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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. FOREWORD ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1 THE WLS BARN DANCE AND THE CALL TO CHICAGO 11
6. 2 “HILLBILLY HEAVEN” IN CHICAGO Uptown and Skid Row 78
7. 3 THE GATE OF HORN AND THE CHICAGO FOLK REVIVAL 130
8. 4 WIN STRACKE AND THE OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC 176
9. 5 BOHEMIA IN HYDE PARK The University of Chicago Folk Festival 235
10. 6 CHICAGO’S SECOND FOLK BOOM The 1970s in Old Town and Lincoln Park 269
11. 7 COUNTRY MUSIC SURGES AND BLUEGRASS ARRIVES 330
12. 8 “INSURGENT COUNTRY” Looking Backward to Go Forward 352
13. 9 THE OLD, WEIRD CHICAGO 401
14. Acknowledgments 421
15. Appendix A: Chicago in Song 425
16. Appendix B: Essential Chicago Country and Folk Albums 429
17. Notes 433
18. Index 497