But many many years ago there were explorers who came from various countries, in fact one of the countries that we so criticize today, France, was the first country that had the guts to try to find the Northwest Passage. They explored the cold Canadian Provinces down the St. Lawrence River through a series of lakes that were Erie, Huron, Ontario, Superior and then Lake Michigan. These lakes were the largest group of fresh water lakes ever discovered on the planet Earth, and they still are to this day.
This region then went from being a desert to being an area known as The Great Lakes Region. But within this region many people have explored, they have struggled, suffered, they have died. Their souls still remain within these Great Lakes, they swim around like Chinooks, they swim from one place to another. That is why this room is called The Chinook Lounge. That is why when you look out over the waters of Lake Michigan, these fish you don't see, but you know that below the surface there are millions of little fish swimming around and at one time were possibly the souls of your aunts, uncles, your sisters, Jean Baptiste DuSable, other great Chicagoans who lived here, Nelson Algren, that lawyer who was famous in the 1920's who did the Scopes Trial, Clarence Darrow, who had his ashes spread in the lagoon behind the Natural Science Museum. But that lagoon feeds into The Great Lakes, and so this soul eminates from the waters of The Great Lakes, and we experience this soul.
And that is why when we look at the acronym for these five lakes you look at Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. H...O...M...E...S it spells Homes...IT is our Home...IT'S where OUR soul lives...IT'S what we believe in.
AND TONIGHT---we represent all of the millions of people who struggled to make this city great, THEY ARE THE LOST SOULS OF THE GREAT LAKES!!!!
-from the introduction Feb 7, 2004
The Hideout - Feb 07, 2004
Captain Jacques Quimby - guitar, tin whistle vocals, story teller, percussion, indian banjo
Susanna Maria - violin, vocals, acoustic guitar
D Olaf Juhlin - guitar, vocals
Ted "Moke Bait" Cho - guitar, mandolin, banjo
Dave Maximus Blowhard Crawford - organ, trumpet, accordion, beer cups, vocals
Eddie "Blood Bucket" Carlson - bass
Tallbot of Earl - drums, vocals
Alisea "Taly hoe" Chesley - cello
Martin Flemming Stebbing - bass, zither, percussion
Fitzgerald's - Apr 02, 2004
Morseland - Nov, 21, 2004
Feb 7, 2004 - The Hideout, Chicago, IL
Mar 17, 2004 - Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, IL
Apr 02, 2004 - Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, IL
July 10, 2004 - Italian-American Heritage Festival
Nov 21, 2004 - Morseland, Chicago, IL
Feb 2, 2005 - The Hideout, Chicago, IL
Feb 9, 2005 - The Hideout, Chicago, IL
Feb 16, 2005 - The Hideout, Chicago, IL
Feb 23, 2005 - The Hideout, Chicago, IL
