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Visit sonos dot com to learn 10 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 1: more and shop Rome in three new exclusive colors, double Elvis. 11 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: His booth is still there. You can sit in it 12 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: the same spot where al Capone sat to watch his 13 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: money and his back at the same time. Like him. 14 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: You can turn your head away from the door towards 15 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 1: the stage where the jazz bands whaled, where they are 16 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: still wailing. Now jump up from that seat top of 17 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: the bar, are slipped past the B three organ that 18 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: is behind the bar. There in the floor is a 19 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: trap door, a quick escape for Scarface back in the 20 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: day into the arteries where the Bootlegger Highway flourished, keeping 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: this city churning and buzzing with booze music and expansion. 22 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: The best venues have a story, and these stories draw 23 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: us in. That is why this show is here, and 24 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: that's why our next stop, The City by the Lake, 25 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: is a gold mine. When you dig down, I paint 26 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: you a picture, but it never looks right because I 27 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: filled in the shadows and I blacked out the light. 28 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: I sent you a postcard, it says Pulaski to night. 29 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: Greetings from Chicago, City of Light. Come back to Chicago, 30 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: City of Light, Andrew Bird. Chicago doesn't care if you 31 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: call it second city. It's not insecure. This is the 32 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: birthplace of Chicago jazz and blues and improv comedy and 33 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: storefront theater of Midwestern indie rock and house music. Creative 34 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: minds find space here to experiment and collaborate, with plenty 35 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: of room to breathe away from the pressure in the 36 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: judgment of the coasts. In Chicago doesn't only take pride 37 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: in its major artistic achievements. No city boasts more devoted audiences. 38 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,239 Speaker 1: Folks will uncomplaining lye trudge through an ice storm in 39 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: January to see a band they care about. It's a 40 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: point of pride, an example of the kind of loyalty 41 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: the city and genders. Chicagoan's won't get all mushy on 42 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: you about how they love their city, but to paraphrase 43 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: author Nelson Algren, they love this place the way you 44 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: adore a lover with a broken nose. There may be 45 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: lovelier lovelies, but never oh lovely, so real. The city 46 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: sparkles on the shore of Lake Michigan, gleaming and grand, 47 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: and there's a lot more here than meets the eye. 48 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: It pays to take your time to dig down deep 49 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: into this place. To me, it feels like the most 50 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: American metropolis, not out of some purity test of phony 51 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: nationalistic measurements, but because of the equilibrium it strikes with 52 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: what is above out driving the city now, and what 53 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: is always brewing underground, destined to be driving it tomorrow, 54 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: delivering sounds and artists that have rocketed to the moon 55 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: and taken the world along with it, alongside those acts 56 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: that remained by the soil, always ripe for discovery, gifting 57 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: us all with music like Cheap Trip, Big Black, Bill Wilco, 58 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: Curtis Mayfey, Smashing Pumpkin Grape to Kanye West, Robbie Folks, 59 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: Fallout Boys, Sticks, Varsity Ministry, Earth Wind, and five Shellac 60 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: Muddy Waters. Not King Cole. Benny Goodman made his staple 61 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: Local eight chance to wrap her at Buddy Guy he 62 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: could Reagan Chaka con Junior. Well, Okay, Jesus survived, Von 63 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: Free but Chard Mark, the Queers Kaya, the Flat Common 64 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: and Chicago Duh. It's July twelfth nine. We're in com 65 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: Ski Park, where the struggling White Sox played baseball. A 66 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: radio DJ with a cunning marketing sense is hosting a 67 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: promotion for a double header. Bring a disco record to 68 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: the park and get in for cents. The now classic 69 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,359 Speaker 1: music genre had taken over pop culture at the time. 70 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: It's sexy sounds infiltrating all the way up to the 71 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: Rolling Stones. Not everyone was grooving to these beats, and 72 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: the organizers of the promotion knew they had something because 73 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: seventy thousand people showed up to a ballpark that holds 74 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,160 Speaker 1: forty five thousand. After the first game of the double header, 75 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: they placed a giant box of the records near the 76 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: center field wall, and to the chant of Disco sucks, 77 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: blew its sky high. Records went flying in a giant 78 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: plume of smoke. Took to the air, but it was 79 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: the people who were ignited. A kid jumped into the 80 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: field stole second base, the actual base. He just took 81 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: it and he started waving it around. The field was overrun. 82 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: A riot ensued, an anti disco riot. The White Sox 83 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: had to forfeit the second game that day, America's pastime 84 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: was thwarted by disco ire. It is now referred to 85 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: as Disco Demolition Night. They tried to kill disco except 86 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: I still hear it all the time. A lot of 87 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: feelings were hurt by disco, especially those of men who 88 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: didn't know how to dance, and they needed to wreck 89 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: some ship. It must have been emotionally challenging to be 90 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: a music lover in the late nineties seventies, but throughout 91 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: history you can place any type of genre or style 92 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: in the role of get that new music off my lawn. 93 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: The disdain for changes as old and way less fascinating 94 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: than dirt. What is always fascinating, though, is that in 95 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: trying to bury, are you accidentally fuel it and or 96 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: give it the push it needs to mutate and drive 97 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: you crazy in completely new ways, Because soon underneath that 98 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: Chicago architecture a new sound would take hold from the 99 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 1: ashes of that Chamiskey fire, a more relentless four on 100 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: the floor at eats per minute plus, you stop one 101 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: dance party and another forms in its place. House music. 102 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: It's likely the genre's name came from a spot in 103 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: the south side of town where DJs like Freddie Fingers 104 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: and DJ ron Hardy first started experimenting with the music 105 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: to keep people dancing, cutting, speeding up, and remixing tracks 106 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: at the warehouse. From there, it's sprouted across town to 107 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: a secret spot underneath one of the best rock clubs 108 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: in the country that still proudly stands now in the 109 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: shadows of another Chicago ballpark, house Music right under the 110 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: rioters noses. And then, just like blues, jazz and rock, 111 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: it's spread to the rest of the world. Now the 112 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: DJ enjoys rock star status. It's funny because that is 113 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: so punk rock. So much of what we love and 114 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: music comes from beneath the second City where dreamers are 115 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: safe to build us all new ways to explore this 116 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: wild ride. In this episode of Sound of Our Town, 117 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: we are digging into that ground that's sweet home Chicago. 118 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: The Sound of Our Town is a podcast about the 119 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: music that shaped the city you're touching down in. It 120 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: is also about finding, hearing and understanding it's best music 121 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: happening right now, What sounds and places have shaped the 122 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: city's culture, and what new sounds continue to define it. 123 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: It's about getting together in a room to listen and 124 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: why that matters. So whether you're quickly dropping in or 125 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: landing for a long stay. In each episode of Sound 126 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: of Our Town, I'll introduce you to the real places 127 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: and sonic stories echoing in a particular town, so that 128 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: your travel is enriched with music. My name is Will Daily. 129 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: I'm an independent artist and I've gotten around. I've lived 130 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: my life in the music halls, iconic venues, dingy bars, 131 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: coffee shops, and outdoor festivals. I've oscillated between being a 132 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: struggling artist and a thriving artist, thanks to those who 133 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: seek sounds in the night, venturing out into the world, 134 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: chasing that feeling that defines who we are and how 135 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: we survive this life. And this is episode three of 136 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: our sonic adventures. You just landed and driving in from 137 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: O'Hare took a lifetime. You need to unwind and attenuate 138 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: to the flow of this metropolis. It helps if your 139 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: first stop in Chicago, for that first break or that 140 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: first pint, and that first sound is that one of 141 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: those long standing neighborhood bars, one of the classic tavern 142 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: vibe that this city wears like it's fresh off the rack, 143 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: where the ghosts of cigarettes passed can still haunt your nostrils. 144 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: A place where you can slump upon its curved wooden 145 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: bar and being invisible observer, shielded by the embers of 146 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: its burning red lighting. The California Clipper was established in 147 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: nine seven, and it fits perfectly in the twenty one century. 148 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: It has all the things I love about the town. 149 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: It's peak Chicago, both leaning forward and backward in time 150 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: with ease. The modest elevated stage at the end of 151 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:00,040 Speaker 1: the bar is in perfect sightline to the booths and 152 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: the tables, every sound warmly bouncing off the wooden floors 153 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: that have absorbed sonic waves for almost a century. It 154 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: is perfect for our purposes here as a first stop 155 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,719 Speaker 1: because it hosts a plethora of music that is American 156 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: thanks to Chai Town. It's newly renovated side room, the 157 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: Little Clip has a pair of ten Oi speakers, the 158 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: same that dark side of the moon was mixed on 159 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: once again, making time a single event, not a linear 160 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: line with forgotten errors, and the DJ nights here complete 161 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: the connection to the legacy born out of warehouse and 162 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: smart bar. Above ground now but intimate, and while it 163 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 1: can be a listening room, it's not quite like our 164 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: next stop. We're back before the Clipper existed, being too chatty. 165 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: Get you hauled out and into the alleyway and minus 166 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 1: a few teeth and we'll get there. Right after this, 167 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: we could spend a lifetime exploring live music in Chicago 168 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: and barely become experts in its plethora of listening rooms, 169 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: the spaces where music is the primary form of human communication. 170 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,839 Speaker 1: Martyrs Montrose Saloon with three band bills almost every night, 171 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: the Jazz Showcase a listening room no matter where they 172 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,319 Speaker 1: move it. But the spot where we started our adventure 173 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: in this episode is also perfect listening and perfectly Chicago. 174 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 1: While the architectural landscape of Chicago continues to change both 175 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: quickly and drastically over the years, you could walk into 176 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 1: one jazz club in particular at three pm on any 177 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 1: given afternoon and think you are still in the nineteen forties. Then, 178 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: as the sun sets and people start arriving for the 179 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: night's show. Do you notice the now a sartorial spread 180 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: of baseball caps and flapper shirts, business suits and maiden 181 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: T shirts. All are welcome at the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge. 182 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: The biggest names in jazz, both locally and international and 183 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: continue to play here year after year, on every night 184 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: of the Gregorian calendar, and even some daytimes one weekend 185 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: an you can see and hear a band on Saturday 186 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: night play until midnight. A different band after them play 187 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:08,439 Speaker 1: from midnight to five am. Watch the country's longest running 188 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: poetry Slam just a few hours later that Sunday afternoon, 189 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: followed by an organ trio later that Sunday night in 190 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: which the band plays behind the bar. That's about fifteen 191 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: hours of entertainment spread over just a day, and every 192 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: one of those shows will be packed, be its scorching 193 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 1: summer or dead of winter. It's a listening room like 194 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: no other, but listening means different things to different people. 195 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: Not everybody who comes here is a jazz fan. Some 196 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: come just for the dark, velvety ambiance. It is the 197 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 1: perfect place to take that first date to show them 198 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: you know the spots. Often these folks are less interested 199 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: in listening than in talking, and for those unlucky few, 200 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: you run the risk. It was sometimes polite, but always firm, shushing, shushing, shushing. 201 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: Fools are suffered here, but only to a point, and 202 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: thankfully Al Capone is long gone. Something to do with taxes, 203 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: I believe, But for die hard music fan like Capone 204 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: at his table Dead Center, it's a place you know 205 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 1: you can go to every single night for a stiff 206 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: drink and a solid set and jump out the front 207 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: door to big concert halls like the Riviera in the 208 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: Aragon Ballroom, or in the case of Capone, into that 209 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: trap door to escape into the underground if you need 210 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: to hide out. Ah, yes, the hideout. Sometimes the name 211 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: alone tells you all you need to know about a venue, 212 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: So when talking about Chicago's legendary club, the Hideout, a 213 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: bar and venue nestled into a small, two story, hundred 214 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 1: forty year old boarding house turned local bar turned music venue, 215 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: the name could not be more apt. It once sat 216 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 1: isolated among a gigantic industrial zone for the city, an 217 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: area which over the last decade has slowly but surely 218 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: morphed into a developer's wet dream high rises encroach and 219 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: upscale markets and restaurants have settled into the neighborhood. The 220 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: areas surrounding the Hideout of change so much that the 221 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: club sticks out like a sore thumb, But for all 222 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: the right reasons. In a city where the new motto 223 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: seems to scream new is King, the Hideout yells no, 224 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 1: it's not, and it does this from its rickety front porch, 225 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: saving us all from the sprawl. Yet when you walk 226 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: inside there's plenty of what's new to be heard. One 227 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:16,719 Speaker 1: look at their music list things tells you all you 228 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: need to know about their modern free form mindset, avant 229 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: garde jazz, country punk of Valentine's. They make out party 230 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: fundraisers for young political candidates Veggie Bingo, Yes you've heard 231 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: that right. Held aloft by the broad shoulders of activists 232 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 1: for the arts, Tim and Kate Tutton, this hollowed shack 233 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: has been home to Chicago legends, both old and new, 234 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 1: Mayvis Staples, Wilco Smashing Pumpkins. They've all played here. The 235 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: venue no larger than your grandma's house, with a much 236 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: better alcohol selection. The Hideout was an incubator for the 237 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: insurgent country in Americano Movements, Robbie Folks, Nico Case, Andrew Bird, 238 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: and many others honed their material here, and it continues 239 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: to ensure that the focus remains on both new and 240 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: classic music played by music is young and old. It's 241 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: on too many national and international best of lists to count, 242 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: and with good reason. When you're at the Hideout, you 243 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: feel like you're out a friend's house, because you are. 244 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: And I'm sorry, once again, I'm sending you all over 245 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: one of the world's grandest cities. You must be starving now. 246 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: Finding great food in Chicago isn't hard, and I believe 247 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: in you. But if you're lucky, the food comes to you. 248 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: When the venue gets a visit from Claudio the Tamali guy, 249 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 1: simply yelling Tomali's as he walks through the bar. He's 250 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: been selling his wife's homemade delicacies for decades at bars 251 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: and venues all across the city. You just gotta believe 252 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: that you will be lucky that night, wherever you choose 253 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: to see a show. Now, if you've been with me 254 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: on our travels, you know that we always have to 255 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: find the no cover spot, and a lot of towns 256 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: it can end up being the most quintessential. Simon's tavern 257 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: sits in the heart of Andersonville, a historically Swedish neighborhood 258 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: that is home to a large L G B t 259 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: Q plus community, the legendary bookstore, women and children first 260 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: in an extraordinary number of excellent places to eat in 261 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: case you didn't score Tomala. One of the oldest and 262 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: most beloved bars in Chicago, Simon's is known for its 263 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: blue and yellow neon sign of a fish holding a martini, 264 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: as well as it's faded deer hunting murals in the 265 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: Swedish drink glog, a winter holiday special that the owner 266 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: mixes up in massive quantities in the basement. Go on 267 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: a Sunday or Wednesday night for free music, and you're 268 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: likely to see a world class band composed of musicians 269 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: who have weakly gigs with Muka Pazza, Brian Wilson, n 270 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: R b Q or POI dog pondering the shabby speaker 271 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: crammed into the taverns corner sounds surprisingly good, and sometimes 272 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: a cozy dance floor breaks out. So you make it 273 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: to town and you have one night, maybe two, and 274 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: you want to get your face melted, Well, I'm sorry 275 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: because the choices here can be very overwhelming. Lincoln Hall 276 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: and Shuba's Tavern are both beloved venues with warm sounding 277 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: rooms and a face melting roster of rock, jazz, and 278 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: hip hop. Side note, Shuba's basement backstage room is notorious 279 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: for the astonishing array of male Genitalia drawings that adorn 280 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: its walls, a veritable art installation. But the Pilson neighborhood 281 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: across the street from six H six Records, where I 282 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: snag all my house vinyl, is my Chicago dream gig 283 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 1: value hall. It's a place I've never played, but a 284 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: room for which I hold lustful feelings. The building was 285 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: influenced by the Opera House and Brague, constructed in eight 286 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: for three times the average costs at the time. Somebody 287 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: clearly had face melting in mind back then. Much respect 288 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: this historic landmark called six D nine hundred Music lovers 289 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: with perfect views, no matter where you are, all amongst 290 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: magnificent burnt brass sheet metal in a hundred and thirty 291 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: year old wood that has heard at all. I don't 292 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: know if we give pause enough to all the people, creators, 293 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 1: workers and artisans that keep historic spaces alive. It brings 294 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: added weight, or rather amplified face melt to let that 295 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: all in when you're watching cap Power, Cass McCombs, Stephen Marley, 296 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: Madison Cunningham, or broken social scene cradled in the Ornate 297 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: Value Hall. But the room I have both played in 298 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 1: and had my face melted in multiple times makes music 299 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: history regularly, and we've already technically been there on this journey, 300 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: I like to imagine what it's like to be a 301 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: bartender through all the years and the epic nous. You 302 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: get off the L train and you walk four blocks 303 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 1: to your job. You make your way through the crowds 304 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: at Wrigleyville, you get to work, and as you walk 305 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: up the double wide stairs to your bar, you can 306 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,199 Speaker 1: already hear Metallica sound checking. Turns out they wanted to 307 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: return almost forty years after their first show, to test 308 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 1: their metal in front of It's hard to tell if 309 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: you really connecting in front of thirty thousand people at 310 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 1: a festival. Hetfield knows this. That's why he seems a 311 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: little on edge. He wants to leave no prisoners. You 312 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: want to watch, but someone didn't cover the triple sec 313 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 1: last night, and the fruit flies are hammered by the 314 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 1: time you lift your head up and the end of 315 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: a Glenn Hansford show. Crowd didn't drink too much, too 316 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,360 Speaker 1: busy holding it together. You can't even tell if your 317 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: heart is broke or expanding. You wipe down the bar 318 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: and it's seventeen arcade fire Lollapalooza after party. Keep the 319 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: car running, no problem for you. You've been standing for 320 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: five hours from the bars, drop ceiling at the back 321 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: of the room. You can't even see Will Butler's head. 322 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 1: Somebody orders a schlitz. You turn back around to George 323 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: Ezra's first headline show in the US, and you had 324 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: wanted to shift for okay go two nights before. But whatever. 325 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: You make your cash discovering who the hell he is 326 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: alongside America that night, You blink and it's who screwed in. 327 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 1: You better put your ear plugs in, lift your head 328 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: up between making six jack and cokes, and steal a 329 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: glimpse of the stage. It's radio had Apparently they made 330 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 1: a second album, but you are sure there are one 331 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: hit wonder. It's time to pull up those soap mats now, 332 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: and you're putting them back down again. In two thousand 333 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 1: and nine for the Decembrists. You go home that night 334 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: and start reading a book you won't finish before coming 335 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 1: into tap of Keke For the Kings of Leon Show, 336 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: you could use somebody behind the bar to help sling 337 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 1: blue ribbons to this unseatshiated lot. Clean up the broken 338 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: glass and get back up. It's Liz Fair two thousand eighteen, 339 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: still making you spill a drink or two. You marry 340 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 1: the Well Liquors and its Rage against Machine in nineteen 341 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: some of those that burn crosses certain that this song 342 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: will put an end to all corruption in hypocrisy. You 343 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: give away a few dozen free drinks. Blink and you're 344 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: counting a mountain of dollar bills after two nights, have 345 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 1: a chance to rapper. Blinken. It's blind mel In. This 346 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 1: band is glowing on you. Blinken. It's paid for the Lion. 347 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 1: Tenth of September two thousand and one, The chill and 348 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:48,360 Speaker 1: lovely evening. Blink and it's blur. You don't think you're 349 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: long for this work. Blink in. It's Blink one eighty 350 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: two and nineteen ninety and blink and It's Blink one 351 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: eighty two and two thousand, seventeen, What the hell is 352 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: my age again? Focus on your job, because it's suddenly 353 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: two and the Strokes here to celebrate. Everyone you've ever 354 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: met is hitting you up for tickets. You will never 355 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: stop moving that night and it's absolutely glorious. Next week 356 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: it's Idols, And after all these years, there's still something 357 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: to look forward to. As you clean up after another 358 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: despol pounding show in its forty year, your owner, the boss, 359 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: the leader comes up to the bar and asks if 360 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:33,360 Speaker 1: you had a good night. Joe Shanahan has cultivated the independent, electric, lauded, 361 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: and comfortably loud Metro as a place you don't have 362 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: to pass through, but a room you want to pass through. 363 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: Listeners and artists alike. I just got back from a 364 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: show there and I'm still floating. Your face will melt 365 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: right off here. Just remember to tip your bartenders. And 366 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 1: this is the building that is also the home of 367 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: Smart Bar, where we started our adventures. Shanahan traversed the 368 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: underground sounds of Chicago in the nineteen seventies and felt 369 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: it needed a champion. He opened Smart Bar as a 370 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,400 Speaker 1: dance club on the fourth floor of what was then 371 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: called Stages in July of nine eighty two, d J, 372 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: Frankie Knuckles and Joe Smooth performed regularly. Joe began building 373 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: a space for all the underground music throughout town and America. 374 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: In August of nineteen eighty two, Shanahan booked another underground 375 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 1: sound from the then little known band from Athens, Georgia, 376 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 1: r E. M. The show was a success, and Shanahan 377 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: began booking the club's weekend slots, taking over the main 378 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: floors of stages and changing the name to Metro. Smart 379 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: Bar moved down to the basement where it still thrives today. 380 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: When you walk down into Smart Bar now, the heart 381 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 1: and spirit of house music is intact in this house 382 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: of worship, the foundation of a building vertically integrated for 383 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: Chicago as a music conduit to America in the world, 384 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,679 Speaker 1: and the Metro is the ideal location for opening up 385 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: the calendar. Your time in Chicago needs planning in July, 386 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: an event that I will go into in more depth 387 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 1: and detail in our next episode. There is hot Stove, 388 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 1: Cool music, combining the power of the ballpark across the 389 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: street in the music of Chicago and Boston to raise 390 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: funds for youth sports music in scholarship programs. It just 391 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: so happens that the headliners are the likes of Smashing 392 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 1: Pumpkins made his staples, Tom Morello and Buddy Guy, to 393 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: name a few. The other calendar event to watch out 394 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: for a metro is Sons of the Silent Age, a 395 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 1: Bowie tribute band for charity featuring members of Morrisey, Revolting 396 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,239 Speaker 1: Cox Ministry, and Garbage. Not always annual, which gives this 397 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: event a special Cicada allure if you can align it 398 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: with your calendar in The Chicago music calendar is packed 399 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: year round, but it explodes with festivals in the summer. 400 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 1: The biggest of the fests is La La Palouza. Launched 401 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 1: in the nineties by Perry Pharrell, singer of Jane's Addiction, 402 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: as a touring extravaganza. La La has settled into an 403 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 1: annual late July event in Grant Park with a jaw 404 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: dropping huge roster and is something for everyone. Vibe Pitchfork 405 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: follows a couple of weeks before La La. Although it 406 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: has grown significantly since it's launched in two thousand and six, 407 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: it maintains a more boutique and cutting edge feel with 408 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: an emphasis on alternative rock, hip hop, electronic and dance 409 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 1: music from Smart Bar to the World for punk rockers, 410 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: young and Old. Ride Fest in September specializes in punk 411 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 1: and new wave artists and is known for hosting highly 412 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: anticipated reunions for bands like The Replacements in the Misfits. 413 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: And then there's Blues Fest. Since its inception, you can't 414 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: name a significantly influential blues musician who hasn't played the 415 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: Chicago Blues Festival. Yes, this city loves its blues stage 416 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 1: on the grounds of the glorious Millennium Park. The always 417 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 1: capacity crowd here eats up every note, much like they 418 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: do the always popular gigantic and barbecue soap turkey legs 419 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: here on sale every June. And if course, what starts 420 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: in the dark and underground eventually finds the daylight. And 421 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: why not experience the energy of house music in the 422 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: city where it was born. The Chicago House Music Festival 423 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: is a free, multi day celebration showcasing the various sounds 424 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: and styles in the month of May in Millennium Park. Afterwards, 425 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: you can bust into the many venues hosting after party 426 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: shows around town. I mean, Chicago has festivals all locked 427 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: up in every episode of Sound of Our Town, We're 428 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,160 Speaker 1: going to identify the Vatican of each city we visit 429 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 1: and how and why music makes it so. For example, 430 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: die hard fans of the Chicago Cubs lost their mind 431 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 1: when lights were permanently installed at venerable Wrigley Field in 432 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 1: order to accommodate night games. What a lot of those 433 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: people did not know, however, is that it was not 434 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: the first time lights were brought into the second oldest 435 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: existing ballpark in baseball. In two while still known as 436 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: Cubs Park, temporary lights were brought into the park's first 437 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,919 Speaker 1: ever concert, which featured an orchestra. Fast forward exactly one 438 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: hundred years later, and you will find not only permanent lights, 439 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: but now a permanent summer concert schedule featuring some of 440 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 1: the biggest names in music, The Police, the Lumineers, Lady Gaga, 441 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 1: Chris Stapleton, Dead and Co and Motley Crue. And yes, 442 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 1: Wrigley and music go hand in hand, which makes perfect sense. 443 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: Baseball is a musical sport. The grand pause of the 444 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 1: picture just before he throws, the simple crash of the 445 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 1: bat hitting ball into left field gap, the allegro, the 446 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: runner legging out a triple with the orchestra of fans 447 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: rising up underneath him, everyone in the park racing toward 448 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: the finale is the coach waves his baton. And this 449 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,959 Speaker 1: doesn't take into account the myriad of other musical elements 450 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: involved in a day at Wrigley the anthem, the seventh 451 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 1: inning stretch of the forty voice chorus, the live organist, 452 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: one of only a handful left in Major League Baseball, 453 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 1: and finally, if cub fans get their wish, the raising 454 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 1: of the w flags said to Chicago legend Steve Goodman's 455 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 1: go Cubs go blasting over the park's loud speakers, Fans 456 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: joyfully singing along as they walk out to Addison Street, 457 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: so entwined, or the Vatican of Chicago, and music that 458 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: even the always in demand hometown hero Dave Max Crawford 459 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: has not only worked the outfield digital boards there and 460 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: occasionally the DJ booth for years, but was also likely 461 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: your bartenders sometime in the last thirty years at the 462 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: spot we just left the Metro and we still have 463 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: our hidden gem in Chicago is dripping with gems, Vibrant 464 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: little venues like Constellation or Hungry Brain, brilliantly curated record 465 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: stores like Dusty Groove, Reckless and Laurie's Planet of Sound. 466 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,159 Speaker 1: Actually never buy records on the road because it's too 467 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 1: much of a burden to cart them home. But damn it, 468 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: Chicago gets me every time. When you're in a place 469 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 1: that loves something so intensely, it is infectious and you 470 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,120 Speaker 1: want to take some of that home. But it's Dorians 471 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: in wicker Park that is the very definition of a 472 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: hidden gem. A small storefront simply called the Record Shop 473 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,119 Speaker 1: featuring primo jazz, R and B and blues records. Walked 474 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 1: to the back of the shop and discover a discreet 475 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,640 Speaker 1: entryway leading to a secret, swanky speakeasy in the back. 476 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: Dorian's features live music most nights, including performances from Chicago 477 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 1: jazz luminaries like George Freeman and Mackay mccraven. It's not 478 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: an ordinary bar, and they don't serve ordinary drinks or food. 479 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: Try a snazzy house cocktail like the Dear Darla. I'm 480 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,959 Speaker 1: not going to pronounce the ingredients so it'll be awful, 481 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: or a gourmet cheese plate brought to you by small 482 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 1: Wisconsin farms. If you're not already swooning over the music 483 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: and cocktail. Then maybe the morale and leak Monterey Jack 484 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 1: will take you there. Now, after this episode, you might 485 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: want to prepare for your trip a little bit more. 486 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: You want to feel like you're audience Chicago. Reach for 487 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:44,639 Speaker 1: these two books. First, My Kind of Sound, The Secret 488 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 1: History of Chicago Music by Steve Krakow, a collection of 489 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: over two d illustrated entries documenting deep cuts into this 490 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 1: city's incredibly diverse music history. Second, The Devil in the 491 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: White City, Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That 492 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: chan Aged America by Eric Larkson. It is a page 493 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: turner that gives a sense of the city's depth drama 494 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: in the eternal question of what is on the surface 495 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: and what is lurking down below. Chicago has everything. It's 496 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 1: Peak America, the nation's folk room. While the coastal duality 497 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: seesaws back and forth, competing for our attention with sounds, arts, 498 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: and culture. Meanwhile, Chicago stands firm and keeps warm, the 499 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 1: melting pot of all of us. It competes only with itself, 500 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: singular in design, history and completely diverse in its music. 501 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: That makes it the perfect breeding ground for what we 502 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: have yet to discover, the underground is real here where 503 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: it's a marketed term in New York in l a vibrant, 504 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 1: experimental and fresh while firmly appreciating the roots that are 505 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: graceful in Forever. It feels obvious that blues, jazz, hip hop, 506 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: indie rock, and house music would all germanate here. When 507 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: I'm playing in town, I feel like I'm accepted just 508 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: for being an artist, for being myself. A place where 509 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: a lauded radio DJ like Lynn Bremer goes out to 510 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: see indie shows, the musicians come out to support the musicians. 511 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: You can really try things out here first. There is 512 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: room to breathe as an artist, in the rooms to 513 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: exhale in. It's a town that takes us somewhere and 514 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: remains anchored like a great band, and it's always ready 515 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 1: to welcome those seeking that next great show or sound, 516 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: both above ground and below. In one last thing, art 517 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: is America's greatest export, specifically music, a legacy and song 518 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: that can give our grievances volume and guide our imbalances 519 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 1: to equilibrium. It can etch love and stone and give 520 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: a broken heart some superglue. And its brightest light has 521 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: always come from our hidden pockets pushed around by the 522 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: teeming architecture above. So maybe you find yourself walking down 523 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 1: the steps into Smart Bar one evening, underneath North Clark Streets, 524 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,360 Speaker 1: bar hoppers and shot takers, deep where the baseball crowd 525 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 1: noise does not reach. You are in another cathedral of creation, 526 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: breaking up tracks, pummeling beats constructed to go along with 527 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: your heart. It too, drove that above ground world crazy 528 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 1: before taking it over, a human practice older than the 529 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: smoke stained walls of the Green Mill or the ivy 530 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: in Wrigley Field. The underground winds and takes over the 531 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: industry and takes over the world. It's always happening right 532 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: now under our feet. You never know what you're walking over, 533 00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: all right, You've been listening to the Sound of Our Town. 534 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: We're coming out with twelve episodes this first season, covering 535 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 1: ten different cities and all in. New episodes drop on Thursdays. 536 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: If you want to chat about the music scene in 537 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 1: your city, hit us up on Instagram at Double Elvis 538 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: and at Will Daily Official, or on Twitter at Double 539 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: Elvis FM and at Will Daily Sound over Town is 540 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,560 Speaker 1: a production of Double Elvis and I Heart Radio. The 541 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: show is executive produced by Jake Brennan, Freddy Sadler, and 542 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 1: Carl Karioli for double Elvis. Production assistant by Matt Taheney 543 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: and Matt Bowden. The show is created, written, hosted, and 544 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 1: scored by me Will Daily. Additional writing on this episode 545 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: by FRIEDA. Lovesmith and Gerald Dowd. For sources see the 546 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: show notes and a special thank you on this episode 547 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: Joe Shanahan and the Foundation to be named later. Music 548 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: for this episode was composed and performed by me Will Daily. 549 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: You can check out my music just by spelling my 550 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: name correctly anywhere you listen to music to spell Daily 551 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: with all the vowels D A, I, L E Y. 552 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: I'm on Spotify, Apple, band Camp, and always at Sound 553 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: of Our Town, Paul dot com and Will Daily dot com. Okay, 554 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: I'm off to the next town. In the next show, 555 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: I will see you out there. Thank you through your ears.