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Our mission is to promote and preserve Chicago’s blues music and to connect with blues fans all over the world. Our Guide section helps visitors plan their trip to hear the blues when they come to Sweet Home Chicago. Our weekly HOT shows column lists upcoming top shows. We publish reviews, interviews, features, news, events and have contests.
Apr 29, 2024 · Bourbon 'N Brass (Des Plaines) Nate Manos Band w/ Sonia Astacio-Downs. Blue Chicago (Chicago) Jimmy Burns hosts the Jam. B uddy Guy's Legends (Chicago) Rosa's Blues Jam. Rosa's Lounge (Chicago) 5/16. Tribute to Nina Simone: Lynne Jordan.
In blues: History and notable musicians. It was Chicago, however, that played the greatest role in the development of urban blues. In the 1920s and ’30s Memphis Minnie, Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, and Sonny Boy Williamson were popular Chicago performers. After World War II they were supplanted by a new. Read More. In popular art: Popular music.
Blues Clubs. As artists and entrepreneurs arrived in Chicago, blues culture changed the cultural life of Chicago. Legendary clubs such as Silvio's, Gatewood's Tavern, Club DeLisa, the Flame Club, Club Zanzibar, and the 708 opened along Indiana Avenue on the South Side and the West Side, serving as community centers for migrants arriving in ever ...
Linda's Place is one of the best Blues Bars in Chicago. Linda is a gracious host and makes all her patrons feel welcome. The houseband on Monday Nights is The Bullet Proof Band and singer L-Roy. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to see and hear Chicago Blues in a bar setting.
Chicago Blues has a more extended palette of notes than the stan… read more The Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago, Illinois by taking the basic acoustic guitar and harmonica-based Delta blues and adding electrically amplified guitar, amplified bass guitar, drums, piano, and sometimes saxophone, and making the ...
