Broadside for the House of Blues featuring a concert by James Brown and others
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Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006
- Subject of
- House of Blues Chicago, American, founded 1996
- The Blues Brothers, American, founded 1976
- Dan Aykroyd, Canadian, born 1952
- James Belushi, American, born 1954
- John Goodman, American, born 1952
- Isaac Hayes, American, 1942 - 2008
- Charlie Musslewhite, American, born 1944
- Joe Walsh, American, born 1947
- Lonnie Brooks, American, born 1933
- Paul Shaffer, born 1949
- Billy Boy Arnold, American, born 1935
- Sam Moore, American, born 1935
- Sly Thompson, American, born 1936
- Eddie Floyd, American, born 1937
- Billy Branch, American, born 1951
- Magic Slim, American, 1937 - 2013
- Created by
- The Second City, American, founded 1959
- Description
- A broadside of the grand opening of House of Blues Chicago. The broadside is blue, yellow and pink with black text. Black musical clefs and stars are on both sides of the broadside. James Brown and His Orchestra are featured as headlining act to perform at the opening. The location and telephone number for the restaurant are listed at the bottom of the broadside. At the bottom of the broadside written in black text is “In Blues We Trust.”
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1996
- Object number
- 2008.7.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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- Type
- broadsides
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 22 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (57.2 × 44.4 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Actors
- Communication
- Funk (Music)
- Soul (Music)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2008.7.13
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52e5ebd78-28d7-4df0-a3fe-4ba2fc6c7e25
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