Goldbrick
580 posts
Aug 02, 2014
3:38 PM
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Rhartt1234
133 posts
Aug 02, 2014
6:00 PM
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They actually used to sell records and tapes on Maxwell St out of that bus, but it's still a cool photo.
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jnorem
483 posts
Aug 02, 2014
6:22 PM
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Who are the two guys?
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chopsy
31 posts
Aug 04, 2014
5:53 PM
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a bit of an aside, but the hand painted lettering on the back of that bus is great, and a dying art.
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Frank
5032 posts
Aug 04, 2014
6:44 PM
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My guess is it's Muddy Waters on the left, though he's obviously lost some weight there and looks pissed off since the bus is havin problems again...And I think think it's Howlin Wolf to the right who is hard to recognize with the shades on, but lookin as cool and dapper as ever... probably pointing at the tow truck he sees comin their way to fix the bus:)
Last Edited by Frank on Aug 04, 2014 6:50 PM
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kudzurunner
4841 posts
Aug 04, 2014
7:39 PM
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I think you're wrong on both counts, Frank, but I'll leave it to folks who were there, more or less, to tell us who those two guys actually are.
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Honkin On Bobo
1222 posts
Aug 04, 2014
8:05 PM
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Definitiely not Muddy and Wolf, ain't that obvious?
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Frank
5038 posts
Aug 05, 2014
5:04 AM
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Maybe the guy that looks like Muddy is James Brown ?)
Last Edited by Frank on Aug 05, 2014 5:06 AM
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wolfkristiansen
308 posts
Aug 05, 2014
9:01 PM
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"This is a bus that sold tapes and records in Chicago on Maxwell Street, those are probably a couple of locals hanging out (not Muddy or Wolf)."
From "borninchicago", a contributor to Blindman's Blues Forum, on September 14, 2011.
The members of that forum puzzled over this photo as well, and came to no definite conclusion. I think this is as close as anyone is going to get. The picture has intrigued me for years.
(edit) It just occurred to me-- maybe these are the people that drove the bus and sold the tapes? I note the loudspeaker. I'm guessing they were the "ice cream man" for people who'd ignore ice cream but come running to buy some good blues cassette tapes or records if they heard the bus cruising down their street.
Cheers,
wolfkristiansen
Last Edited by wolfkristiansen on Aug 05, 2014 9:07 PM
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wolfkristiansen
309 posts
Aug 05, 2014
9:52 PM
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Frank Scott Jr. with Reverend John Johnson, owner of the famous Blues Bus, at the New Maxwell St. Market, March 2007
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