Bruce Bendinger at Katerina's in Chicago on August 26

Saturday, August 26th
6:00 9:00 P
M No Cover!
at KATERINA'S
1920 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613
773-348-7592

“Ad Man by day, lounge crooner by night..."

NEW FROM SOUTHPORT RECORDS (a.k.a. Southport Lounge):
Bruce Bendinger - Chicago's creative ad genius, puts his unique musical observations onto a CD that features surprising production and great performances from some of Chicago's top studio players. His song lyrics are “Like a martini with an ironic twist."

Here's what Jim DeRogatis, the Sun-Times' Pop Music critic had to say, after hearing Bruce's CD (and getting a note from Bruce...)

Inspired by my recent column about a pop hype of the moment -- “As someone else who can't sing, I realized I have the potential to be the Paris Hilton of the Baby Boomer generation," he wrote -- adman by day, lounge crooner by night Bruce Bendinger sent along his new album “Can't Sing, Don't Care: Songs from the Hip" on the local South-port Records. The twisted take on vintage spaceage bachelor pad exotica isn't nearly as unlistenable as the self-deprecating Bendinger claims: Its gonzo charms can be heard in the first track, “Just Trippin' With You," which offers a string of love-as- transportation metaphors, including, “Your love is my transportation/And it's always first class.">

Gonzo Charms? Who is this guy? Studs Terkel called him “the vunderkind." He featured Interviews with Bruce in three of his books. These days, Bruce the ad man writes and publishes books used in universities and ad agencies. Bruce was creative director for a President of the USA. Apple Computer flew him out to help develop a strategy system. He produced Popeyes jingles with Dr. John, the Neville Brothers, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and more. Cool stuff. But, strange as it seems, Bruce had some spare time.

On “Can't Sing. Don't Care" you'll hear his “songs from the hip." They cover life, love, and politics. We like Bruce. We love his music. Great lyrics. He makes us laugh.