Chicago's Bin36 restaurant and the best acoustic performances

Been on the road these past two weeks and unable to blog, but while I was attending the American Society For Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago, my wife and I were able to visit our favorite restaurant, Bin36. If you ever get to Chicago, don’t miss this place, especially if you like wine and want to learn more. They have a marvelous selection of cheese flights so start with one as an appetizer. The wines can be ordered by the glass, bottle, or in a flight that consists of four different choices. The dinner entrees are tapas-style so you can mix and match, and everything we had was delicious. But our favorite wine of the night was their own Duncan & Sachs Proprietary Red, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Petit Verdot, and Merlot. It’s a deep red color with aromas of dark berries and a touch of mocha. The flavor is full of blackberries, plums, and healthy overtones of dark chocolate. Light on the tannins which is fine with me. We took a bottle ($17.00) back to our hotel for the next night. Outstanding!

And to compliment any ole wine you’re drinking, here’s a collection of what I consider to be some of the greatest guitar numbers, performances, and guitarist in the acoustic world starting with Michael Hedges and ending with Tommy Emmanuel. Enjoy!

Michael Hedges

Gimme Shelter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prF59Qp1mTc

Watchtower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqGHE5GqZ44

Ragamuffin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ulWPVb8t44

Jitterboogie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnaEZaUMk-s

Don Ross

Klimbim: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBwM9VqmxQE

Michael Michael: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkidVP0AcQ8&feature=relmfu

Chet Atkins

Stars and Stripes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8BDYETDM5c

Leo Kotke

Vaseline Machine Gun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tew_fIhz3eY

Eric Mongrain

Airtap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22k&feature=relmfu

Andy McKee

Art of Motion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmE3QaGetn4

Kotaro Oshio

Dancing Crickets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oek5jiErMg4&feature=related

Calum Graham

Hella Good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-zCshXQTLo&feature=related

Eric Turnbull

Low C: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRahpP5WP68

Gareth Pearson

Billie Jean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e64DJemlUec&feature=relmfu

Mason Williams

Classical Gas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z9nl3T31wI

Jake Shimabuko

Wes on Four: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlL75puYxsI&feature=related

T-Cophony

Closed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ummgtgt2zSI

Tommy Emmanuel

Blues Improvisation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBap_0FYYQs&feature=related

Sanitarium Shuffle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlyvV7zNx0&feature=related

Cheers!