Rick Kogan: It may be only rock ‘n’ roll but Blagojevich was back in the spotlight for a few songs at a Chicago club
CHICAGO — Beer was flowing, the band was playing, people danced and in the audience sat a former governor of Illinois at a table with his wife, ready to rock ’n’ roll.
“I’m humbled to be asked to sing again with this band,” said Rod Blagojevich.
The band was The Drawers, a cover band that focuses on rock tunes from the past and some original material. Blagojevich has performed with this band before, for the first time at a private outdoor event shortly after his release from prison in 2020 and twice here at Martyrs’ music club.
The band was formed long ago by one of its current members, criminal defense attorney Leonard Goodman, who plays guitar and was Blagojevich’s appellate lawyer. It was the name of a band he had in college — the name a riff on
