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On the Record: How Darren Revilla Found His Groove
09 Apr 2025 13:01 GMT
… began his long relationship with Chess Records in Chicago. He also found …
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Chess Records, Muddy Waters and the birth of urban blues music
16 Feb 2025 12:52 GMT
… payroll, get to work.”
Chess Records grew from the confluence … on a record myself.”
Chess Records founders Leonard Chess, left, … those days!” Marshall recalled.
Chess Records employees take a break … Riperton, who worked at Chess Records, joined the band as …
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Chess Records, Ramova Theatre and University Club of Chicago Among New Sites Announced for Open House Chicago 2024
11 Sep 2024 00:57 GMT
Chess Records studio. (Courtesy Chicago Architecture Center)
… air guitar, Chicagoans.
The famed Chess Records studio has joined the annual …
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“The album took off like a rocket ship. It sold 100,000 right away, it was the biggest Muddy Waters album to date”: how Chess Records and Muddy Waters invented psychedelic blues with Electric Mud
22 Jun 2024 18:03 GMT
… of the ululating jam is Chess records’ fading folk hero and … setting, the brothers formed Chess Records in the early 50s, … all on South Michigan Avenue, Chess Records – and spin-offs Checker, … – Marshall’s friend, and Chess Records’ major staple for 20 years …
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Historic Chess Records, Blues Fest mark milestones
08 Jun 2024 17:07 GMT
… two Polish brothers, in 1950, Chess Records found a home away from … therefore rock ‘n’ roll."
Chess Records was based at several different … arrangers of the signature "Chess Records Sound."
"Willie Dixon …
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Sunday Morning Blues Brunch Playlist 3-3-24 “Salute to Chess Records”
12 May 2024 18:38 GMT
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We did a salute to Chess Records in honor of Phil …
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How Earth, Wind & Fire made its masterpiece
27 Mar 2025 10:09 GMT
… as a staff musician at Chess Records — that’s him playing drums …
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Chess Records, Revived
11 Sep 2023 10:39 GMT
… others, made in Chicago for Chess Records, the storied indie label, in … “New Moves,” an album of Chess Records classics reinterpreted by a supergroup …
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Gerald Sims, Chess Records session guitarist, played with blues, soul royalty, dead at 83
18 May 2023 11:14 GMT
… a session guitar player for Chess Records, Gerald Sims played with blues … found a job playing at Chess Records and and in Gideon’s … bought the building that housed Chess Records at 2120 S. Michigan Ave …
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Sonoma party celebrates enigmatic '60s-era San Francisco singer
21 Mar 2025 22:32 GMT
… rock-oriented subsidiary imprint to Chess Records that made waves with its …