Blue Chicago Blues Club

I’m a little more awake now so can say a bit more about last night. I started off by going to Carsons Restaurant (http://www.ribs.com/). I had a great meal of ribs and BBQ shrimp (we’d call them prawns in the UK!). It was a great meal, but the highlight had to be the waier coming up and tying a bib on me! If I’d been thinking I would have brought it away with me as it was a plastic disposable one, so I could have kept it for a souvenir.

Chris in a bib!

Chris in a bib!

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Wow!

I thought I knew about the blues, I’ve seen so many Blues bands in the UK, that I thought I understood the genre. It appears not! What I saw tonight was on a completely different level. I’d popped in for a ‘quick drink’ before going to bed. I finally left, relucatantly, after I’d been up for 27 hours. I’d like to have stayed longer, it was that good, but the body was weak . . .

I’ll say more tomorrow (with pics), but I need to get some sleep now!

Night Night! (or if you’re in the UK – ‘Good Morning’)

In Chicago

I’ve finally made it to Chicago. The flight was quite good really, only 8 hours instead of the 10 I was expecting. I even managed to doze off for a while, which is unusual for me on a ‘plane. Being tall I can never usually get comfortable enough to sleep, but managed this time, so don’t feel too tired at the moment.  Continue reading