The MojoSkillet
the MoJoSkillet? Yep. It’s an American Music band. It’s a band at home in the barrooms, honky tonks, and dancehalls miles from downtown and nowhere near the interstate. It’s music that you want to hear when you’ve got a dollar in your jeans and a strong desire for some fun. the MoJoSkillet serves it up fast, hot and greasy and the menu changes every time they play. Whether you need comfort food for your soul or spice for your senses, you will find it sizzlin’ in the Skillet. And make no mistake, this is real music; music that moves you and that you can move to. It’s music that gets you comfortable as an old pair of shoes one minute and leaves you in a cold sweat the next. Pick some down home blues, stir in the funky rhythms, add a dash of soul catching harmonies, and top it off with some smoking guitar…it’s all there – cookin’ in the MoJoSkillet.
What is the sound of the MoJoSkillet? It is a full-on collision of roots rock, rhythm‘n’blues and hard-core country. It is the sound of a thousand roadhouse bands and late night radio shows, filtered through the highly-tuned and gently warped perspective of four native Chicago musicians running at full-speed. It owes a heavy debt to American rockers like the Steve Miller Band & Creedence Clearwater, and Brits like the Beatles, Stones & Van Morrison. It celebrates young writers like John Hiatt, Tom Petty and Rodney Crowell, and pays homage to old masters like Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson and Bob Dylan. Some of the songs you find in the Skillet you know by heart; others you have never heard before. It’s a full service menu that is guaranteed to surprise and satisfy.
The Skillet’s leader and lead-singer is Jimmy Bartholomew, veteran vocalist with Chicago favorites Cactus Jack, Cahoots & the Maroons. In the MoJoSkillet, Jim has found the perfect vehicle for his wide-ranging, soulful vocals. Providing the heat on various guitars and mandolin is Dave “the Detonator” Steffen, one of Chicagoland’s premier guitar slingers. Like all great rock and roll bands, the sound of the MoJoSkillet is built from the bottom up, with a powerful and driving rhythm section. Bassist Jim Nelson and drummer Dave “Gypsy Davy” Wisniewski keep the Skillet simmering and the grooves smoking. What sets the Skillet apart is the band’s vocal harmony. Everyone in the Skillet adds his voice to a blend that weaves a powerful MoJo, indeed. The band’s versatility provides a melodic and rhythmic edge that lifts the music higher and drives the message home.
And the message of the MoJoSkillet is simple: it’s time to dig in to some music with MoJo. So if you are hungry for some real flavor; if you want to dance, drink, or lose yourself in songs delivered with skill and passion that comes straight from the heart – come out and get a heaping helping from the MoJoSkillet. Come hungry; you will leave satisfied.
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