Chuck Brodsky is an amazing folk singer and songwriter but more than anything he is a wonderful storyteller. He came to Kankakee for the first time in December and played a concert at the Kohl Center downtown. I drove him around town assuming that someone who writes songs that are brought to life with details of people and places would enjoy seeing the area. Judging by the look in his eyes he was intense about taking it all in. As it turned out the look in his eye might have been hunger. It was almost three in the afternoon and he hadn't eaten all day. Chuck did enjoy his evening in Kankakee and is looking forward to returning someday.
Chuck has written songs about baseball that can be heard in Cooperstown at the Hall of Fame. He played some of those songs while in Kankakee but also made an impression with songs about other topics. Chuck sang a tune titled, "Boys in the Back Room" about dirty city politcians. It was his first time performing the song for a actual city mayor. Kankakee Mayor Don Green realized the song was not directed at him.
Other notes of interest (or not)
- Chuck drank his first Old Style in Kankakee with me. It was not my first Old Style.
- Chuck's concert in Kankakee raised over $1,000 for the Community Foundation of the Kankakee River Valley
- Chuck has never mentioned Kankakee in any of his songs ... at least not yet.
Check Chuck out at www.chuckbrodsky.com and in thes photos below from a trip to Jerusalem.
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