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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

 

1998

June 4   "The Genius"

 

Front Porch
Blues in the Schools featuring Billy Branch and Roy Hytower
Remembering Jimmy Yancey with Ann Rabson and Erwin Helfer
Blues Kids of America

 

Crossroads Stage
Johnnie Bassett
Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women

 

Juke Joint Stage
Gaye and Andra
Harmonica Hinds
Roy Hytower

 

Petrillo Music Shell
Pinetop Perkins and Willie Smith
Charles Brown
The Golden Anniversary of Ray Charles with Special guests Hank Crawford, David "Fathead" Newman, LeRoy Cooper, Phillip Guilbeau, Marcus Belgrade, and Mable John

June 5   "All Great Guitars"

 

Front Porch
Blues in the Schools
Sunnyland Memorial Piano Set featuring the Big Four Reunion and David Maxwell on piano
Fruteland Jackson

 

Crossroads Stage
Carl Weathersby
Chico Banks

 

Juke Joint Stage
Joe Louis Walker with Robert Jr. Lockwood
Fruteland Jackson
Steve Freund
Carl Weathersby and Chico Banks

 

Petrillo Music Shell
Jimmy Dawkins
Joe Louis Walker with special guests Steve Cropper and Scotty Moore
Otis Rush

June 6    "Rhythm and Blues"

 

Front Porch
Fat Possum Vanagan featuring T-Model Ford, Elmore Williams, and Robert Cage
Homesick James & Henry Townsend
David "Honeyboy" Edwards

 

Crossroads Stage
Little Bobby and Spice
Deitra Farr and Johnny Rawls

 

Juke Joint Stage
Carey Bell and David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Fat Possum Vanagan
Homesick James & Henry Townsend
Olu Dara

 

Petrillo Music Shell
Carey Bell
Texas Johnny Brown
Olu Dara
Ruth Brown

June 7    "Chicago Soul"

 

Front Porch
Michael Roach and Jerry Ricks
Strate Ahead Jazz Band
Kelly Joe Phelps

 

Crossroads Stage
Shemekia Copeland
Robert Jr. Lockwood

 

Juke Joint Stage
Kelly Joe Phelps
Michael Roach
Jerry Ricks

 

 

Petrillo Music Shell
Nolan Struck and King Edward
Tony Lynn Washington
Tyrone Davis

 
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