The Checkerboard Lounge, the South Side club that hosted the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Muddy Waters, is singing the business blues, hurt by its move to a swankier site and the decline of the ...

The Rolling Stones pay homage to their blues roots alongside one of their heroes on the newly unearthed live DVD 'Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge Chicago 1981.' ...

Ready to watch 'Muddy Waters and The Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge' tonight? Here’s where you can watch it, including streaming and cable services with rental, purchase, and ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The Checkerboard Lounge, a fabled Chicago blues club, is ready to reopen in the Hyde Park neighborhood thanks to help from the University of Chicago. The city closed the ...

Every year on March 23, L.C. Thurman, owner of the Checkerboard Lounge, throws himself a birthday party at the storied Bronzeville blues club. And at most of these events in recent memory he’s ...

When Bernard Loyd first ducked into the Checkerboard Lounge in 1995, he didn’t realize he was stepping in the shadows of musical giants. Loyd, a perennially traveling consultant in his early 30s, was ...

Jazz and blues enthusiasts who have eagerly followed the fate of the Checkerboard Lounge can finally put away their recordings and look forward to live jam sessions in Hyde Park. The Checkerboard ...

Just inside the front door at the Checkerboard Lounge, among dozens of publicity shots, is an oversize photo of Muddy Waters and members of the Rolling Stones sharing the club's tiny stage. Taken ...

Blues fans are welcoming back an old friend. The legendary Checkerboard Lounge is reopening its doors in a new neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The Checkerboard Lounge on 43rd Street in ...

From deep within the veins of Melbourne’s music scene, Checkerboard Lounge has become a cult-like underground institution. Melbourne blues band Checkerboard Lounge are touring New Zealand for the ...

In the authentic tradition of Muddy Waters, Ethan Thomas leads the raw and earthy Checkerboard Lounge in an irresistible feast of rhythm and blues with Martin Mcdonald on guitar, Rod Mackay on bass ...