Whew! What a lot to catch up on. Just got back from SXSW and then took a
ten day vacation. Haven't done that in ten years; now I remember why! Okay,
just cuz it's SPRING and I felt like it, I've included some shows that looked
interesting in a couple other cities. Can't say I can keep it up, but will
try from time to time to post some shows you might not otherwise hear much
about but might want to try to get to if you're not too far to drive. We'll
see how it goes.
HAVE FUN!
Special days copped from Heather's Li'l Country Calendar, available for $10
from The Record Roundup, 2034 W. Montrose
*= new or revised since last time
*4/12: Gary Heffern and Chip Robinson at Tractor Tavern in Seattle
*4/14: Peter Case and Robbie Fulks at FitzGeralds
*4/14: Ana Egge at 7:30; Casolando at 9:30. In celebration of Schubas 10th
anniversary, both shows are FREE
*4/14: Sebadoh, Verbena at Metro
*4/14: Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt at Lounge Ax
*4/15 and 4/18: Hal Ketchum, acoustic at Schubas (4/16 & 17 are sold out)
4/15: Birthday of A.P. Carter and Roy Clark; Titanic sinks
*4/15: Mike Ireland and Deanna Varagona in the Honky Tonk Living Room at the
Hideout
*4/15: Peter Case, Gwil Owen, Duane Jarvis, Joy Lynn White and others I'm
sure I should know, too, at the Sutler in Nashville
*4/15: Chip Robinson at Impulse in Redding, CA
*4/16: Songs:Ohia at Lounge Ax
*4/16: Baxter at the Heartland Cafe
*4/17: Bloque instore at Tower on Clark; House of Blues that evening
*4/17: Kate & Anna McGarrigle w/ Loudon Wainwright III at Chicago Folk
Center (The Old Town School)
*4/17: Edith Frost at Lounge Ax
*4/17: Anna Fermin & Trigger Gospel at the Hideout
*4/17: Honeydogs, Marlee Macleod at Rock Island in Des Moines, IA
*4/17: The Yahoos at the new Lakeside Lounge in Raleigh
*4/17: Paul Burch, Tom House, Tomi Lunsford, Tommy Womack, Todd Snider at
the Sutler in Nashville
*4/18: Chip Robinson at Paradise Lounge in San Francisco
4/19: Anniversary of the first broadcast of the National Barn Dance, 1924
4/20: RELS: Alejandro Escovedo, Bill Kirchen, Man or Astroman?, Poi Dog
Pondering, Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza; RE-ISH- Woodie Guthrie, Mekons
*4/20: Gomez, Mojave 3 at Double Door
*4/20: Joe Pernice, Mike Ireland & Dan Mesh, Bob Egan at Mercury Lounge in
NYC
*4/21: Chip Robinson at Jack's Sugar Shack in Los Angeles
4/21: Ira Louvin's birthday
*4/22: Alejandro Escovedo at FitzGerald's; Sally Timms opens
*4/22: Fastball w/Gigolo Aunts at House of Blues
*4/22: Casolando, Million Yen, Frisbie at Park West, benefit for Franklin
Fine Arts Public School
*4/23: Dave Schramm and Kate Jacobs at the Hideout
4/23: Alejandro Escovedo at Schubas
*4/23: Latin Playboys, Lisa Germano at Park West
4/23: Shaver at FitzGeralds
4/23: Roy Orbison's birthday
*4/24: Webb Wilder at FitzGeralds
*4/24: Dolly Varden at Double Door
*4/24: Anna Fermin & Trigger Gospel at the Heartland Cafe
*4/25: Big Hello, 1-4 p.m. at Navy Pier Beer Garden
*4/25: Shannon Wright CD release party at Schubas
*4/25: Cubanismo! from Havana to FitzGeralds
*4/26: Jimmy LaFave at the Hideout
4/26: Fellow Arizonan Duane Eddy's birthday. Also the birthday of J.B. Hutto
*4/27: Here Be Monsters at Schubas
4/27: RELS: Backsliders, Ben Folds Five, Old 97s, Tom Waits; RE-ISH - Meat
Puppets, Frank Zappa
4/28, 4/30, 5/1: Neil Young at Rosemont Theater. $75 or something like that.
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: Robbie Fulks, Chris Mills at Double Door
4/30: Willie Nelson's birthday (full moon)
4/30: Citizen King at Rosemont Theater
*5/1-2: John Fahey at Schubas, 8 p.m.
*5/1: Jon Langford and Kelly Hogan at probably the only place that still
celebrates May 1, the Heartland Cafe
5/1: Sonny James' birthday; Elvis & Priscilla's wedding
5/1: Postcard Annie's wedding! (Me'n Postcard Annie spent almost 9 hrs heel
to toe on the chainlink fence in front of the stage at Wavefest '97 in
Charleston. That's what it takes to get your life events on my calendar. .
.on the off chance you were wondering.)
*5/3: Retsin at Empty Bottle
*5/4: RELS- The Blue Rags, Shaver
*5/5: The BOTTLEROCKETS acoustic at Schubas
*5/5: Casolando at the Double Door's Cinco de Mayo celebration
5/5: Tammy Wynette's birthday
*5/6: BIG STAR AT METRO!
5/6: Birthday of Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Willie Mays
5/7: Wilco at the Riviera
*5/7: The Derailers at Schubas
*5/7: The Mary Janes at Double Door opening for Willy Porter
5/7: Terry Allen's birthday
5/7: Los Straightjackets at the Empty Bottle
*5/8: The Ex-Husbands at Schubas
*5/8: Seam, the Eternals, The Baltimores at Double Door
5/8: Robert Johnson's birthday
5/8: Chris Smither and Steve Forbert at the Old Town School
*5/8: Los Straitjackets w/Crown Royals at FitzGeralds
5/9: Hank Snow's birthday
5/9: Kelly Kessler and her band Ol' Rip open for Blue Mountain at the Hideout
5/10: Mother Maybelle Carter's birthday
5/10: Built to Spill at Metro
5/11-12: Al Green at House of Blues
*5/11: RELS - Flaming Lips, Snoop Dogg; RE-ISH - Bill Monroe
*5/12: Vigilantes of Love at Schubas
*5/14-15: John Wesley Harding and Ellis Paul at Metro
5/14: On this date, Heather has randomly noted that Queen Kahena of Algeria
had a harem of 400 men! Some girls have all the luck!
5/14-16: Annual Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music at the Empty Bottle
*5/18: RELS - Backstreet Boys, Jimmy Buffett (HAHA! just wanted to see if
you were paying attention.)no really, Hangdogs, Verbena; RE-ISH - Captain
Beefheart, Lydia Lunch, Graham Parker, Roy Rogers
*5/21: Corey Harris w/ Devil in a Woodpile at Chicago Folk Center (Old Town
School)
*5/21: The Blacks, Casolando, Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel at Metro
5/21: The Mary Janes at Elbo Room
5/22: Anniversary of the Treaty at Appomattox; also Mary Cassatt's birhday
5/24: Bob Dylan's birthday
*5/25: Here Be Monsters at Schubas
*5/25: RE-ISH - Steve Goodman
5/25: Birthdays of Bonnie Guitar, Tom T. Hall and Miles Davis
*5/27: The Silos at Schubas with Jim Roll
*5/28: Jack Logan and the Possibilities at Schubas. The Handsome Family
opens
*5/28: Sleepy LaBeef at FitzGeralds
5/28: Birthday of John Fogarty
5/28: Son Volt opens for Mellencamp at the World
5/29: Birthday of J.F.K.
5/31: Johnny Paycheck's birthday
*6/1: Birthday of Hazel Dickens and Marilyn Monroe
*6/3: Birthday of Allen Ginsberg and Curtis Mayfield
*6/4: Birthday of Texas Ruby
*6/6: Sleater Kinney at Metro
*6/9: Les Paul's birthday
*6/10: Howlin' Wolf's birthday
*6/11/1949: Hank Williams debuts at the Opry
*6/12: Fleadh Festival. Well, maybe they could have learned something from
last year. Anyway, if you want to risk it, pack plenty of water and go see
Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Hootie & the Blowfish, Shawn Mullins, John
Prine, Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal, Shane MacGowan, Steve Earle & the Del
McCoury Band, John Fahey, etc, this time at a MOTOR speedway at Sportsmans
Park in Cicero.
*6/15: Waylon Jennings birthday (I did not know this: Waylon Jennings was
bassist in Buddy Holly's band and gave up his seat on the plane to the Big
Bopper.)
*6/18: Paul McCartney's birthday; anniversary of A.P. and Sara Carter
*6/19: Lester Flatt's birthday
*6/23: June Carter's birthday
*6/25: Anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn
*7/24-25: Old Town School's Chicago Folk & Roots Festival at Lincoln &
Montrose
*8/20: REM at the World
Band Name O' the Week: Clowns for Progress at Metro May 1
Most Morbid Bill: Burning Airlies with The Dismemberment Plan at Empty
Bottle 5/1
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 is
back this Sunday at the Green Mill following 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
