The Backroom 8.20.24

The Democratic National Convention in Chicago … 1968. A look back at a hot summer with chart-topping songs and some hometown blues.

  • Kick Out the Jams — MC5
  • Prologue/Someday — Chicago
  • Chicago — Graham Nash
  • Mayor Daley’s Blues — Eddie Clearwater
  • Daley’s Gone — Steve Goodman
  • I’m Feeling Alright — Big Mama Thornton & The Muddy Waters Blues Band
  • She’s Fine — A.C. Reed and The Spark Plugs
  • Buddy’s Advice — The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
  • Long Distance Call — Muddy Waters (f. Otis Spann, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield)
  • Going Upstairs — Queen Sylvia Embry
  • Superharp — James Cotton
  • I Love You — People!
  • Hello, I Love You — the Doors
  • I Need Love — The Third Booth
  • Pictures of Matchstick Men — Status Quo
  • Jumpin’ Jack Flash — The Rolling Stones
  • Here Comes the Judge — Shorty Long
  • People Got to Be Free — The Rascals
  • Lady Willpower — Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
  • Stoned Soul Picnic — The 5th Dimension
  • Classical Gas — Mason Williams
  • Light My Fire — José Feliciano
  • Grazing in the Grass — Hugh Masekela
  • Windy City Blues — The Marshall Tucker Band
  • Chicago Bound — George Thorogood & The Destroyers
  • Meet Me in Chicago — Buddy Guy
  • Sweet Home Chicago — Eric Clapton
  • Chicago — Frank Sinatra
  • Windy City — Allison Kraus