Thu, Jun 19 - 9pm - $12adv/$15door

 Daniel Hutchens and Eric Carter met each other when they were eight years old. They solidified their early friendship based on a mutual love of baseball, comic books, and rock n roll music. They grew up in West Virginia; much time during their high school years was spent on Skull Run Road, where Eric's family lived, a few miles outside Ravenswood. The boys recall that road as being the site of their first garage band practices.After high school, they started getting a little more serious about their blossoming songwriting partnership. Their road wound through Huntington, WV, and eventually on to Athens, GA, which they soon came to call home. They continued to concentrate on their songwriting, and by the early ‘90s they had a catalogue of over 300 compositions. By this time Hutchens and Carter had given their musical collaboration a "band name": Bloodkin.People started to notice, and some even started covering some Bloodkin compositions, most notably Widespread Panic, who wound up recording three Bloodkin songs, and who continue to play those and other Bloodkin songs live. Panic's cover of "Can't Get High" peaked at #27 on the Billboard AOR charts. Other songs in Panic's regular rotation are "Makes Sense To Me", "Henry Parsons Died", "End Of The Show", "Who Do You Belong To", and occasionally "Quarter Tank Of Gasoline".Daniel also wound up playing with ex-Velvet Underground member Moe Tucker in the early-to-mid ‘90s; he played on three of her albums and several of her tours.In 1994 Bloodkin released their first official CD, GOOD LUCK CHARM. The project was produced by Johnny Sandlin (legendary producer of the Allman Brothers, Eddie Hinton, and so many others). Bloodkin recording projects over the years have also featured producers John Keane (R.E.M, Cowboy Junkies, etc.) and David Barbe (Son Volt, Drive By Truckers, etc.). All the while, the Bloodkin boys have continued to play live all over the Southeast and beyond.

Ten Foot Tail is literally a “band of brothers” that features Pauly and Christopher Castelli. Their musical talents were crafted in Park Ridge which is known for being an artist colony with famous Italian artists like Alfonso Iannelli. The brothers have been playing music their whole lives together sharing the stage with acts such as Lynyrd Skynyrd and Heart. The brothers have also opened the Miss U.S.A. Pageant on National T.V.The band lineup features the hottest session musicians available who perform as MC, DJ, bass and keyboards. To detail some of their studio work, the Castelli Brothers have had the honor of working with legendary producer Bob Ezrin, who has produced epic records for bands such as Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, KISS, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed and countless others. Working with one of the greatest producers in rock history and present took the Castelli Brothers to a whole new level in their approach towards music.Since that time, Pauly and Christopher have done much touring, writing and recording. Their music has been played nationally and on Chicago’s 93.1 WXRT as well as performing live in the studio on Chicago’s Q101 radio and WGN TV.Ten Foot Tail is a unique band with original songs and musicians who can improvise and take their sound from jazz, Latin, blues and funk, to rock, soul and hip-hop. Ten Foot Tail brings a great vibe for a great show that is always evolving!