ON MAXWELL STREET: CARRIE ROBINSON

Maxwell Street is the name of Chicago's long-running weekend flea market that's not actually on Maxwell Street anymore. Notable not only for it's robustness, Maxwell Street Market is credited with being a key part in the development of the Chicago Blues, as musicians who played there in the 30s and 40s began to amplify their instruments in order to be heard over the din of shoppers and hustlers. Despite being responsible for the worst development in the evolution of recorded harmonica, the Maxwell Street blues scene inspired countless amateurs to greatness; this clip features Carrie Robinson employing an amp to spread the Gospel, ca. 1964



Taken from the film And This is Free: The Life and Times of Chicago's Legendary Maxwell St.

(Thanks Gina!)