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(EDISON PARK,
IL) - Blues guitarist extraordinaire Rocco Calipari performs as part of
"Real Guitar Heroes" at the WIP Theater, 6670 N. Northwest Highway, on Thursday, April
23. Showtime is 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $25. Info: (312) 692-9327 or http://www.wiptheater.com/real-guitar-heroes/. Also
performing: David Chiriboga (Flamenco guitar); Jack Wilson (2012 Finger-style
champion); and Jack Mazzenga (Fretless guitarist-composer).
Calipari,
who hails from Valparaiso, IN, is well-known as the longtime guitarist for
stellar Chicago-based blues band, Howard and the White Boys, who recently
released critically-acclaimed album, Rosa's Lounge; and, more recently,
doing double-duty, as co-lead guitarist in Valparaiso-based blues-rock group,
Head Honchos' - in which he performs along with his son, Rocco Calipari,
Jr.
The CHICAGO EXAMINER named Rocco Calipari "One of the Top Blues
Guitarists in Chicago" (read article here). "Rocco is the most underrated guitarist on this list,"
writes Examiner critic, Joe Skotnicki. "This Detroit native can be a fierce,
powerful axeman or he can slow it down with a bluesy, soulful, or funky pace. A
determined individual who not only plays a mean guitar, but also produces,
manages, writes, and teaches guitar. One of the new young contemporary
guitarists (for whom) the sky's the limit. "
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