This needless destruction has got to stop. Maxwell Street is needed to pass this music from one generation to the next. I'll be playing harp till my lips bleed. 74 year old Frank Little Sonny Scott Jr. will be playing his home made percussive house keys and acting as Blues DJ between sets. He played on Maxwell Street in the 1950s with Freddie King and then later on also with Jimmie Lee Robinson to form The Every Hour Blues Boys.
People know it all over the world.
For the sake of my grandchildren and your grandchildren we can't let them destroy this place. This is where it began. There would be no Chicago Blues Festival without Maxwell Street. Maxwell Street deserves respect for the struggles here people had to go through. Bobby 'Top Hat' Davis came to Chicago with Baby Face Willette.