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Mike Wheeler Band + Resurrection Blues Band
Live at the Park Theatre in Holland, MI
Friday March 7, 2025
Doors @ 7PM | Show @ 8PM
18+ or with adult supervision
Tickets:
$15 in advance | $20 day of show
$35 VIP Red Leather Premium Seating (BALCONY)
$50 Table for four - GA UPGRADE - must still purchase GA ticket(s)
Mike Wheeler has a vast knowledge of music and a voice that's reminiscent of the late Sam Cooke. He can sing and play everything so well that you may forget what the original record even sounds like. From Jazz to Rock, from popular music to Top 40, he slides in and out of musical genres with sophistication, ease and indulgence. Mike Wheeler is a brilliant staple in the Chicago blues community, playing and writing songs for a variety of Chicago artists including, Nellie Tiger Travis, Peaches Staten, Sam Cockrell, Demetria Taylor, Big Ray & Cadillac Dave. Mike was a well known member of Big James &The Chicago Playboys, a notable band in Chicago and recorded five albums with the group. He has travelled the world as an ambassador for Chicago blues music. He's been to Monaco, France, Switzerland, Spain and Belgium, just to name a few. He's also shared the stage with the most elite musicians the world has known, including Willie Kent, Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, George Benson, Jimmy Johnson and Shemekia Copeland. Mike was inducted in the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame in 2014 & 2019
Mike uses Elixir Strings.
Larry Williams is a Bass Extraordinaire with unmatched stage presence and charisma. Influenced by artists such as Bennie Williams, Jerome Scott, Sam Cockrell, Larry Graham, James Jamerson, Willie Dixon, Stanley Clarke and Verdine White just to name a few. Larry's style is clean and driving, reminiscent of the late greats yet modern, enabling him to play with the best in the business. From Gospel to Alternative, Larry can play it all. He has played on national and international stages. He has performed with Albertina Walker, Tyrone Davis, James Cotton, Jimmy Johnson, Buddy Guy, Vicki Winans, Koko Taylor, B.B. King and George Benson along with countless others. He has recorded on three major blues labels: Alligator, Blind Pig and Delmark Records. He is a true example of someone who knows what he was born to do!!
Larry uses Elixir Strings & Bergantino Amplifiers
Cleo Cole began playing drums at the age of 10. He was influenced by his older brother Jethero Cole. Cleo played in his grammar and high school bands and also attended the Conservatory of Music where he was taught by Peter Romalis. He then began playing around town with various artists such as Doug McDonald, Alvin Cash, Floyd Taylor, Zora Young, Maurice John Vaughn, Shirley King, Big James, Nellie Travis, Peaches Staten, Sam Cockrell and Pistol Pete. His influences are Omar Hakim, Dennis Chambers, Billy Cobham, Bernard"Pretty"Purdie, Killer Ray Allison, Willie "Big Eyes"Smith and Willie "The Touch" Hayes. He has traveled all over the world. He was part of the Legendary Blues Cruise 2011 where he bonded with his fellow drummers. Cleo plays Yamaha Maple Customs and has a stick endorsement with Vic Firth. He has recorded on Blind Pig and Delmark Records. Cleo Cole is a drummer that you must see and hear for yourself!!!
JESSE LOCKRIDGE has been a part of the music scene in Chicago for the last 45 years.
Mr. Lockridge's interest in music was sparked through piano lessons at age nine. The Chicago experience provided him with the motivation and assertiveness he woukd need as a professional musician, a career he had already chosen by his first year of high school.
As a teenager Jesse acquired valuable first-hand recording and performing skills which would later benefit his career. This experience cultivated his innovative and unique piano style. By age nineteen, Mr. Lockridge was playing with various local bands until Chi-Sound Records hired him as a studio musician.
At Chi-Sound, Mr. Lockridge performed with such greats as Minnie Riperton, The Staple Singers, Gene Chandler, The Chi-Lites and Walter Jackson. Later, he turned his talents toward Chicago blues and performed with legendary blues artists Mighty Joe Young. Elvin Bishop, Willie Dixon, and Jimmy Johnson. This experience launched his reputation as a first-rate musician and led to invitations to work with other well-established Chicago blues artists such as Johnny B. Moore, Billy Branch, Lucky Peterson, Artie (Blues Boy) White, Willie Kent, Byther Smith, Katherine Davis, Buster Benton, Wille Dixon, and Nora Jean Wallace.
