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Hip Pocket has been playing our brand of Blues and classic rock since 1986 out of our home base of Central Illinois. Members may have changed over the years, 38 to be exact, however the classic Chicago Blues sound still lingers in all the music we play.

We have shared the stage with some of greatest performers of true American Music including; BB King, Etta James, Marcia Ball, Delbert McClinton, Duke Robillard, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Albert King, Deanna Bogart, Freddy Cole, Luther and Bernard Allison, Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows, Blood Sweat and Tears, Ohio Players, Marshall Tucker, Roy Rogers, the late Jeff Healy, Stanley Jordon, Greg Piccolo, and countless others.

We have performed at 3 Presidential Inaugurations, hundreds of Club dates; have recorded 5 CDs and have a double DVD that chronicles our first 16 years; we’ve played hundreds of weddings and special events and we still have more to go.

We span the genres of blues and rock because it’s what we know. It all makes ultimate sense in the long run as we weave our way through blues standards like “Mustang Sally” or “Hey Bartender” then hit you with rock classics like “Rocky Mountain Way” and “Vehicle”.

We have come to the conclusion that you play to your strengths regardless and we just happen to like the music we play and hope that you will, too. No matter what you call it, the music will draw you to the dance floor and you will not forget or regret the time you spend with us.

We certainly haven’t been around this long because of our good looks and charm, it’s because we play great tunes and we sound damn good doing it. Your ears won’t bleed after our show and you will have a great time listening, dancing, and forgetting about the world outside for a few hours and that’s why we do what we do.

Don’t forget that you can download much of our music through iTunes and more ways of getting our music will be coming soon.

Finally, there are those who have borrowed our name and would have you believe they are the real Hip Pocket…friends there is only one Hip Pocket and you are on our site right now. The others are those who couldn’t figure out a good name for themselves, so they stole ours. More power to them as long as they stay out of Illinois. (Read more...)



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