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Wayne Baker Brooks (born April 30, 1970, Chicago). Guitarist and singer, son of the blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks (as above). [ 22] Big Bill Broonzy (June 26, 1903, Altheimer, Arkansas – August 14, 1958). Acoustic country blues musician who performed Chicago blues, singing and playing guitar and mandolin.
Checkerboard Lounge. Coordinates: 41.816435°N 87.615211°W. The Checkerboard Lounge was a blues club on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, established in 1972 at 423 E. 43rd St. by L.C. Thurman and Buddy Guy. [ 1][ 2] In 1985, Guy left the partnership and later established Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood.
Blues from Chicago. (1968) Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's South Side Band is the 1967 debut album of American blues-harp musician Charlie Musselwhite, leading Charlie Musselwhite's Southside Band. [1] The Vanguard Records release brought Musselwhite to notability among blues musicians and also helped bridge the gap between blues ...
Vance Kelly. Vance Kelly (born January 24, 1954) is an American soul blues singer and guitarist who has performed regularly at various music venues in the Chicago area, chief among them being the 1815, Checkerboard Lounge, [1] Rosa's Lounge, Kingston Mines, Buddy Guy 's Legends, and B.L.U.E.S. A music journalist noted of Kelly, "Like Primer, he ...
The Chicago Blues Festival returns this year June 6-9 as part of Millennium Park’s 20th anniversary season, with some 35 performances and 250 artists celebrating the city’s blues legacy, the ...
20th century, Chicago, U.S. Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago, Illinois. It is based on earlier blues idioms, such as Delta blues, but is performed in an urban style. It developed alongside the Great Migration of African Americans of the first half of the twentieth century. Key features that distinguish Chicago ...
In the 1950s he performed frequently at the 708 Club, one of the premier blues clubs on Chicago's south side, often billed as Joe "Elmore James, Jr." Carter because he played slide guitar in a style similar to Elmore James. Carter worked at the Hormel Meat Packing plant for many years when he was inactive as a musician.
Allmusic. [2] Blues Brothers and Friends: Live from Chicago's House of Blues is the eleventh album and fourth live album by The Blues Brothers in 1997. It was recorded at the opening of the House of Blues in Chicago and is the first recording to feature James Belushi, performing under the name "Zee Blues". It is also the first album to feature ...