Danny's is a small bar on Dickens Ave. in the Bucktown section of Chicago. It's an old two-flat building (meaning there's two apartments, one on top of the other). The main bar is in the front room, off the main entrance. There are little rooms on the main and second floors. The bar is in an area the size of an average living room. The next room is the main lounge, and it's roughly the same size as the bar. The band played in that room. It was Pat, Max, and Mister Jones (Steve Valentine was in attendance but didn't play).

Why were JBC playing there? Mostly because the owner of the bar is a huge JBC fan. Last year when the the JBC played the Wetlands, the owner of the bar flew to New York, saw the show, met the band, and made the offer that if they came through Chicago at anytime on any future tour, leave an extra day open in Chicago. They could play there anytime they liked and he would pay for everything.

As a result, we got to see the JBC for free. Well, there was a lot of drinking going on... so it wasn't exactly free.

Much to my doom, I met a brewer from the local Goose Island Brewery. Needless to say, once he found another fellow JBC fan, the beer flowed freely. I ended up getting hugely drunk with this brewer fellow, Pat and Mister Jones.

It was big fun.

Look after yerselves...