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Doug James and The Pocket Live @ eSkape

eSkape presents...

✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧ ♫ Doug James and The Pocket ♫ ✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧

★★★★★★★★ IN THE ARENA ★★★★★★★★

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19TH


9PM 
21+ WITH PROPER ID
$6 Cover

$3 WELL MIXERS
FULL DINNER MENU

350 McHENRY RD
BUFFALO GROVE IL 60089
N.W. Corner of Lake Cook Rd. and McHenry Rd. 
847-821-9000

Book your party with us! 
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www.eSkape.us

Bio:
Pocket drumer Ron Schur will play anywhere, anytime, any beat! He’s a highly respected and popular guest at many Chicago open jams with well developed roots in the local scene. Ron’s not so humble beginnings include stints with Curtis Mayfield’s band, former hard rock veteran bands Sluggo and Sheba, recording with progressive band Gabriel Bondage, sessions with Dave Mason and Sammy Fender, and most recently laying down the beat in the studio for Zero Defekts. When not pounding out the pulse for The Pocket, Ron enjoys cycling, his family, and giving Dave crap about his hair. Chicago rock and blues veteran Rick Demski, the blue-eyed soul man of the Pocket, lays down the bass tighter than slice of ham on rye, with mustard! (tighter than bike shorts on Lance Armstrong…pick your analogy…) Rick has been a staple on the Main Stage at Naperville’s Ribfest several times, even sharing the stage with bandmate Dave as they appeared larger than life on the Jumbotron screen! Rick and Dave have also recently completed an 8 song cd of original material. Rick’s triple threat of bass playing, gritty, intense lead vocals, and boyish good looks adds yet another facet to the Pocket that must be heard and seen to appreciate; and gives the band a much needed anchor in conjunction with drummer Ron to keep the other members from completely spinning off into the cosmos! Joe DiFrancesco is one of those silent but deadly players that comes out of nowhere with riffs that slap you silly. Don’t let his mellow demeanor fool you, give him 12 bars and he’ll take you out with one punch. Joe D eats, sleeps, and breathes guitar, whether it’s going out to see his favorite players, attending local jams and smoking the competition, or just adding to his eclectic guitar collection (we’ve never seen the same guitar twice at rehearsals). Joe’s influences cover all genres, from the Beatles, Hendrix, jazz giants George Benson and Larry Carlton, to Danny Gatton and many more. And with a degree from the prestigious Berklee College in Boston, Joe provides the credibility and talent that insures the Pocket is NOT just another blues band! Guitarist Chuck Wasserburg plays swampy slide guitar that you’d swear comes straight from the Delta, and blazing blues riffs directly from the south side of Chicago even though he’s an L.A. transplant. Close your eyes and you’ll swear you hear Johnny Winter, Albert King, John Lee Hooker, and Duane Allman when Chuck lights up that slide, but The Pocket’s repertoire allows him to add a style all his own. Chuck is also an open jam regular and it was at one of those where he made his pact to play with the devil . . . or maybe it was Doug James. His memory remains hazy about this.. In a band full of wiseguy jokesters, Chuck’s sly wit is as unpredictable as his guitar playing, coming when you least expect it! Wait for it… The energy pouring from harmonica player Dave Rix is enough to jump start an entire parking lot of stalled cars in Chicago in January. Dave spent most of the 80’s playing bass in big hair bands Kyler and Bombs Away, and for whatever reason still has most of that hair. Dave’s latest project was contributing bass and harp to an 8 song cd which Rick recorded lead vocals on. Recently the blues came a calling and he rekindled the love affair with the Mississippi saxophone he began playing at 14, and since meeting up with Doug James, Dave has finally taken the opportunity to step out front and wail! From influences as diverse as Howard Levy to Sonny Terry, don’t be surprised when you see Dave boogieing across the tabletops or maybe even the ceiling! And then there’s Doug, as in Doug James, who now that James Brown is gone has taken over the title of hardest working man in show business. We don’t think Doug sleeps, ever. Doug’s unbridled energy enables him to tackle many projects at once, whether it’s jamming and networking on a weekly basis at many area clubs (drop a name and Doug will know that person), doing tributes to his favorite musicians like Joe Cocker, or his real job as a professional voice over artist, actor, and MC. Originally a DJ, Doug has found it necessary to keep on talking by fronting Doug James and The Pocket. As Chairman of the Board, Master of Ceremonies, Big Kahuna, and Ringleader, Doug leads and inspires his fellow bandmates on this crazy, soulful blues and boogie circus!

Doug James and The Pocket Youtube video: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbqm23t6tzQ

FOR MORE INFO ON Doug James and The Pocket CHECK OUT THE LINK BELOW
http://www.myspace.com/dougjamesandthepocket

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