Photo: Lee Orlando (Sean Chambers & Pat DeSalvo & Garnet Grimm) The place: Chicago, City of Big Shoulders. The venue: Reggie’s Bananas Shack. The bands: Fun Parent and Sean Chambers and the Savoy Brown Rhythm Section. The occasion: a celebration of the music of Kim Simmonds and the release of his autobiography, “Street Corner Talking” […]
The show was organized by Robert Schaffner and Chris Herman and featured a number of fantastic musicians from around the country in rotating combinations on stage providing a wide range of excellent music. Before the musical offerings, the guest of honor, Paul Hamer was presented with three stunning prints by legendary photographer Jeff Lowenthal: photos […]
“Fleetwood Mac in Chicago January 4th 1969 – The Legendary Chess Blues Sessions” By Jeff Lowenthal & Robert Schaffner (Schiffer Publishing) November 12th 2023, a chilly Sunday night in Chicago, but inside Reggie’s Chicago, the atmosphere was warm and the music was hot. “Legendary” Jeff Lowenthal (photographer) and Robert Schaffner (author) were celebrating the first […]
“Sherman, set the controls on the Way Back Machine to Chicago, the Chess Studios, January fourth, 1969” All books, whether fiction or non-fiction serve as “time machines”, allowing us to vicariously experience the ancient, or recent past; speculative futures or imagined worlds and realms. “Fleetwood Mac in Chicago January 4 TH 1969 – The Legendary […]
