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Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Apr 20, 2016
Rowdy bluesman Detroit Junior used to crawl under his piano while he played

Detroit Junior worked with Little Mack Simmons and Howlin' Wolf, but it was his deep catalog of original songs that made him beloved in the blues world.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Detroit Junior, piano, Winter Blues, blues, Eddie Shaw, Howlin' Wolf, Emery Williams Jr., Blues Chaps, Detroit, Eddie Boyd, J.T. Brown, Little Mack Simmons, Cadillac Baby's, Bea & Baby, Money Tree, Call My Job, Blues on the Internet, Koko Taylor, Albert Williams, Eddie Taylor, Sam Lay, Blue Suit, Delmark, Wolf Gang

Blogs, Bleader Oct 29, 2009
A Snapshot—Musical and Visual—of the South Side in the 70s

The Numero Group releases Michael L. Abramson's photographs of south-side blues clubs and lounges from 1975-77 and complements it with a great double LP of rare music from the same millieu.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Music, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, Books, Numero Group, Michael L. Abramson, Rick Kogan, Chicago, blues, soul, Pepper's Hideout, Perv's Lounge, High Chaparral, Little Mack Simmons, Bobby Rush, Artie "Blues Boy" White, Detroit Jr., Chicago Cultural Center, Intelligentsia Coffee, 24-Carat Black

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