Chicago - City of Broad Shoulders


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Chicago Blues


The Chicago blues is a form of blues music that developed in Chicago, Illinois, by taking the basic acoustic guitar and -based Delta blues, making the harmonica louder with a microphone and an instrument amplifier, and adding electrically amplified guitar, amplified bass guitardrums,piano and sometimes saxophone and trumpet. The music developed in the first half of the twentieth century as a result of the Great Migration, when Black workers moved from the South into the industrial cities of the North such as Chicago.
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Chicago blues was street corner-based music. But after the music quickly gained popularity, it became a giant commercial enterprise. Soon the new style of music reached out and touched Europe, which led many famous English rock n' roll bands to get their inspiration from the Chicago blues.
At first, the blues clubs in Chicago were filled with black performers, and the music itself was aimed for black audiences. Most of the blues clubs were on the far south side of Chicago, so white people did not visit them. Later, however, more and more white audiences visited the clubs and listened to the music. This caused clubs to open up on the north side. In addition, more white men started playing the blues after it became popular.





  1. Chicago blues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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  2. Chicago Blues Guide, Home Page

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  3. Chicago Blues Hockey Club

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    Rosters, schedules and contacts for our teams as well as links to related sites of interest for those interested in youth hockey around the Chicagoland area.
  4. B.L.U.E.S. - Live Blues Seven Nights a Week Since 1979

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  6. City of Chicago :: Chicago Blues Festival

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    The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest free blues festival in the world and remains the largest of Chicago's Music Festivals. During three days on five stages, ...
  7. Kingston Mines – Chicago Blues Center | Kingston Mines – Chicago ...

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    Northside blues club has served up music since 1968. Performance schedule, map and food menu are listed.
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  9. Listen to Free Chicago Blues Music Online - Live365 Internet Radio

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