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Top Chicago Music Picks For the Weekend of Feb. 8, 2008

Author: Adam Fendelman, Category: Music

The thrill of a day near the beach in Waukegan may still be gone for a few more months, but if you must have the blues, you may as well share them with guitar legend B.B. King.

Octogenarian King – who took down the house at last summer’s Crossroads Guitar Festival benefit from Eric Clapton – will perform at the Genesee Theatre on Saturday night. While you may have to sit through some of his classics, his trusty mate, Lucille (the Gibson guitar he has been playing since 1949), more than makes up for the diminished energy.

If you’re looking to get comfortably numb in the city on Saturday and want some tunes to complement your psychedelic scene, bounce on over to the House of Blues for the “Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular Show”.

The band’s original mates reunited a couple years back in London for Live 8. It was the first time since The Wall they performed together in public, and from reports, will likely be the last. This may be the closest we get to seeing them live again.

Though Fat Tuesday has come and gone, that doesn’t mean we can’t shake our bones to some Cajun funk. Buckwheat Zydeco, which has been touring for more than 20 years now, comes to the House of Blues on Friday. We hope you didn’t give up too much for lent!

By Brad Spirrison