
The Rub (Chicago)

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Recorded on November 25, 2007 at Franco's in Highland, Indiana. Can't remember who all the players were on this jam, but Allan Bilka is definitely on it, and he is rockin'!

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A jazzy jam segment recorded on October 14, 2007 at Franco's in Highland, Indiana. Featuring the quartet of Nikola Djorovic and Drew Suarez (guitars), Josh Hanchar (bass) and Stephen Kwolek (drums).

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A spacey segment from the last jam of the night on October 25, 2009 at Griffith Town Tap. Lineup is Clinton Mason and Allan Bilka (guitars), Marc Adrian (bass), Grant Elliott (drums) and Dan Rucinski (keys).

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Recorded on June 3, 2010 at Trash to Treasure X at the Lake County Interstate Visitor's Center in Hammond, Indiana. Chris on bass, Clinton on keys and guitar, Josh on guitar, and Grant on drums.

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Recorded on July 25, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. The last segment of the last jam of the night, featuring Clinton Mason and Dave Devries (guitars), Chris Lathrop (bass), Krystal Kadar (keys) and Keith Cantwell (drums).

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Recorded on July 25, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. A very nice one indeed from the lineup of Clinton Mason and John Prestipino (guitars), Chris Lathrop (bass), Davy Lubarski (drums) and Krystal Kadar (keys).

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Recorded on July 25, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. Essentially a version of Groovatron (Nick Ferrer, Marc Quagliara and Tony McCullough) with a different rhythm section (Josh Hanchar and Jim Eder).

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Recorded on July 25, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. The middle portion of the 4th jam of the evening, featuring Chris Lathrop and Clinton Mason (guitars), John Prestipino (bass), Marc Quagliara (keys) and Keith Cantwell (drums).

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Recorded on June 27, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. Some solid grooving during the middle of the third jam of the evening.

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Recorded on June 27, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. This edit proves that when a Rub features Kevin Davidson on sax and a totally out-of-his-mind Nick Ferrer on guitar, you know it's going to be a good one.

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Recorded on June 27, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. Listen all the way through and you'll understand why Grant exclaims "That's the stuff!" at the end. When he's right, he's right!

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Recorded on June 27, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. A weird opening to the night courtesy of the core band (Chris Lathrop, Clinton Mason, Josh Hanchar, Marc Quagliara and Grant Elliott).

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Recorded on April 25, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. The middle section of a 15-minute jam featuring Jim Eder (drums), Josh Hanchar (guitar), Clinton Mason (keys), Marc Quagliara (bass) and Joe Marcinek (guitar).

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Recorded on August 30, 2009 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. Chris Lathrop, Clinton Mason, Josh Hanchar, Marc Quagliara and Andy Dumaresq make the Rub's opening salvo at a new venue.

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Recorded on June 3, 2010 at Trash to Treasure X at the Lake County Interstate Visitor's Center in Hammond, Indiana. Truncated core band (Chris, Clinton, Josh and Grant) keepin' it mellow for the art show.

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Recorded on June 3, 2010 at Trash to Treasure X at the Lake County Interstate Visitor's Center in Hammond, Indiana. Truncated core band (Chris, Clinton, Josh and Grant) keepin' it mellow for the art show.

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Recorded on August 14, 2006 at Corkers in Highland, Indiana. This one's driven by some very cool keyboards, guitar interplay and the drumming of Jim Eder.

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Recorded on May 15, 2005 at Muse Cafe in Lansing, Illinois. One of the shortest complete jams we've ever done, but there's no shortage of exciting musical moments in these 7 minutes.

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Recorded on March 6, 2005 at Muse Cafe in Lansing, Illinois. A spacey segment featuring the talents of Clinton Mason and Nick Ferrer (guitars), Marc Quagliara (bass) and Jim Eder (drums).

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Recorded on April 25, 2010 at Griffith Town Tap in Griffith, Indiana. From the 2nd half of the 5th jam of the evening, featuring Clinton Mason (guitar), Joe Marcinek (bass), Josh Hanchar (keys), Dave Zielinski (drums) and Mikey Clark (percussion).