Styx- Blue Collar Man- 2120 Michigan Ave, Chicago- 2004

Styx here live in blues legend Willie Dixon‘s recording studio at 2120 Michigan Avenue, the site of the original Chess Records, back in 2004 laying down a soul-infused reading of Tommy Shaw‘s working class musical manifesto “Blue Collar Man”. The  song and the Styx album on which it originally appeared, Pieces of Eight , mark a special fortieth anniversary with a visit from Shaw and bandmates past and present here In the Studio  next week. – Redbeard