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b. 7 Might 1926, Drew, Mississippi, USA, d. 6 June 1991, Chicago, Illinois, USA. A drummer and blues vocalist, in the 40s Crimson worked well for Robert Nighthawk (who documented Red’s track, ‘The Moon Is usually Increasing’), and in the 50s for Earl Hooker. He became a golf club owner …

Shuffled in the deck from the Chicago folk-punk outfit Friends of Betty in 1990, the present day blues balladeers of Red Red Meat would give a amazing counterpoint towards the windy city’s popular Material Concern/Desire Overkill glam-informed swagger. Tim Rutili (vocals, guitars) and Glynis Johnson (bass, vocals), both of founding …

A longtime fixture from the Dick Schory Percussion Pops Orchestra, percussionist, arranger, and composer Bobby Christian also headlined some space age pop LPs very much popular by exotica aficionados. Delivered Sylvester Christian in Chicago on Oct 20, 1911, he obtained his 1st drum package at age six, later learning for …

b. Melvin Andrew Grayson, 2 Feb 1929, Columbus, Ohio, USA, d. 5 Might 1991, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Although little-known right now, Tibbs was a significant contributor to the first success from the Aristocrat record label, the precursor of Chess Information and Checker Information. His dad, Rev. S.A. Grayson, was among …

In alternative rock, as in virtually any additional genre, it’s hard to stick out from a crowded field. Once the Spinanes surfaced in the first ’90s, they got a few legs through to your competition to vary. Taking the energy trio file format one stage further, they produced a full-bodied …

When Bud Freeman first matured, his was the only real strong alternative approach within the tenor towards the harder-toned design of Coleman Hawkins and he was an inspiration for Lester Small. Freeman, among the best tenors from the 1930s, was also mostly of the saxophonists (combined with the somewhat later …

Some people called Chicago harpist Little Willie Anderson “Little Walter Jr.,” therefore faithfully do Anderson’s style stick to that of the renowned harp wizard. But Anderson had been quite acquainted with the rudiments from the harmonica before he ever strike the Windy Town, having noticed Sonny Guy Williamson, Robert Nighthawk, …

The Cigarette smoking Popes’ undertake punk-pop was centered around lead singer Josh Caterer, whose obsessions with big-band records and black-and-white movies in the American Film Classics channel led him to build up a vocal style which was unique within the punk world. The Popes sounded such as a noisy, guitar-based …

Eminently with the capacity of serving up spot-on imitations of both Bobby “Blue” Bland and B.B. Ruler, Andrew Odom was also a guy of several interrelated nicknames: Tone of voice, Big Tone of voice, B.B., Small B.B., B.B. Junior. Maybe his chameleonic skills held him back again; Odom was a …

Chicago rapper and poet Noname (formerly Noname Gypsy) provides an observant eye and quiet patience to a soulful R&B-meets-hip-hop design influenced by Lauryn Hill, Andre 3000, and Friend Guy. Created Fatimah Warner in Chicago’s Bronzeville community, Noname frequented open-mike evenings and slam poetry contests when she wasn’t volunteering with the …