Barrelhouse Chuck, dead at 58, celebrated Chicago blues, and enriched it, too

There was no mistaking the sound of Barrelhouse Chuck: raucous piano playing, urgent vocals and a relentlessly passionate approach to the blues. The history of the genre coursed through his music, for he studied with the greats: Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Little Brother Montgomery and other...

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