Browsing: chess records

Before he wrote “Hoochie Coochie Man,” Willie Dixon boxed in Chicago. His pivot from ring to pen shaped electric blues and rock.

Chuck Berry wasn’t first or flashiest. He was the one who defined what rock-and-roll performers sold: freedom, swagger, cars, and stories.

Buddy Guy arrived in Chicago expecting glory. What he found was poverty, danger, and a Muddy Waters moment that rewired the blues.