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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