Chicago, IL - Chess and Wax Trax Records - 16x12

Art Type: Archival Pigment Ink Photograph
Frame Style: Wood Frame
Image Size: 6.25" x 8"
Frame Size: 16" x 12"
Mat Style: Warm White, 8-ply Conservation

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This image honors two of the most important locations of music history in Chicago, and the United States – and on our planet!

Chess Records
Horatio R. Wilson, architect
2120 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
41°51’13.1”N 87°37’27.2”W

Chess Records was foundational to the development of Chicago blues, early rock and roll, and R&B from the late 1940s through the 1960s. Many artists created recordings there that would influence generations of musicians worldwide. 

Chess Records is internationally known as the site of some of the most influential Blues and Rock 'n' Roll recordings, including "Johnny B. Goode," Rescue Me," and "Red Rooster." Between 1957 and 1967, brothers Leonard and Phil Chess made this modest facility the creative home for such artists as Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Chuck Berry. Its history inspired the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds to record here in the mid-60s.

Wax Trax! Records
2449 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
41°55’35.8”N 87°39’00.7”W

Wax Trax on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago became not just a retail space but a cultural hub for Chicago’s alternative music scene. It served as both a record store and the headquarters for their record label, which they officially launched in 1981. The physical store became a gathering place for fans of industrial, punk, and new wave music, and helped establish Chicago as an important center for industrial music in America.