I have 2 brothers in Peoria, and 2 more in other Illinois towns. We just got back from visiting my wife's mother in a Pekin nursing home. My brother was a country music DJ there and knows a lot of the artists at the annual Erinfest there. Happy Easter to you and yours
I've moved here from southern IL 7 years ago and have not yet made it to Ocean Shores, but now I have a reason to go there! Good luck with your pub, me boyo!. I was blessed to get invited up to sing a song at a pub in Seattle this St. Pat's with a group called the Haggis Bros and their adopted sister--if you are bored you can check it out and some of my other Irish renditions on youtube by searching "rickdermody" on youtube. Have a great day, and I will see you within a year, please God...