Voice Box with Cathy Richardson
F RIDAY , JUNE 16 Honey Island Swamp Band plus Ian Leith in the SideBar
www . fitzgeraldsnightclub . com T HURSDAY , JUNE 1
Live music from Springfield , Mo ., featuring Ruell Chappell , Nick Sibley , D . Clinton Thompson and singing sensation Abbey Waterworth . Plus a sneak preview of Dave Hoekstra ' s and Jamie Ceaser ' s Springfield ' s music documentary
Springfield Jamboree
F RIDAY , JUNE 2 The Beatle Bros perform " Sgt . Pepper ' s " album
S ATURDAY , JUNE 3 The singer-songwriter celebrates the release of her new album , " Shame ." Rachel Baiman Band with George Jackson & Patrik Ahlberg
T UEDAY , JUNE 6
The best blues bargain in town ... WDCB ' s Blues Time with Tom Marker presents amonthly show dedicated to the blues . Sponsored by Revolution Brewing -
Bluesday Tuesday with Lurrie Bell
W EDNESDAY , JUNE 7 SideBar Sessions with Jeannie Lambert & Judy Roberts F RIDAY , JUNE 9 Los Texmanics
S ATURDAY , JUNE 10
Blues Fest Special
Nikki Hill Nick Moss Band , The Jimmys plus Ralph Covert ' s Acoustic Army in the SideBar
T UESDAY , JUNE 13
Come on out and celebrate the third anniversary of our evening of spoken word hosted by Maureen Muldoon with musical improvisation by Cathy Richardson .
Voice Box with Cathy Richardson
F RIDAY , JUNE 16 Honey Island Swamp Band plus Ian Leith in the SideBar
F RIDAY , JUNE 23 Terrapin Flyer
S ATURDAY , JUNE 24 Webb Wilder and The Beatniks
F RIDAY , JUNE 30- MONDAY J ULY 3 The 36th Annual ✮American Music Festival✮ June 30 - July 3rd
Over 60 bands on 3 Stages • Festival Tents & in the Club for Music
Rain Or Shine • Tom ' s Good Cajun / American BBQ • 4-Day Passes Children under 12 - reduced tix welcome until 10pm • Air conditioning Marshall Crenshaw • Dave Alvin • Marcia Ball • Robbie Fulks • CJ Chenier Sarah Borges • Shemekia Copeland • Ike Reilly
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Ray Alder : I think it just happened naturally . I mean , me and Jim had talked about it before . We discussed where we wanted the album to go , a vibe and flow of the album . We basically agreed to do something sort of catchier and shorter songs with catchy choruses . Of course , we were going to add a long song in there , which is what we do . We definitely knew what we wanted to do before we started to write .
Mosh : What ’ s your favorite track off Theories that you enjoy playing live the most ? Ray Alder : “ The Light and Shade of Things ” is probably my favorite one so far to do live . It ’ s 14-minutes long , but it goes by so fast . It feels like a four-minute song . It ’ s just a cool song with lots of multiple parts , really heavy with a big chorus . Now we have Mike and Joey singing the chorus with three parts [ harmonies ] going on . It ’ s probably the song I look forward to the most in the set . This time we ’ re actually doing a song , " SOS " that we didn ’ t do on the European tour .
Mosh : You ’ ll be playing the Forge on the 24th , what in particular do like about playing in the Chicago-area ? Ray Alder : It ’ s just a great audience . I know this because we ’ ve been there a few times . I remember years ago we were in Chicago with Queensrÿche and Dream Theater and it was a great show with a great audience . Every time we go there we feel great . But it seems like every time we go we ’ re playing
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Thurs June 1 • 8:00 pm-11:00pm CD & ME 23320 LaGrange Rd Frankfort , IL • 815-469-8101
Fri June 9 • 9:00pm-11:30pm LOCKPORT CONCERT SERIES Dellwood Park 199 Woods Ln • Lockport , IL
Sat June 17 • 9:15 pm-1145pm MINOOKA SUMMERFEST Wabena Ave & Mondamin Street Minooka , IL
Sat June 17 • 6:15pm-7:45pm CICERO AMERICAN FEST 5410 West 34th Place Cicero , IL 60804
Wed June 21 • 7:30 pm-9:30pm BENSENVILLE MUSIC IN PARK Towne Center Park 12 South Center • Bensenville somewhere different . I don ’ t know if there ’ s that many venues there or what ? But I ’ m looking forward to it .
Mosh : I loved your performances with Engine and Redemption . Are these extracurricular projects away from Fates a necessary outlet for you to keep things fresh ? Ray Alder : Yeah , definitely . Obviously , there ’ s a lot of time between , so you have to fill that void with something . I have ideas kicking around sometimes that aren ’ t going to flow right with Fates . The Engine thing was like that . At that point I was into bands like Deftones and Soulfly . So I wanted to do something similar . I can ’ t sing like those guys but it was something I had in my head music wise . It ’ s definitely something fun to do besides Fates .
Mosh : What are your plans for a new album and hopefully it won ’ t take longer than three years like previous releases . Ray Alder : The plan right now is to keep touring as much as possible . We ’ re constantly trying to book new shows . Jim and I are talking about doing more shows in the fall before Christmas . There ’ s no talks now about a new album , we haven ’ t even begun to discuss that . In July it ’ ll be a year since the album was released and I don ’ t want to go on that route of nine years again !
Appearing 6 / 24 at The Forge , Joliet
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Fri June 30 • 7:30 pm-9:00pm HOFFMAN ESTATES NW FEST Villlage Green ( Across from Sears Ctr ) 5333 Prairie Stone Parkway Hoffman Estates , IL
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Mon July 3 • 7:30 pm-11:00pm
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