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Robert E. Levy

Trying To Reach Out For The Sun

About Me

Robert's musical journey began in 1992 playing in local clubs such as Abbey Pub, Czar Bar,Aftershock's,Club Stodola, Phyllis' Musical Inn, Smiller Coogan's,Gamblers, Biddy Mulligan's and Sluggers.He has fronted several Rock bands including Eternity's Child, Midnight Swim & Lobotomy.The Ep called "Under the Knife" by Lobotomy was co-written and co-produced by Robert as was the self-titled cd by Midnight Swim. Robert continues to expand his career with acoustic solo performances at local clubs throughout Illinois in the last few years.Recently he has performed at Bill's Blues Bar, Buck's Rock & Roll Grill(Lake Zurich,Il), at The WLUW studios, Starbucks, Mt. Olive Church, Cafe Mud(Evanston), An In-Store performance at the Record Emporium, Pick -A- Cup Cafe(Evanston,Il), Stadium West Lounge, Jesus Alive Cafe'(Bensenville,IL), The Red Line Tap Room, Sun Cafe, Fantasy Lounge, Gallery Cabaret, Pint, Carol's Pub, Jazz It Cafe, Horseshoe Lounge, Hollywood Lounge, Silvie's Lounge, Chicago Acoustic Underground , The Fine Arts Building, The Chic-A-Go-Go T.V.Show (CAN-TV;Ch.19) ,Lilly's Bar, Sazerac Lounge (Grand Rapids,Mi) & Elbo Room . His live set includes songs from his CD as well as instrumental versions of The Who's "I'm Free" , The Ventures "Walk Don't Run" as well as covers of "California Dreamin" by The Mamas & Papas , "Sandman" by America, "We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place" by the Animals, "Luckyman" by ELP & "Gallow's Pole" by Led Zeppelin. Robert's songs "Hungry Days" & "Talk Show Host" have been featured on Chicago radio .The music featured on this page is from his CD "This Journey" which contains all origional material that was written and produced by Robert and is for sale at CDbaby.com The CD is also sold at the Record Emporium ([email protected]) & at Deadwax ( Lincoln Ave. in Chgo,Il). To book Robert for live performances, studio work or for more information, send a message thru this myspace page to Robert or e-mail In-Flight Music at [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/6/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/robertelevy
Band Members: Robert Levy (Guitars and Vocal)
Influences: Elvis Presley, Brian Wilson, The Beatles, Ravi Shankar, The Who, Rush, Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Simon & Garfunkel, The Guess Who, Jose Feliciano,Pearl Jam, The Doors,Led Zeppelin,Thin Lizzy, Jars of Clay, Collective Soul, George Harrison,Boston,Yes,UFO, Donovan, Eric Clapton,Muddy Waters,Willie Dixon, ELP, America, Nirvana,John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Styx, The Cars,Kiss, Janis Joplin, Heart, Carole King, Queen, Jonathan Edwards, America, The Ventures, Journey,Pete Townsend, Elton John, Deep Purple, Urge Overkill, Mamas and Papas.
Record Label: In Flight Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

My live recording from Bad Dog Tavern in Chgo

Hello -I had the pleasure of meeting new friends and playing at Bad Dog Tavern in Chicago. After getting to the bar late on a Wednesday night, hosts Dan and Tom were able to get me in the last slot o...
Posted by Robert E. Levy on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:30:00 PST

You Can Also Find Me At...

You can also find me online at:www.cdbaby.com/robertelevywww.chicagoacoustic.net(episode 87)tp://chicagoacoustic.net/podcasts/podcasts/episode-87---r obert-e.-levy.htmlwww.associatedcontent.com/robertl...
Posted by Robert E. Levy on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:28:00 PST

The Art Of Connie

Fellow artist and friend Connie Szerszen is an amazing portrait artist as well as talented DJ. She has been on WJMK(104.3) and US 99 (99.5) Her portraits are done in oil and pastels and are simply awe...
Posted by Robert E. Levy on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:06:00 PST

Midnight Swim

The hard rock/heavy metal cd Midnight Swim features myself on vocals, Lem Roby-guitars, Howard Grayck- drums and Mike Felten-bass. The music was re-mastered and released on cd in 2003 and is available...
Posted by Robert E. Levy on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:18:00 PST

This Journey- The CD

Recording "This Journey" was a labor of love. It was recorded in Chicago-engineered and mixed by Dave Whitcomb for In-Flight Records. The track listing is as follows:1. Hungry Days (with vocals)2...
Posted by Robert E. Levy on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:29:00 PST