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The owner of the famous Bluesbus, that used to be on 14th Street and So. Halsted (in Chicago), has just opened up a new Blues (records, tapes, CD) music store at 1318 South Halsted, right next door to Original Jim's Hot Dog Stand at Halsted and Maxwell. This store, formerly Leeds Menswear, shares the space with the new headquarters/mini-museum of the Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition. The Museum is a work in progress, but the record store, Heritage Bluesbus Music, is fully open for business.
Come and have a polish sausage at Jim's and shop next door. This is a piece of Mississippi and part of the blues past of the old Maxwell Street neighborhood. .
When ready, we will post the date of our official opening celebration which will include live blues music from people who have played in the old market.
We also welcome you to bring us stories, artifacts, souvenirs, and pictures of the old Maxwell Street Market for display in the Museum. You can drop them off for us, at the store, to Reverend Johnson, owner/manager of Heritage Bluesbus Music; or send them to us. At this point, please don't send us anything that has to be returned.
Maxwell Street is coming back. Be a part of it!
Missed the recent funeral of Jimmy Rogers? He was an important blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist; the last surviving member of the original Muddy Waters Band. After reading remembrances on the Jimmy Rogers Memorial Homepage, view a video of the funeral at the Museum.
IMAGES of Heritage Bluesbus Music(12/97)
Blues sign (11K)
Window (14K)
Closeup of window (41K)
Jim's Original, next door (12K)
Night view (11K)
Coalition sign (27K)
Reverend Johnson and son (23K)
Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition c/o Professor Steve Balkin, Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605 PH: 312-341-3696; FAX: 312-341-3680; email: mar@interaccess.com; Home Page<http://www.openair.org/maxwell/preserve.html>
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