Vance Kelly and the Backstreet Blues Band October 17, 2009

Blues guitarist Vance Kelly has been performing throughout the Chicago area for some time and is known for his gritty and dirty Southside flair. While not a big man, this South Side blues ambassador looms large in the Chicago blues scene, popularizing the south side sound to a mainstream audience. Recipient of a 1995 Living Blues Award, Kelly's sound is a mix of Chicago-sound blues with soul-blues funk, though he and his talented band are likely to range from Motown to jump blues, all of it good.