Let’s recite five famous blues clubs, present and past – Checkerboard Lounge, Buddy Guy’s Legends, Kingston Mines, Blue Door Cafe, and Theresa’s Lounge. The educated guess is that you’ve heard of at least four of them.
Surprisingly, our subject club, the long shuttered Theresa’s Lounge, which is probably one of the best-known of the five, has had the fewest live recordings, only one: that of Junior Wells Live at Theresa’s (1975). Yet, the storied club was where so many legends cut their teeth.
The basement club was the haven of legends – Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin’ Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, Earl Hooker, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Hound Dog Taylor, Otis Rush, Magic Slim, Little Walter, Otis Spann, and countless…

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