent on display was truly amazing with everything from an incredible “Women in Blues” showcase to a masterful Mud Morganfield!
To witness Al Di Meola perform is to experience one of the greatest living guitar masters. His fretwork is pure mastery.
Day two of the bountiful blues buffet!
Opening night acts featured Wayne Baker Brooks, the Blind Boys of Alabama with the legendary Bobby Rush, and a centennial tribute to Albert King.
Model Citizen opted instead for a proven formula written long ago: plug it in, turn it on, and “kick out the jams.”
As they displayed recently to a sold-out crowd, The Blue Stones play with a raw ferocity that the Chop Shop struggled to contain.
His intro: A single-chord, loud, sustained strumming followed with a single, turn-it-up-to-eleven country yodel.
The performance at Chicago’s Sleeping Village music venue, touring behind ‘The Fooler’ and playing the album in entirety, was another masterstroke from Waterhouse who transported the crowd in the dimly lit club to the bygone era that seeps from his music.
The Wood Brothers are currently on tour in support of a new album, and recently stopped in Chicago to perform at the Salt Shed.