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The Checkerboard Lounge was a blues club on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, established in 1972 at 423 E. 43rd St. by L.C. Thurman and Buddy Guy. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1985, Guy left the partnership and later established Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood.
Prior to his death in 1983, Muddy Waters made Guy promise to "keep Blues alive". Guy says that Legends is part of keeping that promise. [5]Guy, who had previously co-owned the Checkerboard Lounge on the south side from 1972 until 1985, first opened Legends at 754 South Wabash inside the Loop, behind the Big Hilton on Michigan Avenue, hoping to attract convention attendees from the Hilton.
Kingston Mines showcases blues music ranging from delta blues to Chicago blues.Their featured artists cover a broad and diverse spectrum of the genre. Blues legends such as Koko Taylor, Carl Weathersby, and Magic Slim have played there; among a myriad more.
Theresa McLaurin Needham (April 17, 1912 – October 16, 1992) was an American tavern owner who became known as "the Godmother of the Chicago blues". [1] She was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001. Born Theresa McLaurin in Meridian, Mississippi, she was raised Catholic, married Robert Needham and moved to Chicago in the ...
The Macomba Lounge, at 3905 South Cottage Grove, Chicago, was an after-hours music club owned by Leonard Chess from 1946 to October 1950, when it burned down.. Chess had invested the money made from his two liquor stores into refurbishing an old eatery, its liquor license being granted to his brother, Phil, in February 1946, shortly after being discharged from the army. [1]
While many businesses across the U.S. have moved to a cashless payment system, almost all will accept a credit card swipe or tap. But this isn't the case everywhere. Look: Surprising Things You Can...
(The Center Square) – Business owners from historically disadvantaged communities in Pennsylvania will soon have access to special grants meant to assist with start-up and expansion costs. For ...
2424 North Lincoln Avenue is a building in Lincoln Park, Chicago, adjacent to the Biograph Theater. From 1912 to 2006, it variously housed the Fullerton Theater, an auto garage, the Crest Theater, and the 3-Penny Cinema. Since 2009 it has been Lincoln Hall, a music venue.