On Saturday night, I took a drive to a small North Side tavern to see Tony Lee, a talented singer-songwriter-guitarist who performed songs from his CD, "Pocket," and some more tunes he's working on for a new album. Joining him was guitarist Jason Sichi, playing some tremendous licks on his Alvarez (my new guitar of choice, thanks to the guys at the Guitar Gallery). Jason also plays with his own band, Mojo Filter.

One of the songs they performed Saturday was Tony's original "Heartless," a melancholy ballad that features slide guitar. Jason played his part using a shot glass as a slide, somewhat of a variation on Duane Allman's legendary Coricidin bottle, but every bit as effective.

I'm starting to work with multimedia projects at the newspaper, and I put together a "multimedia project" with some photos I took on Saturday, as well as some others from last fall and a few from Tony's disc case. I tied that all in with the first part of "Heartless" from "Pocket," and there you have it.

View a slide show

For more about Tony, visit his new Web site that's just recently up and running.