AN EVENING WITH DEACON BLUES: STEELY DAN TRIBUTE

Deacon Blues was born in the twelfth year of the 21st century. Twelve stellar musicians, composers and educators based in Chicago, they share a unique passion for the Becker/Fagen repository, better known to the world as Steely Dan. Deacon Blues has structured their live repertoire to encompass a wider range of the Dan’s prolific material––all the “hits” are there, but also include rarities as well as repertoire from the Dan’s 1991 reunion prototype––The New York Rock & Soul Revue. In the words of legendary Chicago FM Radio personality Bob Stroud, “If you are a Dan fan, you owe it to yourself to see Deacon Blues — they’ve got all the right musicians with all the right chops — they are an incredible tribute to the music of Steely Dan!”
Under the musical leadership of Steven Kikoen & Thomas Linsk, the group reads as a “who’s who” of world-class musicians. Chicago luminaries and Grammy® winners are either permanent members of the group and/or award-winning featured guests – among them Howard Levy (Kenny Loggins, Paul Simon, Béla Fleck); Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny, Wertico, Cain, & Gray, Time Zone); Richard Patterson (Miles Davis, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs, Time Zone); Corky Siegel (Chamber Blues); Ben Johnson & Charles Heath IV (Ramsey Lewis); Wally Hustin (Phoebe Snow, Dave Mason, Mark Stern, David Benoit); Chuck Webb (Aretha Franklin, Ramsey Lewis, & Al Di Meola); Sugar Blue (The Rolling Stones); Billy Branch (The Sons of Blues); Khari Parker (George Benson, Destiny’s Child); Ben Lewis (Gary Sinise’s Lt. dan Band, Ben Lewis Trio, Time Zone); Vijay Tellis-Nayak (Prognosis, Big Suit, Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends); Cash Michaels (Time Zone); Rich Lapka (Soul Daddy); Victor Garcia (award-winning trumpeter), Thaddeus Tukes (award-winning world-renowned vibraphonist); Char McAllister (Char Dreams); Suzanne Cross (Soul Daddy); Pamela Rose (Encore 33); Elisa Latrice (Simply The Best–Tina Turner); Sally Blandon (Tears dry On Their Own–Amy Winehouse); Jessica Vasilou (Petty Union); and Andrea Miologos (My Weekend Crush).