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Hardly any Chicago blues artists could actually pierce the R&B charts through the 1970s, when curiosity about the genre was rock-bottom. But smooth-voiced Artie “Blues Boy” Light managed the uncommon feat along with his 1977 one for Altee, “Leanin’ Tree.” Gospel was White’s preliminary musical quest. He sang using a …

Terry Evans eventually became a soulful, gospel-flavored vocalist fronting a music group, but his profession took many guidelines to attain that pinnacle. Like many blues performers, his first contact with music is at cathedral, where he sang within the junior choir. As is certainly usually the case, his parents allowed …