Chapter 18: In a Jam My brother Jimmy got a job in the late ’70s writing for a Chicago weekly magazine called Illinois Entertainer, which is still in business today. He got an interview set up with Fred Ordower, who worked at Jam Productions, the big local promoter in Chicago. Jam Productions was started by…
Chapter 17: The Birth of Evening Star How it Got Started I continued booking Dooley’s for the rest of 1976. By December, I had already started booking shows for the next year. The thing was, sometimes Don Reno didn’t like the shows I suggested. The first one he turned down was Taj Mahal; he wasn’t…
Chapter 16: Muddy Waters – Hard Again! I started booking Muddy Waters in the ’70s through the Paragon Agency out of Georgia. He got $3,500 to do two shows a night. When it comes to legends, there aren’t many bigger than Muddy Waters. This guy has been responsible/credited for much of the sound of great…
