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Frank Luby
Sep 132 min read
Moral Kiosk - R.E.M. (1984)
Two common themes in these Weekend Warmups – if I finally start doing them regularly – will be discovery and wonder. Discovery is about...
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Frank Luby
Dec 5, 20239 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20218 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20213 min read
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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