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Life Well Lived: Record producer Phil Chess dies at 95

2953 days ago
MSN MusicPhil Chess died this week at the age of 95. He co-founded Chess Records, a Chicago blues label that gave rise to artists like Muddy Waters, Etta James, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry. Chess can even be thanked for sparking the formation of the Rolling S... more info

Chess Records co-founder Phil Chess - not just the money guy

2957 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissPhil Chess, the co-founder of Chicago’s great Chess Records who died Tuesday at age 95, was the quieter of the brothers who started the label that launched the careers of Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Etta James, Bo Diddley and so m... more info

Chess Records co-founder Phil Chess - not just the money guy

2957 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentPhil Chess, the co-founder of Chicago’s great Chess Records who died Tuesday at age 95, was the quieter of the brothers who started the label that launched the careers of Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Etta James, Bo Diddley and so m... more info

Phil Chess dies aged 95

2957 days ago
Uncut The Chess Records co-founder helped launch the careers of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The Chess Records co-founder helped launch the careers of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters The post... more info

R.I.P. Phil Chess, legendary founder of Chess Records, has died at 95

2958 days ago
Consequence of SoundThe Chicago label recorded Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Etta James, and Chuck Berry. more info

POPDOSE EXCLUSIVE SONG PREMIERE: MICHAEL COLTON, “Fever Dream”

3050 days ago
Popdose The past is all too present on “Fever Dream,” the swinging country rock reflection on good love gone bad offered by singer/songwriter and guitarist Michael Colton, from his upcoming release, California Blue and Popdose is pleased to bring it to... more info

ALBUM REVIEW: GIRLS ON GRASS, s/t

3058 days ago
PopdoseThis quartet who call Brooklyn home are not what one would expect from the borough’s “indie scene”; rather, they’ve got their own interesting thing happening.  Girls On Grass’ debut album, eponymously titled, is ripe with crisp riffs, twan... more info

Haircuts and fanclubs: backstage with the Rolling Stones – in pictures

3120 days ago
Guardian MusicCharlie peeing in the sink, Brian fixing his hair and Mick meeting Bo Diddly ... how did the band fill the long hours between stage-time on their 1965 and 1967 tours? Photographer Gered Mankowitz shares his album – and memories Continue readin... more info

Watch Arcade Fire Perform With Mavis Staples In Chicago

3741 days ago
StereogumTwo nights ago, Arcade Fire played the first night of a two-night stand at Chicago’s United Center, and they marked the occasion by covering Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love.” Last night, they upped the ante, inviting the Chicago soul and gospel... more info

Arcade Fire cover Bo Diddley during Chicago gig - watch

3742 days ago
NMEThey played the bluesman's 1957 song 'Who Do You Love?' more info

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