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FITZGERALDS PATIO PRESENTS:DONNA HERULA BAND
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The Donna Herula Band is a Chicago-based blues band that has a passion for performing fun and lively versions of Delta Blues, Hill Country Blues and early Chicago Blues songs as well as creating original songs that tip the hat to the blues tradition. The band includes Donna Herula (singer, songwriter, resonator slide guitarist, and Chicago Blues Hall of Fame Inductee), Marc Edelstein (upright / slap bass), multi-instrumentalist Tony Wittrock (guitar, mandolin, ganjo) and Grammy winning drummer, Kenny "Beedy-Eyes" Smith.
In October 2022, Donna won both “Best Traditional Blues Artist” and her album “Bang at the Door” won “Best Acoustic Blues Album” at the Independent Blues Awards. She was hailed for her “superlative guitar prowess” and songwriting from “the female perspective” by Living Blues Magazine. She is also a slide guitar teacher at the Old Town School of Folk Music.
"The music flows from acoustic blues through gospel, jazz, and ragtime, to the electric Chicago blues style, with nods to New Orleans, folk, and country influences." - Mark Thompson, Blues Blast Magazine