Black, Chicago, Communities, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, Studs Terkel
…uddy Waters’s origins on an ex-slave plantation in Mississippi and his collaboration with Chess’s father in Chicago. Video of Muddy Waters singing “Got My Mojo Workin’.” B.B. King: “In modern times I think Muddy Waters did more for the blues than any of us. And I call him the godfather.” 23:03 Cut to film footage of Willie Dixon singing with Muddy Waters. Ramis introduces a segment on Willie Dixon. Buddy… Continue reading →
Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, Communities
00:07 Color bars. Camera opens on Jimmy Walker and Billy Branch performing with a band. “Chicago Blues Urban Experience: Loyola University Program for Continuing Education.” Footage of their performance. 2:31 Cut to a performance by Albert Luandrew. 3:46 Cut to a performance by Johnny Davis. 5:23 Voiceover of Davis speaking about his family playing music. Camera pans over a map of Chicago with a focus on the places Davis is mentio… Continue reading →
Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, Communities
00:09 “Chicago Blues Urban Experience: Loyola University Program for Continuing Education” Music begins to play. 00:16 “Sweet Home Chicago Overture: A Thematic Progression” 00:21 Camera pans over a map of the American South. “Concert Poster for James A. Williamson, David Edwards, and Floyd Jones. Brief footage of the three playing on a stage interspersed with footage of the map. Audio cuts in and out. Historic photo… Continue reading →
Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, Communities
…01 Color bars. 00:21 Camera pans down a Chicago Street. Lefty Dizz voiceover introducing a show. “Chicago Blues Urban Experience: Loyola University Program for Continuing Education” Music begins to play. Sign reads “Help celebrate Blue Monday live in Chicago featuring: the sounds of 43rd St. with Lefty Dizz and his shock treatment. Also special assorted guest.” Camera zooms in and out and then pans on a map of Chicago. 1:… Continue reading →
Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, Communities, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll
…“O” Movers and Storage. 37:43 Ad for Hopkins Foods at 7535 S. State Street. 38:15 Pervis returns to the topic of sex with fat women. Wright tells a joke about Stamz having sex with a 22 year old girl. 41:42 Music video for song by Tony Terry called “With You.” This video is very 90s. Singing and synthesizers. 45:32 Spann says that Terry reminds him of a singer. Stamz talks about the Cotton Field Blues and about cotton pick… 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 →
Black, Chicago, Communities, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, THE 90's
00:00 Footage of inmate band playing onstage at the Cook County Jail. Chairs of people, mostly women, fill the gym floor, while the bleachers are lined with male inmates. 03:47 Backstage with a couple of musicians from the All Bubba Blues Band, who discuss other blues musicians who’ve played at the jail, including B.B. King. 06:30 The All Bubba Blues Band takes the stage and tunes up. They are introduced by a man onstage with them: Ron Sha… Continue reading →
0:00 We see the end of an African-American talk show, Straight Talk, hosted by W.L. Lillard. A panel 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… Continue reading →