Eddie Turner
Mon, Sep 29
|The Alamo
⚡ Psychedelic blues meets raw emotion — Eddie Turner brings his genre-bending guitar work and hypnotic style to close out September’s BlueMonday in unforgettable fashion. 🎸 This is blues for the bold.
Time & Location
Sep 29, 2025, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
The Alamo, 115 N 5th St, Springfield, IL 62701, USA
About the event
Born in Cuba and raised in Chicago, IL, Eddie Turner got the musical bug when he was 12 and started to join rock and blues bands almost instantly. He would get his education by sneaking into the local clubs or hanging out in the alleys to hear the greats like Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Smith, and Chicago. He and his friends would jam every weekend at someone’s house and “argue about who copped Clapton’s solo the best in “Crossroads” or whatever. You know; what kids do.”
But seeing Tommy Bolin in Zephyr kicked his dream into high gear.
Eddie got moving on his dream while attending college at the University of Colorado, studying liberal arts, and playing in bands. By the mid-70s, he was invited to join Mother Earth, the backing band of singer Tracey Nelson and a stint in the. After departing that group and after meeting band members Candy…