CHICAGO – All Stephen Day needs to get the attention of over 250 Chicagoans is a mustache, stellar sideburns, and a guitar. The Nashville-based artist rocked Lincoln Hall on Friday, February 21st, 2025 with his tight band, crooner voice, and a mid-concert surprise event.
When Day walked out on stage to fun rock music, shook his piano player’s hand, and danced around, all before he put on his guitar, you knew it was going to be a good show. The impressive singer and lead guitarist instantly grabbed our eyes and ears when he started to play one of his new classics off the Gold Mine album, “Kinda Cowgirl.” The country-adjacent soul tune about finding the perfect girl made everyone in the audience move from side to side and filled their veins with excitement for the hour and a half to come. Day continued to rock the house down with his standards like “On Top of the World,” and “If You Were The Rain,” both of which had every person in the audience singing their hearts out.
It’s impossible to talk about Stephen Day without talking about his band. The players backing up the modern-day crooner knocked the house down. The bass player had groovy bass lines for every tune that made it impossible to stand still. The drummer showed incredible skill with his dynamics, clearly differentiating when a song was high energy and when we needed to bring the volume down. The piano player was a shredder! There was not a moment where the keys didn’t punch through with clarity, incredible tone, and a great sense of style.
Before the concert started, the voice of Stephen Day came over the speakers, telling the audience to “check in” for the show. After about 45 minutes of stellar tunes, the audience started to get curious about a large jackpot wheel to the side of the stage. “What’s the wheel for!?” people were shouting. Day’s band mates started to look at each other, knowing it was time.
Suddenly, the lights changed and it was time to SPIN! THAT! WHEEL!! A random concertgoer’s name was called, and the band played the grooviest game show music known to mankind. The lucky spinner went up stage, spun a giant wheel and won a Stephen Day crewneck. If every concert had a check-in and a jackpot wheel, the world would be a better place.
Stephen Day just started his tour. He will be on the road until mid-April, creating memories, giving away crewnecks, and playing some of the best music in the industry right now. It’s clear that Stephen Day didn’t just put on a concert; he created a moment for everyone in attendance to be replaying long after the concert was over.