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SONG OF THE DAY: "Easy On Me" - Van Ghost...ON THIS DATE in 1981, Bruce Springsteen joined the Pretenders onstage in Pasadena, Calif., to cover Jackie Wilson's “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher.”...YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD...YES!: A review of Jon Anderson's show at Park West has been posted on the message board by Randy Whalen...AWESOME DAWSON: Visit the message board for a review of Steve Dawson at the Elbo Room by reader "2beginwitheverything."...RUNAWAY: Check the message board for reviews of Bon Jovi at Soldier Field by "jovigirl" and others...FANFARE: "Like" ChicagoConcertgoers.com on Facebook to receive notice of concert news and updates to the site...POST-IT NOTE: The message board has been reloaded. To post, you must re-register. Previously-registered members can re-register their old screen names or choose a new one...LANGHORNE TONKA: Visit the message board to read DirtyHood's review of the Langhorne Slim/Ha Ha Tonka show at Lincoln Hall...FALLING SLOWLY: Check out the message board for Mark Hornok's review of The Swell Season at no-fun Ravinia...MAKEUP DATE: U2's Soldier Field concert has been rescheduled for July 5, 2011...TOP OF THE POPS: Read a review of Kate Miller-Heidke's fantastic U.S. debut CD in the Albums section of the message board...ROADHOUSE RAVE: Thanks to FitzGerald's for the shout-out on its Facebook page and to reader Ray Smith for his kind comments about the site...IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR: Thanks to "The Steve and Johnnie Show" for having ChicagoConcertgoers.com editor Dave Miller on WGN radio to review Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Devo, Tom Petty, Los Lobos with surprise guest Robert Plant, the Crossroads Guitar Festival, Chuck Berry, The Bottlerockets, Those Darlins, the Chicago Blues Festival, Colin Hay, Peter Wolf, Jakob Dylan, Kate Miller-Heidke, Robbie Fulks, Patti Smith, Otis Clay, Cathy Richardson, Alejandro Escovedo, Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen and U2...MEDIA MATTER: Thanks to Illinois Entertainer media columnist Cara Jepsen for calling ChicagoConcertgoers.com "an awesome new concert site" in her column and for her shout-out to the Top 5 in another column...Yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah...
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"Finding ways to use the same guitar people have been using for 50 years to make sounds that no one has heard before is truly what gets me off."
- Jeff Beck
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