Informationen zum Autor Mike Rowe is a noted British blues historian. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung "Chicago has always had a reputation as a "wide open town" with a high tolerance for gangsters, illegal liquor, and crooked politicians. It has also been the home for countless black musicians and the" Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Whats He Singing? The Prewar Blues From Farm to Factory Sweet Home Chicago The Aristocrat of Records King of the Chicago Blues The Small Labels The Chess Set The Peppiest in the Biz Decline and Fall The West Side Chicago Today * Why Chicago?

Autorentext
Mike Rowe is a noted British blues historian.

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
"Chicago has always had a reputation as a "wide open town" with a high tolerance for gangsters, illegal liquor, and crooked politicians. It has also been the home for countless black musicians and the"

Inhalt

• Foreword: Whats He Singing? The Prewar Blues From Farm to Factory Sweet Home Chicago The Aristocrat of Records King of the Chicago Blues The Small Labels The Chess Set The Peppiest in the Biz Decline and Fall The West Side Chicago Today Why Chicago?