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Chris Weaver Band performs during
“Country Fridays” at Joe’s Bar on
Jan. 6. LENNY GILMORE/REDEYE
COUNTRY REIGNS
Despite the cold shoulder it
receives in the Windy City,
country remains the most
widely broadcast music for-
mat on the radio, with 2,012
dedicated stations across
the U.S. (compared with
about 568 Top 40 stations),
according to trade publica-
tion Inside Radio. In recent
years, many country acts
have crossed into the main-
stream, with artists such
as Taylor Swift and Lady
Antebellum routinely chart-
Rascal Flatts Lady Antebellum Dierks Bentley ing in the Billboard Hot 100.
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COUNTRY FRIDAY SATURDAY JAN. 26-27
Already a fan? Save the dates
Rascal Flatts with Chicago Bluegrass Glen Campbell
for one of these major coun-
CALENDAR Sara Evans and Hunter Hayes & Blues Festival Rialto Square Theatre
try shows coming through the
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COUNTRY MUSIC FANS ARE BETWEEN ROCK AND A SUBURBAN PLACE
Rascal Flatts
This country trio’s lat-
By Emily Van Zandt A lot of songs may have rural undertones, est album, “Nothing
REDEYE Like This,” features
but several focus on love, heartbreak,
Beyond the Apple-induced glow of the “Easy” with British
North/Clybourn Red Line station sits an family—themes that almost everyone can relate to.” pop singer Natasha
oasis. Bedingfield.
Large and utterly forgettable from the
—Sara Rose, writer for countrymusicchicago.com
outside, Joe’s Bar on Weed Street could be
Taylor Swift
any other crowded sports bar on a Friday
It’s easy to forget this
night. If you could just ignore the cowboy
young superstar is a
hats. country artist. Songs
With patrons in plaid shirts, cowboy trucks, “American Idol” winner Carrie Un- little more twang. like “Love Story” and
boots and hats (required dress for cover- derwood warning of cowboy Casanovas and A small but growing number of bars and “You Belong with Me”
free admission on “Country Fridays”), Joe’s Jason Aldean musing on mud tires—noth- restaurants in Chicago are trying to appeal easily cross over to
may seem out of place in the city—but it’s ing you’re likely to run into in the Loop. But to born-and-bred country fans and the re- pop radio.
packed. Sold out, even. People drive miles, country fans maintain there’s more to the cently converted. Bars such as The Pony in
Martina
or walk blocks, for the one thing it offers music than meets the ear. Lakeview and Houndstooth in Wrigleyville
McBride
that few other venues in the city will touch: “A lot of songs may have rural undertones, host country crowds with themed music
She’s been making
country music. but several focus on love, heartbreak, fam- nights.
music since the ’90s
Despite widespread popularity nationally ily—themes that almost everyone can re- More than 100 fans regularly pile into
but is still churning
and in Chicago, the genre doesn’t get much late to,” said Chicago writer Sara Rose, who buses that take them from The Pony to
hits like last year’s
love in the city, where people mock its rural works for countrymusicchicago.com. country concerts outside of town.
“Teenage Daughters.”
ways and many venues sidestep it in favor of Take Lewis, who doesn’t mind that her Even downtown Chicago restaurants
live pop, rock and hip-hop acts. friends tease her for her musical tastes. aren’t immune. Businessmen Jerrod and RJ
Joe’s, which has twice been named the “Maybe I don’t relate to a lot of the songs, Melman (the names behind Lettuce Enter-
Academy of Country Music’s nightclub of but the ones about being 17 again, partying tain You hot spots such as Paris Club and LIKE ROCK? TRY ...
the year, is one of only a few places where on Labor Day weekend, going to the lake—I Hub 51) count themselves as Chicago coun-
Jason Aldean
fans can catch a big-name act outside of a love those.” try fans and plan to open a country-western
stadium show or organized bus trip to the Still, Chicago venues used to bringing in bar, complete with southern-inspired dish- His album “My Kinda
Party” features “Don’t
’burbs. Fans are especially out of luck this big crowds for rock shows or dance nights es and barbecue, in River North later this
You Wanna Stay”
month when the likes of Rascal Flatts and are hesitant. year.
with Kelly Clarkson,
Sara Evans, Glen Campbell and Lady Ante- “I think country artists tend to play in “[Former Bears player] Greg Olsen start-
but for something
bellum all will blow past Chicago for points the suburbs because most venues in the ed getting us into [country music],” RJ Mel-
a little sappy, try
downstate. city are afraid to book country artists,” said man said. “I listen to a lot on satellite radio “Tattoos on This
Nina Lewis, 27, of Lincoln Park, practi- Joei Bush, a booking intern at Reggies Rock and love Darius Rucker.” Town.”
cally had to beg her friend Stacey Roline, 27, Club on the South Side, which mainly books Despite a lack of music venues in the city,
to join her at Joe’s on a recent Friday to catch rock and hip-hop, along with the occasional Chicago country fans remain loyal. For Billy Eric Church
a country act. bluegrass act. “They’re afraid it will be a Smothers, 29, no drive is too long to hear his His 2011 album,
“I just don’t listen [to country],” said waste of time and money.” favorite artists. “Chief,” includes
Roline, of Lincoln Park. “The songs all just While Reggies likely won’t be bringing “This stuff is just in my blood,” said plenty of odes to a
good Friday night, in-
sound like sad love songs—it’s hard to relate in a pop country act anytime soon, music Smothers, 29, who drives up from suburban
cluding “Drink In My
to.” booker Brendan Joyce admits it’s because Justice to don his Kenny Chesney-esque
Hand.”
There’s a lot about modern country that he just isn’t familiar with the genre. Instead, straw cowboy hat at Joe’s. “My dad’s from
doesn’t exactly scream “Chicago.” Hit scan Reggies focuses on more accessible sub- the South and I’ve grown up with country
on the radio and you’ll likely turn up Luke genres—southern rock or bluegrass—when music. It’s in my blood and I love it.” Dierks Bentley
Bryan singing about girls dancing in pickup the club is looking for something with a [email protected] | @REDEYEDRINKS His party anthem
“Sideways” from
2009’s “Feel That
Fire” is still getting
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regular airtime.
Little Big Town Lady Antebellum Justin Moore Dierks Bentley Eli Young Band
Joe’s on Weed Street U.S. Cellular Coliseum Rialto Square Theatre Joe’s on Weed Street Joe’s on Weed Street
in Chicago in Bloomington
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Lincoln Park residents protest the city’s ward remapping last week. ABEL URIBE/TRIBUNE
Ward remapping foes
promise challenge
Chicago Tribune boundaries until 2015.
Less than two hours after putting the finish- An attempt by Fioretti and Ald. Nicholas
ing touches on a new map of the city’s 50 Sposato (36th) to invoke a routine delay of
wards, the City Council approved it over the vote, in part to give the public a chance to
the vehement objections of some aldermen review it, was outflanked by a parliamentary
CONSOLIDATION
whose political futures are imperiled by the maneuver.
redrawn boundaries. At one point before the meeting, Fioretti
The vote was 41-8, a strong enough major- yelled at Maria Guerra, who works in Mayor
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S LE But the lopsided approval of the map does neuver to him.
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