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Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:30:37 -0600

Scott you are so right! Great man!

Spook

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:41:53 -0600

Scott you hit the nail on the head, but lets take it one step further, Chicago has strangled the authentic Blues scene here,( don’t forget Maxwell Street as well) while making the Blues Fest( and Jazz Fest too) a mini Taste of Chicago, with for the most part antiseptic “blues” music as a back drop. Blues Fest hasn’t been the same since Harold Washington’s death. Not it’s all about the dollars from five dollar (five tickets) hot dogs and seven dollar Miller Lite And hey Scott, could you be Little Scottie, the Maxwell Street Blues Legend? Just kidding, but Goggle at him at http://www.wineandleisure.com/blueswebchicago/littlescottie.html his name is Cliff and the picture looks nothing like him as he is about 80 years old, was disfigured by fire from being burned by the Klan in Carolina before coming to Chicago and pimping, becoming a Jazz Musician and then political activist ( aka Cliff the Bottom Man because he sales political buttons) and legend of Maxwell Street Jazz scene. He's now dying of cancer with our heath insurance. It’s the Blues.

Matt Stratton

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:10:40 -0600

For folks who are interested in the dancing side of the blues, there's always the Chicago Underground Blues Experience this weekend as well, which was apparently scheduled to dovetail nicely with Bluesfest.

Chicagoist: Blues Out of the Basement

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Matt Stratton