The place

Maxwell Street

 

"Mostly everybody goes to Maxwell Street."
Robert Nighthawk. From a 1964 interview conducted by Mike Bloomfield
in connection with the making of "And This is Free. "

 

Maxwell Street Market, Chicago c.1875-1994

Until it was finally closed down in 1994, Chicago's Maxwell Street was the home of one of the world's largest open-air markets. It was a shopper's paradise, a junk hound's Mecca; it was a place where people from all parts of Chicago met on equal terms; it was a con man's hunting ground, a tourist's stroll; it was a place to save souls, and it was a place to play the blues.

Junior Wells talks about Maxwell Street in an interview with Tokyo-based blues writer Allan Murphy.

Where exactly was Maxwell Street Market?

 

The project

The music

The musicians

 

Help preserve Maxwell Street Market

For more about Maxwell Street and the blues
see these links...

Read more about the blues...a blues bibliography

 

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