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Resurrected! If you missed last October’s Graveyard Blues Tour, it returns (as restless souls are wont to do) for a Chicago Blues…See More

Some monks want to buy you a beer. And they want to perform charitable work.A divine hand has guided them to Blue Island and the Cal-Sag Trail.March 9, 6-9 PM at Blue Island's Rock Island Public House (RIPH) the monastic brewers of La Trappe will buy 40 patrons a round of its trappist beer, first come/first served. The beers will be served in traditional chalices, and…See More

Some monks want to buy you a beer. And they want to perform charitable work.A divine hand has guided them to Blue Island and the Cal-Sag Trail.March 9, 6-9 PM at Blue Island's Rock Island Public House (RIPH) the monastic brewers of La Trappe will buy 40 patrons a round of its trappist beer, first come/first served. The beers will be served in traditional chalices, and…See More

From the echoes of forges that wrought Chicago's skyline, to the riffs of Blues legends that haunt its banks, the ring of struck steel is the song of the Cal-Sag.Get info! Get tickets! - http://bridgesandblues.org/Friends of the Cal-Sag Trail invite you to revel with us in that heritage of I-beams…See More

Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Magic Sam, Gene Ammons, Otis Spann, Earl Hooker, Hound Dog Taylor, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Walter Horton - their music haunts the Cal-Sag graveyards where their bodies were lain to rest.Join blues artist "Harmonica" Neil Florek along with Cal-Sag Trail & Blues fans Jason Berry and Steve Buchtel on an interpretive tour of the graveyards of the greats - Burr Oak, Restvale, and Lincoln - this Saturday, October 27. Learn about the greats whose music helped…See More

From the echoes of forges that wrought Chicago's skyline, to the riffs of Blues legends that haunt its banks, the ring of struck steel is the song of the Cal-Sag.Get info! Get tickets! - http://bridgesandblues.org/Friends of the Cal-Sag Trail invite you to revel with us in that heritage of I-beams…See More

Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Magic Sam, Gene Ammons, Otis Spann, Earl Hooker, Hound Dog Taylor, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Walter Horton - their music haunts the Cal-Sag graveyards where their bodies were lain to rest.Join blues artist "Harmonica" Neil Florek along with Cal-Sag Trail & Blues fans Jason Berry and Steve Buchtel on an interpretive tour of the graveyards of the greats - Burr Oak, Restvale, and Lincoln - this Saturday, October 27. Learn about the greats whose music helped…See More

Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, Magic Sam, Gene Ammons, Otis Spann, Earl Hooker, Hound Dog Taylor, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Walter Horton - their music haunts the Cal-Sag graveyards where their bodies were lain to rest.Join blues artist "Harmonica" Neil Florek along with Cal-Sag Trail & Blues fans Jason Berry and Steve Buchtel on an interpretive tour of the graveyards of the greats - Burr Oak, Restvale, and Lincoln - this Saturday, October 27. Learn about the greats whose music helped…See More

From the echoes of forges that wrought Chicago's skyline, to the riffs of Blues legends that haunt its banks, the ring of struck steel is the song of the Cal-Sag.Get info! Get tickets! - http://bridgesandblues.org/Friends of the Cal-Sag Trail invite you to revel with us in that heritage of I-beams…See More

See the full-length premier of the Cal-Sag Trail Legacy Campaign video at Bridges & Blues on November 5, 2011. The Friends of the Cal-Sag Trail will post a new teaser clip every two days at http://youtube.com/calsagtrail.The Cal-Sag Trail Legacy Campaign offers donors and…See More

See the full-length premier of the Cal-Sag Trail Legacy Campaign video at Bridges & Blues on November 5, 2011. The Friends of the Cal-Sag Trail will post a new teaser clip every two days at http://youtube.com/calsagtrail. The Cal-Sag Trail Legacy Campaign offers donors and sponsors the opportunity to match $12 million in…See More

I-beam trusses and six steel strings—that's the SOUL of the Cal-Sag Trail! http://bridgesandblues.orgFriends of the Calumet-Sag Trail invite you to celebrate a heritage forged in the furnaces that built Chicago and laid down in the riffs that built Rock & Roll.What: Bridges & Blues, a benefit to build the 32-mile Calumet-Sag TrailWhere: Gaelic Park, 6119…See More

You got chops? Better chops than most? Heck, better chops than these guys?You could win free tix to November 5's Bridges & Blues, the benefit fundraiser for the 32-mile Cal-Sag Trail at Gaelic Park in beautiful Oak Forest, Ill., PLUS the chance to play your take on The…See More