April 7, 2010 - WRMC Radio
Presents: “Puttin’ on the Dog”. An hour of Chicago Music with Chicago’s own
Windy City Rev Ups featuring a live interview from Chicago with band leader Windy City "Rev”.
Only on WRMC, the voice of Moravian College. Broadcast Wednesday 6-7PM EDT and Rebroadcast on Friday April 9th, 7-8PM EDT. This radio interview featured songs from Chicago artist such as Lonnie Brooks, Lurrie Bell and numerous
songs from WCRU's Swing Out Chicago & Live In Chicago CD's: Everyday I've Got The Blues, Alley Cat Blues, I Should Have
Known, Halfway Home, Shine So Bright, Maxwell Street, All Along The Watchtower and Swing Out Chicago!
- City Limits Harley-Davidson "Thank You" - Just wanted to thank you again. The crowd said, "the band was great"! I
can't tell you how many times I heard, "wow, what a great band"! It's
Thursday and I'm still hearing it. I've been told by several people that
went to the special event that the Windy City Rev Ups were also amazing at the the bonfire
later that night on acoustic guitars! If you ever want a reference, please
don't hesitate to ask. I've only made that offer to a few bands, I not only
enjoyed your music but our customers and staff also loved your music. Thanks again, we look forward to having you play for us again! 
- File - The Windy City Rev Ups are spinning off - not
out - another project called Tommy & The Rockets. They debut on the 23rd at Dolce Amore in
Naperville, featuring players from 1969 The Band, Chicago Express, and some Old Town School alumni. - Around Hear - "Swing Out Chicago" is a somewhat derivative, but feverishly
passionate take at Chicago blues and Memphis inspired R&B, Swing Out Chicago CD from the Windy City
Rev Ups. The band performs all over the Midwest, and it shows in their plier tight arrangements, guttural vocals
and their hypnotic jonesing for the blues. A musical detour into acoustic driven Southern rock, "Red White & Blue"
only enhances their allure. www.WindyCityRevUps.com. - Nite Call - Rock and Blues band the Windy City Rev Ups
has put itself on the map with, not only one, but two CDs. Their first, "Live in Chicago" was released this summer
at the Taste of Chicago which sold over 100 copies during the performance making it a first. Their second CD, Swing Out Chicago,
due out November 15th is an all original CD. It's already getting airtime all over Europe. I recommend checking them out and
taking a listen for yourself at www.WindyCityRevUps.com. - For Your Eyes Only - We
recently received an email from a loyal Chicago fan asking us to check out the WINDY CITY REV UPS
that have been jamming in our area, so here it is! The band is always seen performing with great professionalism! They are
staright forward musicians with a variety and range of cover songs that are sure to please most everyone! These veterans are
able to deliver classic rock, blues (cover & several originals), dance and swing tunes, as well as R & B hits. We
enjoyed hearing a few of their original songs, "Swing Out Chicago" & "Halfway Home". Cover songs included
Clapton's "Tore Down", Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Cold Shot", Santana's "Black Magic Women", Allman
Brother's "Stormy Monday" and many more! During our evening of entertainment they were able to sense what we wanted
to hear and showed it by keeping us wanting to hear more. Windy City Rev Ups have performed in a wide array of venues from
local hang outs, Chicago area Blues Festivals and this year Taste of Chicago. The crowd is involved by being asked to shout
out requests for the band to sing and during their break mingling around signing and passing out their CD's! If you have the
chance and want to experience Chicago style blues and rock n' roll, don't miss the opportunity to see WCRU playing this summer
around the area for an energetic and fun time. ROCK ON! 
- WRLR 98.3 LP-FM Radio Active - The Windy City Rev Ups, featured
weekly on DJ Big Time Richie's Wednesday evening "Music Buffet" program, Round Lake Radio, 2008 - 2009.
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- Studiophile - WINDY CITY ROUND UPS - Local R&B and blues rockers
the Windy City Rev Ups produced a nine song original DVD and live CD filmed by Plainfield Cable
Television, which aired in Plainfield / Naperville through January. The band will release the DVD / CD this spring. - For Your Eyes Only - ROCK
AND ROLL - The Windy City Rev Ups definitely have what it takes to entertain. Great vocals, powerful
guitars and a shredding organist! You can't go wrong seeing these guys. - File - Don't stand to close to the Windy City Rev Ups on the 3rd,
because their confusion might be contagious. The normally all electric rock & blues band plan an "acoustic"
performance at Morgan's on Maxwell Street (1325 N. Halsted), which is right on the corner of Maxwell Street: the home of electric,
Chicago blues. Apart from that, this unplugged line up is sometimes referred to by WCRU fans as "The Traveling Di
Meola's," a nod to Latin-jazz/fusion king Al Di Meola. We can only assume when they start booking gigs down in Pilsen
that the krautrock will come hard and heavy. - The Classic Now Rocks! - Windy City Rev Ups - Get ready to
rock to this energetic mix of Blues, R&B, Classic Rock, Swing originals & cover songs that will leave your feet hoppin'
throughout Chicago. This band really knows how to rev up a crowd! - Newsletter -
Oh my - what you missed
last week. It was Jimmy Johnson, it was Lil' Ed, it was Paul Crosby, it was unbelievable! And that was just Wednesday
night. Windy City Rev Ups blew us away on Saturday, in their first appearance
at Hanson Brothers. You just never know what's going to happen on any given night, and that's the beauty part. The
magic could happen on any of these nights coming up. Don't take any chances. Don't forget to check our site at hbtavern.com
and our myspace page for the latest info on upcoming events.
- Studiophile - Windy City Rev Ups recorded
eight songs from the Live In Chicago CD at Steve's Sports Bar in Antioch and two songs at The Lake House in Plainfield.
These sessions were recorded remotely and mastered by CAP. - Veterans
Receive Thank You Show - Local radio personality hosts holiday celebration at VA medical center. NORTH CHICAGO - Glenn wasted no time when he heard the song “Black Magic Woman”
being played the way Santana would have done it. Glenn, found a dance partner and hit the floor at the North Chicago VA Medical
Center on Dec. 21. Live music can quell loneliness, he said, but the tunes better be good. “It does make a difference
to have quality entertainment,” Glenn said of having his spirits lifted during the holiday season. “It’s
very important.” Veterans of all ages enjoyed the rock, blues, dance and swing music that was performed by the
Windy City Rev Ups as part of a free holiday show hosted by Richie Big Time, a disc jockey for
WRLR FM 98.3, a radio station in Round Lake Heights. The show was complete with a rib dinner and the distribution of greeting
cards, T-shirts and bags filled with candy. Richie Big Time DJ hosted the event in honor of those who have served the
United States. About 150 attended the event.
- Live In Chicago CD Review -
The Windy City Rev Ups serve up 10 tracks of live cuts
recorded at a couple of Chicago area establishments. The album serves as notice as to what the band can do with some rocking
blues standards and their own material.
The CD begins
with eight covers. They do standards like SRV's "Cold Shot", Elmore James "The Sky Is Crying", a funked
up Memphis Slim's "Everyday I Have The Blues" and Ronnie Earl's "Follow Your Heart", my favorite of the
covers. The last two cuts are WCRU's original tunes and serve as a precursor to what's ahead for the band. They have a new
CD coming out in the fall of 2008 that features 11 all original compositions. This CD wets the listener’s appetite for
their original music and sets the table for the new release, a good strategy by WCRU & Co. I like the two original
cuts a lot, "Swing Out Chicago" and "I Should have Known". The former is a swinging little number while
the later is more in line with their blues roots.
The
band performs R&B, funk, swing, rock and dance. No matter what you label their style, they are a great band who can rock
it out and get down & dirty with any other band!
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