The back room along the boat slip walkway has TVs at each end, often tuned to big games. Live Dixieland jazz is featured on weekdays, and a gospel brunch on Sundays. Dixieland Jazz and Gospel Choirs House of Blues 329 N. Dearborn St. Juke joint meets opera house in the design and atmosphere at the House of Blues, which opened here in October 1996 as the largest in a chain of HOB nightclubs created by Hard Rock Cafe co-founder Isaac Tigrett, who has since departed. Diverse live music, from Aretha Franklin to Ted Nugent, War to current pop alternative bands, is booked seven nights a week.
Blues music is only one of the styles offered.
Although purists won't set foot here, the slickness that turns them off is a big plus to many who believe that the blues doesn't have to live in a shack. Live Music Jazz Showcase 59 W. Grand Ave. We're not into what they call New Age, but we'll do some swing, some big band, maybe some Latin jazz once in a while. But very few vocalists. Along with the huge picture of Charlie Parker hanging in the lobby, Segal has historic photos and posters inside the club.