Re: the Scene in Chicago?

["Hambone Hamilton" <harpmanx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can catch Billy Branch for no cover charge, every Monday night at 
Artis'...it's in a slightly rough area of town, but I had no trouble getting 
along with anybody once inside the club, very fun folks, and Billy and band 
were just awesome!
Hambone


>From: Harpie <harpie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: Harpie <harpie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: the Scene in Chicago?
>Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:26:13 -0600
>
>
>On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 09:11:56AM -0800, Jp Pagan wrote:
> >
> > hi all,
> >
> >   for those of you living in or near Chicago, what's
> > the harp/blues/music scene like there now? there's a
> > possibility i'll move there from NYC (where the scene
> > is small but the talent is huge) and i want to know
> > what it would be like. are there good people to learn
> > from, or schools with good classes? are there good
> > shows on a regular basis? is the jam scene friendly?
> >   feel free to reply offlist. and thank you.
> >
> >      --Jp
>
>You can take lessons from Joe Filisko at the Old Town School
>of Folk Music.  I think I've heard he's a little good...  :)
>
>There are a number of clubs and shows most all the time.  If
>you are in Chicago, pick up a copy of the Reader and look
>for blues.
>
>jaime
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