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Singer of spirituals and blues, painter, actor, TV host, former football player, founder of Italy's iconic Folkstudio music club Born in Chicago Oscar Brown Jr. Oct 10, 1926: May 29, 2005: Musician, poet Born in Chicago Bob Bryar: December 31, 1979: Drummer of My Chemical Romance: Born in Chicago Johnny Burke: Oct 3, 1908: Feb 25, 1964 ...
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Guitarist Buddy Guy performing at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2006. Chicago blues is a form of blues music developed in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1950s, in which the basic instrumentation of Delta blues—acoustic guitar and harmonica—is augmented with electric guitar, amplified bass guitar, drums, piano, harmonica played with a microphone and an amplifier, and sometimes saxophone.
Chicago's music scene has been well known for its blues music for many years. "Chicago Blues" uses a variety of instruments in a way which heavily influenced early rock and roll music, including instruments like electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes the saxophone or harmonica, which are generally used in Delta blues, which originated in Mississippi.
Freeman was born on April 10, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois.His parents were amateur musicians—his father a trombonist and his mother a guitarist and singer. [2] His father, George Sr., was a Chicago police officer who regularly befriended musicians at the South Side clubs on his beat, most notably the Grand Terrace Ballroom.
Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert (1999) A&E Network: Live by Request (2003) Live in Concert... (2003) Live at the Greek Theatre (2004) Chicago XXX (2006) Chicago XXXV: The Nashville Sessions (2013) Mid-2009 Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals; Bill Champlin – keyboards, guitar, vocals; Jason Scheff – bass, vocals; Keith Howland – lead guitar ...
2. Eddie Van Halen. The guitar virtuoso of Van Halen fame couldn’t read music, which is kind of crazy considering all the classical runs and flourishes that turn up regularly in his playing.
Musicians from Chicago (either those who were born in the Chicago metropolitan area or those who have lived there). For musical groups from Chicago, see Category:Musical groups from Chicago Contents