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Located on Chicago\u2019s South Side, Theresa\u2019s was more than a club. It was a blues school, a meeting place, a shelter and a musical home for generations of musicians.<\/p><p>For Primer, this tribute is deeply personal. After moving from Mississippi to Chicago in 1963, his blues journey led him from playing for tips on Maxwell Street to his first steady gig at Theresa\u2019s Lounge in the 1970s. That basement club helped shape him into the artist he became \u2014 a musician who would later work with Junior Wells, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters and Magic Slim before leading his own Real Deal Blues Band.<\/p><p>The album brings together artists with real connections to the Theresa\u2019s Lounge story, including Billy Branch, Bob Stroger, Willie Buck, Mary Lane, Harmonica Hinds, Carlos Johnson, Twist Turner, John Watkins, Tony Mangiullo and Jeff Brinkman. These are not musicians looking at the history from the outside. 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