THE REAL GONE STORY
A revival of the West Coast sounds from the ’50s and ’60s is happening right now in the Midwest! The Real Gone travels back in time to rock the classic music of The Ventures, The Sonics, and Dick Dale, then resurfaces with surfed out versions of modern hits from The Pixies, Muse, and more. The Real Gone has been bringing authentic surf rock and rockabilly to Chicagoland since 2007. The genre plays well in all situations. The Real Gone’s take on The Ventures’ “Fugitive” and reimangined rendition of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" were played on air on 93 WXRT. They’ve opened for Southern Culture on the Skids at City Winery, Reverend Horton Heat at Impact Fuel Room, and other national acts at Naperville’s Ribfest, Chicago’s Taste of Randolph Street and Reggie’s Rock Club. The band has been well suited and hired for corporate and private parties, burlesque and variety shows, car shows, and charitable events. Let their sonic waves wash over your event! You’ll wish you had a surfboard.
The musicians of The Real Gone are seasoned players with experience in a myriad of genres. Phil Lazzari and Bret Figura have been band mates for years. They have opened up for such artists as Clint Black, Drive-By-Truckers, Melvin Sparks, Fareed Haque, Caitlin Carey (Whiskeytown) & Thad Cocrell, Devil in a Woodpile, Anna Fermin’s Trigger Gospel, Reckless Kelly and more. Joe Rauen is a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music. He has performed extensively across the United States and his music has appeared on NPR’s Snap Judgement.
PAST PERFORMANCEs (see events for more)
Opening slot for Reverend Horton Heat Impact Fuel Room • City Winery, with Southern Culture on the Skids
Taste of Randolph St. (Chicago) • House of Blues Foundation Room • Untitled 111: Unbustled burlesque competition finals
Unbridled at Untitled: Angela Eve’s Bunny Ball burlesque • Martyrs’ (Chicago) • Reggie’s (Chicago)
Trader Vic’s (Chicago) • Fitzgerald’s • Naperville Ribfest • Skokie’s Backlot Bash
Honky Tonk BBQ • The Dock at Montrose Beach (Chicago) • Simone’s (Year-Long Residency - Chicago)
Lakeview East Festival of the Arts (Chicago) • Jalopy Fest • Lowbrow Fest • Humana Rock N' Roll Marathon, Chicago
Beyond Design 20-Year Celebration • Emporium Arcade Bar • Tinley Park Brew and Vine Fest • Frankfort Fall Festival (Frankfort, IL)
Olympia Fields Park District • Tribes Alehouse (Tinley and Mokena) • Loadsville 2015 • LiveWire (Chicago)
Silver Cross Field (Joliet Jackhammers games) • Nick’s Beergarden (Chicago) • Brauer House • Galway Tribes (Frankfort, IL)
The Blacktop Barons Road Block (Yorkville) • Chef Shangri-La • 2nd Annual Fong Fest
1st Inaugural 5K run & 1K walk benefiting the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s disease research
NEAT kitchen • Vet’s Fest (Joliet) • 2nd Annual Mystery Street Music Fest • Sandbar (Brookfield) • The Note (Chicago)
Chicago St. Pub (Joliet) • Chicago Street Music Fest (Joliet) • This Must Be the Place (Lemont)
Lemont Cruise Nights/Lemont Arts Festival • Downer’s Grove Car Shows • Francesca Passagio (Naperville)
Front Street Cantina (Lemont) • Floyd’s Alehouse • 191 South (Mokena) . . . and more
RECORDINGS: The Fugitive 2019 & Diablos De Los Swing (2019) | The Real Gone (2015) | Down the Tubes! (2011)
Commissioned in 2015 to write a song for Rhode Island PBS show “The Garage with Steve Butler"