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Label founder Bob Koester talks 55 years of Delmark Records

[Above: Bob Koester with Buddy Guy at Delmark's 55th anniversary celebration in March 2008.] “I think some of the writers really want to believe that it’s all over for blues in Chicago,” confides Bob Koester, owner of Delmark, the nation’s oldest independent record label. “If they’ll come to the [city], I’d be happy to show ‘em around some clubs on the North, South and West side, take ‘em to hear people like Byther Smith, Lurrie Bell, Jimmy Burns, Michael Coleman… it’s a long list.”...  read more