Name: The Chris O'Leary Band
Start: 2024-05-19T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐎'𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐘 and his Acclaimed Band perform at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club on 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑂’𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑦’𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚 ‘𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑒’ (2024) ℎ𝑖𝑡 #1 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑡!!
"𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝑶’𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆…𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓-𝒅𝒆-𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆."
— 𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏..."
— 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝑶’𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔."
— 𝑷𝑯𝑰𝑳𝑨𝑫𝑬𝑳𝑷𝑯𝑰𝑨 𝑫𝑨𝑰𝑳𝒀 𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺
"𝑶’𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒑 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓, 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒏."
— 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬
𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐎'𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐬. The Marine veteran, ex-Federal police officer and former lead singer of The Barn Burners (featuring Levon Helm on drums) has walked a hard line from his upstate New York home to stages all over the world.
𝐎’𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. His keenly written songs come directly from his colorful and sometimes harrowing life experiences. A disciple and friend of both The Band’s legendary drummer/vocalist/songwriter Levon Helm and iconic blues harmonica giant James Cotton, O'Leary has been playing professionally since the 1990s.
𝐈𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕, 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 ‘𝐧’ 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐨𝐟-𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐦, 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞, 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬. He wanted Chris to front the house band—featuring Helm on drums and his talented daughter Amy sharing vocals—at his new club, Levon Helm’s Classic American Café, on Decatur Steet. For over a year, O’Leary and Helm performed five nights a week, often backing famous touring musicians, from Hubert Sumlin to Bobby Keys to O’Leary’s harmonica hero James Cotton, whom O’Leary befriended. While in New Orleans, O’Leary’s musical vision grew to include soul, jazz, country and straight-ahead rock ‘n’ roll. With each performance, O’Leary was becoming a more fully formed artist. When Helm’s club closed, Levon took the house band—The Barn Burners—on the road. For the next six years, they barnstormed across the U.S. and Canada.
𝐎’𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧’𝐬 '𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬' 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑. The album was produced by Keith Richards and features, among others, Helm, Cotton and Eric Clapton. It also included O’Leary’s good friend, blues guitarist and Muddy Waters’ band alum Bob Margolin (who also appears on both 'The Last Waltz' and on 'Hard Again' and has a number of solo albums, including three on Alligator).
𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐎’𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, '𝐌𝐫. 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐞', 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 "𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭". Four more solo albums followed as O’Leary grew his audience one scorching performance at a time. O’Leary has always been a monster road warrior, playing hundreds of shows a year all over the world, personally connecting with his audience through his fervent, heartfelt performances. Outside of the U.S., he’s played in Canada, Ireland, Spain, France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Portugal.
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞' (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒), 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐭 #𝟏 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐎’𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝. And now, at long last, O’Leary is set to take his place among the world’s most passionate and exciting blues and roots artists. BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE raves about the album, “O’Leary demonstrates his chops as a blues harp virtuoso and masterful storyteller…’The Hard Line’ is filled with mournful ballads, high tempo rockers, and brilliant storytelling, all of which make it a must listen, and one of the most exciting blues albums to be released in 2024.”
𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐎'𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐘 at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club on 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. are NOW On-Sale on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: https://fb.me/e/4z17Gv595 and Jimmy’s Website at: https://jimmysoncongress.com/event/the-chris-oleary-band/ – 𝑫𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 - 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔 --- (and our 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅-𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕)- 𝒂𝒕 5:30 𝒑𝒎!!
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