Thank You to all our friends for coming out last night making our Ellis Clark & The Big Parade featuring Ary Jeebie (a triple birthday party concert at The Montrose Saloon) a total gas! Thank you to The Handcuffs & The Frantastic Sound System for their fantastic sets. What an evening! Thank you so much. Let's do it again next year! with Jerry King, Ary Paloma Jeebie and Andrew Clark.
I'M ALSO USING THIS FANTASTIC. TRIPLE BILL EVENT TO CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY. PLEASE JOIN US! WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE. MUSIC STARTS AT 9PM, ELLIS CLARK & THE BIG PARADE (DOUBLE BIRTHDAY featuring Ary Paloma Jeebie) SET WITH SOME SPECIAL EXTRA GUESTS AS WELL GO ON AT 11PM
SAT, JUN 30 AT 9 PM
Ellis Clark's Big Parade/ The Handcuffs/ Frantastic Sound System
Montrose Saloon Chicago
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Saturday May 19
Filament Theatre
Bob Dylan Birthday Bash
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Saturday February 24, 2018
George Harrison Birthday Tribute Concert
Martyr's 3855 N. Lincoln
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Friday December 15, 2017
Social Act
with special guests Razorhouse
Martyrs
3855 N. Lincoln
This December 15th I'll be be picking up my former role as lead vocalist for my band Social Act. We will be performing for the first time in 20 years at the very venue we last performed at back in 1997. Please join us for this special celebration as we play songs from our 80's & 90's catalogue as well tunes from our new album 'Today's Tomorrow'. Who's to say this will ever ever happen again so get your tickets in advance now at: http://martyrslive.com/fri-dec-15-9pm-10adv12door
Fri, Dec 15 - 9pm - $10adv/$12door | Martyrs'
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Don’t Miss This!
CauDog Recording Artist Ellis Clark, The Big Parade & Ary Jeebie will be hosting
BLACK FRIDAY RECORD STORE DAY
Val's Hallas Record Store
239 W. Harrison St. Oak Park Illinois
NOVEMBER 25th 11AM-5PM
FREE LIVE MUSIC ALL DAY!!!
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OCT 27, 2017
The Big Parade & Ary Jeebie As Alice Cooper
Hosted by Ellis Clark
Friday, October 27 at 8 PM
Montrose Saloon
2933 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60618
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George Harrison Birthday Benefit
2/25/17
What is life? You!
My sweet lord, THANK YOU
For supporting local music, art, and for giving me love. Thank you for being a part of George's Birthday celebration..we felt the LOVE that was shining all around us..It's all too much!
I want to tell you, It was a long long long line..we were blown away and are stuck in a cloud that the night SOLD OUT!!!
It don't come easy, thank you to all the AMAZING bands for everyone's hard work! And to all of you that came out to this party seacomb that made us feel so happy just to dance with you. We will look back on the night when we was FAB!
Thank you Ellis, for choosing to do this with me, and all the hard work you put into putting this together. Thank you CAU Micheal Teach, Debbie Mac & Hannah Frank. Thanks to our host band Tom Klein, Jerry King, Trevor Lynch, Gabe Hull, Andrew & Tommy Clark and Charlie Short.
Thank you to the Twisted Roots, Maya & Paul, The Handcuffs, Brad & Chloe,
Phil Angotti, Rachel Drew, Carla Prather, Josh Lava, Gunnar Cleemann, Greg Combs, Mars Williams, Polkaholics, Hannah Frank Band, Phoenix (Nix) ...also to Pam Lukas, Tom McKeon, Rob Gaczol, Bruno Leal,
John Krenger & Martyrs Ray Quinn.
We are sending much love & gratitude! XO
These photos were also collected from other contributors too!
From Pre-Show Warm Up/Beginning of the show/End
-Ellis & Ary
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Ellis Clark will be performing an opening set with vocalist Carla Prather Monday evening the 26 and Wednesday evening the 28th.
Come Out & Groove With Us —
Friday, December 16 at 9 PM - 12 AM
Dec 16 at 9 PM to Dec 17 at 12 AM
Cary's Lounge2251 W Devon Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60659
Unplugged
Ary Jeebie & Ellis Clark Bring You 60's & 70's Groovy
Country Weirdness ..
Originals & Obscure Covers From Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, And Doug Sahm...
If You Wanna Groove We'll Be Glad To Have You...Happy Holidays!
2 Sets, No Cover!
for more info click here
Friday, November 25 at 11 AM - 5 PM
Val's halla Records239 Harrison St, Oak Park, Illinois 60304
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Saturday at 8 pm
OCT
29, 2016
The Big Parade Featuring Ary Jeebie @The High Hat Club!
See You There!
The High Hat Club
is located at 1920 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago
Saturday at 2 PM - 3:30 PM
AUG
27, 2016
The Big Parade Featuring Ary Jeebie @Rogers Pork Fest!
Rogers Pork Fest Is Here!
CauDog Recording Artist
Ellis Clark & The Big Parade
Will Be Featuring Ary Jeebie With Garage Rock Classics...
See You There!
R Public House
1508 W Jarvis Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60626
located on Jarvis right by the Jarvis redline station in Rogers Park.
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5pm Saturday August 6th
2016 Ellis Clark Acoustic Appearance
with special guests Ary Jeebie & Jack Duty at The Bucktown Garden Walk.
Club Lucky
1824 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60622
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Ellis Clark & The Big Parade perform a free all ages show at
5pm Sunday August 21st
at The Glenwood Arts Festival in Rogers Park/Chicago.
Our good friends play before us at 4pm (The Red Plastic Buddhas) and after us (The Amazing Heeby Jeebies) play at 6pm.
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JUN
9, 2016
Ellis Clark & The Big Parade Featuring Ary Jeebie
Thursday, June 9 at 8 PM - 10 PM
Underground Wonder Bar
710 N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois 60654
CAU Recording Artist Ellis Clark Is Coming to the Underground Wonder Bar! Special Guest Ary Jeebie Will Be Singing Garage Rock Rarities!
We'll be playing songs from LP number one and more!
$5, Early show!
Thursday's the new Friday!
Ary Jeebie Will Be Celebrating Her Birthday (Night 2) ...We hope to see you. See a spectacular spectacle! https://www.facebook.com/events/564173980409779/
Proud to say my band Ellis Clark & The Big Parade will be performing with my son's band Aethereal plus our good friends Red Plastic Buddha on Friday, April 15th for the annual International Pop Overthrow Festival here's the line up!
Friday, April 15:
Red Line Tap
7006 N. Glenwood Ave
773-274-5463
$10
8:00 Sam Vicari
8:45 Aethereal
9:30 Ellis Clark & The Big Parade
10:15 The Red Plastic Buddha
11:00 The Velvet Cadillac
My band & I are honored to be sharing the bill with 2 excellent Chicago bands and each band will be including some Bowie tunes into their sets. It's going to be loud! Hope to see you there!
Caudog Records Presents:
Cigars & Stripes TBT Party
6715 Ogden Ave. Berwyn, IL
OMG
BBQ, Drink Specials & Live Music!
Big Hair & Big Trouble!
50's, 60's, 70's & Other Weirdness
With Ary Paloma & Ellis Clark Unplugged
Get a sneak peek of Amazing Heeby Jeebies singer Ary Paloma
& CauDog records producer/singer/songwriter Ellis Clark's
debut collaborative EP...
We'll be singin' 2 sets of purty tunes!
www.stripesbbq.com
Thursday, March 10 at 8pm
After over a year of working in the studio, I'm proud to say that I just finished writing songs, mixing & producing Carla Prather 's debut solo studio album to be released on CAUdog Records. So many great Chicago musicians were involved in the making of this record. Please join us January 23rd at the Underground Wonder Bar in Chicago as we performs Carla's new record from start to finish and pull out a few surprise favorites as well! All the best & hope to see you there! Ellis
Carla Prather "Touched" Album Release Show & Birthday Celebration. Opening Elle Casazza with her full Band!
CAUDog Records presents Carla Prather Touched Album Release Show and Birthday Celebration at Underground Wonder Bar, 710 N. Clark Ave., Chicago, IL, Saturday Jan 23, 2016, Doors 7:00pm, 8:00pm, Ages 21+, $10 Suggested
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We are ready to rock Cigars & Stripes in Berwyn tonight. And we've added a few vintage rock & roll Christmas tunes to our set-list..... some of which will be sung by the Amazing Ary Jeebie!
We play 2 sets starting at 9pm. Great food & drinks, great movie memorabilia on the walls, and yes there are cigars and a separate room to smoke them should you be a cigar connoisseur! Cigars & Stripes is the place to be tonight!!!
I dig Val's Halla Records at 239 Harrison St. In Oak Park. One of my favorite record stores to go too. Plus you can get my solo and Epicycle albums there. Early warning..... my friends and I will be performing there all day for Black Friday Record Store Day Friday November 27th. Mark your calendars! Admission Free all ages.
Kasim Sulton - Ellis Clark
Sun 6:30 PM
The Abbey
Chicago, IL
Nov. 8
Doors at 6:30pm and show at 7pm
$16 advance and $20 door
21+
Tickets at:
http://tktwb.tw/1euxHoe
Kasim Sulton
http://www.kasimsulton.com
The Abbey
3420 W Grace St, Chicago, Illinois 60618
I'm honored to be sharing the bill again with Kasim Sulton (from Todd Rundgren's Band/Utopia) at The Abbey (Big Room). For my set I'm excited that I'll be joined onstage by Josh Lava who'll be accompanying me on piano for the first time. We'll be playing some of my softer less performed original material "Slightly Unplugged". This is my second time playing a show with Kasim. He is an ultra talent that puts on a great performance and is a pleasure to listen too. You won't be sorry! Hope to see you there.
BUY TICKETS AT THIS LINK HERE
Ellis Clark & The Big Parade (with Special Guest Vocalist Ary) plus the psychedelic/prog rock band Aethereal perform for Freaktoberfest 1pm, Sunday Afternoon, November 1st at Cigars & Stripes located at 6715 Ogden Ave. in Berwyn, Il. This is an all ages event. There will be plenty of fun for the whole family with lots of food plus horror films to be shown after the music in honor of Day Of The Dead.
Here's the link to The Cigars & Stripe's website:
It was a nice time out last Friday Night (Oct 31st, 2015) when Ellis Clark & The Big Parade became The Velvet Underground for the annual Halloweekend Event held at The High Hat Club in Chicago and performed a 1 hour set of classic Velvet Underground tunes.
Here's the pic of us last Friday night at The High Hat Club being The Velvet Underground.
Friday 10.16.15
at 8:30pm
Red Line Tap
7006 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60626
(773) 274-5463
info@redlinetap.com
Come Out & Let Us Mess With Your Head....
Buy tickets in advance and get a free Razorhouse Cd
and Ellis Clark & The Big Parade art print by Ary at the door!
Presale Tickets $5 Door $8
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2156271
Razorhouse
Former front man from Bone Men of Barumba..Everything about their music will make you shiver & shake down to the bone with the grit and soul you've been begging for. Razorhouse is one of the Chicago Rock'nRoll staples you won't want to miss!
Ellis Clark & the Big Parade
Producer/Singer/Songwriter Ellis Clark
Former Epicycle local punk rock pioneer has a musical powerhouse of musicians creating an original groovy sound with guest vocalist Ary Jeebie doing 60's garage rock rarities.
Gooey
Sticky & vicious grooves will have you in a drunken state of a T.G.I.F. frenzy...this RocknRoll party will go down in the history books...
Chicago allstars under the same roof.
This show is not to be missed!
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Thanks to everyone who came out to see our New Year's Eve Show Spectacular at The Mayne Stage Theatre and for making it so special. What a great night! Nearly 300 tickets sold. Thank You. And I am honored that my band Ellis Clark & The Big Parade got to share the stage with my 2 favorite bands The Amazing Heeby Jeebies & Liquid Soul.
Much appreciation to all my friends as It wouldn't of happened without you. Thanks for driving into the city. Wishing you all a prosperous and peaceful 2015. Hope to see you again soon. All the best! Ellis
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The Ellis Clark Saturday Morning Cartoon Counterpoint says only 2 Days to go until The Big New Year's Eve Spectacular at Mayne Stage featuring Ellis Clark & The Big Parade, Liquid Soul, & The Amazing Heeby Jeebies. With complimentary midnite champagne toast. $23 best NYE deal in town. Get your tix now at: maynestage.com Cartoon by Ary Paloma Jeebie
Dec. 26 -- Contest over. All 5 prs of tickets claimed!
Ellis Clark with Di Kulka
12-25-14
Merry Christmas! Be sure to Tune in to 88.7 FM Radio at 4pm Chicago Time this Friday December 26th to hear myself, members of Liquid Soul & The Amazing Heeby Jeebies (Tommy Klein & Ary Jeebie) plus my drummer Jerry King be interviewed on The Razor & Di show about our upcoming New Year's Eve Concert Spectacular at The Mayne Stage Theatre. You might even get a chance to phone in and win a pair of tickets to this mad crazy rave up. We're also debuting new first time ever heard studio tracks on the radio and playing a couple of tunes live unplugged. Should be a gas. You can stream in to listen at this link: http://tunein.com/radio/WLUW-887-s30828/ And if you haven't purchased your tickets yet to our New Year's Eve Mayne Stage Shindig (Chicago's Best NYE Event Ever for only $23) go to maynestage.com to get your tix now. All the best! Ellis
12-25-14
Just picked up a brand new top hat for our Mayne Stage New Year's Eve Show. Now I'm styling LOL!
Best New Years Eve deal in town $23, 3 bands, Champagne, Beautiful Place. Get your tix now at maynestage.com
See you there!
Ellis
"Jenny Clark You look as good as it gets Ellis! I know the show will be fabulous!
Ken Osberg LOL Ellis!!! You look astute as hell and ready to rock!!! I may fly across stage in the blink of an eye and grab that hat and dance with it on my head on stage!!!! Can't wait for the show!!!!!!
Catherine Coffield Howard Groovy as always!
Stephen Becker http://youtu.be/OWwkBL0VMXE
Rocky and Bullwinkle Hat Trick YOUTUBE.COM
Ruthie Carr Butler Great hat! It's going to be an awesome show!
Sarah Page-wells You rock"
12-22-14
Be sure to get your tickets online now at maynestage.com before this show spectacular sells out!
Check out this latest poster design for our upcoming New Year's Eve Show at Mayne Stage as drawn by World Renown Illustrator Mitch O'Connell. & Be sure to get your tickets online now at maynestage.com before this show spectacular sells out!
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