Will Jacobs Band and Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater at Evanston SPACE

The Will Jacobs Band makes their third trip to EvanstonSPACE, this time as the opening act for Internationally-renowned bluesman Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater.

EDDY "THE CHIEF" CLEARWATER
During the 1950s, Chicago's West Side was a breeding ground for some of the world's greatest bluesmen. Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Freddie King and others ruled the clubs. With his fierce guitar playing, soulful and emotive vocals and wild stage shows, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater easily belongs on this list.

A Chicago legend, Clearwater is an intense, flamboyant blues-rocking showman. He's equally comfortable playing the deepest, most heartfelt blues or rocking, good-time party music. DownBeat said, "Left-hander Eddy Clearwater is a forceful six-stringer...He lays down some gritty West Side shuffles and belly-grinding slow blues that highlight his raw chops, soulful vocals, and earthy, humorous lyrics."

Between his slashing left-handed guitar work, his room-filling vocals, his self-defined "rock-a-blues" style (a forceful mix of blues, rock, rockabilly, country and gospel), his boundless energy and even his signature Indian headdress, Clearwater is among the very finest practitioners of the West Side blues working today. The blues world recognized his talent by giving him the Blues Music Award for Contemporary Blues – Male Artist of the Year in 2001. 

WILL JACOBS
Since 2003, Will Jacobs has been honing his soulful style and musical craft the old-fashioned way – through playing and performing. Four years as guitarist for the Grammy-winning NTHS jazz band, countless late nights playing in clubs alongside Chicago’s finest bluesmen, as a gospel church musician in Chicago and Boston, and most currently with his studies as a performance/songwriting major at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

Will's original band, "Dirty Deal" attracted both local and international attention in 2009 after they won the youth division of the Chicago Blues Challenge and subsequently performed at the International Blues Showcase in Memphis. 
Because of Will’s soulful vocal chops and guitar improvisational talents, coupled with the band’s rockin’, blues-infused sound, they continue to strike a chord with blues fans of every age.

Since then, the Will Jacobs Band has delivered a high-energy experience as a headliner for corporate events and conferences (Crate & Barrel Corporation’s 50th Anniversary celebration, CUSP2012 Chicago conference), as an opening act for international blues stars (Eddy Clearwater, Billy Branch and Tommy Castro), as a performer on festival stages (Chicago Bluesfest, Chicago Skydive Summerfest, Prairie du Chien Blues Festival) and with appearances in Chicago (Buddy Guys Legends, Kingston Mines, Rosas), Memphis and Boston.

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www.WillJacobsBand.com
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