- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, May 2, 2012
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Wazmo Nariz
This new-wave weirdo was one of just two acts from the Chicago punk scene to sign to a major label
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Apr 19, 2012
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Cindy Mangsen
There's still time to appreciate this brilliant but underrecognized folksinger: she released a duo album with her husband in January.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Apr 4, 2012
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Tampa Red
An influential slide guitarist, he recorded 335 sides of hokum and jump blues between 1928 and '53 but died largely forgotten in '81
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Mar 21, 2012
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Jody Williams
Lead guitar on Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?", Jody Williams is gigging again after 35 years.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Feb 23, 2012
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Blind Joel Taggart
This gospel singer and bluesman may have been the first guitar evangelist ever to make a record
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Feb 9, 2012
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: HA
This Oak Park band's lone mid-80s EP is long gone, but Andy Mead and Steve Marcotte now play together in the Finnish Charts
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Jan 26, 2012
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Jimmy Burns
The little brother of Eddie "Guitar" Burns started out singing doo-wop and now plays the blues for Delmark
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Jan 12, 2012
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Graced Lightning
The "futuristic rock" of this Deerfield band exists only on a rare one-sided LP from 1975
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Dec 29, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Lee Groban
This visionary artist, who died December 9, wrote the world's longest poem and lent his voice to the band Sundog Summit
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Dec 15, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: O.W.L.
The lone LP from Stephen Titra's baroque folk project, shelved in 1972, appeared in 2008 after a test pressing turned up in a thrift store
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Dec 1, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Barrett Deems
The man billed as the "world's fastest drummer" played with such greats as Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Nov 17, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Mark Tucker
This Oak Park eccentric finished the outsider classic "Batstew" before being diagnosed as schizophrenic
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Nov 3, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Darrow Fletcher
The Hirsch High School grad signed with MCA, but could never top the charts
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Oct 6, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Yezda Urfa
A record by this 70s prog-rock band recently sold for nearly $2,000
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Sep 22, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Ginni Clemmens
"Gentle Radical" Ginni Clemmens
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Aug 25, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Willie Henderson
"Funky Chicken" auteur Willie Henderson
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Jul 14, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Starlets
This girl group split up after its last hit was credited to Patti LaBelle's Blue Belles
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Jun 30, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Roscoe Mitchell
The AACM cofounder continues to push jazz into the future
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Jun 16, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Fawn
Despite playing with stars, a botched deal with RCA limited the band's exposure
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Jun 2, 2011
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Betty Everett
"Shoop Shoop" singer had hits prior to her most famous song
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