Songwriter Circle w/ host Terry White and guests Rick Sherry and Jon Williams
Chicago
Event Details
FITZGERALDS SONGWRITER CIRCLE: HOSTED BY TERRY WHITE W/ SPECIAL GUESTS: Rick Sherry and Jon Williams FREE SHOW! Click 'Book Now' to rsvp
Artist Background
Terry White's career as a musician can be traced back to his childhood in Oak Park, IL, just outside of Chicago, where he began teaching himself guitar as an adolescent (and played in the requisite talent show/school dance/house party band after graduating high school), but really took root in Carbondale, IL, where he attended Southern Illinois University and formed a band with Phil Bayer, Kevin James and Chris Obren after graduation.
That band, Modern Day Saints, recorded a slew of original music and, in 1989, moved to Los Angeles to sell it all to the highest bidder. The band lost Obren to fatherhood but gained new drummer Rob Pierce and enjoyed a rabid LA following as regulars on the legendary Sunset Strip. After a long residency at the Whisky-a-Go-Go, Modern Day Saints broke up in 1992.
Album Information
You Won't Have a Home is a collection of songs written over the last four years. It began in 2021 when White, Paul Bivans (drums), Andon Davis (guitar), Michael Krayniak (bass) and Chris Neville (organ) met at Joyride Studios, owned by engineer Blaise Barton (who sadly passed away on June 12, 2025), in Chicago.
The songs that comprise You Won't Have a Home were recorded one at a time, with as few overdubs as possible, to maintain a , 'rdquo' -> live in-studio' sound.
Over the course of many sessions, White enlisted his musician friends, including Brian Leach (who also engineered and mixed tracks on the album), Gerald Dowd, Patrick Brennan, Rob Pierce, John Pirruccello, and Phil Bayer, to lend their voices and assorted instruments to flesh out the desired sounds and textures. He further enlisted Pie Eyed Pete Cimbalo (bass), Sheila Cimbalo (vocals) and Tom Kneesel (pedal steel) to record a version of , 'rdquo' -> Deportee (Plane Wreck at Lost Gatos),' written by Woody Guthrie and Martin Hoffman.
At 65 years of age, Terry White has plenty of experiences to draw on as a writer. The songs that appear on You Won't Have a Home reflect not only the mistakes he's made over the years, but also the good fortune that he has enjoyed.
The album opens with , 'rdquo' -> Laughing Leads to Crying,' which combines the mistakes, good fortune, and some pure fiction all in one! Other tracks on the album, a couple of which were recorded and mixed by John Abbey at Kingsize Sound Labs in Chicago, recollect the friendships of youth, the trials of marriage, and the pursuit of happiness.
Additional Information
Grab dinner before the show at BABYGOLD BARBECUE
Parking
There is rather limited street parking in the area, we recommend arriving by rideshare, bicycle, or rickshaw.
