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Horns — SPACE , Evanston ; Paysaya / Old Coke / Ax & The Hatchman — Subterranean , Chicago ; Yung Gravy / bbno $ — The Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee , WI ; Billy Branch — The Venue , Aurora ; Morrie Sochat & Special 20s — Untitled , Chicago ; Charley Crockett / Greyhounds — Vic Theatre , Chicago ; Hydro Afro Reggae Band — Wild Hare , Chicago ; Larry Reeb — Zanies , Chicago ; John Caponera — Zanies , Rosemont .
SUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER
Andy Brown Quartet / Eric Schneider — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; The Last Waltz : Tribute Night — Arcada Theatre , St . Charles ; Mike Wheeler Blues Band / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; The BoDeans — City Winery , Chicago ; Circa Musica : Holiday Wonderland — Des Plaines Theatre , Des Plaines ; Country Brunch : Iris Marlowe — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Dave Specter Band with Brother John Kattke — FitzGerald ' s , Berwyn ; Soul Message — Green Mill , Chicago ; Steve Byrne — Improv Chicago , Schaumburg ; Greg Ward Quintet — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico — Joe ' s Live , Rosemont ; Brakence / Jane Remover — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; SKEGSS / Sir Chloe / Adam Newling — Metro , Chicago ; The Nut Tapper featuring Reggio “ The Hoofer ” McLaughlin — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; 10k Kobee / Baby Drac / Keefy2x / Vell Le Villain — Schubas , Chicago ; Young Jesus / RXM Reality — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Curtis Stigers — SPACE , Evanston ; Max Walter — Zanies . Chicago .
MONDAY 28
Trumpet Summit — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Joel Paterson and Friends — Green Mill , Chicago ; Karaoke — Heroes West , Joliet ; Advance Base / Spencer Radcliffe — Hideout , Chicago ; Jerimiah Hunt Mingus Band — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; JMarth / Modern Day Romeos — Mickey Finns , Libertyville ; Karaoke — QBar , Darien ; Live Band Karaoke — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; Damager / Superkick / Nora Marks — Schubas , Chicago ; Wild Pink / Trace Mountains / Jodi ( solo ) — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; Open Mic & Karaoke — Tavern on LaGrange , Countryside ; Case of The Mondays Showcase — Zanies , Chicago .
TUESDAY 29
Mario Abney Effect — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Dreamwell / Crowing / Your Arms Are My Cocoon — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Robert Glasper — City Winery , Chicago ; Open Jam — Evenflow , Geneva ; Chicago Cellar Boys
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— Green Mill , Chicago ; Nick Dumas & Branchline — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Ali Gate — House of Blues , Chicago ; Stand Up Comedy — House of Blues - Foundation Room , Chicago ; Marcus Runt — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Soccer Mommy — Metro , Chicago ; Mr . Blotto / Dani Rabin Trio — Reggies - Joint , Chicago ; The Illusionists – Magic of the Holidays — Rialto Square Theatre , Joliet ; Beabadoobee / Lowertown — Riviera Theatre , Chicago ; Pete Galanis & Friends with Dave Herrero — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Tim Baker ( Of Hey Rosetta !) & All Hands / Eric Slick — Schubas , Chicago ; Pinksqueeze / Seasaw / OK Cool — Sleeping Village , Chicago ; From Ashes To New / The Word Alive / Dragged Under / Dropout Kings — The Rave / Eagles Club , Milwaukee , WI ; Open Mic — The Uptown , Westmont ; Taco Tuesday : Sean Mac — Wild Hare , Chicago .
WEDNESDAY 30
Andrew Toombs — Andy ' s Jazz , Chicago ; Omar Apollo — Aragon Ballroom , Chicago ; Karaoke — Basecamp , Lisle ; Sub-Radio — Beat Kitchen , Chicago ; Mike Wheeler Blues Band / Laretha Weathersby — Blue Chicago , Chicago ; The Piot in You / Silent Planet / Avoid / Cane Hill — Bottom Lounge , Chicago ; Live Band Karaoke — Bub City , Chicago ; ' 90s Country Playlist Night — Carol ' s Pub , Chicago ; Robert Glasper — City Winery , Chicago ; Special Interest / CB Radio Gorgeous — Empty Bottle , Chicago ; Johnnyswim : Christmas Tour — Fourth Presbyterian Church , Chicago ; Alfonso Ponticelli — Green Mill , Chicago ; Joel Paterson ' s Hi Fi Christmas — Hey Nonny , Arlington Heights ; Bob Lark & Alumni Band — Jazz Showcase , Chicago ; Greeting Committee / Willis — Lincoln Hall , Chicago ; Matthew Tembo — Old Town School of Folk Music , Chicago ; Nate Manos Band — Rosa ' s , Chicago ; Bert Kreischer — Rosemont Theatre , Rosemont ; Wallice — Schubas , Chicago ; Open Acoustic Jam — Shanahan ' s , Woodridge ; Jason Narducy with String Section / Gerald Dowd — SPACE , Evanston ; Blitzkid — Subterranean , Chicago ; Nat King Cole : Gregory Stewart — Untitled , Chicago ; Katherine Blanchford — Zanies , Chicago .
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IE : Your first solo album , 1984 ’ s Flexible , just received a high-quality re-release with up-todate vinyl mastering to celebrate its 36th anniversary . You were 22 years old at the time and just left Zappa ’ s band . Were you still discovering who you were as a musician ?
SV : It was a period of time where I was in a very innocent state ; I had no expectations for the future . I just know that I loved the guitar , and I loved writing crazy music . So I built a little studio , and it didn ' t matter what I recorded , I didn ' t think anybody would ever hear it . It was just for me and my friends . At that time , I was going through some huge psychological changes ; I was coming from a very bad mental kind of space and finding my footing again and my emotional equilibrium . And that record was very cathartic for that . Because I was in an environment where I had no responsibilities , no email , no cell phones , nothing . And I was just able to do whatever I wanted without any excuses or any expectations .
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IE : At 62 years young , what more would you like to achieve or accomplish ? What are the rest of your plans for this year since this tour actually runs until December 3 ? SV : After that , we ' re looking at Africa and India , potentially in December . And then , in February , I kick off a full South American tour , then an Eastern European tour , and then
another American tour , and then all of Asia and Australia . By the time I ' m done , it ' ll be about 250-260 shows around the world . I ' m lucky because there ' s guitar fans all around the world . You don ' t have to have a hit single . You just have to get to them somehow . And I ' ve been one of the fortunate guitar artists that have been introduced to that community all around the world . I can go any place and guitar fans come out . It ' s been a really charmed career for me .
Steve Vai appears at the Copernicus Center , Chicago on November 16 .
Kelley Simms
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