SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2010
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| Mick Ducker
Mick Ducker is a soul-singing powerhouse. Son of the legendary Chicago Bluesman, Little Mack Simmons, Mick was performing with such luminaries as Albert King by the age of 15. From that early, he has built a stage show and persona that is unmatched. Mick is the real deal, an amalgamation of experience, might, modesty and soul. Mick’s musical focus is on old school R&B, soul music, blues, and funk. He also sings Gospel. Mick is a member in many bands such as "The Rockerfellers", "The Mick Ducker Group", "The Joy Singers"(his gospel group), and "Junk In The Trunk", a band who performs at a college night club called Ottos in Dekalb, Illinois on Thursday nights.
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| Robby Celestin |
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| Robby Celestin
This is a true singer. Robby Celestin was brought up on classic soul music and has brought that passion to every style he encounters. He is an emotional vocalist with a fantastic range and an unstoppable stage show. You won't see anyone sing from the heart like the "Man in the Hat". An energetic performer and wonderful songwriter, Robby will move you every time you experience him. His lyrics are smart and moving and his songs are all memorable. He speaks of life, love, and everything in between.
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| Joel Styzens |
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| Joel Styzens
Joel Styzens is a Chicago musician, composer, and instructor at the renowned Old Town School Of Folk Music. His latest acclaimed release, "Relax Your Ears," features his guitar compositions and a collaborative partnership with Chicago Symphony Orchestra cellist Katinka Kleijn, who is prominently featured on the album and whose soaring melodies add a level of depth and emotional intensity. It's "music that you feel down in your soul," according to the Music Examiner. Find out more at www.relax-your-ears.com
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| Artbeat Live
With using only his hands and sometimes a brush, Elliott begins an explosive performance – throwing paint, challenging the audience, sometimes carefully painting red lips on the canvas, or rapidly making a blue and purple background to finish a painting.
Elliott’s paintings of famous rock icons or commissioned portraits are choreographed to a musical experience. The paintings are created on a 4 foot by 5 foot black canvas, taking the audience through an exciting musical journey, and finally creating a likeness of the subject in a matter of minutes.
Elliott has taken performace art and made it his own with a unique musical, visual and painting style, unveiling the energy and passion of his subjects. Elliott conveys one compelling message to his audiences. www.artbeatlive.com
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| Colby Maddox |
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| Colby Maddox – Mandolin, Fiddle
Originally from California, Colby moved to the Midwest to attend Oberlin College and escape the tech boom. Immediately after college Colby and his now wife Debby traveled out to Berkeley, California for a summer so that he could study with mandolin great David Grisman. Colby spent the early 1990s in Ann Arbor Michigan transcribing his lesson tapes, working for the public schools, recording for the Schoolkid's Records label and playing with at least two or three bands at a time.
Colby moved to Chicago in 1995 to work with The Special Consensus bluegrass band where he rubbed elbows and shared the stage with many of his heroes like Tim O’Brien, Scott Nygaard, Sally Van Meter, Laurie Lewis, Slavek Hanzlik, J.D. Crowe and John Hartford. Along the way Colby studied fiddle with Missouri State Champion Charlie Walden and played for a short time in a duo with young banjo wizard Noam Pikelny. In 1999 Colby moved on to teaching at the Old Town School of Folk Music, and managing the teaching collection of books and recordings and concert archive at the School. In 2006 Colby won first prize at the Rocky Grass mandolin competition in Lyons, Colorado.
Colby is also a member of Sunnyside Up, a Chicago three-piece string band that draws in audiences with an expertly crafted mixture of bluegrass, swing, fiddle music and songwriting. Find out more about Colby and Sunnyside Up at www.sunnysideupmusic.com
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