Cairo Gang Play A Rare Show At Rainbo Club This Sunday

• Jim Newberry
• Cairo Gang bandleader Emmett Kelly

It’s rare that fabled Ukrainian Village watering hole Rainbo Club hosts rock shows, but when it does it’s almost a magical experience. The warm, wooden environment of the dark bar is the perfect backdrop for a spooky, intimate performance. The last show I saw at Rainbo was in 2012 when Disappears performed a benefit show there, setting up behind and on top of the bar, and turning the entire interior into some sort of interactive, psychedelic stage. This Sunday Rainbo is doing it again, hosting Emmett Kelly’s Cairo Gang, named Chicago’s Best Rock Band by Peter Margasak in last year’s Best of Chicago issue. The show is a sort of “welcome home” to the guys, who are currently on tour.