Wednesday, September 3rd – Songwriter Night
At Smokey Jo’s in Crete Illinois – 6:00 pm – Free Admission
425 Burville phone - 708-672-3383
I’ll start out at 6:00 with a set of my songs. Then we will hear from our featured songwriters:
LeAnn Stutler
LeAnn Stutler is a country singer-songwriter originally from Crown Point, Indiana. In May 2019, LeAnn Stutler graduated from Columbia College Chicago with her Bachelor of Music Degree, concentrating in Contemporary, Urban, and Popular Music. During her stay at Columbia Leann worked with Darryl Jones, Rolling Stones bassist, who co-produced one of her songs in the studio there.
Leann started gigging when she was 16 years old. July 2025 will be 12 years of doing this, and she’s loving it just as much (if not more!) than the first time she played a real gig.
LeAnn has played in church bands, rock bands, country bands, impromptu string bands, and now she’s on the solo acoustic circuit.
LeAnn released her first full-length album in November 2019, titled Keeps Getting Better. Her follow-up EP, Welcome to the Circle, was released in January 2022. Both projects are centered on songs of personal growth, overcoming life’s obstacles, and looking for the people and places that offer acceptance in life.
Her music can be found online at Spotify, Apple Music, and all of the usual streaming platforms. Leann has CD copies of her work for sale at live shows – including here tonight. You can see more about her music and follow her performance schedule by visiting leannstutlermusic on Facebook and Instagram.
James Gedda
James Gedda is an up-and-coming Country and Americana singer-songwriter with a booming voice and a plainspoken honesty in his lyrics.
The Crown Point Indiana native has drawn comparisons to the likes of Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard with his earthy baritone, He regularly covers such classics, but what drives him is writing songs and telling stories with modern sensibilities.
James has performed in such historic venues as The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, and regularly sings all over Northwest Indiana and the Chicago area. Recently, James has been expanding his touring range to include 98 shows in 34 cities in the mid-west region.
In March 2019, James released his debut EP Thick as Thieves to great success. In February 2020, he released his sophomore Ep, Bad Things Happen: Dynaline Sessions Vol. 1, a collection of original songs ranging from indignant folk tunes to heart-on-the-sleeve love songs. James Gedda is not an artist to miss if you're a fan of infectious melodies and affecting stories.
You can hear his music on all streaming platforms where you won’t be the only one listening.
On Spotify alone he proudly can claim these numbers for 2024.
940 listeners - 3.15K streams – totaling 179 hours in 58 countries.
As most of us can attest to – We only wish Spotify paid better!
Tom Brickler – aka “The Wabash Kid”
Tom has been playing music and making recordings for over half a century here in the Chicago area. His songs are in a variety of genre from folk, blues and “Almost Country” (title of one of his albums). The recordings he has made represent many styles and genre as well.
To get a preview of his music you can search Spotify, Soundcloud and Youtube for music by The Wabash Kid.
You can also look for the group Indinois on Bandcamp.
Tom's most recent recording project, “Negative Space”, has just been completed and pressed. CD copies of the project will be available to the public at his live performances.
The Band Dudes (Karl Ackermann and Mike Wilson)
The Band Dudes are on their journey showcasing the original material. The album “Find My Way” has 8 tracks on it. It is described as Americana with a sassy edge to it. We are gigging around the Region and the South Suburbs. We are looking forward to the release party on Friday October 10th at Evil Horse Alehouse in Crete. We have the backing that night of the studio band that helped put the album together. Please visit www.TheBandDudes.com
Karl Ackermann
Karl is known as “The Big Band Dude” he is a multi-genre musical storyteller. Karl plays and writes in a bit of the grungy blues style with life situation lyrics and humorous anecdotes on love. Karl also includes a sassy punk and delta blues style in his lyrics and musical influences.
You can get a preview of his music at CDBaby or on his website.
Mike Wilson
After learning the fundamentals of playing the bass guitar, Mike cut his teeth with real world experience. He would seek out and play jam sessions, even 5 nights a week. He then played in various local groups; spiritual music, classic rock; and jazz standards. Mike brings a lot of experience playing in Chicagoland and The Region.
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