Gentle Reader: This Thursday, December 29, 2016, marks
a MILESTONE, of sorts. Lemme ‘splain.
Way back on September 16, 2010, the Midwesterners Trio (the
three-piece version of The Midwesterners)
played their first Thursday night gig at the Essen Haus. Where before there had been live polka
bands nightly, now one night of the week was filled with rock and roll, rhythm
and blues, and country and western favorites (some originals, too), as well as
crowd-pleasing polka standards.
The Trio played every Thursday thereafter until September
of 2012, when they began playing “only” the first, third, and fifth (when there
was one) Thursdays of the month. (Holy Shit! That’s more than SIX years!
If I weren’t too lazy I’d tell you how many Thursdays that
is. What I can tell you is that it all adds up to a lot of “bier under the
bridge,” so to speak.
The Trio was Richard Wiegel (Mr. Midwesterner) on
guitar, Mark Haines on drums, and Tom McCarty on bass. Some time in 2014 Mark’s
ever busy schedule forced him to give up the gig. Rick Becker, a fine singer AND
drummer, took over for Mark. Then, in early 2015, Richard stepped away to give
his hearing a rest. Tom and Rick enlisted guitarslinger Gary Hendrickson to
fill in, and when Richard decided to make his time away from the din in “The
Haus” permanent, the band became Big Wes Turner’s Trio.
The Thursday night tradition kept on rolling. When Gary
had health issues to deal with, Grammy winner and Chicago Blues HOFer Billy Flynn was able to fill in. And
so he will this Thursday, December 29, the last before the tradition takes a
wintertime respite. (The Essen Haus will start cutting back its schedule of
live music on January 1, 2017.)
So people! DON’T MISS it! Big Wes’s Betwixt Holidays BASH! We gonna have us some fun. You can, too!
Big Wes Turner’s Trio will entertain at your parties and occasions. Call us!
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