Village of Willow Springs Blues Fest
The Chicago Blues Challenge Rnd 1
The Chicago Blues Challenge is a timed, judged, and scored battle of the bands sanctioned by the Windy City Blues Society (WCBS) and backed by The Blues Foundation.
Some of the musical acts in the Blues Challenge are :
In Alphabetical order
1) Wolf Records artist: Brenda Taylor
& The Earth Shakers
2) Fast Mikey Blue Eyes,
3) Hendricks and Cash
4) The Miles Minor Band
5) Weeds & Seeds
(More Acts to follow, stay tuned)
OTHER ACTS PERFORMING
2) Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames
3) The Steepwater Band is the headliner
(Scroll Down for info on the acts)
No outside Beer allowed.
Bring a lawn chair
Imperial Oak Brewing
Imperial Oak Brewing is a small (7 bbl) brewery that puts the beer first. Our focus is on imperial strength and barrel aged brews but we offer an ever changing variety of styles to satisfy a wide range of tastes.
Food Trucks & Celebrity Chef Devine Tawanna
A variety of Food trucks to munch from. A new pizza place " Pizza 750 " hass opened next to the brewery. Pizza 750 specializes in wood fired pizza and wraps. Their pizza taste great.
The real treat is Celebrity Chef Devine Tawanna . She specializes in Southern Cajun Creole Cooking. She ain't no joke, you are gonna love her food.
DETAILS
Where do We Park ?
Look at the Map to the Right. There is plenty of parking. There will be people directing you to parking.
Can I bring a Cooler? My Pet ? A Lawn Chair?
Leave your Pet at home, but bring your chair. You can bring a cooler but no outside ALCOHOL is allowed. If you want Alcohol it has to be from IMPEARIAL OAK BREWING. We will confiscate your outside alcohol
The Fest is FREE
You read that correct. The festival is free thanks to our sponsors and Musicians playing in the Chicago Blues Challenge. There will be a TIP JAR for the Blues Challenge acts to split at the end of the competition
Pizza 750
501 Willow Boulevard.
Here at PIzza 750 our directives are simple, to deliver fast and consistent service without sacrificing on quality. With fresh ingredients we make all our doughs, sauces, dressings and our house sausage blend from scratch as we strive to give our best to you and your family from our woodfire kitchen."
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The Steepwater Band ~ High and Humble
If the old saying about talent equaling success were true, then The Steepwater Band would already be a household name, like Aerosmith, Bad Company and other like-minded travelers in our collective Rock ‘n Roll Fantasy. But that’s not how things always work. For them, the music life is a calling. Something primal lurks in their music. In a land of caricatures, it’s striking to come face-to-face with the real thing. Check out their website here ====> The Steepwater Band
Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames
Delmark Recording Artist, Dave Weld and The Imperial Flames, an authentic, real deal, Chicago Blues Band. High energy, versatile talent, and a cohesive show that includes original driving house-rockin blues, boogie and Soul. The originals are classic in nature, the standards are revitalized with striking three part vocal harmony. Passionate slide guitarist, Dave Weld mentored from Grammy Winning Master J.B. Hutto. Check out their website here ====> Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames
Willie Buck & The Right Sound Blues Band
Willie Buck arrived in the “Windy City,” Chicago, in the 1950s. His Blues career started with the help of a relative, Muddy Waters. At the renowned Sylvion Club on Chicago's West Side, Willie jammed with and learned from legends. Willie is most often stylistically compared to his relative, Muddy Waters. Today, Willie is one of the last representatives of the great Chicago downhome blues to rise from the shadow of legends and create and develop his own recognizable style.
Brenda Taylor and The Earth Shakers
Brenda Taylor and The Earth Shakers has a top-notch band who performs hard driving, gritty, raw, West Side Chicago Blues. Brenda is the oldest daughter of the Chicago legend Eddie ‘Playboy’ Taylor and she recently released her full-length debut album “Buggy Ride’ on Austria’s Wolf Records.
Brenda is a no-nonsense singer, in the best of the West Side tradition, who likes to keep things rolling and the party going. The Earth Shakers are a talented band with her brother Tim Taylor on drums.
Hendricks & Cash
Matt's style of blues is steeped from the South rather than from Chicago so he is able to fit with a variety of acts and venues and he is equally at home in a solo setting or with his trio. Lots of fingerpickin' and slide guitar mixed with a bluesy voice and topped off with great original tunes. Check out his website here ====> Matt Hendricks
Miles Minor Blues Band
Born in Florida, Miles grew up loving to play guitar. He decided to move to Chicago and start his musical journey. He got his foot in the door in the blues community at a young age and started playing at some of the most renowned blues venues in the city. Kingston Mines, Blues on Hasted, Buddy Guys, Honky Tonk BBQ, The Water Hole, Johnny’s Blitz, and so many more! He now has a residency at Harlem Avenue Lounge. Check out the facebook Page here ====> The Miles Minor Band
Fast Mikey Blue Eyes (Mike Felton Band)
The Best handle for Mike Felten’s distinctive musical approach would be “Chicagoana". The Windy City is deeply and inexorably ingrained in the veteran singer-songwriter’s mesmerizing musical odes. Blending folk, blues, and rock influences to tell his stories in song & spread the news. Right down to the names of streets that he’s wandered and the shady characters haunting them . Mike knows where all the bones are buried and he tells the secrets. Check out his website here ====> Mike Felten
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