Alan Harper

‘Waiting for Buddy Guy: Chicago Blues at the Crossroads’ (excerpt)

‘Waiting for Buddy Guy: Chicago Blues at the Crossroads’ (excerpt)

In the late ’70s and early ’80s, British blues fan Alan Harper became a transatlantic pilgrim to Chicago. He came to listen to the blues. His memoir, Waiting for Buddy Guy captures not only the music, but the memories of many of Chicago’s great blues legends and others who lived during this important era.