Mavis Staples will close out a tribute heavy Chicago Blues Festival on June 10. Legends who passed last year such as David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Pinetop Perkins, and Hubert Sumlin will also be feted.
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Mavis Staples To Headline Blues Fest
"One for the Road:" Pinetop Perkins
One of the last remaining Delta Blues musicians was called home yesterday with the passing of Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, who died of a heart attack in Austin, TX.
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Subway Blues
Bringing a movie about Mississippi blues to Chicago may seem a bit like bringing coal to Newcastle. We Chicagoans are a boastful lot so we’ll be happy to tell our Mississippi friends about our excellent blues scene (that serves both the tourists and the purists) and inform you that we’re the home of one of the premier blues labels—Alligator Records. Of course, your Mississippi friends might just as well turn around and point out that...
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