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Formally known as the Chicago Blues Festival, Blues Fest began in 1984 with 165,000 people attending the three-day event held on one stage in Grant Park. It commemorated blues legend Muddy Waters, who had died the previous year. Promoted as the largest outdoor, free-admission blues festival in the world, it is sponsored by the City of Chicago and private donors. The event, which now is held on multiple stages, has grown to attract hundreds of thousands. Headliners have included Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon.
Formally known as the Chicago Blues Festival, Blues Fest began in 1984 with 165,000 people attending the three-day event held on one stage in Grant Park. It commemorated blues legend Muddy Waters, who had died the previous year. Promoted as the largest outdoor, free-admission blues festival in the world, it is sponsored by the City of Chicago and private donors. The event, which now is held on multiple stages, has grown to attract hundreds of thousands. Headliners have included Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Willie Dixon.
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Corrections and clarifications for Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
•In Tuesday's A+E section, an item about the 29th annual Chicago Blues Festival listed an incorrect date for Paul Kaye's tribute to David "Honeyboy" Edwards. The tribute occurs June 9. Also, the name of Dave Specter was misspelled. •In some...Tags: Entertainment Events, Radio, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Radio
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Grammy winner Mavis Staples to headline Chicago Blues Fest in June
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago music legend Mavis Staples will headline the Chicago Blues Fest this summer. The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events said Tuesday that other headliners will include Texas Johnny Brown and Floyd Taylor....Tags: Wilco (music group), Festive Events, Koko Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, Grant Park
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Grammy winner Mavis Staples to headline Blues Fest
Arts criticMavis Staples will be featured at the 29th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, running June 8 through 10 in Grant Park. The festival will run 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on several stages each day. Staples will close the fest at the Petrillo Music Shell, Columbus...Tags: Festive Events, Entertainment Events, Festive Events, Koko Taylor, Hubert Sumlin
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Is this the twilight of blues music?
They buried Hubert Sumlin two weeks ago at Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery in Homewood, laying to rest the man whose ferocious guitar riffs galvanized Howlin' Wolf's classic recordings of the 1950s and '60s.
Just before Sumlin's casket was lowered...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Chicago City Hall, Blues (genre), Music, Slavery
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Alligator's Bruce Iglauer among Chicagoans of the Year
Each year the Tribune recognizes a handful of Chicagoans as its artists of the year. This year, Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer is among them. Here's why:
The Chicago Blues Festival reserved its final night last June for a birthday party:...Tags: Shemekia Copeland, Joe Louis, Koko Taylor, Luther Allison, Grant Park
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Guitarist Hubert Sumlin energized Howlin' Wolf's hits
When Howlin' Wolf romped through "Wang Dang Doodle" or thundered in "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy," the snarling guitar that accompanied him belonged to one of the greatest bluesmen to pick up the instrument: Hubert Sumlin.
The cry of Sumlin's guitar...Tags: Festive Events, Crossroads, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmie Vaughan, Heart Failure
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21st century blues -- can an ancestral art form survive?
You can't find the blues on radio very easily these days, unless you hunt low down on the dial in the small hours of the morning.
Same with TV -- a vast wasteland, as far as real blues is concerned.
Record stores -- remember those? -- no longer can...Tags: Beyonce, Shemekia Copeland, Koko Taylor, Michael Jackson, Blues (genre)
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Want to sell food at Blues, Jazz fests? Time's running out
Calling all (well, some) restaurants: There's still time to participate in this summer's Chicago Blues Festival (June 10-12) and Jazz Festival (September 3-4) as a food vendor.
The city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events are taking...Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Chicago Jazz Fest, Festive Events, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking
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Downtown festivals promise to snarl city traffic
The Chicago Blues Festival, several neighborhood festivals, an international soccer double-header at Soldier Field and the Chicago World Naked Bike Ride are among weekend events that could snarl traffic in Chicago this weekend.
The blues event takes over...Tags: Andersonville, Irving Park, Festive Events, Wrigley Field, Grant Park
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June 9: Chicago Scene - Blues Fest
WGN NewsFernando Jones Appearing: Chicago Blues Festival June 11 1:00 p.m. Pepsi Front Porch Stage (Southwest Corner) Jackson Blvd. & Columbus Dr. www.chicagobluesfestival.us (312) 744-3316Tags: WGN
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Veteran soul-blues singer, blues interpreter, Neville brother set for new PA blues fest
Lehigh Valley MusicA soul-blues singer who has performed for more than a half century, a member of R&B great The Neville Brothers, and a singer who transforms rock, soul and country into devastating blues will headline the first Pennsylvania Blues Festival at......
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