Maxwell Street Blues

Electric blues sprang from the need for amplification to lure crowds to Chicago's now-gone neighborhood where Black and Jewish merchants pushed hot Polish sausage and cheap, sometimes hot go... Read allElectric blues sprang from the need for amplification to lure crowds to Chicago's now-gone neighborhood where Black and Jewish merchants pushed hot Polish sausage and cheap, sometimes hot goods in an open-air market, while blues and gospel musicians wailed on the streets. Shot in... Read allElectric blues sprang from the need for amplification to lure crowds to Chicago's now-gone neighborhood where Black and Jewish merchants pushed hot Polish sausage and cheap, sometimes hot goods in an open-air market, while blues and gospel musicians wailed on the streets. Shot in 1981 by a crew from the then-new University of Illinois at Chicago, which in concert with... Read all