The ChattanooGuys is comprised of Delta blues musician Lon Eldridge, virtuoso Appalachian dulcimer player Butch Ross, and John Prine-inspired singer/songwriter Richard Daigle. The ChattanooGuys bring smiles to faces with original songs about a monkey and his victrola or a getaway by becoming a squirrel for a day or an instrumental of Stairway to Heaven which leaves an audience saying "I didn't think you could do that with a dulcimer." The New Orleans-born Daigle had the idea for this road trip so he could export the richness and diversity of Chattanooga music and enjoy a po-boy or two and some boiled crawfish on the Gulf Coast. This is the inaugural tour for the group.

The Southern Steam Tour - Fall 2022
THUR. SEPT 29	Puckett's Grocery Chattanooga, TN      Tour Kickoff Show!	6pm
FRI. SEPT 30	Back Forty Brewery, Gadsden, AL	6pm
SAT. Oct 1	Satori Coffee House, Mobile, AL,	7pm
SUN. Oct 2	Renaissance Hotel, New Orleans, LA (French Qtr)	11am
TUE. Oct 4	Phil Brady's Baton Rouge, LA	7:30pm
WED. Oct 5	Lon solo @ the Renaissance Hotel Baton Rouge, LA	6pm
WED. Oct 5	Butch solo @ the IceHouse, Baton Rouge, LA	7:30pm
WED. Oct 5	Richard w/ Dustin Gaspard, Rock n Bowl Lafayette, LA	7pm
THUR. Oct 6	Howlin' Wolf New Orleans, LA (French Qtr) - $5 cover	7pm
FRI. Oct 7	Jack's on the Tracks, Pascagoula, MS,	7pm
SAT. Oct 8	Downtown Grill & Grocery, Hattiesburgh, MS	8pm
SUN. Oct 9	Lon @ Blu Jazz Hattiesburgh, MS for brunch	11am
SUN. Oct 9	Richard and Butch @ Hattiesburgers Hattiesburgh, MS for Brunch	11am

Lon Eldridge
Lon Eldridge is often said to have talent and style well beyond his years. His warm and infectious musicality is sure to keep you tuned in throughout the night, coupling masterful fingerstyle guitar with clever, brilliant vocals. You'll swear there's more than one person playing on stage! Lon has toured both the USA and Europe, taking his unique blend of traditional pre-war blues, ragtime, and swing to whole new audiences. This is a show (and a moustache) you definitely don't want to miss!

Lon began playing guitar at the age of thirteen, and it quickly grew into a passion and an obsession. Lon's playing style is one of intricate fingerstyle guitar work, evoking the spirits of Mississippi John Hurt, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake and countless other musical masters. Alongside this is a calm, cool stage demeanor that would lead you to believe he's actually sitting in an arm chair in your living room, rather than on a stage. An avid collector of 78rpm records, Lon spends most of his free time tucked away with his ear glued to a Victrola horn.
www.loneldridge.com
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Butch Ross
Butch Ross has been gleefully smashing disparate genres of music together for over ten years. Using the mountain dulcimer as a prism, he has adapted everything imaginable to it, from Bach to the Beatles to Dave Brubeck. Even once playing Radiohead’s Kid A—in it’s entirety—solo.

His restless musical curiosity and virtuosity, coupled with his innate ability to break complex concepts into simple ideas, have made him an in-demand teacher and performer at many folk and dulcimer festivals both in the States and abroad.
www.butchross.com
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Richard Daigle
Richard Daigle is a late-blooming, singer/songwriter who released his first album, Average Joe, in the pandemic days of 2020. A lifelong fan of John Prine, Richard bought John Prine's first album while still in high school and saw his first concert in 1977. Later, as a cub reporter for a daily paper in Georgia, he had the opportunity to interview and dine with Prine. Richard sings many Prine-inspired originals as well as John Prine and other 70s era covers that can make listeners laugh, cry, or think.

Commenting on Roots Music Report, reviewer Robert Silverstein noted, "so who is Richard Daigle's Average Joe CD reminiscent of? Some Arlo Guthrie, some Bob Dylan and of course, the late, great John Prine...filled with a range of tuneful, toe-tapping tracks with deep lyrics, Average Joe is a very cool little CD by a singer-songwriter that still has something important to say."
www.richarddaigle.com
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