He stayed briefly in St. Louis, then moved to Chicago in 1941 and began playing on Maxwell Street, often with Big Walter Horton, who he knew from Memphis. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jb-hutto-mn0000777780/biography J.B. took Lil Ed on the road when his nephew was just a teenager, painting a mustache on his face to make him look old enough to get into a club. He found a mentor in John Henry Davis. He said he entered music by playing drums in Lovies band, maybe because he was the only one who had a car. He played with Otis Rush, Eddie Boyd, and Matt Guitar Murphy, and occasionally drummed for Muddy Waters and accompanied Ray Charles in the 1980 film Blues Brothers. Born in Horn Lake MS, according to Edward Komaras Blues Encyclopedia, Horton played with musicians in Memphis and recorded on sessions with Sun Records.He toured the south with various musicians such as Big Joe Williams, Honeyboy Edwards and Floyd Jones. Pryor served in World War II in the Pacific and then, stationed at Ft. Sheridan, IL , came to Chicago on weekend passes and sat in with Sonny Boy I and Homesick James Williamson at the Purple Cat on Madison St. Moving permanently to Chicago in 1945, he began playing on Maxwell Street. In the late 19th century, Jewish immigrants started a produce market on Maxwell Street where it crosses Halsted Street. In various parts of his life he was a pimp, a preacher, and a street vendor of homemade political buttons. They have everything from pork chops to chicken to go! (Walter Kale, Chicago Tribune), A jazz band plays while shoppers mingle on Maxwell Street on March 16, 1975. Les Forgue writes in www.earlyblues.com in 2014,that he sometimes helped pass the tip bucket for John Henry Davis, who claimed the vacant lot on the northeast corner of Maxwell and Newberry. Jimmie Lee went on a hunger strike: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-07-10/news/0207100252_1_american-folk-blues-festival-blues-aficionados-maxwell-street, (Identified left to right, beginning in front row}, Piano C. Red, Mad Dog Lester Davenport, David Honeyboy Edwards, Jimmie Lee Robinson, Bonnie Lee, Zora Young, Johnnie Mae Dunson, Robert Dancin Perkins, Top Hat Bobby Davis, Mr. H (Baron of the Blues), Frank Little Sonny Scott Jr. Carolyn The Blues Lady Alexander, Clarence Little Scotty Scott, Johnny Drummer, Grana Louise, Nellie Tiger Travis, Gloria Shannon, Pat Smillie, Fruteland Jackson, Robert Blunt Nose Osborne, Charles Earwin, Charlie Love, Alex Easy Baby Randle, James Washington, Ray Scott, Milton Huston, Eddie C. Campbell, Robert Huckleberry Hound Wright, Tenry Johns, Frank Williams, Parl, James Wheeler, Calvin Vino Louden, Shunsuke Kikuta, Joe Barr, Steve Balkin, Willie Buckner, Larry Taylor, Minoru Maruyanma, Dave Weld, Pete Allen, Nick Biscuit Charles, Mose Rutues, John Sibley, Willie Kent, Casey Jones, J.M. Melrose set up his own studio, recording 90 per cent of all RCA Victor and Columbias African American artists between 1934 and 1951, according to Mike Rowes book Chicago Blues. This is his only livelihood and he may be seen any Thursday at the Ghetto market." And the African people did always tell stories. When recorded, the result became not only the dominant form of blues, but a vehicle that radically changed the emerging sound of rock and roll. Please note this is a cashless location (credit, debit, gift cards, dragon dollars or flames fare only) . Honey shares his epic 20th century travels with the most iconic of fellow bluesmen from Mississippi to Chicago. My 1st College UIC = HALSTED & HARRISON 3. He played electric slide guitar and sang, often with a tall, thin white harmonica player, Tom, and the drummer Porkchop Hines who claimed to have played with Louis Jordan and often sang the hit Caldonia. Porkchop lived in the building next door and supplied the electric power for the show. But for a long time churches rejected his connection, because many people interpreted the blues as the devils music., Some people associated blues with voodoo because of the musics strong power. His father was a tailor, and enrolled his children in a synagogue music program. Inspired by both Sonny Boy Williamsons and Little Walter Jacobs, Charles Edwards, born in 1933 in Tuscaloosa AL, began playing harp shortly after hitting Chicago in 1949. http://www.jerryportnoy.com/maxwell-street-origins/. (Edward Feeney/Chicago Tribune), According to the Tribune, a "marijuana and hashish enthusiast" sells slightly used drug paraphernalia on Maxwell Street on March 16, 1975. Piano C. Red (legal name Cecil Fain, aka James Wheeler) wore a red suit and played a red piano which he often brought to Maxwell Street. Hes best known for playing with Johnny Young, Lee Jackson, Arthur Spires, and Otis Big Smokey Smothers. Authorities said the [] CHICAGO A woman is OK after being shot in the chest in the city's Near West Side. Learning from blood relatives and musical mentors, bluesmen and women have passed the music and stagecraft, since the early 19th century minstrel shows through the early 20th century revues featuring singers like Bessie Smith, to the present day. Home of The Jew Town Polish. Born outside Memphis, TN, Johnny Shines moved to Arkansas at age 16 and became a follower and imitator of Howlin Wolf, then traveled with Robert Johnson, learning his masterful finger-picking and slide guitar style. Living Blues, the distinguished blues periodical, named this collection Best Historical Album of the Year for 2001. Although he traveled continuously for most of his career, until his death in 1982 at the age of 79, he spent a lot of time in Chicago. . (Chicago Tribune historical photo), Joseph Steward, 45, sells pillows and just about anything else on Maxwell Street on April 25, 1993. Moving to the Maxwell Street area in Chicago, he played harmonica and drums and sang blues on the street. Our late-night customer base must have shifted to other restaurants in other areas and we may never regain our reputation as a place for great late-night street food. This is a tremendously enjoyable recording and as real as it gets. He recorded in 1964, his own version of the railroad ballad John Henry which mentioned buying a dress on Maxwell Street. Oops. Born in Clarke County, MS, according to the 2013 reference book Blues: A Regional Experience by Bob L. Eagle and Eric S. LeBlanc, band leader and guitarist Pat Rushing was photographed by many tourists on Maxwell Street. Russian Hebrews was a census category. bjb, Jewish families in eastern Europe would send their daughters to work and with luck land husbands in America. Growing up on local streets and working at a variety of local jobs, she became embedded in the working lives of the neighborhood, vividly depicted later both in her original short stories and in pages of memoirs. http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/little-arthur-duncan/Content?oid=878530 He recorded in 1999-2000 for Delmark (Singing with the Sun) and Random Chance. "There is the sharp odor of garlic, sizzling redhots, spoiling fruit, aging cheese, and the strong suspect smell of pickled fish," the Trib's Lloyd Wendt wrote. Direct Maxwell Street connections include Little Walter, Hound Dog Taylor, and even a young Jimmie Lee Robinson playing behind Big Mama Thornton on Hound Dog. See also The American Folk Blues Festival Volume Two (1962-1966) and The American Folk Blues Festival Volume Three (1962-1969), Chicago Blues: The City and the Music, book by Mike Rowe (DeCapo Press, 1973, paperback, 226 pages. Hubcaps, rakes, brooms, shovels and more can be found at Maxwell Street's open-air market on Feb. 3, 1974. Long pause. He looked half asleep. In Chicagoland's Retail Market, the Halsted, Maxwell & Roosevelt shopping area was the 22nd biggest shopping area in the city by total volume of sales.However, in certain types of goods, such as "Apparel and Accessories", it ranked 4th. Nevertheless, unlike his treatment of theIrish, Mexicans, and Native Americans at whom he poked fun without mercy, he joked relativelylittle about Jews. The store moved in 2001 to nearby Union Street once the building was sold, muscled out by the soon-to-be-built University Village apartments. Only a teenager, he joined the Muddy Waters band, had a solo hit with the instrumental Juke, then quit to form his own band. The scene at 14th Street shows the size of a Sunday crowd at Maxwell Street Market in February 1965. Moving to Chicago at age 14, he was too young for clubs like the Zanzibar and Vis where Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf played. I was once a music major; my curiosity piqued, I had to ask him about the music. It did not work out. Maxwell Street, despite its rough condition, was a magnet for young U.S. and international musicians who respected the blues and wanted to learn and practice on the street. Rushings band also spawned proteges including guitar whizzes Melvin Taylor, Willie James, John Primer, and Pats sons Danny (drums) and Rico (bass). $30.00. In 1952 he and Eddie teamed up again and became a hit on VeeJay Records. Literally pullers cajoled, shoved, and pushed bargain hunters into the department stores. In the 1960s and 70s, with his wife Fannie, he played with a gospel group.http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/blues-notes-marking-the-memory-of-jim-brewer/Content?oid=872505, Robinson, the spiffy, spur-wearing Lonely Traveler, issued his own Amina Records CD Maxwell Street Blues, and he mentions Maxwell Street in his unique jazzy version of Big Boss Man.Born and raised in the Maxwell Street neighborhood, Robinson played with Eddie Taylor, Memphis Minnie, Big Bill Broonzy, Elmore James, Little Water and many more postwar Chicago blues masters: http://delmark.com/rhythm.robinson.htm and into the 21st century with Frank Scott, Johnnie Mae Dunson and others who actively protested Maxwell Streets demolition, writing protest tunes and even going on a hunger strike. We have been open since at least 1939, and sometime before that. Written, directed and produced by Phil Ranstrom and narrated by actor and former Maxwell Street regular Joe Mantegna, the film meticulously documents the street's fascinating 120-year history from its humble beginnings as a makeshift refuge for poor immigrants in the years following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 to its heydey as being one of . He taught Johnnie Mae Dunson to play drums. The German Government in Berlin decreed that only certified foreign businessmen were permitted to remain in the country. House of Blues Blues Masters Vol. Rayfield had made a living on Maxwell Street for 20 years grinding and selling horseradish. Dorsey co-founded the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses in 1933, and teamed musically with the powerfully inspired Chicago South Side singer Mahalia Jackson six years later to popularize the gospel form.https://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/people/thomas_dorsey.html. A Maxwell Street vendor tries to entice late Christmas shoppers with ornaments and dolls on Dec. 24, 1944. Arthur settled on the West Side and played with Maxwell Street/West Side musicians like Earl Hooker, Little Willie Foster, Floyd Jones and Jimmy Reed, who greatly influenced his style. People are getting on the public transit bus. This talented, fiery guitarist honed his chops in West and South Side clubs and on Maxwell Street, and toured Berlin with the 1977 New Legends of Blues and played in Sons of Blues band with fellow New Legend Billy Branch. Many placed their merchandise on stands, but some heaped their toys on the sidewalk to lure purchasers. http://www.thebluestrail.com/artists/mus_lm.htmA white businessman from Olney, IL, Lester and his brother owned a music store on Cottage Grove Ave. on Chicagos South Side in 1922. Abstract. http://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/lester-melrose/. People are getting on the public transit bus. Claim this business. In Chicago, the family lived in comfort on South Halsted Street until 1894, when the father died suddenly at the age of forty-four, leaving behind an impoverished widow and five small children. Harpers swinging version of Every Day I have the blues on a Canal Street Sunday morning in summer 2006. Sometimes they were fairly compensated, as in Van Halen paying royalties to blues guitarist John Brim for Ice Cream Man. But other times the bluesmen had to fight to get paid, as when Floyd Jones contested the rock group Canned Heats use of his lyrics On the Road Again. Jones told Living Blues Magazine (LB 59, Spring 1984) that Canned Heat band members Bob Hite, Henry Vestine and Alan Wilson were blues record collectors and very likely bought a 78 rpm record of Jones 1953 JOB Records version of On the Road Again at Bernard Abrams Maxwell Radio Shop. Today, there is little left of the old Maxwell Street market. Suffering from bone cancer in 2002, he took his own life at age 71. http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/maxwell%20street.htm, Also known as Jewtown Jimmy, Davis was born Charles Thompson in Tippo, MS according to Komara and Lees Blues Encyclopedia. Understanding an historical event in this project is realized by experiencing aspects of the lives of those struggling to find meaning in a place.They often had to challenge generations of tradition and customary belief including habits of provincial prejudice.The powers of established orthodoxies within national, religious, ethnic, race and gender identities were prevalent, often overpowering. This guitar player from Alexandria, LA, came to Chicago in 1938, lost a finger working in a meat packing plant and almost gave up music. He collaborated with Texas bluesman Little Son Jackson in 1947, and taught himself to play drums and organ. Hours of operation. When this photo was published in 1965, the open-air market's future was in doubt. But, the legacy of genius, hard work, community and spirit of those . A fishmonger tries to catch the attention of shoppers on a cold Sunday at the Maxwell Street market on Feb. 3, 1974. Sunnyland didnt have many big hits himself, but he brought musicians to record on area labels including his own Airway Records http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sunnyland-slim-mn0000490769/biography and mentored many artists including Maxwell Streetharmonica player Snooky Pryor and singer Big Time Sarah. King, Little Arthur Duncan migrated to Chicago with most of his family. Lalo's on Maxwell Open daily for dine in, take out and delivery! Sarah Neiman, from left, and George Cohen weigh fish and chat with customers Bertha Bluestein, Sophie Paletz and Olive Greenburg at the Maxwell Street market, circa May 18, 1934. If this man can play, he thought, I can too! His mother loved gospel music and his father the blues. Williams,James Brown, Dennis Edwards, Pervis Spann, Walt Willey, and Charlie Love. Banks. This sampling shows the musical relationship between Chicago blues and 1960s-70s rock: Led Zeppelin, Early Days; The Best of Led Zeppelin, Volume 1 (WEA/Atlantic). He played harmonica with bass player John Henry Davis (age 38, from Clarksdale, MS) and drummer Porkchop Hines at Newberry and Maxwell, just west of Blind Arvella Grays spot. Hed just purchased the car with his earnings from the American Folk Blues festival tour of Europe. On his own label, L&R (Lippman and Rau), into the 1980s, he recorded many artists in his annual American Folk Blues Festival in Frankfurt, including Chicago blues giants Willie Dixon, Earl Hooker, and Eddie Taylor. 60607. Lurie is the subject of Paul Marcuss 2005 documentary Mercurial Son and a chapter in David Whiteis book Chicago Blues: Portraits and Stories. $15.00. The Maxwell Street market -- its principal thoroughfare was just south of Roosevelt Road on either side of Halsted Street -- was the ancestor of today's suburban flea markets. Born William George Tucker in Tennessee, Barbee worked country suppers and southern juke joints, then moved to Chicago, adopting the name of the legendary Appalachian railroad man John Henry. We were struck by the variety of music blaring from various sellers tables; gospel, rap, the blues, Broadway musicals, ranchero, you name it, it was there. Backstage with J.B. by guitarist Dave Weld: http://www.chicagobluesguide.com/features/jb-hutto-by-weld/jb-hutto-weld-page.html, J.B. Hutto plays his racy Pet Cream Man, featuring his guitar slide on the And This Is FreeCD, Blinded in his youth, Jim Brewer was urged by his parents to learn music. So our margins are being squeezed, but more important than that is the loss of late-night customers. He played on Maxwell Street and entertained in South Side clubs. Blind Arvella plays his Maxwell Street version of the ballad John Henry, c. 1964, on the And This Is Free: The Life and Times of Chicagos Legendary Maxwell Street CD. "Poor folks can't afford to pay more," he said. He had trouble fitting into the music scene as blues became electrified, but found some favor in the folk circuit.Johnny Young performs Money Taking Woman, c. 1948, on the And This Is FreeCD. Recording locations are not identified, but Welding and Dayron typically recorded in clubs, homes and on Maxwell Street, rather than in studios, so this is about as real as it gets. Johnny traveled and played the southwest, then moved back to Chicago where he played as a one-man band on Maxwell Street til he died in 1963a classy, sometimes lonely figure in his top hat and waistcoat. Thats why I always say the blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling and understandingAll of these songs came from the original tom-toms of Africa, the rhythms of Africa. A primary objective of this investigation is to tell the story of the compelling role Chicago's West Side played in the making of modern America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, an era publicized to the world by Jane Addams and the Hull-House . In America, the music has evolved to include elements of jazz and Broadway show tunes, in a melting pot just like Maxwell Street. Cream, The Very Best of Cream (Uni/A&M). Chuck Cowdery, A FURTHER NOTE: Keil, a musicologist, was acquainted with Malcolm X and with some leaders in the Black Arts movement of the 1960s. 5,628 were here. Halsted/Taylor Parking Structure. Moving to Chicago hed play Maxwell Street at the height of the crowd each Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Usually backed by nothing more than an electric guitar and a drummer. An undated photo of the Maxwell Street market at the height of its popularity. Hes best known for laying down the boogie behind his old homey Reed. 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