Finally getting around to updating about chicago two weeks late. I've been having to keep busy at work and discovered when it comes to my free time I'm way lazier than I thought. Anyway, we arrived in Chicago on Thursday just in time for snow to make it incredibly frustrating and difficult to get downtown. When we finally got there, we were just in time for the show, which was at a venue called Schubas. Honestly, this venue was built for this show. I don't know what it was- the wood floors, high ceilings, slightly dilapidated stage.. but the environment couldn't be better.
Josh English has already started when we arrived. He didn't blow me away. The fact that his drummer was playing a bass drum case that sounded surprisingly amazing did though.
And then there was Ben Nichols. Oh Ben.
If someone had asked me if I enjoyed Ben or Chuck better that night, I don't know if I could have chose. His set was incredibly interactive and he played almost any Lucero song the crowd requested; and yes, even the Kiss the Bottle Jawbreaker Cover. Here are some photos an videos:
I was really surprised/excited that not only did Chuck play some acoustic Hot Water Music songs, but he also did some Rumbleseat songs.
The only thing that would have made Chuck's set better would have been him playing Restless as well. He borrowed Ben's lap steel guitarist and the violinist from Whisky and Co. and while the songs were a bit simpler than on record, they were still crazy. Chuck is definitely one of the most emotional performers I've ever seen.
Anyway, later that night we went and saw Able Baker Fox, and Saturday was the HWM show. I'll blog about those soon, I promise.
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