On The South Side Dance too obscure to find new

too obscure to find new life on oldies and dusties stations or on Time-Life collections

it was already establishing itself as a harbor for eccentric sounds

Named for the street address of its underground uptown genesis

Embraced in the early ’90s by Britain’s rare groove scene and later sampled by Digable Planets and Jay-Z

Before “Rockin’ Chair

On The South Side Dance too obscure to find newBetween 1975 77, Chicagos southside nightclubs were experiencing dark times. The after hours routine may have been on the up, but the sound of urban blues was on its way down, getting funkier, heavier, picking up a Zeppelin echo from the British rock scene that had raided its larder. Thankfully, lightening came by way of a lanky white guy skulking from club to club with a camera and strobe light. Chicago photographer Michael Abramson hit Pervs House,