WELCOME FANS OF THE BLUES!  
YOU HAVE JUST DISCOVERED ONE OF THE MOST FAITHFULLY AUTHENTIC AND COLORFUL BLUES BANDS ON THE CIRCUIT TODAY. ….

YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THE NAME

"CHICAGO CHARLIE & THE BUSINESSMEN" BECAUSE FOR OVER 30 YEARS THEY WERE SIMPLY KNOWN AS THE BAND BEHIND LEGENDARY CHICAGO BLUESMAN

"HOMESICK JAMES".  

STEVIE RAY VAUGHN COPIED HOMESICK ON

"THE SKY IS CRYING, FLEETWOOD MAC RECORDED HOMESICK'S ORIGINAL MATERIAL, AND HOMESICK WAS THE LIFELONG MENTOR TO THIS HUMBLE GROUP WHO TOOK THE MASTER'S GUIDANCE AS GOSPEL.  

THE MOJO HOMESICK IMPRINTED ON THIS BAND CAN'T BE OVERSTATED WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS HAVE NEVER EXPOUNDED ON THEIR PHD LEVEL IN THE BLUES BUT RATHER LET THEIR MUSIC DO THE TALKING.  

IF YOU SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF "WHO THE HELL IS THIS CHICAGO CHARLIE & THE BUSINESSMEN?" IT WILL NEARLY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A GROUP WITH DEEPER ROOTS IN THE BLUES. JUST LOOK AT THE CREDENTIALS OF EACH VETERAN IF YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW WHERE THEY COME FROM.

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CHICAGO CHARLIE - HARMONICA EXTRAORDINAIRE -      30 YEARS HOMESICK JAMES - AC REED  

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DAVID "GUITAR" JONES - JOE WILLE WILKINS (SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON) - JIMMY DAWKINS

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WILLIE BEE - NASHVILLE BLUES ICON CELINDA PINK - NASHVILLE SESSION WORK

 

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WANNA KNOW WHERE THEY PLAYED?   
THIS BAND HAS PERFORMED AT THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS BLUES FESTIVAL IN AMERICA AND MEMBERS HAVE PERFORMED ACROSS EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND SOUTH AMERICA, CARNEGIE HALL AND KENNEDY CENTER…

 

YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN HIM AT;

FESTIVALS
CHICAGO BLUES FEST
DELTA BLUES FEST
KING BISCUIT BLUES FEST

CLUBS
BB KING'S - MEMPHIS - NASHVILLE - LA
HOUSE OF BLUES - CAMBRIDGE MASS - MYRTLE BEACH - LA
CHICAGO - CHECKERBOARD - HOUSE OF BLUES - WISE FOOLS - BLUES - KINGSTON MINES - B.L.U.E.S.

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AFTER 30 YEARS TOGETHER, LISTING ALL THE BUSINESSMEN RECORDINGS TAKES TOO MUCH REAL-ESTATE, SO HERE'S A SAMPLING FROM EACH DECADE;

BLUES IS OUR BUSINESS -1986 

IT DON'T MAKE SENSE IF YOU CAN'T MAKE PEACE - 1998

HOMESICK JAMES & THE BUSINESSMEN - 2006

KING DRACULA - W/HOMESICK JAMES - RELEASED 2017

YOU HAVE PEEKED UNDER THE HOOD OF A BAND WITH BLUES SO REAL IT SMELLS AND SO HOT A 4 BALLED TOM CAT HOWLS.

PLANTING ONE FOOT DEEP IN THE MASTER'S TRADITIONAL BLUES AND A KEEN EYE ON THE BOOGIE JUMP TO KEEP YOUNGSTERS ON THEIR FEET,  CHICAGO CHARLIE & THE BUSINESSMEN WILL MAKE YOUR SOUL RICHER THAN NOAH IF YOU BRING THESE GUYS TO YOUR TOWN. 

IN BLUES WE TRUST, THANK-YOU
CHICAGO CHARLIE & THE BUSINESSMEN