Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation, Historic Site of Chess Records
Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation, Historic Site of Chess Records is a historic and protected site Cook County Illinois located in United States.
2120 S Michigan Ave (bt E 21st St & Cermak Av) Chicago , IL 60616 United States
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This place really interest me because I come from a family that loves the blues . However, Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven tells a story about it and how it developed in Chicago. My future destination.
One of the most important sites in blues history, nearly every blues great passed through here when it was home to Chess Records. The building now houses the Blues Heaven Foundation. Read more
One of the most important sites in blues history, nearly every blues great passed through here when it was home to Chess Records. Almost any song you associate with Chicago blues was recorded here. Read more
The building now houses the Blues Heaven Foundation, begun by blues legend Willie Dixon to promote blues history and support working musicians . Stop in for a tour to experience the history yourself. Read more
The blues are the roots of all American music .
God bless Willie Dixon for became a tireless ambassador for the blues and a vocal advocate for its practitioners and founding the Blues Heaven Foundation
Check out the Blues Heaven Foundation's website or FB page for lots of summer dates of FREE shows here! :D
The Rolling Stones recorded Satisfaction here!
Free concerts every Thursday night from 6-7 during the summer!
wanna b there..
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For some bizarre reason, most probably having to do with the jazz police; Eddie Harris wouldn't perform his POP-chart-reaching version of Exodus (on Vee Jay) for years after 1962. 3=(} - Steve ‘Pudgy’ De Rose
The hardware store at the corner used to be the Sunset Café, a legendary jazz club where Louis Armstrong and others played. Look inside at the historic clippings in front, and the mural in back. - Explore Chicago
Two granite blocks mark the former spot of the Illinois Central Depot, or the Black Ellis Island, where 1000s of southern African Americans arrived to start new lives in Chicago - the Promised Land. - Explore Chicago
This used to be the landmark 708 Club, one of the birthplaces of the Chicago blues. It was here that the instruments and style that defined the highly-charged electrified blues really came together. - Explore Chicago
A treat for a Special Chrat day, I grew up eating them going to the Market with my Grandmother in Jew Town as a child!! $2 Polish for February: Black History Month Nice!! - Kathi Hardney
A must-visit in Chicago. Real Blues legend. Live Blues music. Food is also good. - Devrim Gündüz
Category Landmarks and Outdoors » Historic and Protected Site
Place United States » Illinois » Cook County » Chicago » South Loop