Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, Communities, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll
…mercial for TCI Cable. 2:18 Ad for Give Five. 2:49 Ad for Second City, 1616 N Wells. 3:21 Chicago Blues – Blues and More. 3:44 Pervis Spann introduces show and guests – Richard Stamz and Carl Wright. Stamz was a pioneer in Black radio and television. (He was on radio station WGES). Wright is playing a reverend this week. Stamz claims he got his hat in 1937 from Bugs Moran, a gangster and that it is made of pressed and bleached fur ins… Continue reading →
Black, Chicago, Communities, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll
0:00 Bars and tone, black. (Initially no tone.) 1:23 Showcase Chicago id. Blues and More opening. 2:06 Pervis Spann opens the show, introduces Carl Wright, the guest. They joke about some of Wright’s women friends and a man whose sex change operation he financed. 5:09 Music video for song by The Pointer Sisters called “After You”, with archival footage from old movies with Black actors in romantic roles. 9:06 Spann and Wright r… Continue reading →
…el of four women talk about the state of the Chicago public schools in low income areas. 4:42 Commercials. 9:01 Blues and More with Pervis Spann. Reverend Carl Wright joins Spann on the show. Today they talk about Wright’s “church,” contemporary rap music, the future stars of blues music, and James Brown. 15:54 Music video for the song “Running In and Out of My Life” by Tyrone Davis. 28:35 Music video for the song &#… Continue reading →
0:18 Bars and tone. 1:10 “Showcase Chicago” titles 1:27 Commercial for “Take a bite out of crime” 1:37 N’Digo Magazine commercial 2:25 Chicago Independent Bulletin commercial 2:55 WBEE AM 1570 commercial 3:25 Blues & More with Pervis Spann titles 3:52 Pervis Spann introduces show and co-host Reverend Carl White. He introduces “Chicago’s finest satirist” Herb?. They reminisce about a show Her… Continue reading →