Chicago was soulful, and that’s an understatement.

6 hours after leaving Cleveland, we arrived at Kool Hersh’s apartment in the windy city’s Logan Square. The vibe was excellent and our host was superb.

First on the itinerary was an in-store performance at the Silver Room in Wicker Park, a jewelry store, art gallery and performance space with an elevated DJ booth, fully equipped with Rane rotary mixer of course.

The Silver Room’s owner Eric came up in the old Chi town with the rat pack of original house legends like Ron Hardy, Larry Heard, Green Velvet et al… and brought that soul in to the space.  He even put Nick on the phone with Ron Trent, just to say hi.

A grown and sexy crowd trickled through the door before the official start time and dove in the …

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