LIVE AT THE CHECKERBOARD LOUNGE, CHICAGO
1981
In the middle of their huge American tour, the Rolling Stones arrived in Chicago to play 3 nights at the Rosemont Horizon. Long influenced by the Chicago blues, the band paid a “surprise” visit to Muddy Waters’ club The Checkerboard Lounge to see the master himself. It didn’t take long before Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Ian Stewart were joining in on stage. Urban legends claim that “fortunately for posterity”, “folks” present “happened” to record the goings on, but the superb sound quality is a dead giveaway to the careful planning that went into this event.
