
The Rub (Chicago)

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Recorded on April 25, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. A bouncy little jam segment featuring Joe Marcinek (guitar), Chris Lathrop (bass), Jim Eder (drums), Marc Quagliara (keys) and Mikey Clark (percussion).

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Recorded on April 25, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. Showcasing the incomparable core band of Chris Lathrop and Marc Quagliara (guitars), Josh Hanchar (bass), Clinton Mason (keys) and Grant Elliott (drums).

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Recorded on April 25, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. Lynxwail's Dave Zielinski sits in on drums with a reconfigured core band (Chris and Josh on guitars, Marc on bass and Clinton on keys) for a very "jammy" jam segment.

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Recorded on March 13, 2005 at Muse Cafe in Lansing, Illinois. Great groove on this one and a trademark solo from Chris.

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Recorded on May 15, 2005 at Muse Cafe in Lansing, Illinois. The original core band in action: Chris and Clinton on guitars, Josh on bass, Jim on drums and (sounds like) Marc on keys.

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Recorded on March 28, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. This one showcases the guitar stylings of Allan Bilka with support from Drew Suarez (guitar), Marc Quagliara (bass), Clinton Mason (keys) and Andy Dumaresq (drums).

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Recorded on March 28, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. An example of the kind of interplay we aspire to on every jam. Clinton and Grant are in especially fine form on this one.

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Recorded on March 28, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. From the first jam of the evening, featuring Marc Quagliara and Daniel Rucinski (guitars), Josh Hanchar (bass), Clinton Mason (keys) and Grant Elliott (drums).

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Another one from the March 13, 2005 session at Muse Cafe in Lansing, Illinois. We were a little more Allmans-y back then, as evidenced by this clip.

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Recorded on March 13, 2005 at Muse Cafe in Lansing, Illinois. Lots of dynamics lead up to a big finish with a nod to the Beatles' "Helter Skelter" at the very end.

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Recorded on March 13, 2005 at Muse Cafe in Lansing, Illinois. Can't readily identify who's on bass or keys, but there's plenty of Nick Ferrer and Clinton Mason (guitars), Tony McCullough (sax) and Jim Eder (drums) on this one, so you know it's good!

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Recorded on February 10, 2008 at our last session at Franco's in Highland, Indiana. A strange and chaotic end to the 4th jam of the evening. Featuring Nick Ferrer and Nikola Djorovic (guitars), Marc Quagliara (bass) and Grant Elliott (drums).

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Recorded on August 14, 2008 during the second of our two sessions that summer at Hoghead McDunnas in Chicago. Great sax, funky bass, spacey guitar, comping keyboards, crazy tempo changes ... this one has all the essentials!

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Recorded on February 28, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. Primo guitar interplay between Marc Quagliara and Nikola Djorovic, bolstered by the unlikely rhythm section of Chris Lathrop (bass) and Josh Hanchar (drums).

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Recorded on February 28, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. Essentially a face-melting duel between guitarist Clinton Mason and sax player Brian Boros.

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Recorded on February 28, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. The core band (Chris, Clinton, Josh, Marc and Grant) gettin' after it during the first 4 minutes of the first jam of the evening.

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Recorded August 14, 2006 at Corkers in Highland, Indiana. Not sure exactly who played on this one as we didn't write down the lineups back then, but all involved synced up to create this smokey little jam segment with a decidedly laid-back vibe.

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Recorded July 6, 2008 at Starbucks in Homewood, Illinois. Some cool outdoor summer groovin' courtesy of Marc Quagliara and Drew Suarez (guitars), Chris Lathrop (bass) and Nathan Mainor (drums).

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Recorded on December 23, 2007 at Franco's in Highland, Indiana. Another example of great ensemble playing by T.Mac (sax), Chris and Johnny P (guitars), Marc (bass) and Andy (drums).

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Recorded on July 22, 2007 at Franco's in Highland, Indiana. An utterly chaotic five minutes of music courtesy of Allan and Dudzik (guitars), T.Mac (sax), Josh (bass), Clinton (keys) and Davey (drums).