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Fri Mar 26
9:45 pm
Lil' Ed And The Blues Imperials at Harmony Bar & Grill
$Lil’ Ed Williams and his long-standing band The Blues Imperials crank their native Chicago blues just a notch over the top, making it as party-ready as any good up-tempo soul act. In addition to those giddy slide-guitar leads, Lil’ Ed tends to look a bit more flamboyant than your average bluesman, especially when decked out in red Chuck Taylors and one of his flashy fez hats. The titles of his Alligator Records releases stretching back to the ’80s tend to reflect this ecstatic quality—Roughhousin’, Get Wild, and 2009’s Full Tilt—and with this band, revving up the blues is just another route to the genre’s richness.
Harmony Bar & Grill 2201 Atwood Ave., Madison, WI
$Lil’ Ed Williams and his long-standing band The Blues Imperials crank their native Chicago blues just a notch over the top, making it as party-ready as any good up-tempo soul act. In addition to those giddy slide-guitar leads, Lil’ Ed tends to look a bit more flamboyant than your average bluesman, especially when decked out in red Chuck Taylors and one of his flashy fez hats. The titles of his Alligator Records releases stretching back to the ’80s tend to reflect this ecstatic quality—Roughhousin’, Get Wild, and 2009’s Full Tilt—and with this band, revving up the blues is just another route to the genre’s richness.
Updated 01/04/2011
