Illinois community briefs (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Find events going on in your community, and plan your week'sactivities with The Times.

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Illinois community briefs (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

Full Tank of Blues (North Bay Bohemian)

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

"Knee Deep in Mud" isn't just a song on the Aces' fantastic new CD, No One Rides for Free —it's a manifesto of the band's sound.

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Meet the Meatmen (North Bay Bohemian)

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

It used to be that in order to attract girls all a guy had to do was pick up an electric guitar. But these are back-to-the-land times, and now a sharpened meat cleaver is as likely to possess rock-star status as a Fender Stratocaster.

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Slide to Slide (North Bay Bohemian)

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Playing slide guitar didn't come easy for Sonny Landreth when he started learning at age 16. "I was really frustrated," he remembers via phone from his Louisiana home. "I couldn't make heads or tails of it, and certainly tortured the family, and our dog. My dog, I think, suffered the most.

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