Checkerboard Lounge
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The Checkerboard Lounge was a
South Loop
neighborhood.
The club hosted musical acts including
Scotty and the Rib Tips, Jerry Lucky Lee and the Groove Machine, John Primer, and Chuck Berry.[3][4] The Rolling Stones video and album Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 included the Stones performing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, and members of Muddy Waters' band.[4][5]
In 2003, the Checkerboard Lounge, in danger of closing due to structural issues with the building,[6] moved to a newly renovated building at 5201 S. Harper Court in Hyde Park.[2] The club experienced declining attendance and it closed its doors in 2015, after the death of L.C. Thurman.[7]
References
- ^ "Historic venues: The Checkerboard Lounge". Chicago Blues Experience. October 12, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ a b Cholke, Sam (September 24, 2015). "Legendary Checkerboard Lounge Closed After Owner's Death". DNAinfo. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ Krakow, Steve (January 30, 2019). "Lefty Dizz was one of the greatest showmen in the blues". Chicago Reader. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ a b Margasak, Peter (May 22, 2003). "Checkerboard's New Lease on Life/No Illusion". Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- Time Out Chicago. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ Sonnenberg, Jim (February 15, 2003). "Last call at Checkerboard Lounge". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ Wisniewski, Mary (June 14, 2014). "Legendary Checkerboard Lounge blues club ailing and wailing". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
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