Derek Fawcett at The Bitter End

Ten years ago, Derek Fawcett set out with producers Cody Fry and Niko Xidas to make musical sense of the end of his band, the beginning of a cinematic romance, and the foggy recollections of the colorful and troubled characters he encountered along the way. The resultant album, FEEL BETTER, was dubbed "...austere singer-songwriter stuff of surpassing grace." by the Chicago Tribune.  Ten years on, Fawcett, who has shared stages with Ben Folds, Peter Frampton, Pat Benatar, America, Gin Blossoms, Blues Traveler, and Colin Hay, is celebrating a decade of FEEL BETTER. His hair is shorter (and saltier), he traded Chicago for NYC, and he’s got some new stories to tell, but he’s basically the same guy (and the “cinematic romance” with his now-wife Jenna continues, unabated)...

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Ten years ago, Derek Fawcett set out with producers Cody Fry and Niko Xidas to make musical sense of the end of his band, the beginning of a cinematic romance, and the foggy recollections of the colorful and troubled characters he encountered along the way. The resultant album, FEEL BETTER, was dubbed "...austere singer-songwriter stuff of surpassing grace." by the Chicago Tribune.  Ten years on, Fawcett, who has shared stages with Ben Folds, Peter Frampton, Pat Benatar, America, Gin Blossoms, Blues Traveler, and Colin Hay, is celebrating a decade of FEEL BETTER. His hair is shorter (and saltier), he traded Chicago for NYC, and he’s got some new stories to tell, but he’s basically the same guy (and the “cinematic romance” with his now-wife Jenna continues, unabated). This show will revisit the album and share with his fans, friends, and collaborators where his music is headed

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