Country Beats and City Streets: Ed Warm's Journey from IU Football to Music Mogul

Join us in this captivating episode as we explore the remarkable journey of Ed Warm, a figure whose passion for music and entrepreneurship has significantly shaped Chicago's live music scene. Ed, the visionary owner of Joe's Bar on Weed Street and Joe's Live in Rosemont, Illinois, shares his unique path from an IU football manager to a three-time Academy of Country Music Promoter of the Year Award winner. In This Episode: 0:00 About Ed Warm: About Edward M. Warm Ed Warm turned the experience he gained in the 1980's as an IU football manager into a successful career as an entrepreneur, bar owner, and country-music promoter. Warm is a partner at Joe's Bar in Chicago and an organizer of the Windy City Smokeout, an annual Chicago BBQ and country music festival. :39 Pre Show Mike Orfanos and the mosquitos had a blast at Joe's Live in Rosemont 2:18 DERRICK PROCELL Show https://www.rauecenter.org https://events.rauecenter.org/event/derrick-procell-5/raue/crystal-lake-illinois/ https://www.derrickprocellmusic.com/ 4:56 Mike forgot to ask Michael Yerke Live Nation Something 6:09 Heart of Glass Blondie Tribute plas HUMO Smokehouse in Lombard 3-15-24 8pm https://humosmokehouse.com/ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-bowie-blondie-and-billy-idol-tribute-night-w-spaceface-guests-tickets-839441581367 8:00 Two Costa Ricans Show 8:35 2 Costa Ricans tsting one two song 9:16 Duff Rice and Michael Yerke Clip 9:24 Schwing 9:31 2 Costa ricans show 12:05 Ed Warm Owner Joes Bar n Weed Street https://www.joesbar.com/ and Joes Live Rosemont https://www.joesliverosemont.com/ 14:15 Ed Warm History with Pete 14:40 Hi Tops https://chibarproject.com/reviews/hi-tops/ 15:14 Mike Yerke Duff Rice 15:36 Gamekeepers 16:04 Feddy Jones Band Story https://freddyjonesband.net/ 16:48 Brian Oconnel https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/live-nation-country-brian-oconnell-fests-tours-summer-2016-6858306/ 18:00 Rick Springfield at Joes weed 19:00 Brad Altman clip 19:17 Bringing jazz and county into chicago in early 90's 19:35 Ed Warm is the king of county 20:06 Gary and Dana Kron Kronies and Whiskey River 20:30 how many awards has Ed Warm and his venues won 20:53 When did rosemont location come into play? 21:06 Ed Warm became a partner in Bub City https://www.bub-city.com/chicago/live-music/ 21:22 Sturgill Simpson first show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgill_Simpson Chris Stapelton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Stapleton 21:30 Windy City Smokeout https://www.windycitysmokeout.com/ 22:22 Toby Keith Chain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Keith%27s_I_Love_This_Bar_%26_Grill 22:32 Chick Norris Jimy Sohns Joes Lives 23:00 In The Flesh Mike orfanos fans take Joes Live 24:00 Ed Warms take advice on owning bar booking music 25:45 What marketing is working 26:40 Tech advancements that have helped bar music businesses? 28:03 County or pop? 28:50 Wxrt 30:38 Napster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster 32:12 Names to look out for Noah Kahan 32:40 Music discovery 34:10 Whats the one thing Ed wishes he would have known before he got into the bar music business? 35:50 Bar Inventory Technology 37:27 Shows Coming up to Eds places Sam Barber https://sambarbermusic.com/pages/tour Tyler Braden 38:45 Alex Green Indiana University Football Player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Green_(defensive_back) 40:15 Ed Warm won the Indiana Clevinger Award https://honorsandawards.iu.edu/awards/honoree/8645.html 40:50 Satellite Horror Story's in the 90's 45:30 Schwing 45:30 Two Costa Ricans close out song