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Baby Goes Boom

 southeast Texas town of Port Arthur, Wes Leavins is now quite at home in Chicago. The Brigitte Calls Me Baby frontman put down stakes on the North Side in 2023 after years of traveling back and forth to perform here. “I feel like an honorary native,” says Leavins, 28, who’s joined in Brigitte by four local musicians: bassist Devin Wessels, drummer Jeremy Benshish, and guitarists Trevor Lynch

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