The Haymarket Riot started their musical journey in the late 1960′s as the premiere horn band in the Chicagoland area. Known as “the top soul band” in the Midwest, they played material from such artists as James Brown, Wison Pickett, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Buddy Miles Express, Earth Wind & Fire, Average White Band, Sly and the Family Stone, Arthur Conley, Blood Sweat & Tears, and many others.

In the 1970′s they shared billing with such acts as Chaka Khan & Rufus, Four Days and A Night (Soul Machine), Styx, The Cryan Shames, Baby Huey and the Babysitters, The American Breed, Wayne Cochran and The CC Riders, The Buckinghams, The Ides of March, and many others.

The Haymarket Riot was reformed in the late 1980′s as one of the top corporate/special occasion bands performing for clients such as The Chicago Tribune President’s Ball, ARA Services New Years Eve Galas, Milwaukee Athletic Club (Performing with Rita Moreno / Tony Award Winner-West Side Story), and Lead Guitarist Frankie Sullivan Jr’s Wedding from the recording group “Survivor” among many other notable clients.

The Haymarket Riot has transcended into a fresh and unique approach in 2010 as a country/rock show band w/horns. In addition to assembling an amazing team of musicians, HMR is focusing the show on the best of country, pop and rock from the last three decades.

The Haymarket Riot has poised themselves, once again, to be the first choice of talent buyers everywhere.