Checkerboard Lounge

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Checkerboard Lounge

nightclub, Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Buddy Guy
…renowned blues clubs in Chicago—the Checkerboard Lounge (1972–85) and (since 1989) Buddy Guy’s Legends. In 2012 he published the autobiography When I Left Home: My Story (written with David Ritz). He also acted in the films In the Electric Mist (2009) and Sinners (2025), both times playing a blues musician.
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…renowned blues clubs in Chicago—the Checkerboard Lounge (1972–85) and (since 1989) Buddy Guy’s Legends. In 2012 he published the autobiography When I Left Home: My Story (written with David Ritz). He also acted in the films In the Electric Mist (2009) and Sinners (2025), both times playing a blues musician.
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