Chicago Blues The City and the Music

This is the history of that music and the dozens of black artists who congregated on the South and Near West Sides. All of the giants played throughout the city and created a musical style that had imitators and influence all over the world.

Mike Rowe, a noted British blues historian, here places the growth of the music within the matrix of the city. Names of long-forgotten clubs, the pioneer record companies, and neglected singers and guitarists fill many gaps in the history of the period. Portraits of such powerful figures as the Chess brothers, Willie Dixon, Vivian Carter, and Jimmy Bracken amplify the comments of the musicians themselves.

Acknowledgements	p. 6
Foreword / 'What's He Singing?'	p. 8
The Prewar Blues	p. 11
From Farm to Factory	p. 26
Sweet Home Chicago	p. 40
The Aristocrat of Records	p. 63
King of the Chicago Blues	p. 79
The Small Labels	p. 93
The Chess Set	p. 126
The Peppiest in the Biz	p. 153
Decline and Fall	p. 165
The West Side	p. 174
Chicago Today	p. 206
Postscript / Why Chicago?	p. 211
Sources	p. 215
Chicago Blues Clubs in the '50s	p. 216
Chicago RandB Hits 1945-59	p. 217
Record Listing	p. 219
Index	p. 223
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