Blues singer Lucy Smith performs with an ensemble at a benefit concert for Saint Martin’s Episcopal Church at the church sanctuary on June 29, 2024, in Chicago. If Chicago’s annual Blues Festival in June whet your appetite for more blues this summer, the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks aims to give you what you crave with “Chicago Bound: The Great Migration of the Blues.”
Smith said the origin story of the concert series stems from a Goodman Theatre project in 2013 when Cheryl West’swas being staged. Smith came up with a supplemental musical counterpart to the play. It was the first time she and Corley collaborated with a script, narration and Smith leading the band. “What was interesting was learning the history about these people and about Lillian Green because she was a big star at the time in the ’30s and ’40s and just so well known,” Corley said. “It just goes to show you how fame can be somewhat fleeting, but also, the impact that people have had, you might not know.”
“We do a journey — acoustic stuff, voice and guitar, and there’s a part where I do a little a cappella section to speak to the origins of the music as well,” Smith said. “It was really difficult trying to figure out which tunes to put in the show.”
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