New Years Eve with Ronnie Baker Brooks (club) and Expo ’76 & the Total Pro Horns featuring Robert Cornelius (SideBar)
Ronnie Baker Brooks: This young Chicago guitar slinger not only sings with soulful fire and play with a white-hot intensity; he's also carrying the torch from the previous generation of soul and blues greats and moving the music into the future. "I grew up among the best of the best," Brooks says. "Every time I play, I feel like I've got to do it with the authenticity and passion that I saw in guys like Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, B.B. King and my father. But I also have to put my twist on it. None of those guys repeated what came before them."
Expo ‘76 & the Total Pro Horns is made up of five Chicago musicians, led by Dag Juhlin and backed by a fantastic horn section. The set is ever-growing and adventurous! Expo‘76 is made up of four lifers -- Dag Juhlin, Kenn Goodman, John Carpender and Ralph Baumel (Poi Dog/Phantom Helmsmen/Andre Williams) -- who don’t need to be in another band, but still can’t quite help themselves. Their weakness is your gain, and on any given night you’ll hear them gleefully careening from ‘70s AM radio ear candy into walloping road house beer guzzling dance tunes; they’ll chime their way through a New Wave nugget with the same exuberance that they slap around a swinging, jazzy blues number or a folk revival sing-along. Irrepressible, unstoppable, 100% unironic, and actually quite unbelievable at times, Expo‘76 won’t take your requests, because they’re already playing them. But you can still shout them out.
Doors open at 8 pm for both shows. Plus we’ll have party hats, favors and a champagne toast. Both shows are sponsored by Firestone Walker Brewing Company.
Date and Time
Sunday Dec 31, 2017Monday Jan 1, 2018
Sunday, December 31
9pm, Doors at 8pm
Location
Fitzgerald's Nightclub
6615 Roosevelt Rd
Berwyn, IL 60402