The Madcats Blues Jam ft. Tom Holland, Kyle Young, & Geof Lowe, hosted by Drummer Dave Levit

Name: The Madcats Blues Jam ft. Tom Holland, Kyle Young, & Geof Lowe, hosted by Drummer Dave Levit
Start: 2025-04-27T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-27T23:00:00-05:00
Location: Madcats

Schedule

Sun Apr 27 2025 at 06:30 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Madcats | Palatine, IL

The Madcats crew is so excited to bring you this April 2025 edition of the Last Sunday of the Month Blues Jam. We celebrate Geoffrey Lowe's Birthday and the transition from Winter to Construction season. We are again delivering a fantastic lineup with this version of David Levit's Million Dollar Blues Band
House Band: 6:30-7:30 pm
Jammers: 7:45-10:15 pm
House Band: 10:25-10:45 pm
Backline supplied. Bring your axe, sticks, and best Blues tunes to jam with your combo!
Kyle Young is one of our featured players. This versatile young man comes in with an absolutely unpredictable set list melding artists, styles, genres and more. He is a swiss army knife of a musician who is extremely in the moment. This will not be you average electric blues set. Get ready to dance, love, shake, rattle, and roll.
We are also thrilled to have our very own Tom Holland, AKA, "The Red Baron" back with us. Tom is well known for fronting his own band, Tom Holland and The Shuffle Kings. Years on the road with Blues legends such as John Primer (Muddy Waters last guitar player), Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, and most recently, James Cotton, have made Tom Holland one of the highest in demand Blues artists on the scene today.
Tom played on both of James Cotton’s Grammy Nominated releases, Giant, and Cotton Mouth Man, both on Alligator Records. In 2013 Tom took the band back into the studio, recording No Fluff, Just the Stuff, on his own E Natchel Records imprint, which garnered rave reviews. Tom was also inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame in 2013. With over 24 years of stage experience under his belt, Tom Holland is, without a doubt one of the finest purveyors of classic Chicago Blues guitar styles.
Geoffrey Lowe joins us on bass to celebrate his Birthday IN PERSON!! Don't feel obligated to be overly nice though as he spent the last few months in Key West playing every day and night gigging and soaking up the sun while we had....well Chicago weather. He is a bass player in demand for sure. He heads out to Key West on vacation and plays 9 gigs in 7 days. Spotted most Thursdays holding down the bass position at the Pro Jam. You'll catch him in the studio with so many artists, most recently Michael Mason and Randy McAllister for upcoming releases. He's never sitting still as he is jobbing all over Northern Illinois......ok maybe he takes time off to canoe too.
Drummer Dave Levit is currently holding down the drum throne for The Zach Avery band, The Windy City Rev Ups, and occasionally subbing in The Glenn Davis Band, Al Spears's Hurricane Project, BB & The Honey, The New Colony Six, Fifty-One Lincoln, Roger That!, Caesar Salad, Vintage Vinyl, The Danny Baron Band, The Chicago Blues Super Session, and many more.
Some of the past artists you may have seen him with are: Sammy Fender, Ivy Ford, JB Ritchie, Darren Jay and the Delta Souls, Allister Perea, and The Mustangs. He is also an instructor offering lessons to select students as well. Some exciting new projects are always in the works. You will certainly hear about them as they break out.
Tom Holland - Guitar & Vocals
Kyle Young - Guitar, & Vocals
Geoffrey Lowe - Bass & BIRTHDAY BOY!
Hosted by:
David Levit - Drums, Promo, Off-Handed Comments, Life Changing Announcements, Spiffy Fedoras.
This is another dynamite formation of David Levit's Million Dollar Blues Band! This remains the best Blues Jam you could ever dream of. Come and join the Madcats crew and let's welcome the Million Dollar Blues Band to the stage!
Keep your eyes on these events as we have a lineup of special guests in the coming months that will make your head spin. Want to know more? Ask Dave at the Jam!