Bonni McKeown

West Virginia Division of Highways chief Jimmy Wriston recently vowed to have two unbuilt, controversial sections of Corridor H under contract by the end of 2024. The two sections in question — the 9-mile $467 million stretch from Parsons to Davis, in Tucker County, and the $166 million 7 miles from Wardensville to the Virginia line, in Hardy County — are the most sensitive in the 100-mile route. Legally, environmental reviews must be done before construction.

In the tradition of great musical families like the Jacksons and the Staples Singers, Chicago blues band leader Larry Taylor will unveil an album featuring his siblings and son. A CD release party for Generations of Blues, featuring live music by the Taylors, will be held Sunday, June 18 at Fitzgeralds in Berwyn, just in time for Juneteenth weekend during Black Music Month.

Lee Solomon, Tim and Larry Taylor outside the Delta Fish Market; Oliver Davis, proprietor, in background. Photo by Kirk Whiting I’ve often tried to ask people to list the West Side blues spots of yore, but there were so many, in and out, over the Great Migration years and after!  Bruce Iglauer, head of Alligator Records, which has been around since 1971,  compiled this list. Check it out!  Email him on the site if you have any to add, and put a comment in this blog too.