Sharp-dressed drummer Sam Lay has played with Dylan and Howlin' Wolf, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
No-nonsense west-side veteran Mary Lane, who's shared stages with the likes of Howlin' Wolf and Buddy Guy, is raising money to finish her long-awaited second album.
Gerri Oliver's bar, once a crown jewel of Bronzeville, was shut down by the city in 2001. But blues harpist Billy Branch remains dedicated to preserving the history and culture it embodied.