Tag Archives: blues

LEO Music ’Cast: Tyrone Cotton

LEO is honored to have bluesman Tyrone Cotton, who plays Feb. 27 at Seidenfaden, in our offices today. We play songs from his 2005 self-titled record. He talks about his grandfather’s musical influence, the fledgling stages of his next album, and why he probably won’t be entering blues contests anytime soon.
Tyrone Cotton

El Roostars @ Stevie Ray’s

El Roostars
Friday, Nov. 7
Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar
230 East Main St.
10 p.m.

Squeezebot to play Chicago Blues & Bluegrass Festival. In ’09

By Mat Herron
Michael Raspatello did a lot of apologizing last week.
The organizer of the Chicago Blues & Bluegrass Festival got more than a few e-mails excoriating him for not choosing Squeeze-bot, who won the festival’s “Last Banjo Standing” contest to play the benefit show, headlined by David Grisman, The Avett Brothers, Ha Ha Tonka and [...]