Thursday, July 11, 2019 · 8:00 PM CDT
Cracker with special guest Ike Reilly
4544 N Lincoln Ave · Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall · 773.728.6000
Thursday, July 11, 2019 · 8:00 PM CDT
4544 N Lincoln Ave · Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall · 773.728.6000
Cracker has been described as a lot of things over the years: alt-rock, Americana, insurgent-country, and have even had the terms punk and classic-rock thrown at them. But more than anything Cracker are survivors. Cofounders David Lowery and Johnny Hickman have been at it for almost a quarter of a century – amassing ten studio albums, multiple gold records, thousands of live performances, hit songs that are still in current radio rotation around the globe (“Low,” “Euro-Trash Girl,” “Get Off This” and “Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out With Me” to name just a few), and a worldwide fan base – that despite the major sea-changes within the music industry – continues to grow each year.
“Cracker have been weaving subtle yet undeniable country twang throughout their sound since their 1992 self-titled debut…the alt-rock radio band known for such hits as ‘Low' and ‘Get Off This' dives headfirst into the California country sound.” – Rolling Stone
Since his major label debut, the groundbreaking Salesmen and Racists, Ike Reilly has been making punk/folk/blues influenced rock ‘n' roll records that lean heavily on stories of outsiders with keen details and broad strokes that insinuate a crack in the American dream. Reilly's band, The Assassination, has been called one of the best live bands in America, and the body of recorded work they've turned out has been poetic, rebellious, wholly original, and critically acclaimed.