Photos – Lincoln Park – 6pm Saturday – The Capitol Hillbillies’ Concert

Photos – Lincoln Park – 6pm Saturday – The Capitol Hillbillies’ Concert

By Larry Janezich

Posted September 17, 2023

The Capitol Hillbillies brought their music – 1920s era Blues and Jug band – to Lincoln Park Saturday night.  The National Park Service hosted the event, reminiscent of programs held in the late 1960s as part of the “Summer in the Parks” program, which promoted racial harmony and use of outdoor space through music, reading, sports, and other activities.  A Park Service Ranger told CHC this was the second concert sponsored by the NPS this year and anticipated additional concerts next year. 

The Capitol Hillbillies, (S-R) Brendan Bailes, resonator guitar; Pearl Bailes, harmonica; Will Ward, guitar; Brent Meier, bass and tuba; Joel Bailes, piano and band leader. 

Here’s part of a Blues standard by Robert Johnson, “Dust my Broom.”  Johnson, an American Blues musician and songwriter was a master of the Delta blues style and according to Wiki, influenced generations of musicians, including Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, Keith Richards and Johnny Winter.