JOHNNY BURGIN
featuring Noah Wotherspoon
Sun, Sept 21 at 7:30 pm Tickets: $30
proceeds benefit Will’s Place.
Although blues guitar slinger Johnny Burgin now hangs his hat in Memphis, his Chicago roots run deep. Johnny learned from the Chicago blues masters and left his own mark on the scene with a legendary seven-year Wicker Park club residency and several acclaimed Delmark recordings.
In addition to Johnny and his band, this year’s Revue features ohio blues guitar master Noah Wotherspoon.
This year, the Blues Revue will be a benefit for Will’s Place, a nonprofit cafe located in downtown Skokie that creates meaningful employment and vocational training opportunities for adults with disabilities. For every ticket sold, a donation will be made to Will’s Place.
HOT SHOW – Sept. 21: Johnny Burgin Blues Revue, Skokie Theater, Skokie
HOT SHOW – Sept. 21: Johnny Burgin Blues Revue, Skokie Theater, Skokie
Skokie Theater
Photo: Lee Ann Flynn
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Johnny Burgin Blues Revue w/ Noah Wotherspoon, Marie Martens, Steve Doherty
September 21, Sunday
Skokie Theater, 7924 Lincoln Ave., Skokie
Phone: 847-677-7761
Show: 7:30 p.m. Doors: 7 p.m. General Admission – $30, all ages
Proceeds will benefit Will’s Place Foundation
Once known as Rockin’ Johnny on the Chicago Blues scene, guitarist Burgin is now an international blues ambassador, who brings his Chicago blues style with him to countries around the world, and performs with blues players of all ethnicities
This show is a double bill with Dayton, Ohio blues guitarist and singer Noah Wotherspoon. Noah’s an eclectic and exciting guitarist with a smooth vocal style– he’s been turning heads since his recording debut at the age of 16, featuring Howlin’ Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin. In addition to his demanding Midwest performing schedule, Noah is a filmmaker and multi-media artist currently working on several projects, including one on the Jewish comedian Ish Kabibble. Johnny’s band will feature Swedish Slide Guitar Queen Marie Martens and drummer Stephen Dougherty. They’ll all be backed by Johnny’s longtime road rhythm section of Stephen Dougherty, drums, and Marie Martens on bass.
This annual event sold out the last three years.
For no-service-charge tickets, call the Box Office at 847-677-7761 ext 1 or visit skokietheatre.org. For every ticket sold, a donation will be made to Will’s Place, a nonprofit organization which empowers developmentally disabled adults. There is a free parking lot as well.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Johnny Burgin
Johnny Burgin performs over two hundred shows a year regularly, internationally and coast to coast. Johnny grew up in Starkville, Mississippi and went to University of Chicago at 18, but ended up attending “blues university.” Since the early ’90s Johnny has toured and recorded with blues legends such as Pinetop Perkins, Sam Lay, Tail Dragger and Billy Boy Arnold, and has released ten of his own CDs. Johnny was nominated for a Blues Music Award for Best Traditional Blues CD of 2017 for Howlin’ at Greaseland, a Howlin’ Wolf tribute. In 2023, Burgin was honored to be nominated for a Blues Music Award for Best Traditional Blues Artist.
In addition to his own shows, he has found the time to share his experience with a younger generation of blues players. He was the guitar instructor at the Chicago Blues Network and at The Pinetop Perkins Workshop Experience in Clarksdale Mississippi, which counts among its alumni Grammy winner Kingfish Ingram and BMA nominee pianist Ben Levin.
Johnny also has collaborated and championed international blues players on his release No Border Blues Japan, the first American compilation of the underground Japanese blues scene.
After years of playing in Chicago, Burgin struck out to the West Coast and points beyond in 2016. Rick Kogan of The Chicago Tribune stated, “there are few more passionate practitioners of this style.”
“Johnny’s ego-free dedication to the music is refreshing. In a world where everyone wants to be a superstar, Johnny shines brightly.” – Bill Wilson of Reflections in Blue
Marie Martens
Marie Martens is a veteran of her native Stockholm blues scene. She came to the States in ’06 and self-released her debut Travelled in 2019. Blues fans love her tone control— there’s not a wasted note when she puts down the bass and lets loose on the slide guitar. Midwest Record stated, “she’s forging her own path, way cool stuff!”
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