Links Friends / Musicians Arts Partners of Central Illinois Where is where you go to find out what is happing in the Art world near us!  Bill Schlipf Acoustic bassist extraordinaire and my co-conspirator every Thursday at Redfire Grille. Bill is a piano tuner/technician, too. Little Brother's Blues Doug Jones, a.k.a. Little Brother's excellent website. Great guy and wonderful teacher with several very avordable video lesson on finger picking blues. Check out his Blues Guitar page, where he riviews some great old blues guitars complete with sound samples. Jim Callahan Jim is a good friend of mine that drinks an occasional Guinness and plays some kick-arse Irish drinking tunes on the ukulele. "And it's all for me Grog, me jolly, jolly Grog! It's all for me beer and tobacco!"  Aye!! 100 Year Picnic Jeff Greeneberg's website. Jeff is one of area's best drummers, and a talented singer/songwriter, and mulit-instrumentalist. Kinda like Beatles-meets-Peter- Gabriel on sterioids. Joe Metzka Amazingly talented Peoria based Jazz and Blues player. Joe has opened for Buddy Guy! Check out his two live CDs. Triple Dog Dare One of the best classic rock bands around. Full of talent and they always put on a great show. dBerch That's me. Thanks for stopping by! :) Click the link to see my page on MySpace.             Venues Lucca Grill Bestest and oldest Italian restaurant in Bloomington. And another of my favorite places to play. Mackinaw Valley Vineyard Award winning Illinois wines. Beers and cheese/cracker plates. Outdoor patio and stage. Rhythm Kitchen Music Cafe Top notch food and excellent music 4 nights a week. On Water Street in Peoria. Wheels O' Time Museum Awesome museum with 100's of historically significant auto, lots of interactive exhibits, and much, much, more. TC Buzz Coffee Company My favorite coffeeshop in Bloomington. Live music several nights a week.           Societies and other NPO's  Old House Society Bloomingtons very active Old House advice/restoration group. Check out the Restoration Center on E. Douglas River City Blues Society Peoria's Blues society CUJBA Champaign/Urbana Jazz & Blues Association Illinois Central Blues Society Springfield based Blues society Peoria Jazz Blues and Jazz calendar for Peoira
David and Steve "The Harp" at the Tremont Turkey Festival, June 9th, 2007. (Photo by Ralph Weisheit)
Chipper is hungry. (Photo by dberch)