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F RIDAY , JUNE 30- MONDAY J ULY 3

The 36th Annual ✮American Music Festival✮ June 30 - July 3rd

Over 60 bands on 3 Stages • Festival Tents & in the Club for Music

Rain Or Shine • Tom ' s Good Cajun / American BBQ • 4-Day Passes Children under 12 - reduced tix welcome until 10pm • Air conditioning Marshall Crenshaw • Dave Alvin • Marcia Ball • Robbie Fulks • CJ Chenier Sarah Borges • Shemekia Copeland • Ike Reilly

See Full Schedule on Page 36

F RIDAY , JULY 7 " This is our Life :" Dave and Jodi Walker S ATURDAY , JULY 8

Featuring vintage vendors with Hawaiian and Tiki items , charity raffle with great items , all proceeds to benefit CatNap from the Heart . Plus over a dozen bands performing throughout the day inside and outside . Plus appearances by Eddie Angel and Deke Dickerson ! Exotica : 10 Year After T UESDAY , JULY 11

This is the best blues bargain in town ! WDCB ' s Blues Time with Tom Marker presents a monthly show dedicated to the blues . Sponsored by Revolution Brewing . To find out this month ' s artist , listen to WDCB ' s Blues Time with Tom Marker . ( NOTE : This month only , because of July 4 holiday , Bluesday is on the second Tuesday of the month .) Bluesday Tuesday with Toronzo Cannon

T UESDAY , JULY 11- IN T HE S IDEBAR

Come on out and celebrate the third anniversary of our evening of spoken word hosted by Maureen Muldoon with musical improvisation by Cathy Richardson . In The SideBar in June Voice Box with Cathy Richardson

F RIDAY , JULY 14

Terrapin Flyer

S ATURDAY , JULY 15

Authentic Cajun and zydeco music indigenous to South Louisiana , and original songwriting which stays true to “ Louisiana Roots ” inspirations .

Roddy Romero & the Hub City All-Stars

T HURSDAY , JULY 20 Fleetwood Mac Tribute Second Hand News

F RIDAY , JULY 21 Strange Americans

plus in the SideBar Jenny & Robin Bienemann , Carley Baer , Andrea Wittgens and The Heavy Sounds

S ATURDAY , JULY 22 New Orleans ' jazz great

Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers

F RIDAY , AUGUST 4 Chuck Prophet & the Mission Express

Continued from page 34 was there a falling out ?

Shaun Glass : I wouldn ’ t say a fall out , but when I left Broken Hope , I was just done with it . It just came to a point where Chuck ( Wepfer ) and I thought it was fun for what it was , but it was time to move on . I honestly haven ’ t seen or talked to Jeremy ( Wagner ) since Chuck and I quit . At the point in my life where I ’ m at now musically and mentally , to be honest , I just don ’ t want to play death metal . It ’ s fun to listen to and it ’ s great if you ’ re living in your mom ’ s home and you ’ re 18 years old . But it just wasn ’ t really fun for me anymore . It was fun for the novelty at first and we were on some fun tours . I was just burnt [ out ] on it .

Mosh : What did you think of the finished DVD documentary 25 Years of Sickness : The Broken Hope Story and what was it like seeing old footage with late vocalist Joe Ptacek ? Shaun Glass : I fucking loved Joe ; and Ryan Stanek ( R . I . P . 2015 ). The real Broken Hope as I like to call it . I have great memories of the ’ 90s . It ’ s such a shame that I lost two band members in my life at such an early stage and it sucks . Going back and looking at that footage , which I haven ’ t seen since I left Broken Hope ... it ’ s great memories . We were just young kids touring America in a Ryder truck . It was cool . The Broken Hope they have now – is it really Broken Hope ?

Mosh : What ’ s your side of the well-publicized Deicide / Broken Hope fallout where you were kicked off their 2013 tour ? Shaun Glass : I ’ ll tell you exactly what happened . Glenn Benton was fucking jealous because Broken Hope came out with a full crew , sound man , we had guitar techs , we

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" Voted Best Classic Rock Band In A Local Reader ' s Poll - 4 years in row "

Fri June 30 • 7:30 pm-9:00pm HOFFMAN ESTATES NW FEST Villlage Green ( Across from Sears Ctr ) 5333 Prairie Stone Parkway Hoffman Estates , IL

Mon July 3 • 7:30 pm-11:00pm BEECHER 4TH OF JULY FEST Firemans Park • 675 Penfield 675 Penfield12 S . Center • Bensenville

Tues July 4 • 8:00 pm-11:00pm BOLINGBROOK ALL AMERICAN FEST Bolingbrook Golf Club 2001 Rodeo Dri • Bolingbrook ,

Sat July 15 • 7:45 pm-9:30pm COUNTRYSIDE FEST 140 Countryside Plaza • Home Depot Parking Lot • Just North of Joliet Rd Countryside , IL had decent lighting and we came out really well rehearsed and professional . And Glenn Benton came out half-ass , rolling out in his sweat pants and Harley Davidson shirt . We were friends in the ’ 90s , and I let Glenn use my amp because he didn ’ t bring his and I kept telling him just don ’ t change my settings . Well , he kept changing my settings and at the first song I ’ d be on stage trying to dial my bass settings back and it ’ d just ruin my vibe and didn ’ t sound like my bass tones that I wanted . We were in El Paso where the stabbings happened , a kid got stabbed . That was the night . So I had enough and I said he couldn ’ t use my amp anymore and he got pissed and said we were kicked off of the tour . There were three shows left . That ' s my point of what Glenn Benton [ was ] and has become now .

Mosh : Are you working on new material ? Does it make more sense these days to record a full album or to digitally release a few tracks here and there ? Shaun Glass : We haven ’ t really figured out what ’ s the best angle . I think this “ Memories ” re-released single is cool because most people listen to digital now . I know the hipsters love vinyl and it ’ s cool for death metal , but you can ’ t go in your car and crank a fucking record ! Most of society is really on the run ; people are in their cars listening to music , or traveling on a plane , on their phones or their computers . I just think it ’ s a digital world . Also , I don ’ t know if it ’ s smart to put out 10 new songs . Do people want to hear 10 new songs ? I think if we give people a few new songs every couple of months [ it ] might be the best route . I think people want new music

Fri July 21 • 9:00 pm-Midnight LAKE ZURICH ALPINE FEST Vions Club Park Downtown Lake Zurich , IL

Sat July 22 • 6:00 pm-7:30pm FOREST PARK SUMMERFEST 7422 Madison Ave Forest Park , IL

Sun July 30 • 5:30 pm-7:30pm STREAMWOOD SUMMER CELEBRATION Hoosier Park 700 West Irving Park Rd • Streamwood

Fri August 4 • 9:30 pm-12:30pm SHOREWOOD CROSSROADS FEST Four Seasons Park Seil Road , just west of Township Offices Shorewood • 815-725-2900

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