Foreword: 'What's he singing?' -- The prewar Blues -- From farm to factory -- Sweet home Chicago -- The aristocrat of records -- King of the Chicago Blues -- The small labels -- The Chess set -- The peppiest in the biz -- Decline and fall -- The West Side -- Chicago today -- Postscript: Why Chicago? -- Chicago Blues clubs in the '50s -- Chicago R & B hits 1949-59 -- Record listing
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Reprint. Originally published: Chicago breakdown. London : Eddison Press, 1973. (Eddison blues books ; 1)
