Here's another piece on blues scholar Paul Oliver's new book, "Barrellhouse Blues," in which writer Dan Cohen of the San Jose Mercury News examines the book in a little more detail. If you enjoy serious blues books, Oliver writes some of the best.
A new home for Legends
If you're in the neighborhood, Buddy Guy's famous Chicago Legends club is moving up the block from its present location at 754 S. Wabash to 700 S. Wabash, a building that housed the jazz and world music club HotHouse until mid-2007. It will give Guy a building of his own, where he can help keep the blues alive. Here's a Chicago Sun-Times article on the upcoming move.
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Sep 03 2009, 01:00 AM
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Jim White