Windy City Rev Ups: Blues Rock Band

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The "Windy City Rev Ups" music captures the classic sound of Chicago-style R&B fused with soulful harmonica and revved-up, guitar-driven rock n' roll. Their live performances are far beyond ordinary and well-suited for music lovers of all generations. They perform original songs, classic rock anthems, popular blues standards, and R&B hits that are guaranteed to get rock clubs rocking, blues joints smoking and dance floors hopping. 

The band has been performing together for over 20 years. They are based in downtown Chicago and have performed all over the United States, 1000's of live shows. Their first big break was when they were featured as up-and-coming musicians at the 21st Anniversary Chicago Blues Festival, the largest free blues festival in the world. Since 2008 they have released 10 live, studio, and acoustic albums; 8 of these releases can be heard worldwide streaming on every major online music platform including Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, and CD Baby. 

Over the years they have won numerous music awards including Chicago's "Best R&B Band", "Best Blues Band" and "Best Local CD Release". In 2009 they began performing their style of upbeat rock n' blues music at the internationally known House of Blues in Chicago. In 2017 the band toured Ireland headlining at the 21st Annual Danny Boy Jazz & Blues Festival, Northern Ireland's largest 3-day music festival. Since 2018, bandleader Rich "Rev" has toured solo in Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Iceland and Portugal. The Windy City Rev Ups have friends, fans and listeners in Chicago and all around the world. 

Years of headlining performances at top entertainment venues and popular music festivals have made the Windy City Rev Ups one of the most in-demand R&B bands on the Chicago music scene today!

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The Windy City Rev Ups performing all over Chicago! Cited by fans and music publications as "the next generation of rock n' blues bands, a new breed of rythmn and blues musicians and one of the most in-demand harmonica fueled band's on the Chicago music scene today" they have helped redefine today's modern blues-rock genre.

Released 10 albums; 100's of videos and 8 albums streaming worldwide on every major website including Spotify, AppleMusic, YouTube, and more! 
Voted as one of Chicago's "Best R&B Bands," "Best Blues Bands" and have a "Best Local CD Release." 
Performances include "singer songwriter" original songs, classic rock anthems, popular blues standards, and R&B hits! 
20 years on the road performing 50 to 100 live shows annually in thousands of popular music venues!
Active on the Chicago downtown and suburban music scene, featured over 600's times at the House of Blues Chicago in the last 10 years.
Performaces all over the USA and overseas in Ireland, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Iceland and Portugal.
Milestone performances at Chicago Blues Festival, Taste of Chicago, Danny Boy Jazz & Blues Festival in N. Ireland and many more concert series! 
Shared the stage with the Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws, Wishbone Ash, Night Hawks, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, and many more Chicago area popular musicians!

Don't miss out when they come to a venue near you!

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In 2021 we released our 10th album "In Motion", please listen to our music online today and add it to your Spotify & Apple playlists.  

In 2022, we performed all over Chicagoland 68 times! We love playing music and we love playing music for you!

In 2023, we will be performing a wide variety of new songs at our shows including several recently penned originals that we hope to record soon. Ask us to perform - Riased by Wolves, Golden Years and After All The Things Are Gone. Just for fun we've added some old school Country and Motown tunes to our song list that ranges from Paul Butterfield and Jimi Hendrix to Jackie Wilson and Johnny Cash. 

Don't forget to check our tour schedule regularly. It changes from week to week ... remember the official tour schedule is always the correct schedule.

Rock with us, listen to us and follow us:

iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music & CD Baby - Downloads, streaming
YouTube - 100's of videos, unreleased songs
Instagram - Band updates, recent video clips, new photos, messaging
Facebook - Tour dates, venue info, last minute schedule changes, messaging

We appreciate the your kind words, musicial friendship and continued support at every live show ... we love our fans! 

WINDY CITY REV UPS

"One OF THE MOST IN-DEMAND BANDS ON THE CHICAGO MUSIC SCENE TODAY"

"THE next generation OF r&b MUSIC PERFORMED BY A DYNAMIC NEW BREED OF musicIANS"

"REVVED UP ROCK, BLUES, dANCE & SWING MUSIC, PERFORMING ORIGINALS & COVERS"

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