Chicago blues
Subtitle: portraits and stories
By: David Whiteis.
Series: Music in American life
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780252030680; 9780252073090
Subjects: Blues musicians -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.; African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Music -- History and criticism.; Blues (Music) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History and criticism.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Explores the history of blues music in Chicago.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Elder spirits. Junior Wells : "Come on in this house" ; Sunnyland Slim : "It given me a tender heart" ; Big Walter Horton : "I mean it from my heart"; title: "We gon' pitch a boogie-woogie!" Florence's Lounge : memories of an urban juke ; Maxwell Street : last dance at the carnival of the soul ; "Let's go, baby, to the Hole in the Wall" : clubbing along the current Chicago scene; title: Torch-bearers. Jody Williams : return of a legend ; Bonnie Lee : "When I'm up there, I lets everything out" ; Billy Branch : "It's the most powerful music on the planet" ; Sharon Lewis : "I've lived through some treacherous times" ; Lurrie Bell : "God, give me strength to be strong"; title: The soul side of town. Artie White : "It's a God-gifted thing" ; Cicero Blake : "Give me what I have coming, or give me nothing!" ; Little Scotty : "I'm not only a blues singer; title: I'm a Motivator!.