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Concert Film screening of Delmark Records 70th Anniversary Blues Revue with Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames with guest Pierre Lacocque, Mike Wheeler Band with guest Demetria Taylor, Dave Specter Band with guest Jimmy Burns @ Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn, IL
Tue May 23, 2023 CONCERT FILM SCREENING: Delmark Records 70th Anniversary Blues Revue CONCERT FILM SCREENING Show: 8:00 pmDoors: 7:00 pm FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB $10.00 BOOK NOW All Ages ADDITIONAL INFO Delmark Records 70th Anniversary Blues Revue, 5/23/2023 Directed by FRED UHTER Featuring: Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames with guest Pierre Lacocque Mike Wheeler Band with guest Demetria Taylor Dave…
Delmark Records 70th Anniversary All-Star show for CHICAGO BLUES FEST@ Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago
Chicago Blues Festival Schedule — Friday, June 9, 2023 Chicago Blues Festival > Chicago Blues Festival Schedule — June 9 Jay Pritzker Pavilion Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Rosa’s Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm Emcee: Tony MangiulloDaily showcase of Chicago Blues legends and emerging artists that have called Rosa’s Lounge home over the last 39…
DAVE SPECTER CD release party at Evanston S.P.A.C.E. this Tuesday, November 2nd with special guests JIMMY JOHNSON, TAD ROBINSON, & DEZ DESORMEAUX
November 2 at S.P.A.C.E. – The CD party will feature special guests! The legendary and inspirational ageless wonder, “The Bar Room Preacher,” Jimmy Johnson with sensational soul and blues vocalist/harpist Tad Robinson, and Austin, TX/Chicago saxophonist Dez Desormeaux! With Dave’s all-star band of vocalist/keyboardist Brother John Kattke, bassist Harlan Lee Terson, and drummer Marty Binder!…
DOWNBEAT PICKS DAVE SPECTER’S “BLUES FROM THE INSIDE OUT” AS ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2020…!!!
Dave Specter Blues From The Inside Out (Delmark) By Bobby Reed | Published January 2020 A middle-aged dog can learn new tricks. This is evidenced by veteran bluesman Dave Specter’s latest release, Blues From The Inside Out. For the first time in his long career, the string-bending, flame-throwing guitarist emerges as a lead vocalist, taking charge of…
Soul Bag Magazine highlights The Ballad of George Floyd: Dave Specter’s song featuring Billy Branch
No one has forgotten the death of African-American George Floyd on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from suffocation under the knee of a police officer. This tragic event will have a global impact and will be marked by multiple condemnations, protests and other demonstrations against racism and police violence, and well beyond the borders…
“The Ballad of George Floyd”: New Digital Single from Dave Specter with Billy Branch
Dave Specter has written a new song titled “The Ballad of George Floyd”, which he sings as a duo with Billy Branch. They are also joined by Brother John Kattke on organ, and Danny Shaffer on guitar. The single will be released digitally by Delmark on Wednesday Sept. 9, with a 12″ 45rpm special edition…
Fall 2019 Blues Releases: 7 New Delmark CDs!
Jimmy Johnson, Dave Specter, Johnny Burgin, Guy King, Demetria Taylor + Mike Wheeler, Linsey Alexander, and Breezy Rodio, plus a winter 2019 blues release from Willie Buck! -The elder of the Chicago blues scene, 90-years-young JIMMY JOHNSON opens this list with a studio recording which includes several originals, two different bands and some solo tracks….
