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George Thorogood - Goin’ Back

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Chords/Lyrics: Goin' Back 
Great PBS resource on Jean Baptiste DuSable:http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=76,4,3,2

Spiritual - Now Let me fly

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Great PBS webpage on Quinn Chapel: http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=76,4,3,11
Lyrics/Chords:  Now Let Me Fly

Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago (1937)

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Big Bill Broonzy - Key to Highway (1940)

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Great PBS resource on the Great Migration:
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=76,4,3,10#greatmigration_ss

Another from the Encylopedia of Chicago:
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/545.html

Sam Theard - That’s Chicago’s South Side

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Great Resources from PBS on Bronzeville and the Jazz scene in Chicago:
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=76,4,4,2
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=76,4,4,8#bronzeville

Maceo Merriweather - Worried Life Blues (1941)

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Chords/Lyrics: Worried Life Blues - C
Great resources from PBS on the Race Riots of 1919:
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=76,4,4,1#riots

Sonny Boy Williamson I - My Little Machine (1940)

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Chords/Lyrics: My Little Machine - G 

Sunnyland Slim - Illinois Central  (1947)

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A nice summary of the journey of the blues from the Delta to Chicago:
http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/chicago

Muddy Waters - Can’t Be Satisfied (1948)

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Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller) - Eyesight to the Blind (1951)

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Chords/Lyrics:  Eyesight to the Blind - A 

Elmore James - Dust My Broom (1951)

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Jimmy Rogers - Chicago Bound (1954) w/ Little Walker

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Chords/Lyrics:  Chicago Bound - E
Guitar lesson on Chicago bound and Jimmy Rogers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBS7g4--5Jg

Little Walter - Mellow Down Easy (Willie Dixon - 1954)

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Black Crowes and Jimmy Page version:
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Chords/Lyrics: Mellow Down Easy - A

Etta James - W.O.M.A.N (1955)

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Mp3 version in the key of A:
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Chords/Lyrics:  Woman - A 
Thorough biography of one of Chicago's greatest women: 
http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/wells-barnett_ida/

Howlin’ Wolf - Killing Floor (1964)

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Chords/Lyrics:  Killing Floor - A 

Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love (1957)

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Chords/Lyrics:  Who Do You Love - E

Otis Rush - I Can’t Quit You Baby (WIllie DIxon - 1956)

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Chords/Lyrics: I Can't Quit You Baby - A 

Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man (1960)

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Chords/Lyrics: Big Boss Man - E 
Here's a nice guitar lesson for the song: http://www.vanderbilly.com/Guitar-Lesson-Jimmy+Reed+-+Big+Boss+Man,6665,1.html
Great resource from PBS on the Pullman Porters:
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=76,4,3,6
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=1,7,1,1,41

Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man (1965)

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Chords/Lyrics: Hoodoo Man Blues - A

Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle (Willie Dixon 1965)

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Chords/Lyrics:  Wang Dang Doodle - D

Hound Dog Taylor - Give Me Back My Wig (1971)

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Chords/Lyrics: Give Me Back My Wig 
Here's a summary of the life and career of Hound Dog Taylor, from the Alligator records website.  _
http://www.alligator.com/artists/Hound-Dog-Taylor/

Buddy Guy - Meet Me in Chicago

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Website for Buddy Guy's Legends: http://www.buddyguy.com/

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