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Concert Thu Jul 16 2009
Preview: The Entrance Band @ The Hideout
It was sometime around 2002, when singer-songwriter-guitarist Guy Blakeslee moved from his hometown of Baltimore to Chicago. It is here in Chicago that he began his solo journey under the name Entrance. The 18 months that followed saw Blakeslee performing regularly at The Hideout. These performances earned him record-label attention and eventually the release of Entrance's debut album, The Kingdom of Heaven Must be Taken by Storm. Entrance went on to release the blues-folk heavy Wandering Stranger in 2004 and the psychedelia infused Prayer of Death in 2006.
Ending up in CA somewhere along the way, and recently signing with Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace!, the somewhat-newly-named The Entrance Band are readying a new release, and are currently out spreading their live show like wildfire. Tonight, Blakeslee and The Entrance Band return to where the spark was started: The Hideout. Tickets are $10; show starts at 9pm.
