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Home » Music » The Secret History of Chicago Music » Page 18

Category: The Secret History of Chicago Music

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Edward M. Zajda

by Chicago Reader March 7, 2012August 19, 2021

Electroacoustic composer Edward M. Zajda released a dazzling album in 1969, then nothing — but he’s still making music

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Blind Joel Taggart

by Chicago Reader February 23, 2012August 19, 2021

Gospel singer and bluesman Blind Joel Taggart may have been the first guitar evangelist ever to make a record

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: HA

by Chicago Reader February 9, 2012August 19, 2021

HA’s lone mid-80s EP is long gone, but Andy Mead and Steve Marcotte now play together in the Finnish Charts

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Jimmy Burns

by Chicago Reader January 26, 2012August 19, 2021

Guitarist Jimmy Burns started out singing doo-wop and now plays the blues for Delmark

Posted inMusic

The Secret History of Chicago Music: Graced Lightning

by Chicago Reader January 12, 2012August 19, 2021

The Secret History of Chicago Music: the “futuristic rock” of early-70s Deerfield band Graced Lightning

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Lee Groban

by Chicago Reader December 29, 2011August 19, 2021

Artist Lee Groban, who died December 9, wrote the world’s longest poem and lent his voice and vision to Sundog Summit

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: O.W.L.

by Chicago Reader December 15, 2011August 19, 2021

The lone LP from Stephen Titra’s O.W.L. finally saw release after a test pressing turned up in a thrift store

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Barrett Deems

by Chicago Reader December 1, 2011August 19, 2021

Barrett Deems, the “world’s fastest drummer,” played with Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Mark Tucker

by Chicago Reader November 17, 2011August 19, 2021

Oak Park eccentric Mark Tucker created the outsider classic “Batstew”

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Darrow Fletcher

by Chicago Reader November 3, 2011August 19, 2021

The Hirsch High School grad signed with MCA, but could never top the charts

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Yezda Urfa

by Chicago Reader October 6, 2011August 19, 2021

A record by this 70s prog-rock band recently sold for nearly $2,000

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Ginni Clemmens

by Chicago Reader September 22, 2011August 19, 2021

“Gentle Radical” Ginni Clemmens

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Willie Henderson

by Chicago Reader August 25, 2011August 19, 2021

“Funky Chicken” auteur Willie Henderson

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Starlets

by Chicago Reader July 14, 2011August 19, 2021

Chicago girl group the Starlets split up after their last hit was credited to Patti LaBelle’s Blue Belles

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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Roscoe Mitchell

by Chicago Reader June 30, 2011August 19, 2021

The AACM cofounder continues to push jazz into the future

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