Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin' Alter Boys featuring Westside Andy and Odds Lane

The Mississippi Valley Blues Society continues to keep the blues alive in the Quad Cities, by bringing top notch blues acts to our area. 
 
February 10th see TWO Blues Bands and in ONE Night.
 
7:00 pm Odds Lane   
9:00 Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin' Alter Boys featuring Westside Andy
Location: The Viking Club 1450 41st Street, Moline IL 
Checkout this cool new venue for a blues show www.molinevikings.org 
Tickets: $15.00 or $14.00 for Mississippi Valley Blues Society members  
7:00 Odds Lane
Start with  some driving Blues Rock guitar riffs & funky R&B grooves. Mix varying amounts of reggae, new wave, swamp boogie, & garage rock. Add the melody and the result is the music of Bongo Boy Records recording artists Odds Lane.
This band is the musical outlet of song-writers Doug Byrkit & Brian Zielic. The duo worked together while in college studying music, subsequently touring both nationally & internationally with various artists. After recording at legendary Sun Studios, they released the first of several projects as independent song writers in 2004.

Odds Lane's new album, recently recorded at Mike Zito's newly finished Marz Recording Studios, will be released later this year. It is currently being mixed by Grammy Award winning producer David Z. Watch for the release date & learn more about Odds Lane at www.oddslane.com  9:00 Reverend Rave & the Chain Smokin' Alter Boys featuring Westside Andy Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin' Alter Boys bringing crowds to their feet at night clubs across the MidWest, play traditional blues, straight up with a big dose of passion. With smokin' grooves, served up with hot harmonica and smooth stinging guitar, they play original songs peppered with nods to Slim Harpo, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and the three kings. www.reverendraven.com Born and raised on the South side of Chicago, Reverend Raven began playing in 1971. He has opened for BB King, Gatemouth Brown, Pinetop Perkins, Koko Taylor, Junior Wells, Billy Branch, Magic Slim, Elvin Bishop, Lonnie brooks, Tommy Castro, Rod Piazza, Fabulous Thunderbirds, and the list goes on. Reverend Raven has been in the headliners rotation at Buddy Guys Legends' for 16 years running. Westside Andy is one of the premier harp players to come out of Wisconsin has been with the band since 2015. Andy has played just about everywhere and with everyone of note in the blues world. He has shared the stage with James Cotton, Luther Allison, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Charlie Musselwhite, Doobie Brothers, Richie Havens, Muddy Waters, Tab Benoit, Jimmy Johnson, Hubert Sumlin, and on and on.

This GREAT Blues show is brought to the Quad Cities by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society!

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