Wed, Jun 17 - 8pm - $10adv/$12door

On his path towards becoming a successful touring musician, Zach Deputyserendipitously landed a solo gig in his early 20s by walking into a bar just after thatnight’s featured artist had bailed. Deputy soon introduced the world to the sound he’deventually dub “island-infused, drum ‘n’ bass, gospel-ninja-soul.” By 2008 he’d releasedhis debut album Out of the Water and—thanks to his ingenuity in looping—made hisname as an unforgettable one-man-band live act. The new music kept flowing, and sincethen Deputy has released four critically acclaimed full length studio albums. As a specialsneak peek into his new music, Zach will sprinkle songs from his upcoming albumthroughout his sets this fall.Reflecting on his live shows, Zach says “music to me is about bringing people togetherfrom all walks of life and living in the moment with a joyful heart!” Deputy’s one manshow creates a unique experience straight from the soul every night, raw and uncut withabsolutely nothing prerecorded. As a pioneer of looping and synth guitar work wellahead of his time, he’s taken the technology to uncharted lands delivering a pocketgroove unique to the ears. Zach says, “call me crazy, but I’ve always believed live musicshould always be live, but I’ve also always loved a good tranced out dance party too.”With this in mind he tailored his performances to meet his convictions. Combining hisfamily roots Island vibe with his low country southern soul, a pinch of tranced out hippyhop, and a vast amount of talent, Zach’s sound emerges in focus.Concertgoers can look forward to a unique live music experience. Zach plays a differentset every night as an ultimate expression of living in the moment, with the hopes ofopening windows to people’s souls to remind them of how good it feels to be alive.

"Bess dazzles as a one-man band, writing, playing and singing everything into an ambitious, genre-tripping groove-athon... a shape-shifting hybrid of dub, hip-hop, ska, reggae, funk and classic early '70s soul."- Jim Musser, No DepressionBorn and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, D. Bess is a one-man band who now calls Chicago home. Since 2010 he has been honing the strange art of live-looping (recording various instruments on the fly) to create a full band sound. Although reggae is the foundation of his sound, D. Bess meshes blues, ska, dub, funk, Hawaiian, hip-hop, folk and country into his original grooves.His first full-length solo album, Man vs. Bear, features reggae legend Toots Hibbert of Toots & The Maytals trading vocals with D. Bess on the ska song "Oh Carolina", for which they shot a music video in Kingston, Jamaica the same year.