I lived in uptown for four years during high school (graduated 1977), in a "commune" during the pre-gentrified days. Clark and Wilson. I remember Blue Oyster Cult playing at The Uptown (which was pretty rundown in those days), but could never afford to actually go in.
I have great memories from those years, but that area of uptown was a pretty advanced lesson in the school of hard knocks! I blew town in a hurry when I graduated, and didn't look back for about ten years. A year after graduating, I was traveling in pre-revolution Iraq (and many other places for a year), and my mother said her only consolation was that she figured if I survived growing up in Chicago, I could survive anything.
Now I thoroughly enjoy visiting Chicago as an adult, and love to take in the blues again.
Sorry this has nothing to do with Patricia Barber, it's just great to hear mention of the old neighborhood!
I have great memories from those years, but that area of uptown was a pretty advanced lesson in the school of hard knocks! I blew town in a hurry when I graduated, and didn't look back for about ten years. A year after graduating, I was traveling in pre-revolution Iraq (and many other places for a year), and my mother said her only consolation was that she figured if I survived growing up in Chicago, I could survive anything.
Now I thoroughly enjoy visiting Chicago as an adult, and love to take in the blues again.
Sorry this has nothing to do with Patricia Barber, it's just great to hear mention of the old neighborhood!