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The [Thursday] Papers"A white kid had to be tough, confident and maybe a little nuts to venture into the South Side blues clubs in Chicago during the heyday of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and try to go toe to toe with the masters," Greg Kot writes for the Tribune. But the late Paul Butterfield had attitude to burn and a reverence for the blues that cut deeper than any fear he might've had. The blues masters gave him a shot, and they realized the kid not only had guts, he had chops. No one played blues harmonica quite like 'Butter.' Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story, directed by Emmy-winner John Anderson (whose previous credits include the Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy), tells the story of a transformation. Through Butterfield's experience, it shows how white kids discovered and embraced the authenticity and passion of an art form created and lived by African-Americans. The masters had migrated from Southern sharecropping poverty to big northern cities such as Chicago in search of jobs. At night and on weekends, they plugged in and poured out their pain and joy in electric blues that thrived in South Side joints such as Silvio's and Pepper's Lounge. - See also: Horn From The Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story. Trailer included. - Public Art Dart "It just seemed like a way of exploiting the work of artists in the city for short-term gain in a really short sighted kind of way," Marshall told the Chicago Tribune. "And so I made a decision at that time I would never do another public work." Heights And Weights "Chicago Heights: Little Joe College, the Outfit, and the Fall of Sam Giancana, is a memoir by Charles 'Charley' Hager. The book was co-authored by Kentucky writer David T. Miller and published by Southern Illinois University Press." * "Hager wrote that when he was 13 in 1961 he moved to Illinois to live with an uncle who ran a mob-connected bar in Chicago Heights. Mob boss Albert Tocco gave Hager the nickname 'Little Joe College' because of his street smarts. "'I began my life as a rather naive, apprentice criminal,' he wrote. 'I moved cars and packages from one place to another, never knowing what was in them, and I was smart enough not to ask.' "He eventually realized he was moving cash or cars that were headed for chop shops. At the time, the mob controlled police departments and judges, he wrote. Eventually, he claims he became an expert in fixing harness races at Balmoral Park in Crete." * Also: From the leg-breaking to the loan-sharking, I played a role in it all. I was very deep in it. My big thing that got me on top was horse racing. I was a great earner with that. Something about being raised up in West Virginia and being around horses a lot - I got a lot of tips which [most] people wouldn't have gotten, and made a lot of money [at the] Balmoral Race Track in Crete, Illinois. I was the go-to guy. I was the fixer. Things moved from the streets to an office job because I was the golden goose for them. Rock Doc See also: Chicago Neonatologist To Release Second Record. - New on the Beachwood . . . Campaign Notebook - ChicagoReddit Has anyone used a hover board, electronic skateboard, or anything like that on your commute? How did it go? from r/chicago - ChicagoGram - ChicagoTube When Local TV News Discovered House. - BeachBook Chicago Producer Victor Cervantes Is 17 And Taking Off Like A Pop Music Rocket. - TweetWood
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See also: * @TastyRib. - The Beachwood McRibTip Line: Structured. Posted on November 7, 2018 |
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