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  [Benson Hedges Blues Fest, tape 1]

  Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, Communities, Performance

  Performances and interviews from the Benson Hedges Blues Fest captured by Barry Dolins.

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  Musical Memories from Chicago 1963 to 2000

  Chicago, Performance, Tom Palazzolo

  A collection of excerpts from films by Tom Palazzolo focuing on music in Chicago, from street performers on Maxwell St to folk and rock bands at neighborhood festivals.

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  American Roots Music Chicago

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, Studs Terkel

  “American Roots Music: Chicago” provides a history of Chicago blues, jazz, and folk music through archival photographs and film. Several notable musicians, such as B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Pete Seeger, and Jeff Tweedy reflect on what they’ve inherited from their predecessors. Harold Ramis narrates biographical segments on Louis Armstrong, Ma Rainey, Benny Goodman, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, the Staple Sisters, Willie Dixon, and Big Bill Broonzy. The documentary also covers the rise of folk and polka in Chicago. Other topics include the Great Migration, the rise of radio and phonograph records, electric musical instruments, the National Barn Dance radio program, and the Old Town School of Folk Music. The documentary ends with a sampling of musical genres and venues active in Chicago.