Cobalt & the Hired Guns » jackpot donnie http://www.cobaltandthehiredguns.com Cobalt & the Hired Guns offical website Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:38:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 THIS WEEKEND: Chicago Roots Collective Festival http://www.cobaltandthehiredguns.com/weekend-chicago-roots-collective-festival/ http://www.cobaltandthehiredguns.com/weekend-chicago-roots-collective-festival/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:15:57 +0000 admin http://www.cobaltandthehiredguns.com/?p=516 This weekend is the Chicago Roots Collective Festival. Which means, 75 bands/musicians performing over two nights at the Elbo Room! All that music AND $2 Old Styles. Cobalt & the Hired Guns performs the 2nd night, Saturday Nov 6, and … Continue reading →]]> This weekend is the Chicago Roots Collective Festival. Which means, 75 bands/musicians performing over two nights at the Elbo Room! All that music AND $2 Old Styles.

Cobalt & the Hired Guns performs the 2nd night, Saturday Nov 6, and shares the downstairs stage with How Far to Austin, Todd Kessler & the New Folk, Mike Mangione & the Union, and The Future Laureates. Upstairs, singer/songwriters Andrew Francis, Jeff Churchwell, Jane Thatcher, Shelley Miller, Bassel Al-Madani, Daina Lawrence, Matt Campbell, Michael Kostal, and Bobby Minelli showcase their, well, singing and songwriting.

The first night of the Festival, Friday Nov 5, features BandCalledCatch,The Shams Band, Goodbyehome, Molehill, and Jackpot Donnie on the downstairs stage, while Jack Brett, Rachele Eve, Brendan Losch, Katie Scrantom, Dan Price, Will Phalen, Jessica Robbins, Kevin Garvey, Nelken and Nathan Xander do their thang upstairs.

Tickets are $10 for Friday, $10 for Saturday, or $15 for a weekend pass. The music starts at 8pm, 21+ both nights.

Oh and did we mention the $2 Old Syles??? Yea. That.


]]> http://www.cobaltandthehiredguns.com/weekend-chicago-roots-collective-festival/feed/ 0 Introducing the CHICAGO ROOTS COLLECTIVE http://www.cobaltandthehiredguns.com/introducing-chicago-roots-collective/ http://www.cobaltandthehiredguns.com/introducing-chicago-roots-collective/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:44:08 +0000 admin http://testing.ohaskin.com/wp/?p=135 Chicago-Roots-CollectiveWe are very pleased to announce our involvement as a founding member of the Chicago Roots Collective – a group of 10 great Chicago bands working together to build community and get their music heard.It’s a VERY exciting project that … Continue reading →]]> Chicago-Roots-CollectiveWe are very pleased to announce our involvement as a founding member of the Chicago Roots Collective – a group of 10 great Chicago bands working together to build community and get their music heard.It’s a VERY exciting project that has come out of the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival we played last fall – we are really pumped to be working more formally with bands we already know, love, and have been playing with around the city.  It has already proven to be a great resource and community for all the bands involved.

Chicago Roots Collective roster:CRC Sept. 19th Poster

Cobalt & the Hired Guns – Mole Hill
Goodbyehome – Band Called Catch
How Far To Austin – The Shams Band
Mike Mangione – The Future Laureates
Jackpot Donnie – Todd Kessler

The Collective‘s big kick-off festival/show at the Cubby Bear in September was a big success, with all 10 bands playing and over 500 people attending.  The Collective has also gotten some nice press on OurVinyl.com and is generating a buzz around the city

Please take a listen and become a fan of the CRC on MySpace and Facebook.  For more info, email matt@cobaltandthehiredguns.com

Links for you!

The Shams Band  http://www.myspace.com/theshamsband
http://www.youtube.com/theshamsband

Molehill – http://www.myspace.com/enterthemolehill
http://www.youtube.com/enterthemolehill

How Far to Austin – http://www.myspace.com/howfartoaustin
http://www.youtube.com/howfartoaustin

Mike Mangione & His Band – http://www.myspace.com/mikemangione
http://www.youtube.com/mikemangione

Band Called Catch – http://www.myspace.com/bandcalledcatch
http://www.youtube.com/bandcalledcatch

The Future Laureates – http://www.myspace.com/thefuturelaureates
http://www.youtube.com/thefuturelaureates

Goodbye Home – http://www.myspace.com/jacksoncombsmusic
http://www.youtube.com/jacksoncombs

Cobalt & The Hired Guns – http://www.myspace.com/cobaltandthehiredguns
http://www.youtube.com/cobaltandtheHGs

Jackpot Donnie – http://www.myspace.com/jackpotdonnie
http://www.youtube.com/jackpotdonnie

Todd Kessler & The New Folk – http://www.myspace.com/toddkessler ,
http://www.youtube.com/toddkessler82

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