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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

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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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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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