MARK "PORK CHOP" NOLAN (GUITAR/VOCALS)
IAN MITCHELL (HARMONICA/VOCALS)
MELVYN LOCKYER (BASS)
ELRAD "118" MATTHEWS (DRUMS
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RECORDED LIVE AT THE BIRD IN HAND FAREHAM 09/03/2008 BY GRAHAM BROWN.
Outside The Studio at Original 106FM After Recording Our Acoustic Set Photo Courtesy Of Xan Phillips.
Chicago 9 Support The Boarhunt Blues Club
A Big Thanks To Xan Phillips Of Original 106 FM for Showcasing Chicago 9 on his Radio Station Sunday 16/03/08 Much Appreciated Xan Cheers!
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Thanks to DJ Andi-c For his support & Playing us on his Wednesday nights "Fret Connections" Show.
Our thanks to Ian Makensie of phonic Fm & Editor of Blues In The South for all his support.
Have a listen to Bob & Norms "The Blues Show" Every Monday 10-Midnight. Thanks for your support Guys.
Chicago 9 is a no fuss, no nonsense, high energy, 21st Century Blues experience. Led from the front by screaming guitar and harmonica interplay and driven by a thumping backbeat. This is Blues, but for the fast lane.
Residing along the Itchen Delta and neighbouring lowlands; that’s Winchester and Southampton to the uninitiated, their early output was strictly American electric blues covers from the 1950s and 1960s: Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Sonny Boy Williamson, Walters Big & Little, but as the river picks up a pace as it flows seaward, Chicago 9 have too broadened and moved on. Their current set, which has been honed throughout the honkytonks of southern England and the odd Alpine mountain bar along the way, is now dominated by their own original compositions. Written in that same 50’s/60’s Chicago style so favoured by the band in the early years but with a unique Chicago 9 delivery. If you like songs about late night car rides with the devil, plastic surgery, corrupt TV Evangelists or getting drunk with Bangkok chic boys, delivered with the kick of a livid mule then you’ve come to the right place.Do yourself a favour,and see them soon!!!!!!!!!
“Garden Shed To Grindelwald” Chicago 9’s debut CD, featuring 10 original tracks, is now available from the band. Online ordering will be available soon.
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**NEW CD REVIEW**
Traditionally there's not much love lost between Portsmouth and Southampton, rivalry fuelled by football and their roles as the south coasts premier ports for the military and shipping respectively. Through the years the rivalry has veered from violent to friendly teasing and back again. So it's with that background that this Portsmouth born lad reviews Southampton's Chicago 9. Tempting though it would be to rib the band in print, if only in friendly fashion, I have to say that this is a cracking little CD, with a great mix of original tracks and a few interesting covers ('Riding On The L&N', as made famous by Dr Feelgood, throbs with energy here). Vocals are shared between songwriters Mark Nolan and Ian Mitchell, the former on guitar too and the latter chipping in with some great harmonica parts, and rhythm section Melvyn Lockyer (bass) and drummer Elrad Matthews lock the band into a tight groove, perfect for toe tapping appreciation. I was looking forward to making a joke at the end of this review, but the egg is firmly on my face… these guys are too damn good!
MATT MERRIT BLUES MATTERS MAGAZINE JULY 2008
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Hi I spent the weekend at the Swanage Blues festival & saw some great bands, However Chicago 9 really impressed me besides playing one or two covers the 2 sets were all there own material,real foot tapping stuff, people up dancing & all. I puchased there cd & cant stop playing it,real musicians,real blues & real good fun, keep up the good work guys
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DAILY ECHO 25/7/08
Gooday Lads, the pleasure is mine. Hows it going? Have a fabo day and be happy. Soon me shakin it, as the weekends on its way tata for now
(if you want some music of your aired out of Kansas, feel free to send some in on mp3 to me at road_rash_blues_show@myspace.com. The Blogs have all the blerb n stuff-Take care now)
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“We must make every effort for the promotion of peace and inner values. I fully support [Peace One Day].” His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Laureate."
“My experience of conflict is that those who are involved in it long for even a day of peace. To have a day of cessation of violence, that to me is an idea whose time has come.” Mary Robinson, then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, from a filmed meeting with Jeremy Gilley
Have a good one! Sending Blessings, Love, Light and Peace your way from Canada, Anita aka Angelwingss7
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