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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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Muddy Waters, c. 1950
In 1943 blues musician Muddy Waters migrated from Mississippi to Chicago. The following...
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Chicago's very own Chess Records
Chess Records cofounder Phil Chess (left), singer Etta James (middle), and record...
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Music at the Maxwell Street Market
Dancing and music with Lil' Pat on Peoria Street between Maxwell Street and 14th...
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Map of the Blues Highway (U.S. Route 61)
An interactive map of the Blues Highway (U.S. Route 61), highlighting important blues...
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