The Chicago Loop never outdid their first 45, despite a wild psychedelic single in 1968 that holds up great today.
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Remembering Triad Radio, where the usual was unusual
Triad Radio, Chicago’s pioneering experiment in commercial free-form radio, left the airwaves in 1977. Now longtime program director Saul Smaizys is moving its archives online.
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Blues drummer Sam Lay has made five careers’ worth of music
Sharp-dressed drummer Sam Lay has played with Dylan and Howlin’ Wolf, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Dean Milano
Since the 60s, versatile but anonymous journeyman Dean Milano has played in too many bands to list