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Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Donald “Duck” Dunn, Sam Lay, and Buddy Miles – Fathers and Sons, 1969 on Chess

Vinyl Me Please just credits the LP to Muddy Waters, but the back cover really credits everyone in the all star band. It was Waters’s biggest seller. One…

Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve.

Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve. One of the four LPs of material recorded at the London House in Chicago in 1962 (along with The Trio, Sound…

Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen: The Sound of the Trio, 1962 on Verve.

Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen: The Sound of the Trio, 1962 on Verve. One of a series of releases recorded at the London House in Chicago in…

Oscar Peterson Trio, Put On A Happy Face, 1966 on Verve.

Oscar Peterson Trio, Put On A Happy Face, 1966 on Verve. My favorite incarnation with Ed Thigpen and Ray Brown – one of four LPs of music recorded…

Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Raw Magic, 1982 on Alligator Records.

Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Raw Magic, 1982 on Alligator Records. These days my rule is if I find an Alligator Records LP from them 70s or 80s…

The Oscar Peterson Trio, The Trio: Live From Chicago, 1961 on Verve.

The Oscar Peterson Trio, The Trio: Live From Chicago, 1961 on Verve. Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen, Oscar Peterson – live at The London House in Chicago – multiple…

The Buckinghams, Kind Of A Drag, 1967 on U.S.A. Records.

The Buckinghams, Kind Of A Drag, 1967 on U.S.A. Records. The Buckinghams are a Chicago band but took on a name that would fare better during the British…

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 – Chicago

What the bean sees

What the bean sees

Office view this am

Office view this am

Friday, August 24th, 2018

Thursday, August 9th, 2018

Avocado toast & hipster burger (sub impossible) on the menu at freehand chicago

Avocado toast & hipster burger (sub impossible) on the menu at freehand chicago

Sunset on the Tribune building

Sunset on the Tribune building

Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

Where old meets new

Where old meets new

Chicago, 2018

WordCamp for Publishers

Shoe buddies at

Shoe buddies at WordCamp for Publishers, Chicago

Just in time for the Holidays

Just in time for the holidays – I was very happy to see this in the Mercy For Animals e-newsletter: MFA’s “How Much Cruelty Can You Swallow?” Ad…