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THANK YOU!!!!! The Live Wire was lucky enough to get a pretty good crowd out to Lilly's Bar thius past friday. A special thanks to the Picasso Twins.... I enjoyed my single autograph session. We had a great time entertaining all of you and the bart looked great. This was a really solid first outing for The Live Wire as we begin our attack on the music world.

Chris Steele - guitar extraordinaire / sweet smokey vocals
Jason Deibert - funky bass master
Mat Koehler - six-string samaurai
Curran McHenry - driving percussions

THE LIVE WIRE is a Chicago-based rock trio. Propelled by Chris Steele's acerbic songwriting and driving guitars, Jason Deibert's pulsing bass grooves and Curran McHenry's battery, The Live Wire's volatile sound belies its acoustic roots. With sharp lyrics, powerful arrangements and an explosive rhythm section, The Live Wire is defining its own "neo-classic" sound and style amid a crowded Windy City music scene.

A LITTLE HISTORY
A recovering New Yorker, CHRIS STEELE first cut his teeth on Bleecker Street with the rock/fusion project, The Johnny Tweed Show. After parting ways in 2003 Chris retooled his songs for the local coffeehouses. However as his writing matured and took on alt-country, blues and neo-garage influences, Steele felt increasingly confined by the solo format. Transplanted to Chicago in August '05, he sought out collaborators with the talent and style to match his ambitions as a songwriter.

CURRAN MCHENRY has played in a slew of eclectic Chicago-area bands, including Something Being Broken, Higher 4 Hire, and Wonderland. Previous efforts with SBB have aired on local radio and H4H was a featured act at Hempfest 2003. Curran teamed up with Steele in September 2005. His home studio is The Live Wire's current base of operations.

Growing up in a musical family, JASON DEIBERT started playing bass at age 14. After years of studying under local studio musicians and jazz players he has developed a style that is unique yet versatile and grounded in fundamentals. Previous bands/projects ranged in genre from hip/hop and funk to traditional jazz and rock and roll. Personal influences include but are not limited to: Jaco Pastorious, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, James Jamerson, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles. Jason joined Live Wire in October 2005.