Y'all were gonna laugh at me weren't you if I showed up at the Vic tonight and
found out that the Steve Earle/Del McCoury band wasn't until next month, hunh?
HAVE FUN!
Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $12
from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose
*= new or revised since last time
*2/25: Peterbilts at Schubas (don't know how I missed this before. hurry!)
2/25: Birthday of Faron Young and Ralph Stanley
2/25: Mudhoney at Lounge Ax
2/26: Johnny Cash's birthday
2/26: Alvin Youngblood Hart 8 p.m. at Schubas; Brady and Deanna Varagona at
10:30
2/26-27: Marcia Ball at FitzGeralds; 2/27 is with Bill Kirchen!
2/27: Devil in a Woodpile, The Blacks and Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire at
Double Door. Wotta bill!
*2/27: Trigger Gospel at Gunther Murphy's
2/27: Tommy Womack at Lakeside Lounge in NYC
2/27: John Steinbeck's birthday
2/27: Marlee MacLeod, 8 p.m. at Borders Books & Music, Evanston
2/27: Tito Puente at House of Blues
2/27: David Grubbs at the Empty Bottle
*2/27 & 28: Waco Brothers "Waco World" release party at Schubas; Texas Rubies
open 2/27!!!
*2/27: NDTV: Lucinda Williams/Billy Bragg -- Austin City Limits
*2/27: NDTV: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band --Sessions at West 54th
*2/28 Jeff Tweedy at Lounge Ax, Cowlily opens
3/1: Anniversary of Johnny and June Carter Cash
*3/2: Jeff Tweedy at Lounge Ax, Mike Nikolai opens
3/2: Birthday of Doc Watson and Dr. Seuss
3/2: RELS--Rosie Floris, The Latin Playboys; RE-ISH-Marvin Gaye, Johnny Cash,
Willie Nelson
3/4: Cash Money at the Empty Bottle
3/4: John Duffey's birthday
3/4: Sir George Martin presents a multi-media show on the making of Sgt.
Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
*3/4: Diane Izzo and others at Double Door
3/5: Jeff Tweedy solo at Harper College
*3/5: Rebecca Gates at Lounge Ax
3/5/1963: We lose Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins
*3/5: Afghan Whigs at Metro (sold out)
*3/6: Hank Williams III at Lounge Ax
3/6: Bob Wills' birthday
3/6: Bluegrass & BBQ with the Reno Brothers and Special Consensus at
FitzGeralds
3/6: Don Walser & The Pure Texas Band at the Old Town School; Hot Club of
Cowtown opens
3/6: Bloodshot CD release party: The Riptones, at Schubas; Devil in a
Woodpile opens
3/7: Townes Van Zandt's birthday
3/9: RELS: WILCO, Citizen King, Joe Henry, Van Morrison, Beth Orton; RE-ISH
Afghan Whigs, Roky Erickson, Kinky Friedman, Elvis Presley
3/10: Brian Wilson at the Rosemont Theater
3/11: Fred Eaglesmith at FitzGeralds
*3/11: NDTV (repeat): Vic Chesnutt and Lambchop on Conan
*3/11: Darden Smith with Greg Trooper at Schubas
3/11: Salt n Pepa at House of Blues
3/12: Jack Kerouac's birthday
3/12: The V-Roys and the Texas Rubies at the Hideout
3/12: Brave Combo (the Aristotillian ideal wedding band) at FitzGeralds
3/12: Blind Boys of Alabama at the Old Town School
3/12: Dan Bern at 8; Split Lip Rayfield and Slobberbone at 10 at Schubas
3/13: V-Roys at Lounge Ax
3/13/1975: George and Tammy divorce
3/13: Gladys Knight w/The Temptations at Arie Crown (sold out)
3/14: Liz Phair at Lounge Ax
*3/14-15: Joe Henry at Schubas; Josh Rouse opens
3/16: RELS- Terry Allen, Jeff Beck, Mojo Nixon, Chris Smither; RE-ISH Meat
Puppets, Graham Parker, Television
3/18: Birthday of Charley Pride and Wilson Pickett
3/19: NDTV: Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band on Conan
*3/19: Smog at Lounge Ax
3/20: Lyle Lovett at Rialto Square Theater (where IS that place? Some suburb
or other I reckon maybe)
3/20: Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, with Danny Barnes (Bad Livers) opening, at
the Old Town School
3/22: Birthday of Charlie Poole
*3/23: RELS: Olivia Tremor Control, Terry Allen, the Mary Janes, Mary Lee's
Corvette, John Dee Graham, Bill Lloyd, Iggy Pop, Steve Wynn, Friends of Dean
Martinez; RE-ISH Dave Edmunds, John Fahey, Sam Phillips
*3/24-25: Freedy Johnson at Schubas; Chris Mills opens on the 25th
3/25: Freakwater at the Chicago Cultural Center
3/25: Birthday of Marlee MacLeod, Robbie Fulks, Hoyt Axton and Aretha
Franklin
3/25-26: Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band at the VIC
3/26: Tennessee Williams' birthday
*3/26: Freakwater at Schubas
*3/26: Olivia Tremor Control at Lounge Ax
3/26: Gladys Knight w/ The Temptations at Arie Crown
*3/26: Devil in a Woodpile at Metro
3/26: Dr. Demento plays Oshkosh, WI if yer lookin' for a road trip
3/27: Sleater Kinney at Metro; all ages show which TixMonster is selling
only from its website
*3/27: Tentative: Sadies at Lounge Ax
3/27: Jimmy LaFave at FitzGeralds
3/27: Rufus Wainright at Park West
*3/28: Sons of the Never Wrong at Schubas
*3/29: Here Be Monsters at Schubas
3/30: RE-ISH Meat Puppets
*3/31: Bob Egan at Schubas; birdog opens
3/31: Lefty Frizzell's birthday
4/1: NDTV - Wilco on Letterman
4/1-2: Kelly Willis band with Bruce Robinson at Schubas
4/1: Anndrena Belcher (singer/storyteller/dressmaker from the Smokey
Mountains) in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout
4/4: Dick Dale at House of Blues
4/6: RELS: Tom Petty, Paul K; RE-ISH--Marvin Gaye, Meat Puppets
4/8 Chris Mills and, from S.F,. Red Meat at the Hideout
4/8: Elliott Smith at Metro, Internet-only TixMonster
*4/9 Sparklehorse w/Varnaline at Double Door
*4/9-10: Vic Chesnutt at Schubas
*4/10: Old 97s at Double Door (thanks, Cathy!)
*4/13: RELS: Mandy Barnett, Tom Petty; RE-ISH-- Bruce Springsteen
*4/14: FREE 10th Anniversary show at Schubas--Anna Egge 7:30, Casolando 9:30
*4/14: Sebadoh w/Verbena at Metro
4/15: Deanna Varagona in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the Hideout
4/17: Kate & Anna McGarrigle at The Old Town School
*4/20: RELS: Alejandro Escovedo; RE-ISH--Mekons
4/27: RELS: Backsliders, Old 97s?
4/29: The Honky Tonk Living Room takes a field trip to the Chicago Cultural
Center in the Loop for a show featuring the Texas Rubies, Cole Rain and
features from Heather McAdams' soundies collection.
4/30: Citizen King at Rosemont Theater
*5/1: Postcard Annie's wedding!
*5/1: Sparklehorse w/Varnaline at Double Door
5/8: Chris Smither and Steve Forbert at the Old Town School
5/9: Kelly Kessler and her band Ol' Rip open for Blue Mountain at the
Hideout.
Band Name O' the Week: Candy Watches, 3/3 at Double Door
Devil in a Woodpile Tuesdays at the Hideout, Sundays at Merle's BBQ in
Evanston. Wednesday, Rob and Nan Bloodshot alternate on good country
turntable at Delilah's. Torch piano-and-bass impresario Patricia Barber
appears not to be playing at the Green Mill again until March 27. (Probably
off for her annual stint in Paris). But, there's still the original and
still champion Uptown Poetry Slam at the Green Mill Sundays, and there's
always The Blue Man Group until further notice.
PHONE FIRST!
Double Door 773-489-3160
Empty Bottle 773-276-3600
FitzGeralds 708-788-2118
Hideout 773-227-4433
Hot House 312-362-9707 (just call when you're bored with life or music
and see what's going on there. I never know the bands but it's always an
interesting evening)
House of Blues 312-923-2000
Lounge Ax 773-525-6620
Metro 773-549-0203
Old Town School 773-728-6000
Schubas 773-525-2508
