![Dan Whitaker out in front of Alcala's Western Wear on Chicago Avenue, next to the shop's palomino horse sculpture in a dark denim fleece-collared jacket and a cowboy hat](http://i0.wp.com/chicagoreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DanWhitaker_Photo-Credit-Jacob-Hand_4_web.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1)
Gossip Wolf has long admired local country-music craftsman Dan Whitaker, whose considerable discography includes folk-tinged solo work and recordings with his combo the Shinebenders that combine hillbilly jazz, country blues, honky-tonk stompers, and working-class ballads about booze, trucks, and lost love. By the end of this month, Whitaker will have relocated to Martindale, Texas (between […]
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