Blues Breakers with Tom Marker

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This Week 

   

 

March 15th:
The official announcement of the talent lineup for the 27th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, taking place June 11-13 in Grant Park
 

March 22nd:
Johnny Copeland
 

March 29th:
Big Walter Horton
 

Here's what you heard on March 8, 2010


  • Lonnie Brooks
  • Song Artist
  • STRANGER IN MY HOUSE LONNIE BROOKS
    From Roadhouse Rules.
  • DARK CLOUD THE HOLMES BROTHERS
    From the new release, Feed My Soul.
  • DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI PINETOP PERKINS w/ B.B. KING
    Pinetop will be at S.P.A.C.E. this Saturday. This is from 2008's Pinetop Perkins and Friends. B.B. King will be doing XRT show at House of Blues on April 24 & 25.
  • NOTHING LEFT TO STIMULATE KILBORN ALLEY BLUES BAND
    From the brand new album, Better Off Now.
  • FEEL GOOD DOIN' BAD LONNIE BROOKS
    One of Lonnie's songs from an album with Long John Hunter and Phillip Walker.
  • I DON'T BELIEVE DAVE HERRERO
    Dave opens for Wayne Baker Brooks at Legends this Friday. This come from Dave album, From Austin to Chicago.
  • PRIVILEDGED AT BIRTH NICK MOSS AND THE FLIP TOPS
    Priviledged is Nick's new album. Celebrate it's release with Nick and the band a week from Saturday (the 20th) at Buddy Guy's Legends.
  • TOO OLD TO GET MARRIED LONNIE BROOKS w/ EDDY CLEARWATER
    This is from Eddy's 2008 album, West Side Strut. Lonnie and Eddy will be at House of Blues this Thursday evening. See below.
  • SWEET AS A QUEEN BEE'S HONEYCOMBR CHAINSAW DUPONT
    This comes from a recent, live Chainsaw record called, The Real Guitar Hero. This Thursday Chainsaw will be hosting the blues jam at the Waterhole Lounge at 14th and S. Western.
  • LOOKING FOR SOME HEAT OTIS TAYLOR
    Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs is the 2009 album where you find this song.
  • Lonnie Brooks, Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater and Jimmy Dawkins will perform in a benefit show, Out of the Blues 2, to support the Z Center. The Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center provides free 24-hour crisis intervention, counseling services and advocacy support for victims and their loved ones. Tickets start at $150 and can be found at www.zcenter.org/index.htm for tickets and info.Lonnie will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in Memphis on May 5th, along with Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Musselwhite and others.
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