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| Released | 5 December 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 4 January 1969 | |||
| Studio | Chess Ter-Mar, Chicago | |||
| Genre | Chicago blues | |||
| Length | 103:28 | |||
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| Producer | Mike Vernon, Marshall Chess | |||
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Blues Jam in Chicago is a studio recording by the British rock band Fleetwood Mac, originally released in two single-LP volumes by Blue Horizon in December 1969.[1][2] It was the result of a recording session in early 1969 at Chess Records in Chicago with Fleetwood Mac, then a young British blues band, and a number of famous Chicago blues artists from whom they drew inspiration.[3][4] The album has also been released, with slightly different track listings, under the titles Blues Jam at Chess Volumes One and Two[5][6] and Fleetwood Mac in Chicago, the latter by Sire Records in 1976.[7][8]
The members of Fleetwood Mac at the time of this recording were Peter Green (guitar, vocals), Jeremy Spencer (guitar, vocals), Danny Kirwan (guitar, vocals), Mick Fleetwood, (drums), and John McVie (bass guitar). The Chicago blues musicians who played at this session were Otis Spann (piano, vocals), Willie Dixon (upright bass), Shakey Horton (harmonica, vocals), J.T. Brown (tenor saxophone, vocals), Buddy Guy (guitar), Honeyboy Edwards (guitar, vocals), and S.P. Leary (drums).
In December 2022, a book of Jeff Lowenthal's photographs of the session was published as Fleetwood Mac in Chicago: The Legendary Chess Blues Session, January 4, 1969. The book also contains forwards by session producers Marshall Chess and Mike Vernon and texts by Robert Schaffner and some of the participating musicians.[9]
- ^ "Fleetwood Mac, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Shakey Horton, J.T. Brown, Guitar Buddy, Honeyboy Edwards, S.P. Leary – Blues Jam in Chicago – Volume One". Discogs. 1969.
- ^ "Fleetwood Mac, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, J.T. Brown, Honey Boy Edwards, S.P. Leary – Blues Jam in Chicago – Volume Two". Discogs. 1970.
- ^ Marcus, Greil (21 October 1976). "Fleetwood Mac in Chicago". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Fleetwood Mac in Chicago". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ Fremer, Michael (1 August 2005). "Not Your Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac!". Analog Planet. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Blues Jam at Chess". Discogs. November 1969. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Fleetwood Mac in Chicago: The Legendary Chess Blues Session, January 4, 1969". GoodRead. December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.