It started with a note on a high school bulletin board calling for potential musicians to meet in the home of one of their classmates to talk about forming a band.  Today, thirty-eight years, twelve albums, twenty-two Grammy awards, and sales of 150 million records worldwide later, the group shows no signs of losing steam.

U2 is a musical phenomenon, beating the odds, shattering expectations, and changing the world.  And with our next performance, Great Moments in Vinyl plays tribute to this fantastically successful and enduring band, presenting two of their legendary recordings in their entirety:  The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby.  And along the way, you’ll get the back story behind the songs, the players, and the culture they were a part of.

Great Moments in Vinyl is a collaborative effort between master of ceremonies and bassist, Bill Cochran, a veteran Chicago radio personality (WXRT, WNUA,…and WXRT again), and an ever-changing line-up of noteworthy Chicago musicians.  For this set, the stage will be filled with guitarists Rich Pettengill and Pete Cunningham, keyboardist Debbie Kaczynski, drummer Peter Manis, and vocalists Aerin Tedesco, Kip Plourde, Sharon Dusek, and Judith Weirauch.