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Bluegrass Bass Clinic!

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Free 2-hour clinic focusing on Bluegrass Bass. This clinic is hands on so bring your Bass. All levels and abilities are welcome. This workshop will include all levels of instruction of the Bass, including proper technique, simple chord nomenclature, classic lines and riffs, and an introduction to the double slap style. The clinic will be interactive. This clinic is not limited to the Acoustic Double Bass, as Electric Bass players are also welcome.

Our instructor will be Evan Dain. Evan has been playing bass for over 40 years, and has been performing and teaching in the Tucson area since 1996. Noteable bands Evan has played with include Frog Mountain, The Titan Valley Warheads, and Ross Nickerson. He is currently playing with the Tucsonics and with Nick McBlaine & Log Train.

Saturday, March 23, 2019 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM, at Chicago Store Eastside, 5646 E. Speedway Blvd, Tucson AZ 85712, just east of Craycroft. For more information or to reserve seating: Don Domkowski @ 520-235-1518 viperdond@gmail.com

Go Jags, Go Badgers! Tucson Rodeo Parade

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Your Chicago Music Store congratulates the Desert View Marching Band and their director Khalila Govan. We sponsored the Bucky Steele Award in the Rodeo Parade and the Jags won 1st place in the Marching Band Category. Go Jags! Your Chicago Music Store also sponsored the Tucson High School Marching 100 band in the Rodeo Parade. The band braved the cold and wind and sounded great. The Marching 100 also won the Paul Grimes Award for the best marching unit. Go Badgers!

Banjo Clinic!

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What: Free 2-hour clinic focusing first on Don Reno banjo style and then transitioning into on-stage sound systems. This clinic is hands on so bring your instrument. All levels and abilties are welcome.

When: Saturday, February 9th, 2019 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM

Where: The Chicago Store Eastside, 5646 E. Speedway Blvd, Tucson AZ 85712, just east of Craycroft.

What: First hour to cover Don Reno banjo style including chord melody and single string technique, revealing opportunities to add variety to your banjo playing. Second hour will continue with Reno or other banjo styles, but then transition into discussion about on-stage sound production technique.

Our instructors will be Alvin Blaine and Andy McCune.

Alvin Blaine grew up in California and ended up in Las Vegas, playing with show bands for 25 years. He can play any kind of music, and almost any instrument, including banjo, pedal steel, slide, and dobro. He is a sound technician for Old Blue Sound, regarded as the best sound company in the Southwest. He provides sound systems for festivals and concerts in 10 states. Alvin also performs locally, recently with Nick McBlaine & Log Train, Tucsonics, and more.
Andy McCune plays various banjo styles and teaches banjo, and guitar, mandolin, and dobro. He performs with local bands Rusty Chops, Titan Valley Warheads.

For more information or to reserve seating: Don Domkowski @ 520-235-1518 viperdond@gmail.com

Free Guitar Clinic with Greg Morton!

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Saturday, January 19, 2019, 2-4 PM at Chicago Store Eastside, 5646 E. Speedway Blvd, Tucson! Our instructor is Greg Morton. There are not many folks alive who can say they’ve actually played with the great bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe, but Greg Morton is one of them. A flat picking guitarist who appears to make playing completely effortless, Morton has been gracing Tucson stages ever since he moved here almost 20 years ago. Since then, he has appeared at the Tucson Folk Festival many times. And, if you’ve frequented La Cocina on a Friday evening, you will already have experienced Greg’s unique style and sound.

For more information: Don Domkowski: 235-1518

Win Tickets to the Wizards of Winter!

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Your Chicago Music Store is partnering with the Fox Tucson Theatre and we have some tickets to give away for the Wizards of Winter on December 13th! To win a pair of tickets all you need to do is stop in to either of our 2 locations to register. Ticket winners will be announced the day before the show and the winner can pick up tickets at will call.

Win tickets to Trace Bundy!

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Your Chicago Music Store is partnering with the Fox Tucson Theatre and we have some tickets to give away for Trace Bundy on December 7th! To win a pair of tickets all you need to do is stop in to either of our 2 locations to register. Ticket winners will be announced the day before the show and the winner can pick up tickets at will call.