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The Checkerboard Lounge was a blues club on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, established in 1972 at 423 E. 43rd St. by L.C. Thurman and Buddy Guy. [1][2] In 1985, Guy left the partnership and later established Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood. The club hosted musical acts including Lefty Dizz, Stevie Ray Vaughan ...
Uncut. 7/10 [5] Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 is a concert video and live album by American blues musician Muddy Waters and members of the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was recorded on 22 November 1981 by David Hewitt on the Record Plant Black Truck, mixed by Bob Clearmountain, and released on 10 July 2012.
They recorded it in Chicago at Guy's club, Checkerboard Lounge. The band was the same as on the Isabel session, plus a third guitarist Phil Smith and L.C. Thurman (co-owner of Checkerboard) added a few lead vocals as a guest. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings comments that the album captures Guy “at his most idiomatic”. [2]
www.chicagobluesallstars.com. Chicago Blues All-Stars is an American blues band based in Chicago that incorporates elements of funk, soul, R&B and hip hop. [1][2] Chicago Blues All-Stars is made up of musicians that have been together as friends and musicians for four decades. [3] The band includes numerous inductees in the Chicago Blues Hall ...
www.buddyguy.net. George " Buddy " Guy (born July 30, 1936) [1] is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr. and John Mayer.
Re-released in 1988 as Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1979. Live: The Real Deal: 1996 Silvertone: 1996 Recorded live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago, IL, and the Irving Plaza, New York, NY. The album was re-released in 2006 by Sony Music. Jammin’ Blues Electric & Acoustic: 2003 BMG: 1993/1996
Prior to his death in 1983, Muddy Waters made Guy promise to "keep Blues alive". Guy says that Legends is part of keeping that promise. [5]Guy, who had previously co-owned the Checkerboard Lounge on the south side from 1972 until 1985, first opened Legends at 754 South Wabash inside the Loop, behind the Big Hilton on Michigan Avenue, hoping to attract convention attendees from the Hilton.
Isabel, JSP, Black & Blue, Wolf. Lefty Dizz (April 29, 1937 – September 7, 1993) [2] was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer whose recorded work was released on eight albums. [1] As well as fronting his own band, he worked with Junior Wells, J. B. Lenoir and Hound Dog Taylor. [2] One commentator noted that "for wild-ass showmen in ...