Complex sentence: An anecdote from Big Bill Broonzy's autobiography, "Big Bill Blues", recounts a cutting contest between Minnie and Broonzy in a Chicago nightclub on June 26,1933, for the prize of a bottle of whiskey and a bottle of gin.
Split into simpler sentences: An anecdote from Big Bill Broonzy's autobiography, "Big Bill Blues", recounts a cutting contest between Minnie and Broonzy. It took place in a Chicago nightclub on June 26,1933, for the prize of a bottle of whiskey and a bottle of gin.