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BOURBON ‘N BRASS: LIVE BLUES WITH BROTHER JOHN KATTKE
March 5 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Join us in our intimate Bourbon ‘N Brass Speakeasy, located on the 2nd floor of the Des Plaines Theatre, for an evening of Blues with Brother John Kattke! Food and hand-crafted cocktails are available for purchase. Happy hour pricing available all night ($5 Beer | $6 Wine and call level cocktails). There is a $10 entertainment fee which helps us pay the performer. No RSVP required. Seating is first-come, first-seated. We kindly ask for a two-drink or equivalent minimum. Doors open at 6:30PM | Show begins at 7:30PM.
Brother John has been a resident musician at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago for over 30 years. Through his work with Chicago blues greats Buddy Guy & Otis Rush, he has jammed with Eric Clapton, Steve Miller, auditioned for the Black Crowes (in 1998, but they hired Jimmy Page instead), and acquired ringing endorsements from many other musicians of renown. For example: Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant had seen John play with Otis Rush at the Jazz Café in London. When Plant and Kattke met in person at the United Center in Chicago, Plant told Kattke: “You play a mean guitar!” George Benson came to the jam session that Kattke hosts at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago. After hearing the opening set that John played with his band, Benson told him: “You’re fearless! I thought I was fearless! You’re fearless!”
