Renowned Chicago Band Sunnyside Up brings their unmatched musical talents to Seman Violins for a daytime workshop and a nighttime concert.
Sunnyside Up Workshop
Saturday November 23rd 4-6PM $20
Work on one instrumental tune and one vocal song with your instrument group (mandolin, fiddle, guitar, or bass) for the first half, and join with the other instruments in the second half to perform in duo, trios, or quartets. Styles include bluegrass, old time, and rock.
Sunnyside Up Concert
Saturday November 23rd 7-9PM
“Chicago’s Sunnyside Up makes the sound of bluegrass their own. This band can change the way you think about bluegrass. Aficionados and newbies alike love Sunnyside Up’s approach to the beloved style of bluegrass.”
– CBS Chicago, Best of Chicago
Sunnyside Up was founded in 2000 by Colby Maddox, and features De Paul Bass Performance graduate Eli Broxham and ex Henhouse Prowler Aaron Dorfman. This alliance of some of Chicago’s best string band players features an exciting boundary hopping mix of old and new bluegrass.
Colby moved to Chicago in 1995 to work with The Special Consensus, played for a short time in a duo with young banjo wizard Noam Pikelny, chairs mandolin department at the Old Town School of Folk Music, and won first prize at the Rocky Grass mandolin competition in Lyons, Colorado.