SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH, CONCERT NIGHT WITH DENNIS LEISE
AND JOE RAUEN will be presented Saturday, June 28th
7-9:30 pm. Dennis and Joe promise a good-time
combination of jaunty humor, skilled songwriting
and musicianship and TRULY NOVEL instrumentation
you have never imagined, much less have seen! It
is our pleasure to showcase these major talents!
$20 cover. Doors at 6pm.
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After graduating from the Berklee College of Music
Joe Rauen set out to find a way to combine his love
for music and for visual art into a single practice.
Rauen began experimenting with making playable musical
instruments from everyday items. His "unlikely musical
objects" include instruments made from shovels, suitcases,
plumbing, sports equipment, old toys, and various items
from the hardware store. Rauen's eclectic performances
earned him a year-long residency at the Ace Hotel Chicago.
His music has been featured on the WGN Morning News,
covered in the Chicago Tribune, and heard on NPR. Joe
Rauen is a grant recipient from the Indiana Arts
Commission. He currently studies South Indian classical
music with Saraswathi Ranganathan and is a regular
presenter at Indiana University Northwest about musical
instrument design.
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Opening the show on Friday is veteran singer-songwriter
Dennis Leise, a transplanted Pennsylvanian who has lived
in the Chicago area for fifteen years. Eight years ago
Dennis purchased land in Calumet Township and in short
order built a farm on the grounds while holding down a
regular job and advancing his music career. He has begun
playing many of the popular music clubs in Chicago, has
written, recorded and produced several albums and has
appeared many times at Paul Henry's since before COVID.
When you listen to Dennis perform you are drawn into
his music by his excellent guitar work and you are compelled
to stay tuned to each song to process his humorous,
sardonic lyrics that cast an acid bath on various subjects including sanity, invasive plants, barnyard society and the
mortal coil. Dennis is comfortable in genres that include
western swing, rockabilly, blues, gospel and vintage country.
Paul Henry's Art Gallery, 416 Sibley, Hammond, IN, 219-678-5015 to call for seat reservations. Call, please. We can orient you to the selection of an available seat. No texts or voicemails.
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