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Frank Luby
- 1 day ago
- 9 min
The Day NASCAR's Underdogs Went Rogue
Imagine that the best sixth men in NBA staged their own All-Star game after the season, and they did it in style: a pick-up game at a...
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Frank Luby
- Oct 20
- 3 min
Mustang Sally - Magic Slim & The Teardrops (1985)
Some songs, when performed live, are like a salve for the soul. They make worries evaporate and time stand still, and they never fail to...
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Frank Luby
- Oct 13
- 3 min
Scuttle Buttin’ – Stevie Ray Vaughan (1984)
Seeing up-and-coming Stevie Ray Vaughan for the very first time in February 1984 was like a surprise party. What songs would he play? He...
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Frank Luby
- Feb 21
- 3 min
A Kid’s Letters to Sports Teams – Part 1
It’s been almost 50 years, but I can still remember the anticipation whenever the mail carrier appeared a few houses away. He drove a...
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Frank Luby
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Remembering Soup
Bill Campbell, a relief pitcher who passed away last week at the age of 74, will always occupy a special place in my treasure chest of...
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Frank Luby
- Feb 8, 2022
- 5 min
Muddy Waters: From household name to household story
Try to think of a famous American inventor whose home and workplace are museums. Henry Ford? Yup. Thomas Edison? Of course. That pantheon...
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Frank Luby
- Jan 29, 2022
- 5 min
Remembering Willie Dixon ... in his own words
You can’t tell the full story of modern blues and modern popular music without highlighting Willie Dixon, who passed away on this day 30...
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Frank Luby
- Nov 5, 2021
- 8 min
A Chat with Christone "Kingfish" Ingram: Past, Present, and Bright Future
“Play the song that got you here!” That’s what country music legend Roy Acuff recommended back in the day as he welcomed young performers...
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Frank Luby
- Oct 29, 2021
- 2 min
Remembering Bill Luckett
“Where are you from?” The question came from a neighboring table at the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and it wasn’t...
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Frank Luby
- Oct 12, 2021
- 6 min
Concert Review: Buddy Guy and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Buddy Guy has mellowed, but in a way that is still pure Buddy Guy. By the time the 85-year-old legend departed the stage at Horseshoe...
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Frank Luby
- Oct 6, 2021
- 5 min
Doing one thing very well ... for 50 years
Whether a start-up survives more than five years is essentially a coin toss, according to data from the US Small Business Administration....
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Frank Luby
- Sep 7, 2021
- 6 min
The Magic of Kingfish
The TL/DR version:21-year-old artist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram and his stellar supporting team serve up an irresistible blend of...
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Frank Luby
- Aug 27, 2021
- 5 min
Stevie Ray's rendition of "Life and Business 101"
Stevie Ray Vaughan passed away 31 years today in a helicopter crash in southern Wisconsin. He left behind not only an immense musical...
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Frank Luby
- May 5, 2021
- 5 min
Missing live music (Part 1)
The marquee of the Riviera Theater delivers a somber reminder of one of Covid’s worst economic and social side effects: no live music....
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Frank Luby
- Mar 31, 2021
- 5 min
Classic vs. Modern Era: A question of competition
Imagine smelling a mixture of exhaust fumes, burnt rubber, grease, and gasoline, laced with a residue of cigarette smoke and intensified...
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Frank Luby
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
RIP Dion Payton
Last Saturday, as we got ready to see Joanna Connor perform at Rosa’s on Chicago’s West Side, I couldn’t get an up-tempo version of...
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Frank Luby
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
A Taste of Prairie Magic
This week’s great road-trip food comes from Chadron, Nebraska (pop. 5,591) Flat and full of endless corn fields. If you ask someone to...
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Frank Luby
- Feb 10, 2021
- 5 min
Winning a Game of Chicken
This Wednesday’s great road-trip food comes from the outskirts of Pittsburg, Kansas (pop. 20,178) The night manager at the Comfort Inn in...
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Frank Luby
- Feb 3, 2021
- 3 min
Midpoint and an Oasis
This Wednesday’s great road-trip food comes from Adrian, Texas (pop. 120) One lonely tumbleweed bounced across my path as I squinted into...
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Frank Luby
- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
A Timeless Toast to an Unplugged Breakfast
This Wednesday’s great road-trip food comes from Luther, Oklahoma (pop. 1,221) The drive from the outskirts of Oklahoma City to Joplin,...
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