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All vinyl Honky Tonk
DJ set by Caitlin & JB

This set includes many hit recording artists and favorites such as TOM T HALL, WILLIE NELSON, THE FAMILY GOLD, CONWAY TWITTY, DOLLY PARTON, THE LAWRENCE PETERS OUTFIT, GARRETT T CAPPS, CROY AND THE BOYS, GEORGE JONES, BONNIE OWENS, RED STEAGALL, JAY LEE WEBB, ROGER MILLER, DEL REEVES, WAYLON JENNINGS, JOHNNY PAYCHECK, RUSTY YORK, DAVE DUDLEY, JEANNIE C RILEY, BUCK OWENS, MARGIE BOWES, MEL TILLIS, LORETTA LYNN, CONNIE JO VALASEK, RED SOVINE, WAYNE HANCOCK, LYNN ANDERSON, ERNEST TUBB, HANK WILLIAMS JR, EMMY LOU HARRIS, JOHNNY FRITZ, TANYA TUCKER, WILMA LEE AND STONEY COOPER, BILLY JOE SHAVER, DWIGHT YOAKAM, BARBRA GEORGE, HERB REMINGTON, MERLE HAGGARD

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Recorded on Feb 7, 2021



All vinyl Honky Tonk
DJ set by Caitlin & JB

Hope you enjoy the mix! And if you do, kindly consider leaving a tip on VENMO @chicagohonkytonk or paypal.me/ducketts

This set includes many hit recording artists such as DOLLY PARTON, WEBB PIERCE, BOBBIE GENTRY, HANK THOMPSON, THE LOUVIN BROTHERS, ROBBIE FULKS, WAYLON JENNINGS, MERLE HAGGARD, DOTTIE WEST, JIMMY MARTIN, MARTY STUART, STONEY EDWARDS, GEORGE STRAIT, JOHNNY PAYCHECK, COATES TWINS, WAYNE KEMP, CONWAY TWITTY, LORETTA LYNN, CROY AND THE BOYS, DEL REEVES, CHARLIE WALKER, WILMA LEE AND STONEY COOPER, GEORGE JONES, TAMMY WYNETTE, ERNEST TUBB, WILBURN BROTHERS, PATSY CLINE, WILLIE NELSON, RUSTY & DOUG KERSHAW, TOWNES VAN ZANDT, HANK WILLIAMS, LINDA MARTELL, ROGER MILLER, HARLAN HOWARD, GENE WATSON, JEANNE PRUETT, BILLY JOE SHAVER, HEROLD WHITE, GLEN CAMPBELL

Recorded on JAN 10, 2021



Check out our Instagram account @chicagohonkytonk and join us for a LIVE Sunday Brunch! 1st Sunday each month, hosted by Caitlin & J.B. from 1pm to 3pm CST.



12PM // FREE // 21+

Chicago HonkyTonk Presents: A Sunday Matinee
Featuring JP Cyr & The Midnightmen and Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders

Plus a Dance Lesson by Caitlin Rafferty & J.B. Duckett

Doors open at noon – Dance lessons at 1:30pm – Bands start at 2pm

JP Cyr & the Midnightmen hail from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and play get-up-and-dance Honky Tonk music. JP and the boys are heavily influenced by, and blend, classic Country, Western Swing, Rockabilly, Outlaw, and other Americana Country sounds. JP Cyr and the Midnightmen provide excellent musicianship that will keep your feet movin’ all night long. Their music is informed by a deep love and respect for those who came before them and with it, integrity, and a quality craft. Catch them in Milwaukee/Chicago area Honky Tonks and roots festivals throughout the Midwest.

Fronted by J.P. Cyr on vocals and upright bass, the Midnightmen are: Bobby Rivera on take off guitar, Jon Ziegler on vocals and rhythm guitar, Mike Budde on vocals and drums, and Tom Kneesel on pedal steel guitar.

Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders do honky tonk their way, inviting you into a world where hard hitting country western meets hillbilly jazz. Singer and guitarist Dan Whitaker is a prolific songwriter who loves to dig deep into the unexpected to create his original sound. He’s equally comfortable crafting intricate bluesy instrumentals along with his character-driven stories set on the road and in honky tonks.“My music comes from an appreciation of the small wins and losses of life. Everyone wants to be the hero of their own story. But no story runs completely smooth.”“Far, Far Away,” DWSB’s recently released fourth album, is their most ambitious to date. “Far, Far Away” was recorded at Kingsize studios in Chicago with Mike Hagler, the engineer who also recorded 2017’s “Anything You Wanted To.” Hagler has worked with artists like Wilco, Neko Case, Billy Bragg, and Jon Langford, among others. The album’s 12 original songs range from honky tonk shuffles, rockers, Western numbers, and hillbilly jazz instrumentals — a unique mix of roots music that DWSB has come to be known for.“I like variety,” says Whitaker. “I consider all the different genres of country when writing my songs, because country music has never been about just one thing.”Along with Dan, The Shinebenders include fellow Chicago music veterans Tommy “Two Smokes” Mioducki, acoustic guitar and vocals, Earl “T-Bone” Powers, upright bass, and Eric “Chase” Niffenegger, drums. They tour the Midwestern and Texas circuits, and beyond, playing over 70 shows a year. In 2019 they were nominated for an Ameripolitan Award as Best Honky Tonk band, and have shared the stage with Shooter Jennings, James Hand, and Corb Lund. They’ve also played many of the finest honky tonks around, like The White Horse, American Legion Post 82, Skinny Dennis, The Lonesome Rose, and more.Together since 2004, the band is a tight knit group who thrives on dueling solos and a good slug of whiskey. At any DWSB gig, no two shows are alike. What’s guaranteed is that you’ll have a darn good time.Dan Whitaker has been creating independent original music since the mid 1980s in such bands as June Bug Massacre, Great Plains Gypsies, Athletic, The Gyps and Western Grand.



Chicago Honky Tonk Presents . . . A SATURDAY SPECIAL!

Featuring GREG GARING & THE COWPOKES, CASEY JAMES PRESTWOOD & THE BURNING ANGELS, ANDREW SA & KELLY HOGAN, KELSEY RAE, SIMON FLORY, MICHELLE BILLINGSLEY, THE LAWRENCE PETERS OUTFIT, WORKING MOTHER, THE FAMILY GOLD, AND MEG & THE WHEELERS

March 28 at Fitzgerald’s Nightclub // Sponsored by 805 Beer // Harmonica Dunn

Buy Tickets Here $15 advance // $20 door



12PM // FREE // 21+

Chicago HonkyTonk Presents: A Sunday Matinee
Featuring The Lawrence Peters Outfit & Naomi Ashley Band

Plus a Dance Lesson by Caitlin Rafferty & J.B. Duckett

Doors open at noon – Dance lessons at 1:30pm – Bands start at 2pm

The Lawrence Peters Outfit play un-ruined country music, a term
Lawrence coined to describe the band’s original, deep-rooted,
honky tonk sound. They are 2019 and 2018 Ameripolitan Award
nominees, in the Best Honky Tonk Group category, and two time
winners of the “Best Country And Western Entertainer” (Chicago
Music Awards). Best known for his lead vocal on “The Old Black Hen”, for the watershed Songs: Ohia- Magnolia Electric Company
album, Peters leads the “Outfit” through his own finely crafted
originals, and cherry-picked classics. The band is a super-group of
Chi-Town pickers, including Matt Gandurski on lead guitar, Dave
Sisson on rhythm guitar and harmonies, and Josh Piet on upright
bass.

Naomi Ashley Band
With her cream-and-Kahlua voice, Chicago’s Naomi Ashley is a dazzling performer who brings her songs to startling, vibrant life. When she’s singing, she disappears into the song. Her pitch-perfect voice has the ability to convey pitch perfect emotional life. The music she makes is intimate, plainspoken and gorgeously sung – drawing on the American folk, blues and country traditions – which surge with all the contradictory impulses of real, imperfect life. Naomi’s band is made up of Chicago music scene veterans: Andon Davis (guitar), Cathie Van Wert (violin), Michael Krayniak (bass) and Paul Bivans (drums).

Upcoming Events

  • March 20, 2024
    • Country, My Way on WLPN 105.5 FM4:00 pm - 6:00 pmHost Lawrence Peters plays honky tonk, bluegrass, outlaw, western swing, Ameripolitan, and more. Every Wednesday from 4-6pm. www.lumpenradio.com + Google calendar
  • March 22, 2024
    • Honky Tonk Happy Hour5:30 pm - 7:30 pmThe Hoyle Brothers are back at Empty Bottle
      5:30-7:30 Fridays
      The Empty Bottle Map+ Google calendar
    • Honky Tonk Happy Hour5:30 pm - 7:30 pmYour home away from home to honky tonk to the Hoyles Empty Bottle + Google calendar
  • March 24, 2024
    • The Hoyle Brothers @ Martyrs3:00 pm - 6:00 pmEvery Sunday, 3-6pm. FREE Martyrs + Google calendar
  • March 27, 2024
    • Country, My Way on WLPN 105.5 FM4:00 pm - 6:00 pmHost Lawrence Peters plays honky tonk, bluegrass, outlaw, western swing, Ameripolitan, and more. Every Wednesday from 4-6pm. www.lumpenradio.com + Google calendar
  • March 29, 2024
    • The Rangers @ RockhausOriginal rock and country music since 2021! 96 W Main St, West Dundee, IL 60118 + Google calendar
    • Honky Tonk Happy Hour5:30 pm - 7:30 pmThe Hoyle Brothers are back at Empty Bottle
      5:30-7:30 Fridays
      The Empty Bottle Map+ Google calendar
    • Honky Tonk Happy Hour5:30 pm - 7:30 pmYour home away from home to honky tonk to the Hoyles Empty Bottle + Google calendar
  • March 30, 2024
    • The Rangers @ American Legion 8549701 S Kedzie Ave, Evergreen Park, IL 60805 + Google calendar
  • March 31, 2024
    • The Hoyle Brothers @ Martyrs3:00 pm - 6:00 pmEvery Sunday, 3-6pm. FREE Martyrs + Google calendar
  • April 5, 2024
    • Milf Money @ Outta Space April 5Milf Money is a new project by songwriters Rachel Swain & Jules Klee. We felt the need to do something a little less pretty and more unhinged. Jeremy David Miller opens and DJ Edd Reynolds is spinning a deep cut country set before closing out the night with disco for our debut show on April 5th. We will be joined by bandmates Ed Sullivan on bass, Doug Askham on guitar and Lewis Holland on drums, who are fantastic folks we’ve met playing in this hidden gem music town. Rachel Swain is the child of two working musicians, and originally from Austin. You can hear elements of her early years in @roxyswain and beloved local band @the.swains.band (See them at @fitzgeraldsnightclub American Music Festival July 3-6) She’s also working on a new album and if we’re lucky some of those songs will be part of our set. Jules Klee, hails from a town sandwiched between Amish Country and Cleveland Ohio, growing up on top 40 crooners and her Dad’s music collection, until discovering the OG songwriters that predated her birth. Her songs “Talk” and “Hook Sung by Strangers” have been featured in film and commercial soundtracks. As a backing vocalist and session singer, her vocals can be heard on recordings with Joe Pug and Colin Gilmore. We got the idea for this band a bit haphazardly, as one does when lusting after loud guitars and a rowdy good time. 6840 32nd St, Berwyn, IL 60402 Map+ Google calendar
    • Honky Tonk Happy Hour5:30 pm - 7:30 pmThe Hoyle Brothers are back at Empty Bottle
      5:30-7:30 Fridays
      The Empty Bottle Map+ Google calendar