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  2. Chicago blues - Wikipedia

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    Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago, Illinois. It is based on earlier blues idioms, such as Delta blues , but is performed in an urban style . It developed alongside the Great Migration of African Americans of the first half of the twentieth century.

  3. Music of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago's music scene has been well known for its blues music for many years. "Chicago Blues" uses a variety of instruments in a way which heavily influenced early rock and roll music, including instruments like electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes the saxophone or harmonica, which are generally used in Delta blues, which originated in Mississippi.

  4. Chicago Blues Festival - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Blues Festival is an annual event held in June, [1] that features three days of performances by top-tier blues musicians, both old favorites and the up-and-coming. It is hosted by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (formerly the Mayor's Office of Special Events), and occurs in early June.

  5. Chicago Blues Festival announces 2024 lineup, including ... - AOL

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    The Chicago Blues Festival returns this year June 6-9 as part of Millennium Park’s 20th anniversary season, with some 35 performances and 250 artists celebrating the city’s blues legacy, the ...

  6. Live in Cook County Jail - Wikipedia

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    Live in Cook County Jail is a 1971 live album by American blues musician B.B. King, recorded on September 10, 1970, in Cook County Jail in Chicago.Agreeing to a request by jail warden Winston Moore, King and his band performed for an audience of 2,117 prisoners, most of whom were young black men.

  7. Culture of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Annual events include Illinois Craft Beer Week, [87] [88] the Festival of Barrel-Aged Beers (known as FOBAB), [89] [90] the Chicago Beer Festival, [91] and the Chicago Beer Classic. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] In the mid- to late-20th century, the most popular beer in Chicago was Old Style , a mass-produced lager that at the time was brewed by G. Heileman in ...

  8. Music of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Key early Chicago blues artists included Howlin' Wolf (buried in Hillside, IL near Chicago), Willie Dixon, Bo Diddley and Muddy Waters (d.1983). Chicago would continue to be a hotbed of activity in this genre, with artists including Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor (d.2009), Junior Wells, Son Seals, and others calling the city home and performing regularly.

  9. Why Russell Wilson Is Reportedly Considering Chicago ... - AOL

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    The post Why Russell Wilson Is Reportedly Considering Chicago Bears As Landing Spot appeared first on The Spun. At least for this upcoming season, it’s looking like Russell Wilson will remain ...