Hog Pod Podcast
I’ll be joining the Hog Pod Chicago music scene podcast for an hour of fun. Thanks in advance to Pete, Bongo Mike, the other Mike, Mike D. and Beth. We are live from 5:30-6:30ish and then all episodes are available for streaming. Link here for additional information.
Kevin Purcell & The Nightburners
This is a private event in Dundee and the Backburner horns will be on the gig. Robb Calabro and I will be bringing some horns to the musical fire that Kevin likes to light and burn all night! You can find out more about Kevin at Nightburners.com
Mitch The Lip & Side Hustle @ Toadstool Pub
Mitch The Lip & Side Hustle will be bringing the Friday Funk to the patio at Toadstool Pub in Highwood, IL. Come out and hear some new music and likely some guests that will join us and surprise you with a variety of music that you will find something in there you will nod your head to. Contact us if you need any further information and see you on 30MAY2025. Click Side Hustle Band for additional information about the band, or Toadstool Pub
Mad Dogs and Englishmen Tribute to Leon Russell and Joe Cocker
The Arcada Theater presents the Mad Dogs and Englishmen Tribute to Leon Russel and Joe Cocker. This show brings an all star group of musicians playing some fun and interesting music that you don’t get to hear live like this. Come join us for an early Sunday evening show. Grab late lunch or early dinner near the theater at one of the local restaurants. Tickets are available here.
Vat of Chocolate Monthly
This is the coolest place to be the first Tuesday of every Month for the VOC monthly residency. Great musicians playing challenging music with special guests every month. Ari Mintz hosts this night of music and it’s always fun.
The MD's Music Duo
This is all new. New venue, new music, new duo (sort of) with Derrick Procell and Mitch The Lip doing anything we can to entertain you. Mostly covers and some originals to spice up your dinner and drinks. Come join us. We’re not sure what the MD’s stands for - Music Doctors, Music Duo, Mitch & Derrick… Whatever it is, it will be fun. Derrick plays keyboards, harmonica, and sings. I’ll play guitar, trumpet, sing and some hand percussion.
The Bus Stop Blues Show - Guest
I’ll be a guest on The Bus Stop Blues show and podcast with Road Bill and Kevin ‘Shoe Shine’ Purcell. Except Kevin gracefully bowed out that day, so our friend and keyboard player Bill LeClaire is taking over host duties. Join us live or pick this up from your favorite podcast station. For additional information about the show click here. I promise you will learn at least one new thing, and will laugh out loud at least once.
Derrick Procell - A Blued Eyed Soul Session
Feed your soul with the electrifying sounds of Derrick Procell and his All-Star Mojo band! I’ll be playing trumpet, guitar and singing backing vocals.
For additional information and to get your tickets, CLICK HERE!
Soulmatik at Boatdrinks
Soulmatik will be playing Boatdrinks Bar & Grill at Burnham Harbor in Chicago, IL. I’ll be hanging in the horn section for this gig.
Law Rocks - Open to public
Playing Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL for a Law Rocks event with The Greedy Blasters horn section of Norm Friede on Trombone and Robb Calabro on Sax.
https://lh-st.com/
Ari Mintz and Vat of Chocolate
First Tuesday of the month is Ari Mintz and Vat of Chocolate at The Wooden Nickel in Highwood, IL. Some great originals, interesting covers, special guests, and some of the best music on the North Shore on a Tuesday night!
The Soul Commitments
The Soul Commitments: All the Heart, All the Soul, All the Music!
Doors open at 7pm. Music begins at 7:30pm. All are welcome at Chicago Gaelic Park. Memberships are not required. Outside food and beverage are not permitted. Cash bar. We recommend dining at The Carraig. Questions? Call us at (708)687-9323 or email us at officecgp@chicagogaelicpark.org.
Easter Service - St. John UCC
If interested in hearing some beautiful music with a chorus, brass and string sections, join the services in Arlington Heights, IL.
https://www.stjah.org/
Sweeney with Band of Bison and Ravinia Ramblers
Mitch The Lip & Mark Kondziolka (sax) are the horn section for Band of Bison. Come hang with us at 28 Mile in Highwood, IL
https://www.28miledistilling.com/live-music/#calendar-1d4ce021-0c58-4835-ab68-9fcc7f7e8d77-event-m7majsmr
Mitch The Lip & Mike Clobes with Black Diamond Sessions
Mitch & Mike join the Black Diamond Sessions, as a horn section, for a fun Saturday afternoon jam at The Broken Oar, in Port Barrington, IL
https://www.brokenoar.com/
https://blackdiamondsessions.com/
Patois Six at Friendly Tap
Patois Six plays originals and covers of Ska, Reggae, Funk, Surf and sprinkled with some jazz for good measure. Harmonica John will open up the show. Friendly Tap is located at 6733 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL 60402
Ari Mintz and Vat of Chocolate
First Tuesday of the month is Ari Mintz and Vat of Chocolate at The Wooden Nickel in Highwood, IL. Some great originals, interesting covers, special guests, and some of the best music on the North Shore on a Tuesday night!
Return of The Flock
THE RETURN OF THE FLOCK! The Flock returns after opening the Ravinia summer season last year to perform at the ARCADA THEATER in St. Charles, IL on Saturday, March 22nd. Show starts at 8:00 PM. Also performing is Head East.
Columbia Records and Mercury Records recording artists, The Flock, were considered to be well ahead of their time incorporating electric violin into their unique jazz-rock style. Anchored by original members Jerry Goodman (Mahavishnu Orchestra and Dixie Dregs) and Jerry Smith, The Return of the Flock! also now features 2-time Grammy Award winner Howard Levy. English blues legend, John Mayall, once called The Flock, “the best band I heard in America”, after they shared the stage for a performance. The Flock has been considered an extremely innovative band combining Jazz, Rock, Fusion, and Classical themes into their repertoire. They have shared the stage with such greats as: Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Grateful Dead, and many other notable artists both in the USA and abroad. From the Fillmore East to Fillmore West and most venues in between including Chicago’s own Kinetic Playground, Aragon Ballroom, Auditorium Theater and Grant Park Bandshell, The Flock has enjoyed great success around the world! They are now back, better than ever, performing songs from their albums as well new, inspiring material.
Irish Heartbeat - A Tribute to the music of Van Morrison
This energetic tribute explores the eclectic journey of Van Morrison’s musical career featuring award-winning singer/songwriter, Derrick Procell.
Equal parts blue-eyed soul shouter and wild-eyed poet-sorcerer, Van Morrison is among popular music’s true innovators, a restless seeker whose incantatory vocals and alchemical fusion of R&B, jazz, blues, and Celtic folk produced what is regarded as perhaps the most spiritually transcendent body of work in the rock & roll canon with iconic songs such as “Gloria,” “Brown-Eyed Girl,” and “Moondance.”
The Soul Commitments
The world is made of stories, and those stories make us. Who better to tell a story than the Irish?
On the streets of working class Dublin, 1991 energetic and smart Jimmy Rabbitte pursues his dream of being the manager of a band. But not just any band, he put an ad in the Dublin Herald looking for musicians to be a part of “THE HARDEST WORKING BAND IN THE WORLD!”
Musicians came knocking on his door, but if their influences weren’t American soul icons like James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, or Wilson Pickett, the door was slammed in their faces. Jimmy believed music should be about the sort of people you come from. Speaking the language of the streets! About the struggle of urban decay and about love! But not mushy shite love songs.
And so from one man’s dream is born “The Saviors of Dublin Soul” and STOAG recreates the energy, music and vibe of Alan Parker’s cult classic film, The Commitments, based on the book from Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy.