Bo Diddley house, 4746 S. Langley on 9/20/21. Image courtesy of Chicago Fire Department.
There is a gritty beat to the music of Chicago.
It is deeply appointed, carries no pretense, and is something to hold on to. Forever.
In 2004 the late Bo Diddley told me he developed his famous beat when he heard Gene Autry’s “(I Got Spurs That ) Jingle Jangle Jingle” on the radio on the south side of Chicago.
Diddley was born Ellas Bates McDaniel in Mc Comb, Miss. just north of the Louisiana border.
His family moved to 4746 S. Langley in Chicago when he was seven. They wanted him to escape the sharecropper’s [...]
Artist Ken Auster’s “Turnin-A-Burnin” (Courtesy of Jack Morris)
The only Ruby Tuesday restaurant left in Illinois is off of Route 66 in downstate Litchfield. I’ve had the chicken and broccoli pasta a few times there over the past year. On every visit, I’ve paid a little more attention to the artwork. The walls contain restaurant themed paintings that recall Edward Hopper’s sparse realism.
On the north wall of the Ruby Tuesday, there is a giclee (inkjet printing process) of a waiter in a creased white shirt serving two men at a small table with a white tablecloth. A chef with a [...]
ROLLING STONES 2020 CORONAVIRUS SETLIST
“Doom and Gloom”
“Gimme Shelter”
“Fever” (Little Willie John cover)
“Wild Sources”
“Jumpin’ Jack Hot Flash”
“Miss You” (for empty arenas only)
“Let’s Spend the Night Together in Quarantine”
“Poison Ivy” (Leiber-Stoller)
“Something Happened To Me Yesterday”
“2120 South Michigan Ave/Mercy Hospital 2525 South.Michigan Ave”
“Sister Morphine”
“Just My Hazmatiation” (sort of a Temptations cover)
“Rocks Off This Cruise Ship”
“You Gotta Move” (Fred McDowell cover)
“She Was [...]
