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Chicago In Song: Leader of the Lame
By Don Jacobson
Today, a truly special Chicago In Song. We take a look at the signature song of an extremely popular Illinois rock artist who recently died of a tragically preventable disease - a heartfelt ode to his beloved father that is...Posted on May 20, 2008
Chicago In Song: Truckin' and Druggin'
By Don Jacobson
Chicago's reputation as a drug-infested city of broken dreams has hardly ever been put so succinctly into a song lyric.Posted on February 15, 2008
Chicago In Song: Hobo Hub
By Don Jacobson
If you go by popular song lyrics, there is no one in Chicago who is not a drunken, miserable wreck.Posted on January 02, 2008
Chicago In Song: Algren Holds Steady
By Don Jacobson
Nelson Algren channeled through Midwestern punk.Posted on November 19, 2007
Chicago In Song: The O'Hare Blues
By Don Jacobson
While I've never given Chicago many props for being cold, I will forever doff my hat to its ultimate supremacy in the field of crappy airline experiences.Posted on October 01, 2007
Chicago In Song: Street Signs
By Robert Pruter
The 63rd Street Stroll was the South Side's new "sin strip." The attraction was "the forbidden": Jazz, rhythm and blues, smoking, drinking, dope dealing and women.Posted on August 13, 2007
Chicago In Song: Cubs 'N Roses
By Don Jacobson
Funny. Izzy Stradlin says you need to pack a piece while hanging with GNR. But not in Chicago. Now that's a riot.Posted on June 04, 2007
Chicago In Song: Good and Violent
By Don Jacobson
Normally I'd go on about how this tune fits into two Chicago sub-genres: Using the wintry city as a metaphor for the cold emptiness one feels from a love gone wrong, and the skyline representing the hubris of human striving against the ultimate reality of the blackness of eternal night. Yeah, normally I'd do that, but not this time.Posted on April 17, 2007
Chicago In Song: Self-Inflicted Wounds
By Don Jacobson
DuPage equals death. Wicker Park is warped.Posted on March 16, 2007
Chicago In Song: Rock and Fire
By Don Jacobson
Daniel Lanois provides an artsier take on Chicago than the usual poverty-stricken, gangster-haven imagery. Hank Williams takes us back to traditional Great Chicago hellfire.Posted on January 02, 2007
Chicago In Song: Dino and the Stewbums
By Don Jacobson
Dean Martin hanging with the Outfit in Wheeling, and the Handsome Family hanging with the stewbums on Ashland, both evoke the gritty side of Chicago in beautifully stirring ways.Posted on November 16, 2006
Chicago In Song: Destination Chicago
By Don Jacobson
Who knew Chicago was the place to go to heal a broken heart.Posted on September 24, 2006
Chicago In Song: Hater's Paradise
By Don Jacobson
Are we really such a hell-hole?Posted on July 23, 2006
Chicago In Song: Hard Times, Tough Love, Big City
By Don Jacobson
Chicago is clearly a stand-in for Hell itself.Posted on April 18, 2006
Chicago in Song: 20 Flight Rock
By Don Jacobson
Eddie Cochran got McCartney into the Beatles.Posted on March 02, 2006
Chicago in Song: (Mostly) A Wretched Place
Songwriters have identified Chicago with elevators, poverty, transportation, political protest, and drugs.Posted on February 26, 2006
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