I happened to see a facecrack post featuring local musician Brian Carroll and it said he was “Back In The Saddle” at Peacock’s Pub in Bartonville.

I’ve know Brian since the early ’90’s when he was writing and creating hilarious articles in my magazine, POP. I thought it would be fun to go see him in musical action at Peacock’s Pub and so let’s go and have a fun musical evening on our 20th stop in our 365 midwest bar tour!

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Bar Number 20: Peacock’s Pub Featuring Brian Carroll & Friends, Thursday, January 29, 2026

Here we are at Peacock’s Pub in Bartonville, Illinois!

I realize that I’m starting to sound like a broken record here, but once again, let’s get inside and get out of this freezing cold winter midwest weather! Brrrr!

Ahh, it’s nice and toasty inside of Peacock’s Pub and there’s a nice crowd in here!

Let’s make our way over to…

The bar!

I sat down, took a photo from my angle and before you know it, Kim, the pretty and friendly bartender on duty served me up a bottle of Stella Artois! I love it when this happens and the night is starting out on quite a lovely note!

There’s the owner of Peacock’s Pub, Loren Peacock and he’s standing with Debbie, who told me that she enjoys reading the MBIP blog daily! I always love to hear that and it’s great to see and chat with them!

There’s a nice selection of bottled beer in the cooler behind the bar and there’s the quartet of draft beers available in Peacock’s Pub.

Peacock’s Pub merchandise is on display in this case at the front of the bar and in the back there’s a large gaming room for all of you gamblers out there.

Let’s check out this room over here…

This is a comfortable room with dining tables and a bar as well. Very nice!

There’s the aforementioned Brian Carroll getting ready to start tonight’s all request acoustic show. Brian is accompanied by his friends, Doug Rendlemen on drums and Todd Quinn on bass. I’m anxious to hear these musicians in action and that will happen momentarily!

Debbie invited me to join her and her friends at their table to watch the show, so I did. They’re a fun group of people and it was my pleasure to join them!

They are, from left: Debbie, Angi, John and Charmin. It was wonderful to meet all of them and we had a fun evening! Oh and I promised Charmin I wouldn’t mention anything about her being named after toilet paper, so let’s just keep moving along here!

Now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the front stage of Peacock’s Pub, the musical stylings of…

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Brian Carroll, Doug Rendlemen and Todd Quinn!

Right from the first note, everyone knew that we were in for a top flight acoustic musical performance! This was an all request show and some of the requested tunes included: Man on the Moon, Country Roads, Solsbury Hill, Toes, Walking in Memphis and Night Moves.

It was amazing how they could just rip into song after song with no rehearsal whatsoever of them! The crowd was loving it!

And speaking of the crowd, check it out, they packed the house!

This was such a fun show and Brian entertained the crowd between songs with fun banter and jokes.

Brian is a busy and popular local musician and he’s also a member of the super popular band, Revel In Red and The Brian Carroll Trio. You can follow Brian’s musical adventures on his facecrack page.

If you missed this show, don’t worry, he’ll be back at Peacock’s Pub on Thursday, February 19th!

This was a fabulous musical evening and thanks to Brian, Doug and Todd for the superb live music, to everyone at Peacock’s Pub for the hospitality and friendly service and to Debbie, Angi, Charmin and John for letting me sit and hang out at their table. What a fun evening in Bartonville, Illinois!

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