> Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:06:33 GMT
> From: wigout6@juno.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Argent & Blunstone @ Abbey Pub
> Message-ID: <20030803.130650.506.646481@webmail03.lax.untd.com>
> 
> 
> I'll be in Chicago for a couple of days this week and see that Rod Argent
> & Colin Blunstone are performing at a place called The Abbey Pub.  I hope
> someone can help me out with a few questions.  First, are they performing
> a healthy dose of Zombies songs, or do they just mix in a few Zombies
> tunes to satisfy folks like me?  Second, how far is this place from
> downtown?  Third, would this show be likely to sell out?  Thanks for any
> help you can offer!
> 
	I can't answer the first question, since I honestly don't know
anything about their setlist. Perhaps it'll be similar to the set that they
played their last time through town -- in which case one of my fellow
Chicago power pop mafiosi can answer your question, since I had to miss that
gig. For instance, I'm pretty sure that Mike Bennett was there.

	As Randy Paske said, the Abbey is not a large venue. It lists
capacity at 550, but that might be stretching it a bit. The Abbey is located
at the corner of Grace and Elston, two blocks north of the major
intersection of Kimball (3400 West) and Addison (3600 North). It's 4 1/2
miles north and 4 1/4 miles west of the Loop. The show starts at nine, so
the Addison bus won't be running when the show ends. Your best bet to get to
the Abbey Pub and back from downtown is to take the Blue Line el train from
the Loop to the Addison stop, walk four blocks east on Addison to Kimball,
walk a block and a half north on Kimball to Elston (one of Chicago's rare
diagonal streets), and then walk a half-block northwest on Elston to the
Abbey -- and then retrace your steps back to the Blue Line after the show.
It's no more than ten-fifteen minutes' worth of walking either way, and it's
a lot cheaper than a cab. 

	http://www.abbeypub.com

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	Gregory Sager