Download or read book Exploring Chicago Blues: Inside the Scene, Past and Present written by Rosalind Cummings-Yeates and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blues history is steeped in Chicago's sidewalks; it floats out of its restaurants, airport lounges and department stores. It is a fundamental part of the city's heritage that every resident should know and every visitor should be afraid to miss. Allow Rosalind Cummings-Yeates to take you inside the Checkerboard and Gerri's Palm Tavern, where folks like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon and Ma Rainey transformed Chicago into the blues mecca. Continue on to explore the contemporary blues scene and discover the best spots to hear the purest sounds of Sweet Home Chicago.