Chicago Blues: As Seen from the Inside [With Flaps]

A stunning collection of photographs from Chicago's foremost blues photographerWhen Raeburn Flerlage was asked to take a picture of Memphis Slim in 1959, he began a careerthat would produce some of the most fascinating and important photos ever taken of bluesmusicians. By shooting concert performanc [...]
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A stunning collection of photographs from Chicago's foremost blues photographerWhen Raeburn Flerlage was asked to take a picture of Memphis Slim in 1959, he began a careerthat would produce some of the most fascinating and important photos ever taken of bluesmusicians. By shooting concert performances, studio sessions, interviews, and club shows, hebecame a fixture of the Chicago blues scene during the 1960s and early 70s, and captured some of America's greatest blues artists at the pinnacle of their careers: Muddy Waters, LittleWalter, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Spann, James Cotton, John Lee Hooker, Son House, and many more.Here, for the first time, are Raeburn's greatest photos, reproduced in a beautiful format.From Howlin' Wolf performing at legendary Pepper's lounge to Otis Spann and James Cottonplaying in Muddy Waters' basement, these pictures bring to life one of the most incredibleperiods in American musical history, and will make you feel like you're right there in thatsmoky bar, listening.Blues; and on record covers for labels like Chess, Delmark, Folkways, Prestige, and RCA. Hiswork was featured in the ECW Press publication, Muddy Waters: The Mojo Man (1997).