"Chicago's
Hardest-Working Blues Band...For Over Two Decades!"
WHERE BLUES LEGENDS ARE MADE:
Howard & The White Boys Return To Buddy
Guys Legends - Sun, Feb. 24
(CHICAGO,, IL) - One of the first venues that
Howard and the White Boys were fortunate enough to
perform at regularly when they first formed was Buddy Guys Legends in their hometown of Chicago.
Indeed, the blues guitar master not only became the band's unofficial mentor,
but also took them on a major Midwestern tour in 1995 as his opening act,
followed by a special appearance on their 1999 album Made In Chicago,
where he dueted with lead vocalist Howard McCullum and contributed some
scorching lead licks on the Sam And Dave classic, "I Thank You" (listen to the
song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztnrL8antQM).
Howard and the White Boys return to perform at Buddy Guys Legends, 700 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Sunday, February 24. 9 pm. $10. Info: (312) 427-1190 or www.buddyguy.com.
Howard and the White Boys return to perform at Buddy Guys Legends, 700 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Sunday, February 24. 9 pm. $10. Info: (312) 427-1190 or www.buddyguy.com.
Known for a
long time now as "Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band," the veteran blues
quartet continue to perform through out the U.S., bringing audiences to their
feet and out onto the dance floor - much as they have done for over twenty years
- while getting ready to record the follow up to their critically-acclaimed most
recent recording, MADE IN CHICAGO (Evidence Records).Most recently,
band member Rocco Calipari has branched out with his side project Head Honchos', who have released a well-received
debut CD.
MADE IN CHICAGO represents the zenith of the group's recorded output, and it's certainly the disc that Howard & the White Boys are most proud of. While the band hadn't recorded in six years, they've been gigging continuously throughout the U.S. and Europe; this, in turn, has lent their trademark brand of contemporary blues an indomitable tightness brimming with raw power. All of this comes through on the new disc, proving that the wait was well worth it.
Here's a live rendition of H&TWB's popular song "Booty And Barbeque" from the group's Spring 2012 U.S. Tour.
The
members of Howard And the White Boys first met at Northern Illinois University
in Dekalb in 1988 and began jamming together just for fun, but their
fast-growing popularity soon convinced them they could make a career of it.
After only a few months, they got their first big break by opening for Blues
legend, B.B. King. The band soon made the move to Chicago and began performing
with the biggest names in Blues: Koko Taylor, Albert King, Junior Wells, Lonnie
Brooks, Luther Allison, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry (the latter whom they were
the backing band for in a headlining capacity at the 2002 Long Beach Blues
Festival in Long Beach, Calif.).
MADE IN CHICAGO represents the zenith of the group's recorded output, and it's certainly the disc that Howard & the White Boys are most proud of. While the band hadn't recorded in six years, they've been gigging continuously throughout the U.S. and Europe; this, in turn, has lent their trademark brand of contemporary blues an indomitable tightness brimming with raw power. All of this comes through on the new disc, proving that the wait was well worth it.
Here's a live rendition of H&TWB's popular song "Booty And Barbeque" from the group's Spring 2012 U.S. Tour.
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