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FitzGerald's Presents
Blues Caravan 2018
Thu, 18 Oct, 8:00 PM CDT
Doors open
7:00 PM CDT
FitzGerald's
6615 W Roosevelt Road, Berwyn, IL 60402
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Description
This show features Bernard Allison, Mike Zito and Ally Venable.
Doors open at 7 pm, general admission, no reserved seating. Under 21 ok if accompanied by parent or guardian. Seating/Standing Room based on sales, i.e. more tix sold = less furniture; call week of show for updated info. Parking on the street with no permit restrictions or meters; DO NOT park in business or mini-mall lots or you will be towed. We do not serve food, but you are welcome to bring in takeout or order for delivery. For updated info on how sales are going, check out our Facebook page: FitzGerald's Nightclub.
Event Information
Age Limit
21+
Refund Policy
All Tickets are Non-Refundable. All Tickets are Non-Transferrable. A NON-REFUNDABLE service charge will be added to the purchase price of each ticket - in the instance of a show cancellation, this fee will not be returned.
Blues
Blues Caravan 2018
Blues Caravan 2018
Blues
BLUES CARAVAN 2018 featuring:
BERNARD ALLISON (USA)
VANJA SKY (Croatia)
MIKE ZITO (USA)
Traditionally, the Blues Caravan lineup has showcased the RUF record label’s breaking talent – from Aynsley Lister to Samantha Fish – and given fans a chance to catch the Blues titans of tomorrow before they go ‘boom’. But in 2018, it’s time to mix things up. On this year’s Blues Caravan, you’ll not only find one young gun with a dazzling career ahead of her but also two heavyweights with a sky-high reputation…
Ruf’s tireless dedication to the Blues means it hunts far beyond the US and UK for its new signings – and the label has struck gold with Croatian gunslinger Vanja Sky. Channelling the fire and flair of Rory Gallagher, Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, this 23-year-old hot-tip has already broken out in her home country and bordering Balkan States. Now, with her highly anticipated debut studio album due for release in January 2018, Vanja is planting her flag in Europe and North America as the junior partner on the Blues Caravan.
Some surnames command instant respect on the blues scene. As the son of the mighty Luther Allison – the late Chicago blues titan who was Ruf’s first signing back in 1994 – Bernard Allison has added to the family legend and carved out his own mythology as a world-class songwriter and performer. For this year’s Blues Caravan, he’ll be drawing on an acclaimed back catalogue that includes 1997’s US debut Keepin’ The Blues Alive and 2000’s classic Born With The Blues, and slipping between genres as only a master can.
If you’re remotely serious about modern Blues, you’ll have followed the twists and turns of the fascinating career of Mike Zito. The Missouri-born bandleader overcame his crippling early addictions to become one of modern America’s sharpest songwriters, and few artists have written with such stark eloquence as he did on 2011’s Greyhound album. In 2012, Mike threw us a curveball, lining up alongside Devon Allman and Cyril Neville as a key member of Royal Southern Brotherhood – and went on to stay with the supergroup for two critically feted albums.