Remembering two legends of the Chicago music scene
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🗓️ 10 March 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Greg pays tribute to Delmark Records founder Bob Koester and The Staples Singers' Pervis Staples, both behind the scenes legends of the Chicago music scene.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this bonus episode of Sound Opinions. I'm Jim D. Ergottis. My co-host is Greg |
| 0:05.3 | Kott. And this bonus podcast is a little different than others we've recorded. We need to |
| 0:10.4 | correct something from our previous episode. Our guest claimed Malaco Records was the longest |
| 0:15.8 | running independent label in American history. We should have known that there was a smaller label |
| 0:20.8 | in our own backyard that had Malaco beat by at least four years. That is true, Jim. |
| 0:26.8 | Delmark Records was founded in 1958 and operated for five years before that as Delmark Records. |
| 0:33.6 | You know, we missed that because the owner, Bob Kester, sold the label in 2018, but it continues |
| 0:39.6 | today. So it is still in business and slightly older than Malaco Records. So all do props to |
| 0:45.9 | Delmark. But we also need to pay homage to Bob Kester, who died recently at the age of 88, |
| 0:54.0 | as well as another Chicago behind the scenes icon Purvis Staples, one of the co-founders of the |
| 1:00.8 | Great Staples singers. So after a quick break, I'm going to pay tribute to Kester, Delmark Records, |
| 1:05.6 | and Purvis Staples in the Staples singers. Hello listeners. It is your friends Jim and Greg |
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