FAST TRACK BLUEGRASS is the brand new band everyone in bluegrass is talking about. Dale Perry, Steve Day, and Ron Spears reached out to Duane Sparks and two-time IBMA mandolinist of the year Jessie Brock to form this all star bluegrass powerhouse.
Special C is a Grammy nominated bluegrass band led for over 40 years by banjo player extraordinaire Greg Cahill and they have just won the IBMA ‘Record of the Year’ Award for their new album Rivers and Roads! Special C is a Grammy nominated bluegrass band led for over 40 years by banjo player extraordinaire Greg Cahill.
Join us for a special Black Friday Bluegrass Hootenanny featuring members of the Henhouse Prowlers (past and present). All ages! Featuring Stix and Noodles Food Truck 5-9pm
Renowned Chicago Band Sunnyside Up brings their unmatched musical talents to Seman Violins for a daytime workshop and a nighttime concert. Colby Maddox, Aaron Dorfman and Eli Broxham present a two hour workshop from 4-6 PM open to bass, guitar, mandolin and fiddle then hit the stage at 7PM for an intimate perfromance
Last Sunday Morning the Chicago Bluegrass community lost one of its most energetic, lovable and ardent members when JR Simpson died in a tragic accident. JR played guitar, bass and banjo and was one of the most active members of the Evanston music community. He was a regular at the Monthly Evanston Open Bluegrass Jam at American Legion Post 42, which will re-named the JR Simpson Memorial Bluegrass Jam to honor his memory.
Even among the pantheon of music’s finest artists, Del McCoury stands alone. Where audiences number in the tens of thousands, and admirers as diverse as country-rock icon Steve Earle and jamband royalty Phish count as two among hundreds, there is Del.
Dobro master and 14-time GRAMMY winner Jerry Douglas is to the resonator guitar what Jimi Hendrix was to the electric guitar, elevating, transforming, and reinventing the instrument in countless ways. Additionally, Douglas is a freewheeling, forward-thinking recording and touring artist whose output incorporates elements of country, bluegrass, rock, jazz, blues, and Celtic into his distinctive musical vision.
3-Time National Flatpicking Guitar Champion, author and teacher Steve Kaufman returns for a mandolin workshop at Down Home Guitars!