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Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Feb 25, 2021
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Big Daddy Kinsey was the Muddy Waters of Gary, Indiana

The blues patriarch also had three sons who played together as the Kinsey Report.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Big Daddy Kinsey, Lester J. Kinsey Jr., The Kinsey Report, blues, Gary, Indiana, Muddy Waters, Pleasant Grove, Mississippi, Christine McNeal, Christine Kinsey, Ralph Kinsey, Donald Kinsey, Kenneth Kinsey, B.B King Jr., Jimmy Reed, Albert King, Peter Tosh, Pinetop Perkins, Bob Marley, Wailers, Lonnie Brooks, Big Daddy Kinsey & His Fabulous Sons, Big Daddy Kinsey & Sons, Big Daddy Kinsey & the Kinsey Report, Rooster Blues, Blind Pig Records, Alligator Records, Verve Records, White Lightnin’, Staple Singers, Bad Situation, Can’t Let Go, Edge of the City, I Am the Blues, Sugar Blue, Carey Bell, Buddy Guy, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Jimmy Rogers, James Cotton, Kenites Coach Lines, John Primer, Johnnie Johnson, Memphis Horns, Koko Taylor, Video

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jan 28, 2021
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The Aces helped invent the sound of electric Chicago blues

They’re best known as a backing band for Junior Wells and Little Walter, but they took the lead when it came to the future of the genre.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Aces, Three Aces, Four Aces, Three Deuces, Louis Myers, Dave Myers, Fred Below, Winter Blues, blues, Chicago blues, urban blues, electric blues, Little Walter, Little Walter Jacobs, Junior Wells, Byhalia, Mississippi, Muddy Waters, Checker Records, Mean Old World, Sad Hours, Nightcaps, Jukes, Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker, Odie Payne Jr., Thumper, John Lee Hooker, Earl Hooker, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Otis Rush, Koko Taylor, Jimmy Reed, Roosevelt Sykes, Billy Boy Arnold, Louis Jordan, Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Montreux Jazz Festival, Bo Diddley, T-Bone Walker, Lightnin’ Slim, Jimmy Dawkins, Vogue, Kings of the Chicago Blues Vol. 1, MCM, Delmark Records, Blues Foundation, Blues Hall of Fame, Video

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jan 27, 2020
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Slide guitarist John Littlejohn brought Mississippi country blues to Chicago

His raw style grew from the same soil that produced Elmore James, but he never became a star outside the Windy City.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Winter Blues, blues, slide guitar, John Littlejohn, John Wesley Funchess, Mississippi, Jackon, Hinds County, Henry Martin, Elmore James, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Baby, Please Don’t Go, Rochester, Arkansas, Gary, Indiana, Joliet, Club 99, Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Chess Records, Vee-Jay Records, Margaret Records Terrell Records, Arhoolie Records, John Littlejohn’s Chicago Blues Stars, Bluesway, Funky From Chicago, Dream, MCM, Ma Bea’s Lounge, Larry Burton, Aron Burton, Sultans of the Slide Guitar, Koko Taylor, Hound Dog Taylor, Robert Nighthawk, Carey Bell, When Your Best Friend Turns Their Back on You, kidney failure, renal failure, Chicago, Video

Music, Music Feature Oct 23, 2019
Summoning the ghosts of Record Row

For two decades, a short stretch of Michigan Avenue hosted a concentration of creative entrepreneurship whose influence on Black popular music is still felt today.
- By Aaron Cohen
- Tags: Music Feature, Record Row, soul, R&B, blues, gospel, jazz, Move On Up, Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power, Michigan Avenue, Roosevelt, Cermak, Chess Records, Cadet Concept, Brunswick Records, Vee-Jay Records, Constellation Records, Mama Batt’s Restaurant, Jerry Butler’s Songwriters Workshop, Jerry Butler, Garmisa Distributing Company, One-derful Records, Otis Clay, Alvin Cash, Jackson 5, King Records, Curtom Records, Motor Row, WVON, Universal Recording, Ebony, Willie Dixon, Blues Heaven Foundation, Jackie Ross, Mitty Collier, Fontella Bass, Raynard Miner, Rescue Me, Louis Satterfield, Terry Callier, the Dells, Rotary Connection, Peace, Occasional Rain, Freedom Means, Charles Stepney, M.S. Distributing, Ron Alexenburg, Columbia Records, the Jacksons, Michael Jackson, Vivian Carter, James Bracken, Beatles, Carl Davis, Dakar, Jimmy Reed, Staple Singers, Swan Silvertones, Wayne Shorter, Impressions, Betty Everett, Gene Chandler, Shirley Wahls, Chi-Lites, Barbara Acklin, Jackie Wilson, Tyrone Davis, Willie Henderson, Thomas “Tom Tom” Washington, Sonny Sanders, Argo Singers, Ewart Abner, Curtis Mayfield, Just Be True, Motown, Stevie Wonder, Mar-V-Lus, George Leaner, Ernie Leaner, Halo, Five Du-Tones, Shake a Tail Feather, Ray Charles, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Larry Wade, The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind), Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy, Independents, Leaving Me, Natalie Cole, Richard Steele, Marshall Chess, Leonard Chess

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Feb 13, 2018
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Catch up with the blues obsessives who already love guitarist Smilin’ Bobby

Sorely underrecognized guitarist Smilin' Bobby cut his teeth on Chicago's west side, learning from the likes of Magic Sam and Magic Slim.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Winter Blues, Smilin' Bobby, guitar, west side, blues, Bobby G. Smith, Robert Schmidt, Big Legged Woman, Wolf Records, Helena, Arkansas, Magic Sam, Magic Slim, Maxwell Street, Jimmy Reed, Albert Collins, Albert King, Del Morocco II, Catcher's, Hidden Charms, Brian Reed, Warren Lethan, Myron Katz, Mount Prospect, Phyllis' Musical Inn, Carlos Showers, Video

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jan 2, 2018
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Underappreciated guitarist Johnny B. Moore links Delta blues with the electric postwar Chicago sound

Johnny B. Moore launched his career as a full-time bluesman in 1975 with the great Koko Taylor, and he's still kicking today.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, blues, Winter Blues, Johnny B. Moore, Johnny Belle Moore, Delta, Mississippi, Clarksdale, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Magic Sam, west side, bottleneck, guitar, Gospel Keys, Letha Jones, Charles Spiers, Koko Taylor, Blues Machine, The Earthshaker, Willie Dixon, Mary Lane, Willie Kent, Hard Times, Chicago Blues Festival, Live at Blue Chicago, Rockin' in the Same Old Boat, Delmark, B.L.U.E.S. R&B, Video

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jan 5, 2016
Electric blues guitarist Eddie Taylor was far more influential than famous

Eddie Taylor taught Jimmy Reed to play and backed the likes of John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, and Sunnyland Slim.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Reed, blues, guitar, winter blues, Benoit, Mississippi, Looking for Trouble, You'll Always Have a Home, I Feel So Bad, Masters of Modern Blues, Ready for Eddie, Bad Boy a Long Way From Chicago, My Heart Is Bleeding, Still Not Ready for Eddie, Blues Hall of Fame, Vera, Eddie Jr., Larry, Milton, Tim, Demetria, Brenda, Edna

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Mar 7, 2013
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Eddie C. Campbell

This flamboyant, innovative blues guitarist needs help getting home after a heart attack and stroke on the road in Germany.
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Eddie C. Campbell, The Secret History of Chicago Music, guitarists, blues guitar, blues, Duncan, Mississippi, Muddy Waters, 1125 Club, Jimmy Reed, Mighty Joe Young, Otis Rush, Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All Stars, Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor, American Blues Legends, Delmark, insurance, stroke, heart attacks, Barbara Campbell, assistance fund, Eddie C. Campbell Assistance Fund

Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2011
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Legal Blues

Steven Lattimore explores the musical legacy and business struggles of the bluesman behind "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Big Boss Man" in his documentary "The Jimmy Reed Experience." It screens Tuesday 2/15 at Dominican University, along with a legal panel and jam session.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Music, Free Shit, Swag, Jimmy Reed, Big Boss Man, Bright Lights Big City, Baby What You Want Me To Do, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Grateful Dead, Steven Lattimore, Jimmy Reed Experience, Columbia College, CBS, Ch. 2, Vee-Jay, blues, Dominican University, copyright, legal, Eddie Taylor, Willie Dixon, Lonnie Brooks, Chuck Barksdale, Fernando Jones, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 23, 2009
Funky Christmas

A modest new Christmas collection from Strut Records brings the funk to the holidays.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Christmas music, Bob Dylan, In the Christmas Groove, Strut Records, James Brown, In the Jungle Groove, Jimmy Reed, Milly and Silly, Captain Elmo McKenzie and the Roosters, funk

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Big Daddy Kinsey was the Muddy Waters of Gary, Indiana

The blues patriarch also had three sons who played together as the Kinsey Report.

Video
The Aces helped invent the sound of electric Chicago blues

They’re best known as a backing band for Junior Wells and Little Walter, but they took the lead when it came to the future of the genre.

Video
Slide guitarist John Littlejohn brought Mississippi country blues to Chicago

His raw style grew from the same soil that produced Elmore James, but he never became a star outside the Windy City.

Summoning the ghosts of Record Row

For two decades, a short stretch of Michigan Avenue hosted a concentration of creative entrepreneurship whose influence on Black popular music is still felt today.

Video
Catch up with the blues obsessives who already love guitarist Smilin’ Bobby

Sorely underrecognized guitarist Smilin' Bobby cut his teeth on Chicago's west side, learning from the likes of Magic Sam and Magic Slim.

Video
Underappreciated guitarist Johnny B. Moore links Delta blues with the electric postwar Chicago sound

Johnny B. Moore launched his career as a full-time bluesman in 1975 with the great Koko Taylor, and he's still kicking today.

Electric blues guitarist Eddie Taylor was far more influential than famous

Eddie Taylor taught Jimmy Reed to play and backed the likes of John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, and Sunnyland Slim.

The Secret History of Chicago Music: Eddie C. Campbell

This flamboyant, innovative blues guitarist needs help getting home after a heart attack and stroke on the road in Germany.

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Legal Blues

Steven Lattimore explores the musical legacy and business struggles of the bluesman behind "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Big Boss Man" in his documentary "The Jimmy Reed Experience." It screens Tuesday 2/15 at Dominican University, along with a legal panel and jam session.

Funky Christmas

A modest new Christmas collection from Strut Records brings the funk to the holidays.

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The blues patriarch also had three sons who played together as the Kinsey Report.

They’re best known as a backing band for Junior Wells and Little Walter, but they took the lead when it came to the future of the genre.

His raw style grew from the same soil that produced Elmore James, but he never became a star outside the Windy City.

For two decades, a short stretch of Michigan Avenue hosted a concentration of creative entrepreneurship whose influence on Black popular music is still felt today.

Sorely underrecognized guitarist Smilin' Bobby cut his teeth on Chicago's west side, learning from the likes of Magic Sam and Magic Slim.

Johnny B. Moore launched his career as a full-time bluesman in 1975 with the great Koko Taylor, and he's still kicking today.

Eddie Taylor taught Jimmy Reed to play and backed the likes of John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, and Sunnyland Slim.

This flamboyant, innovative blues guitarist needs help getting home after a heart attack and stroke on the road in Germany.

Steven Lattimore explores the musical legacy and business struggles of the bluesman behind "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Big Boss Man" in his documentary "The Jimmy Reed Experience." It screens Tuesday 2/15 at Dominican University, along with a legal panel and jam session.

A modest new Christmas collection from Strut Records brings the funk to the holidays.

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