With spurs jangling,

A fighter was he,

This Lonely Traveler

Wrestled with UIC.

**

Moaning his tunes,

Stomping a beat,

He hoped to save

Beloved Maxwell Street.

**

He twanged the Blues,

Guitar in hand,

Hoping the Trustees

Would not demolish his land.

**

Confronting the mighty

He made his Blues plea,

Save the people,

The buildings, the culture, all three.

**

He sang in the streets

Wherever he went,

Fighting for Jewtown,

Heavenly sent.

**

Little Sonny, Little Scotty,

Top Hat, H, and Johnnie Mae

Joined in his army;

Gave support in the fray.

**

There was the Reverend, Tyner,

Too Tough, Perkins, Red, Rose, Sammy,

Sugar Baby, Shirley, Charlotte, Six Pack,

Cut Rate, Joe, Jimmy, Jimmi, Wolf,

Motivation, Al, Tom, Noa, John, Paul, Luke,

LaJune, Bubba, Bilbo, Barkin, Bill, Bonnie,

George, James, Scott, Shirley, Ruby, Ray,

Regina, Rene, Patrick, LT, Lindsey, Huck,

Iceman, IceMike, Dollar, Big Daddy,

Big Eyes, Bluntnose, Toronzo, Taildragger,

Sambo, Little Willie, Big Willie, and

Jumpin Willie just to name a few.

- (pause and take a breath.) -

They performed on the corner,

Like Blues soldiers do.

**

Original Jim's

And Juketown Stand were the stage.

They sang for the people.

They expressed the deep rage.

**

Becoming a King,

Was not even the least.

He led us in battle

Against Daley the Beast.

**

This he would say

With power to foresee,

Remember the lost Bluesmen,

And keep memories of me.

-00-

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FULL NAME LIST FROM STANZAS SIX and SEVEN

Frank Little Sonny Scott Jr.-Supreme Mayor of Maxwell Street, Clarence Little Scotty Scott, Bobby Top Hat Davis, Mr. H.-Baron of the Blues and the Blueskeepers, Johnnie Mae Dunson Smith-Queen of Maxwell Street.

Reverend John Johnson (owner of the blues bus), Tyner White (inventor of the Stratazuki), Bobby Too Tough, Dancin Robert Scott Perkins, Piano C. Red and the Flat Foot Boogie Band, Neil Rose, Sammy Fender, Sugar Baby Irma Minzie, Shirley King, Charlotte Miller, Six Pack Band, Cut Rate Band, Joe Peterson, Jimmy Isit, Jimmi Prime Time Smith, Morides Howlin Wolf, Motivation Band, Al Harris, Tom Shaka, Jody Noa, John Primer, Paul Patratis, Luke Pytel, Louis LaJune Emory, Bubba Tucker, Bilbo Walker, Barkin Bill, Bill Langlotz, Barrelhouse Bonnie McKeown, Harmonica George, James Washington, Scott Maddon, Ruby Harris, Ray Scott, Lady Regina, Rene Maxwell, Patrick Reninger, LT McGee, David Lindsey, Huck, Iceman Robinson, Ice Mike, Johnny Dollar, Big Daddy Rich, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Robert Bluntnose Osborne, Toronzo Cannon, Taildragger, Sambo, Little Willie James, Big Willie James, and Jumpin Willie Cobbs and the Fireballs. My apologies to those musicians I inadvertently missed.