Chicago blues

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Muddy Waters sits playing an electric guitar, looking slightly upward with a cigarette in his mouth, circa 1950.

Map of the Blues Highway, U.S. Route 61, marked in pink with music note icons highlighting key blues cities, including off-route cities like Chicago and Nashville.

Phil Chess, Etta James, and Ralph Bass pose together in Chess Records Studios, Chicago, 1960, with a microphone and recording equipment in front of them.

Music at the Maxwell Street Market

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added a photo.	René Ostberg	Jul 29, 2026
	New article added.	René Ostberg	Jul 28, 2026