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Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Aug 8, 2012
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Robert Petway

Muddy Waters turned this obscure bluesman's 1941 "Catfish Blues" into his famous single "Rollin' Stone"
- by Plastic Crimewave
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Robert Petway, the blues, blues, Tommy McClennan, Catfish Blues, Muddy Waters, Rollin' Stone

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Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Jun 13, 2012
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Pete Cosey

The late guitar genius, most famous for his role in Miles Davis's electric bands, never recorded under his own name
- by Plastic Crimewave
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Pete Cosey, Miles Davis, Etta James, Howlin' Wolf, Chess Records, Muddy Waters, The Pharoahs, The Cochrans, Herbie Hancock, Bill Frisell, Akira Sakata, Martin Scorsese

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Music, Music Feature, Jun 6, 2012
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The Reader's guide to the Chicago Blues Festival

There's more than Mavis: Other must-see acts include Texas Johnny Brown, Floyd Taylor, Joe Louis Walker, and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band
- by David Whiteis, Bill Dahl, Peter Margasak, and Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago Blues Festival, blues, Milton Hopkins, Jewel Brown, Texas Johnny Brown, Lightnin' Hopkins, Koko Taylor, Floyd Taylor, Johnnie Taylor, Muddy Waters, Mavis Staples, Joe Louis Walker, Mary Jane, Jimmy Dawkins, Eddie C. Campbell, Howlin' Wolf, Eddie Shaw, Sharde Thomas, Video

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Music, Artist on Artist, Jun 5, 2012
Artist on Artist: Charlie Musselwhite talks to Rockin' Johnny Burgin

"Well, you know, life ain't easy all the time."
- Tags: Artist on Artist, Charlie Musselwhite, Chicago blues, the Blues, blues harmonica, Blind Boys of Alabama, Tom Waits, Eliades Ochoa, Rockin' Johnny Burgin, Johnny Burgin, Chris Goldsmith, Chess Records, Vee-Jay, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Earl Hooker

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Music, Music Sidebar, Jun 9, 2011
The Reader's Guide to the Chicago Blues Festival
- by David Whiteis, Bill Dahl, Peter Margasak, and Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Chicago Blues Festival, Alligator Records, Pinetop Perkins, Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, Petrillo Music Shell, Mississippi Juke Joint, Windy City Blues Society, Guy King & His Little Band, Eric "Guitar" Davis & the Troublemakers, Hollee Thee Maxwell, Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, D'Mar & Gill, Nora Jean Bruso, James "Super Chikan" Johnson, Fernando Jones, Erwin Helfer Band, Katherine Davis, Rocky Lawrence, Sactified Grumblers, Eddie Cotton, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Rick Sherry, Rocky Lawrence, Hubert Sumlin, Duwayne Burnside Band, Ronnie Hicks & Masheen Company, Bob Jones, Cicero Blake, Brown Sugar, Jesi Terrell, Dave Herrero & the Hero Brothers Band, George Stancell, Willie Buck, Mississippi Blues Trail, Jim O'Neal, Rip Daniels, Scott Barretta, Alex Thomas, Jarekus Singleton, Dexter Allen, Zac Harmon, Fruteland Jackson, Sam Lay Blues Band, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Barrelhouse Chuck, Dave Specter Band, Carl Weathersby, Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues, Magic Slim, Rob Blaine's Big Otis Blues, Theo Huff, Jeannie Holliday, Lee "Shot" Williams, JoAnne Graham, Bruce Iglauer, Richard Shurman, Ben Wiley Payton, Jimmy Burns Band, Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Nick Moss & the Flip Tops, Curtis Salgado

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 8, 2011
Ads From the Past: December 12, 1975
- by Vera Videnovich
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, Ads From the Past, Chicago Reader @ Forty, Chicago Reader at Forty, 1970s, Tom Waits, Muddy Waters, Asleep at the Wheel, Quiet Knight, 953 W. Belmont

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 29, 2011
Ads From the Past: June 6, 1975
- by Vera Videnovich
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, Chicago Reader @ Forty, 1970s, The Quiet Night, Chuck Mangione, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Martin Mull, Muddy Waters, Corky Siegel

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Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Mar 24, 2011
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Willie Buck

Mississippi-born guitarist still plays in local clubs
- by Plastic Crimewave
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Willie Buck, Woodlawn Tap, Muddy Waters, Eddie Taylor, Magic Slim, Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, Chicago Blues Festival, Gene's Playmate Lounge, Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 25, 2011
Ads From the Past: February 18, 1972
- by Vera Videnovich
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Behind Our Scenes, Chicago Reader @ Forty, 1972, 1970s, Alice's Revisited, Muddy Waters

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 2, 2008
Music-driven movies a cure for festival angst

Three movies about music lift spirits at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival.
- by Andrea Gronvall
- Tags: Film, Devendra Banhart, Richard Linklater, Led Zeppelin, Chess Records, Toronto International Film Festival, Bo Diddley, Who Do You Love, Muddy Waters, Jerry Zaks, It Might Get Loud, Davis Guggenheim, Jimmy Page, The Edge, U2, The White Stripes, Jack White, Watchmen, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Peter Sollett, Michael Cera, Army Navy, Billy Joel, Dusty Springfield, The School of Rock

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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, April 19, 2013.

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This flamboyant, innovative blues guitarist needs help getting home after a heart attack and stroke on the road in Germany.

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This west-side Howlin' Wolf imitator did time for shooting a fellow bluesman dead, but he's back out there putting on great shows.

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Muddy Waters turned this obscure bluesman's 1941 "Catfish Blues" into his famous single "Rollin' Stone"

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The late guitar genius, most famous for his role in Miles Davis's electric bands, never recorded under his own name

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There's more than Mavis: Other must-see acts include Texas Johnny Brown, Floyd Taylor, Joe Louis Walker, and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band

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"Well, you know, life ain't easy all the time."

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Mississippi-born guitarist still plays in local clubs

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Three movies about music lift spirits at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival.