LOTS of great shows coming to our area over the next few months ...
Be sure to check each venue's website for new additions.
Meanwhile, here are just some of the acts we can all look forward to seeing ...
CITY WINERY
Wednesday, March 4th – The Ides Of March (ALWAYS a great show!)
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Saturday, March 28th – Rodney Crowell
Tuesday, March 31st – Al Jardine
Sunday, April 12th and Monday, April 13th – Sheila E
PERFORMERS (select 3 in this category): Chuck Berry, The Buckinghams, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Willie Dixon, Earth, Wind and Fire, Dan Fogelberg, Buddy Guy, The Ides Of March, The New Colony Six, John Prine, REO Speedwagon, Lionel Richie, Rufus with Chaka Khan, Smashing Pumpkins, Styx, Survivor, Eddie Vedder and Muddy Waters
RADIO STATIONS (select 1): WLS, WXRT
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Be sure to check each venue's website for new additions.
Meanwhile, here are just some of the acts we can all look forward to seeing ...
CITY WINERY
This Sunday, February 9th – Manhattan Transfer
Monday, February 10th – Chi-Town Sings The British Invasion
Thursday, February 13th, Friday, February 14th and Saturday, February 15th – 10,000 Maniacs
Wednesday, February 19th – The Four C-Notes (The Midwest’s Premier Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Tribute Band) …
Monday, February 10th – Chi-Town Sings The British Invasion
Thursday, February 13th, Friday, February 14th and Saturday, February 15th – 10,000 Maniacs
Wednesday, February 19th – The Four C-Notes (The Midwest’s Premier Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Tribute Band) …
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Wednesday, March 4th – The Ides Of March (ALWAYS a great show!)
***ENTER NOW TO WIN FREE TICKETS***
Saturday, March 28th – Rodney Crowell
Tuesday, March 31st – Al Jardine
***ENTER NOW TO WIN FREE TICKETS***
Sunday, April 12th and Monday, April 13th – Sheila E
Sunday, April 19th – Gilbert O’Sullivan (YEP! We’re going to that one!!!)
Monday, April 20th and Tuesday, April 21st – Justin Hayward
Friday, April 24th – Taj Mahal Quartet
Friday, May 8th and Saturday, May 9th – Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
https://citywinery.com/chicago/tickets.html?SID=b2ob7renp9o70ot0lc0iltu1s2&_=1550063572607&p=8
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THE GENESEE THEATRE
Friday, February 14th – UFO
Friday, March 6th – America with The Buckinghams (looking like a sell out!)
Thursday, March 26th – Melissa Etheridge
Friday, March 27th – Kenny G
Thursday, April 2nd – Brit Floyd (a GREAT Pink Floyd Tribute Band)
Friday, April 17th – Christopher Cross
Saturday, April 18th – Jay Leno
Thursday, April 23rd – The Million Dollar Quartet (a fun night of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis music)
Friday, May 1st – Paul Stookey
Thursday, May 7th – The Little River Band with John Ford Coley
Saturday, August 8th – The Happy Together Tour (featuring The Turtles, Ron Dante, Chuck Negron, The Association, Mark Lindsay, The Buckinghams, The Vogues and The Cowsills
https://www.geneseetheatre.com/events/all
https://www.geneseetheatre.com/events/all
THE ARCADA THEATRE
It's a big weekend at The Arcada Theatre this week ...
TONIGHT ... Friday, February 7th – Night Ranger
TONIGHT ... Friday, February 7th – Night Ranger
Tomorrow Night ... Saturday, February 8th – The Stylistics
Sunday Night ... Sunday, February 9th – Richard Marx
Friday, March 6th – Howard Jones
Sunday, March 8th – The Grass Roots with Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
Friday, March 13th – The Bay City Rollers
Sunday, March 22nd – Molly Hatchett
Friday, April 3rd – Asia with A Flock Of Seagulls
Sunday, April 5th – The Association with The Classics IV
Friday, April 17th – Foghat
Sunday, April 19th – Ricky Skaggs
Wednesday, April 22nd – Michael Bolton
Sunday, April 26th – Johnny Rivers
Saturday, May 2nd – The Cornerstones of Rock (featuring The Buckinghams, The Ides Of March, The New Colony Six, The Cryan’ Shames and The Shadows Of Knight) Looking like another sell-out!
Friday, May 8th - .38 Special
Saturday, May 9th – Nazareth with Rare Earth
Sunday, May 10th – Debby Boone
Saturday, May 23rd – Tony Lewis of The Outfield with Off Broadway
Sunday, May 24th – Herman’s Hermits featuring Peter Noone
Sunday, June 7th – Bobby Rydell
Wednesday, June 10th – Loverboy
Saturday, June 27th – Leonid and Friends – tribute to Chicago (They are supposed to be AMAZING!!!)
Sunday, June 28th – Jay and the Americans with Paul Revere’s Raiders
Saturday, July 11th – The Atlanta Rhythm Section with Pure Prairie League
Saturday, July 25th and Sunday, July 26th – Ted Nugent
Sunday, August 2nd – BJ Thomas
Sunday, August 30th – Chubby Checker (join The Twist Party!)
http://www.arcadalive.com/upcomingevents/
Be sure to stop back tomorrow to check out our Quick Takes with Carl Giammarese of The Buckinghams and Jim Peterik of The Ides Of March!
Both of these artists (and their groups) are nominated on the first ballot for the brand new Illinois Rock And Roll Music Hall Of Fame. That ballot closes next Friday (February 14th) and you must be a charter member in order to vote … which is a relatively easy thing to become. (Click on the link below for all of the details.)
Meanwhile, check out this list of first time nominees ...
Sunday, August 2nd – BJ Thomas
Sunday, August 30th – Chubby Checker (join The Twist Party!)
http://www.arcadalive.com/upcomingevents/
Be sure to stop back tomorrow to check out our Quick Takes with Carl Giammarese of The Buckinghams and Jim Peterik of The Ides Of March!
Both of these artists (and their groups) are nominated on the first ballot for the brand new Illinois Rock And Roll Music Hall Of Fame. That ballot closes next Friday (February 14th) and you must be a charter member in order to vote … which is a relatively easy thing to become. (Click on the link below for all of the details.)
Meanwhile, check out this list of first time nominees ...
PERFORMERS (select 3 in this category): Chuck Berry, The Buckinghams, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Willie Dixon, Earth, Wind and Fire, Dan Fogelberg, Buddy Guy, The Ides Of March, The New Colony Six, John Prine, REO Speedwagon, Lionel Richie, Rufus with Chaka Khan, Smashing Pumpkins, Styx, Survivor, Eddie Vedder and Muddy Waters
RADIO STATIONS (select 1): WLS, WXRT
NON-PERFORMER (select 1): Chess Records, Vee-Jay Records
CLUBS (select 1): Haymakers, The Thirsty Whale
DISC JOCKEYS (select 1): Steve Dahl, Larry Lujack
The induction ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 29th … tickets for this are also available thru their website … (lots of other cool details and information there, too!): https://www.roadtorock.org/
The induction ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 29th … tickets for this are also available thru their website … (lots of other cool details and information there, too!): https://www.roadtorock.org/
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Wow Kent ! Thanks for explaining and examining all the survey information.
I appreciate the time you put into researching the numbers. Good Guy!
And l like the picture of you and your daughters with Walter Payton from 1993 ... you are so lucky!
And, to respond to Voss's comments about Harry Harrison, my being from the NYC area, I remember "Good Guy" Harry very well. I even remember an interview he had with George Harrison when George said that his father's name is also Harry. So two "Harry Harrisons."
So sorry to hear about the loss of Harry. He truly was a good guy.
I came across a picture of a much-coveted item from back in the day ... "a good guy" sweatshirt. The station would give them away to listeners if they were a certain number caller, ie, caller number 57 gets a free sweatshirt. I even had one!
And, speaking of Harry, God bless him and thanks for the music, Harry. May he rest in peace.
Sandy
Of course, for DECADES it was believed that perhaps the most famous WMCA Good Guys shirt appeared on the cover of The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album (worn by a Shirley Temple doll!) … along with the words “Welcome The Rolling Stones” … but we have since learned that it ACTUALLY said “WMPS Good Guys Welcome The Rolling Stones.” WMPS was a big Top 40 radio station out of Memphis, Tennessee, and not New York. (kk)
I appreciate the time you put into researching the numbers. Good Guy!
And l like the picture of you and your daughters with Walter Payton from 1993 ... you are so lucky!
And, to respond to Voss's comments about Harry Harrison, my being from the NYC area, I remember "Good Guy" Harry very well. I even remember an interview he had with George Harrison when George said that his father's name is also Harry. So two "Harry Harrisons."
So sorry to hear about the loss of Harry. He truly was a good guy.
I came across a picture of a much-coveted item from back in the day ... "a good guy" sweatshirt. The station would give them away to listeners if they were a certain number caller, ie, caller number 57 gets a free sweatshirt. I even had one!
And, speaking of Harry, God bless him and thanks for the music, Harry. May he rest in peace.
Sandy
Of course, for DECADES it was believed that perhaps the most famous WMCA Good Guys shirt appeared on the cover of The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album (worn by a Shirley Temple doll!) … along with the words “Welcome The Rolling Stones” … but we have since learned that it ACTUALLY said “WMPS Good Guys Welcome The Rolling Stones.” WMPS was a big Top 40 radio station out of Memphis, Tennessee, and not New York. (kk)
I’ve always thought there were similarities between “Suzie Q” and “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.” They may have been cut by The Wrecking Crew.
Lester Remhof
Lester Remhof
As far as I know, Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Iron Butterfly were self-contained bands who played all of their own instruments on their records without any studio musicians support. (Those are two pretty heavy tunes for The Wrecking Crew!!!) By this point, with music taking on a much harder, FM-edge, I think the best days of The Wrecking Crew were already behind them. (kk)
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1970: February 7th – Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull marries Jennie Franks, a record company secretary
