Bob Atcher was a Kentucky-born, fiddle-playing cowboy who released a string of records in the 1940s that landed on the"Hillbilly" charts. While Chicago is known mostly for its history with blues and jazz music, local writer Mark Guarino has tapped into the region's fascinating country roots in his new book, "Country & Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival.
" stayed around Chicago, and he was more or less the founder of Schaumburg," Guarino said."But then he'd still go around and play clubs in the '60s. He's a great example of what the scene was like here." The influence of country music eventually extended into the suburbs as the population shifted away from the city. Nashville North in Bensenville hosted Grand Ole Opry stars Ernest Tubb and Faron Young, as well as a young artist named Garth Brooks, whose 1989 appearance came just before he released the breakthrough album"No Fences."
Guarino is in the middle of a book tour that takes him to Lake Villa's Harbor Brewing Company, 136 Cedar Ave., at 7 p.m. Friday, July 7. In an event hosted by Little Beans Books, Guarino will speak about"Country & Midwestern" and sign copies before a performance by The Breaks. While researching the book, Guarino rushed to secure interviews with aging figures important to the story. The list included Cal Starr, the longtime promoter and country performer who, in the 1960s, was paid thousands of dollars for bringing Loretta Lynn, Marty Robbins and others to Waukegan's Genesee Theatre and elsewhere in the city and suburbs.
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