Jimmy Rogers on Muddy Waters and Chicago Blues @TalkingGuitarJasObrecht
Jimmy Rogers on Muddy Waters and Chicago Blues  @TalkingGuitarJasObrecht
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An under-sung hero of the blues, Jimmy Rogers played an essential role in creating the electrified, band-oriented postwar Chicago sound. Although he was best known for playing guitar in Muddy Waters’ lineups during the Chess Records era, Rogers was also an accomplished solo artist and the composer of the blues classics “Walking By Myself,” “Ludella,” “Chicago Bound,” and “That’s All Right.” Our interview took place on August 28, 1996.

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