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Celebrating the all-time great blues musicians, past and present, through their stories. Home to “Your Blues Moment”

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A toast to @TheRealBuddyGuy on his 88th birthday!

Thank you for keeping the #blues alive!

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This week’s favorite live performance memory is “Mustang Sally” by Magic Slim and The Teardrops. This was a staple of his sets in the mid-1980’s

#Blues #bluesmusic #magicslim #Chicago #chicagoblues #livemusic

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Do you have a favorite concert memory? Every Friday we’ll write about one of ours in a new feature, Weekend Warmup. Today the story is about Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Scuttle Buttin’” in 1984.

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#Blues #livemusic #Chicago #bluesmusic #stevierayvaughan

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@StuckeyStop @CandyUSA Harold’s Chicken Shack is a must! They have one near the Loop on Wabash and a downtown food truck. And if you can get down to the Hyde Park neighborhood check at the Valois Cafeteria on 53rd Street (open 6 am to 3 pm). There is also a Harold’s on 53rd St. in Hyde Park. Enjoy!!!

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Mark your calendars!

Chicago Blues Fest 2023 from June 8-11

#blues #bluesmusic #bluesfest #Chicago

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It appears that Chicago - The Home of the Blues - will not have a Chicago Blues Fest in 2023?

Wow. Speechless.

#Chicago #bluesfestival #blues #bluesmusic

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By eliminating the Chicago Blues Fest, "The Home of the Blues," has turned a cold shoulder on its musical heritage. Muddy Waters is rolling in his grave in Alsip and Howlin' Wolf moans in his crypt in Hillside. The Chicago that Muddy and Wolf knew is a shell of its former self.

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@ChiBluesHistory @billboard Do you know where Universal was located? There is a building on Michigan south of Roosevelt that still has the Universal emblem on it

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It’s official! Muddy Waters old house on Chicago’s South Side is now on the National Register of Historic Places!

#chicago #blues #bluesmusic #history @mojomuseum #muddywaters

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RIP Jeff Beck

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#blues #bluesmusic #bluesrock #guitar #guitarhero

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Honoring Howlin’ Wolf, who passed away on this day in 1976.

#blues #BluesMusic #memphis #chicago #deltablues #Mississippi #yourbluesmoment

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Dreaming of a Clarksdale road trip …

#blues #bluesmusic #mississippi #visitclarksdale @GZBCClarksdale #crossroads #roadtrip #livemusic

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@JailhouseleeLee @SRVOfficial Awesome. Did you have a chance to talk to him?

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37 years ago today!

When and where did you see Stevie Ray perform?

#blues #bluesmusic #livemusic @SRVOfficial #Chicago #bluesguitar #bluesrock #stevierayvaughan #musichistory

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@MJJags67 @SRVOfficial Nice!

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@RLehere @SRVOfficial Very cool! What was Syria Mosque like as a venue?

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@RLehere @SRVOfficial Nice!! Great that you still have the stubs

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@edgebsl @SRVOfficial Nice double bill! What did you think of Lonnie Mack?

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@tdsnjac @SRVOfficial Great! Which show was your favorite? Any special moments?

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@ChiBluesHistory @SRVOfficial Our tickets were $7 I think

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@ChiBluesHistory @SRVOfficial Very cool! That was a few weeks before their second album came out.

Saw him a few days later on the UChicago campus at the Ida Noyes gym.