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Chicago Blues Festival

Petrillo Music Shell with skyline in the background during the daytime
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Chicago Blues Festival Performers By Year 

 

1987

June 5

 

Crossroads Stage
Fife and Drom w/ Napoleon Strickland
Tribute to Howlin’ Wolf
Abb Locke, Sunnyland Slim, Henry Gray, Hubert Sumlin, S.P. Leary, Sam lay, Chico Chism, L.C. Roby, Johnny Shines, Little Howlin Wolf

 

Front Porch Stage
Fife and Drum
Buddy Scott & the Rib Tips with Howard Scott
James Cotton with Pinetop Perkins and Jimmy Rogers
The Kinsey Report with Big Daddy

 

Petrillo Music Shell
Billy Branch with Sons of Blues and Chictown Hustlers
Cicero Blake
Jimmy Dawkins
Valerie Wellington
James Cotton & Band with Special Guests (one being Nick Gravenites)

June 6   “Saturday Jamboree”

 

Crossroads Stage
Katie Webster
Blues From the thirties W/ Jimmy Walker, Homesick James, Yank Rachell, Snooky Pryor, and Lefty Bates
Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials

 

Front Porch Stage
Fris Holloway, John dee Holman & Algia Mae Hinton
Bogan and Armstrong
Lazy Lester
Bell/Harrington Clan

 

Petrillo Music Shell
Kuumba Theater
Sunnyland Slim
Tyrone Davis
Joe Liggins and the Honey Drippers
Albert Collins and the Icebreakers

June 7

“The Blues Capital of the World hosts the Home of the Blues"

 

Crossroads Stage
Mose Vinson
Sun Session Rhythm Section
Rosco Gordon with the Ben Branch Band

 

Front Porch Stage
Son Thomas
Snooks Eaglin
Jessie Mae Hempnill with David Evans
The Johnson family: Jimmy, Syl and Mac Thompson

 

Petrillo Music Shell
Rufus and Carla Thomas
Carl Perkins with the Sun Session Rhythm Section
Clarence Carter
Denise LaSalle
Little Milton

 
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