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Top Toons at Late Bar

admin — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:11:41 +0000

Haven’t done one of these in a while… Dr. S turned in a killer set at Late Bar on the 17th. Here it is, in some semblance of order:

Steve Alaimo – I Don’t Know
Dean Parish – Bricks, Broken Bottles and Sticks
Connie Questell – Give Up Girl
Martha & The Vandellas – In My Lonely Room
Joan Berry – Just Like My Baby
Baby Jean – If You Wanna
Bertha Tillman – Lovin’ Time
Dynamics – Misery
Jasper Woods – Hully Gully Papa
Derek Martin – Daddy Rollin’ Stone
Ted Taylor – Somebody’s Always Trying
Roscoe Shelton – There’s a Heartbreak Somewhere
Jigsaw – One Way Street
Fearns Brass Foundry – Don’t Change It
Jacques Dutronc – Le responsable
John Wooley & Just Born – You’re Lying
Cherry Slush – I Cannot Stop You
Cal Tjader – Soul Sauce
Billy Duke – Timbuctu
Wanda Jackson – Funnel of Love
Carolyn Brent – My Man
Connie Questell – World of Trouble
Gale Garnett – I’ll Cry Alone
Peppermint Harris – Wait Until it Happen to You
The Adorables – Come and Get It
Jimmy Witherspoon – Hey, Mrs. Jones
Kings Go Forth – You’re the One
Chris Clark – Love’s Gone Bad
Little Jewel – I Want To

WCSC B-Day Edition

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:06:06 +0000

The Soul Club boys salute our resident scorpio, Ben Pirani, and welcome Robert Wells, aka Northern Rob, for another round of the best soul 45s in Chicago. Only at the Windy City Soul Club, only at the Empty Bottle.

See you on the dancefloor this Saturday, Nov. 20 – kick it off at 10p, go till 3a, $5 at the door.

We Love This Stuff

jj — Tue, 25 May 2010 04:51:14 +0000

DO NOT MISS the next Windy City Soul Club night, coming to you this Friday, May 28 at Empty Bottle. The boys have the month of June off (don’t worry, plenty more to come), so you’ll be out of luck until July…

Windy City Soul Club

Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 276-3600

It’s Back

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:05:20 +0000

It’s back… and we’re not just talkin’ about the patch on JJ’s jacket. Windy City Soul Club returns to the Empty Bottle on Friday, April 30. It’s been too long, but that can only mean one thing… the boys got a lot of new records and they’re all itchin’ to drop the biggest the best northern soul Chicago has ever heard. It’s WCSC. Welcome Back!

Windy City Soul Club

Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 276-3600

WCSC for Feb. 2010

jj — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:56:24 +0000

Windy City Soul Club is back for February this FRIDAY, Feb. 5, at the Empty Bottle. WCSC welcomes Dante of Danny’s ever-popular funk night in… we hear he has a killer northern soul collection, so it’ll be great to see what he brings. See you there!

WCSC wrap up

jj — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:39:05 +0000

What a party! The Windy City Soul Club crowd delivered and then some.

TimeOut Chicago already has pics from Kyle LaValley up on their site – with even more photos on her site. Chicago Scooter Club Eric captured some video of que, which TimeOut reported was deep until 1am.

Empty Bottle kicks off Year 2 of rare soul fire on Saturday, January 9, 2010.

Psst… if you missed it, TOC interviewed Ben from WCSC last week. Read that here, with photos from the past year and the anniversary mix streaming at the bottom of the page – or download and bump it at your next party.

New WCSC video

jj — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:40:15 +0000

Hot little promo video for the Windy City Soul Club, featuring MayDay SC’s very own German Ray… and watch close, you might spot JJ in the booth too.

This was shot at September’s do, turned out to be a great night. See you Friday, October 9 for the next one… still at Sono (1444 W Chicago Ave)