PILSEN — Award-winning blues duo the Blood Brothers are welcoming a 3rd rocker, actor Invoice Murray, for 2 sold-out reveals at Pilsen’s Thalia Corridor subsequent month.
The Chicagoland native will be a part of Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Thalia Corridor, 1807 S. Allport St. Advance tickets bought out on-line, however a restricted variety of tickets will likely be out there on the door.
The Chicago reveals kick off a brief nationwide tour for “Invoice Murray and His Blood Brothers,” which runs via Feb. 15 and consists of stops in San Francisco, Atlanta and New York Metropolis.
Whereas he’s finest identified for his decades-long appearing profession in motion pictures like “Stripes,” “Ghostbusters” and “Rushmore,” Murray has additionally made quite a few appearances within the music scene over time, together with performing as Nick the Lounge Singer throughout his years on “Saturday Night time Stay,” recording the “New Worlds” album with classical musicians in 2017, and internet hosting Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Pageant.
The Blood Brothers had been launched to the Murray household via comedian and blues musician Chris “BadNews” Barnes, who was roommates with Murray’s youthful brother John, the Solar-Instances reported. John Murray started following the Blood Brothers’ profession and recommended to his brother Invoice that the band play their Caddyshack Charity Gold Match in Florida in April.
It was the start of “a quick friendship,” per the Solar-Instances.
Murray and the Blood Brothers beforehand carried out on the Large Blues Blender in Las Vegas in September and the Intrepid Artists’ thirtieth anniversary get together in Charlotte in October.
Like Murray, Blood Brother Albert Castiglia additionally has Chicago ties; he lived within the metropolis within the ’90s, in line with the Solar-Instances.
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