Miles Nielsen &
The Rusted Hearts
Sat. Aug. 24th - TIME: TBA
Somewhere between a bar and the recording studio, Miles Nielsen’s stirs up his own pop rock brand of Beatles-eque Cosmic Amer-icana. Pop rock arrangements and sunny melodies tucked between a long lost country folk steel guitar floating through speakers around crashing drums, bouncing bass lines and smooth as butter keys. Born in Rockford, IL, home of Cheap Trick and ‘Symbol’, power pop DNA runs through the veins of his songs and performances.
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The Righteous Hillbillies
Sat. Aug. 24th - TIME: TBA
The Righteous Hillbillies are an axe shredding, ace dealing, foot stompin’, Southern rock, high-powered Americana boogie blues band that plays with talent and passion. They have built a strong, supportive, and loyal following throughout their hometown of Joliet, Illinois and into the Chicago area. The Righteous Hillbillies baptize their work in the blood of Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, ZZ Top, and the Black Crowes while still managing to create an original and independent style. They make rock “n” roll music for people who still believe in rock “n” roll music.
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The Steepwater Band
Sat. Aug. 24th - TIME: TBA
Although The Steepwater Band got their start as devotees of delta blues, they have since been expanding on their influences taking on everything from psychedelia to Americana, and of course, rock and roll music. Formed in Chicago in 1998, the band’s signature sound is at once a nod to earlier rock n’ blues combined with a raw and gutsy musical approach.
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Chicago Farmer
Sat. Aug. 24th - TIME: TBA
Cody is a folk-singer’s folk-singer and a poet’s poet. Cody’s voice is powerful and gritty, emotionally piercing while subtly imbuing additional layers of meaning and poignancy in his lyrical delivery. His song-writing is deeply rooted in the American Folk tradition and all of its grit but with a post Dylan sense of wit, perspicacity and that certain savior-faire.
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John Condron & the Old Gang
Sat. Aug. 24th - TIME: TBA
John Condron is a Philadelphia born singer-songwriter, musician, & producer who currently makes his home in the Chicago-land area. The sometimes front man for the power quartet “the benefit” has been spending much of his time lately focusing on solo performances that include material from his four previous studio albums as well as songs from an upcoming solo project due out @ the beginning of next year.
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Ed Anderson
Sat. Aug. 24th - TIME: TBA
Upon completion of graduate school, Ed promptly took to the road where he remained for the next 15 years. Most notably he fronted the Bloomington based rock & roll band Backyard Tire Fire and over the course of a decade wrote and recorded 6 albums and 2 EPs and toured relentlessly through 45 states and 5 Canadian provinces, sharing stages with ZZ Top, Buddy Guy, Los Lobos, Cracker, and Govt Mule (to name a few), gaining national and international attention along the way.
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Paige & The Reverent Few
Sat. Aug. 24th - TIME: TBA
Paige & The Reverent Few are a blues-based, roots rock band hailing from Chicago. Recently formed by lead singer & former Season 9 American Idol Hollywood contestant Paige DeChausse, the band is known for raw, dynamic live performances and Paige’s sultry vocals.
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The Regressors
Sat. Aug. 24th - TIME: TBA
Some time in the not too distant future, Molly Hatchet and The Specials meet and party down at a Dead show held at the Grand Ol Opry by Lee Perry. All the while, moonshiners push their beverages in the parking lot to a sea of unsuspecting college girls stumbling drunk in their khaki pants and white tank tops. They'll shout, "The Regressors rock!" "Have you ever even heard them?", "No, but I heard they really rock!" It's alright, just enjoy a bowl of split pea soup from the parking lot venders - listen to the bluegrass of the parking lot pickers.
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Magic Box
Sat. Aug. 24th - TIME: TBA
Ed Anderson and Scott Tipping have been making music and mayhem together since the late ’90s, when they hosted an open mic featuring drunken jazz artists, angry poets and puppeteers.
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