Gus Stagg

 Gus Stagg writes and plays his own version of acoustic folk-rock-blues in the tradition of Tom Waits, XTC's Andy Partridge, Paul Simon, John Lennon, John Hyatt, etc. He's been playing solo and with local bands in the Chicago area for more than 25 years! He has played at Navy Pier with Tuff Enuff, Blackwater Jack, Stone Sober Blues Band, GAS, and has opened for bluesman Lonnie Brooks. Gus considers the harmonica his main instrument (he has a case full of them, Lee Oskar is his preferred brand). He is currently finishing his latest album "New Songs For Old Souls" at Moonroom Recording Studio. Gus is basically an old hippie who somehow survived the sixties...got off the Magical Mystery Tour, and is currently ripening. "Pick me before I rot, please."Some of his favorite bands are: the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Band, Jimi Hendrix (as guitarist, singer and songwriter), Brian Wilson, the Shins, Jack White, Foo Fighters, Neil Young, John Prine...he generally prefers singer-songwriters of the past, but realizes that there are very many excellent ones out there today, also.

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