| Friends / Musicians |
Bill Schlipf | Acoustic bassist extraordinaire and my co-conspirator every Thursday at Redfire Grille. Bill is a piano tuner/technician, too. |
Steve 'The Harp' Blues Band | One of the best blues bands around! Check out Steve's new CD "Back in the Blues" |
Jim Callahan | Jim is a good friend of mine that drinks an occasional Guinness and plays some kick-arse Irish drinking tunes on the ukulele.
"And it's all for me Grog, me jolly, jolly Grog!
It's all for me beer and tobacco!" Aye!! |
| 100 Year Picnic | Jeff Greeneberg's website. Jeff is one of area's best drummers, and a talented singer/songwriter, and mulit-instrumentalist. Kinda like Beatles-meets-Peter- Gabriel on sterioids. |
| Joe Metzka | Amazingly talented Peoria based Jazz and Blues player. Joe has opened for Buddy Guy! Check out his two live CDs. |
| Triple Dog Dare | One of the best classic rock bands around. Full of talent and they always put on a great show. |
| Cartoon Physics | Another really good rock band with an eclectic set list. |
| dBerch | That's me. Thanks for stopping by! :) Click the link to see my page on MySpace. |
| Little Brother's Blues | Doug Jones, a.k.a. Little Brother's excellent website. Great guy and wonderful teacher with several very avordable video lesson on finger picking blues. Check out his Blues Guitar page, where he riviews some great old blues guitars complete with sound samples. |
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| Venues |
| Redfire Grille | Fantastic food, good beer selection, and music every Thursday |
| Mackinaw Valley Vineyard | Award winning Illinois wines. Beers and cheese/cracker plates. Outdoor patio and stage. |
| Rhythm Kitchen Music Cafe | Top notch food and excellent music 4 nights a week. On Water Street in Peoria. |
| Destihl Restaurant and Brew Works | Great food and about 20 different in-house brewed beers. Live music every other Saturday, including yours truely. |
| TC Buzz Coffee Company | My favorite coffeeshop in Bloomington. Live music several nights a week. |
| Lucca Grill | Bestest and oldest Italian restaurant in Bloomington. And another of my favorite places to play. |
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| Societies and other NPO's (Non-profit Organizations) |
| Blues Blowtorch Society | Bloomington/Normal based Blues society |
| River City Blues Society | Peoria's Blues society |
| CUJBA | Champaign/Urbana Jazz & Blues Association |
| Illinois Central Blues Society | Springfield based Blues society |
| Peoria Jazz | Blues and Jazz calendar for Peoira |
| Old House Society | Bloomingtons very active Old House advice/restoration group. Check out the Restoration Center on E. Douglas |
