The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131335 Message #2973109
Posted By: GUEST,Hootenanny
26-Aug-10 - 06:16 AM
Thread Name: The Blues???
Subject: RE: The Blues???
Bobert,
Re the Chess Brothers I am afraid that you are a little too far south.
They operated from Southside Chicago, South Cottage Grove from 191-54 for instance.
My reference to the paint job was a story related by a member of those British would be bluesmen the Rolling Stones who some of you may have heard of. The story was that when the guys went down to Chess studios on their first visit to Chicago to meet their hero Muddy Waters there was a guy in there painting the walls, and who do you think it was? I doubt if there was anybody out there who knew Muddy that believed that crock but it made a good story.
Somebody above says that music is a gift from god. That may well be but the blues is the devil's music and I know that because I read it somehwere and you had to get to a certain crossroads to get it.
I went to 4th and Beale once but it didn't work for me
Hoot