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CHUCKMAN KODACHROME – 1968 OCT 11 – RAINBOW GARDENS – LOOKING N ON CENTER AISLE – IT WAS A DELIGHTFUL PLACE – SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO 





CHUCKMAN KODACHROME COPY – 1968 OCT 11 – RAINBOW GARDENS –ONE OF THE CRAB APPLE TREES – SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO


John Chuckman's site has some really good photo's of Chicago from all eras including more of the South Shore neighborhood.


            Rainbow Beach Chicago,IL.







This film footage is from the Warren Thompson collection at The Chicago Film Archives.
 It's originally a 30 minute silent 16 MM  shot between 1940-1983 by "amateur" Warren Thompson. All the seasons and many years are covered in this self described "love letter" to his city. The soundtrack from the British band Renaissance is from their album -A Song For All Seasons- and features Renaissance lead vocalist Annie Haslam. 
The Blue Cheer's song A Peaceful Mind is used once briefly for a short transition.
  Photos at the ending credits are of Chicago's  South Shore  Rainbow Beach gardens flower beds taken by John Chuckman in 1968. 
Both the film and the music were impressive separately, edited together I thought they'd be complimentary. The film is best viewed using an expanded screen size in full HD. Running time 35 minutes. 





older sister Raye  1968 or 1970 - more joker than a smoker.  


















Old Lady of Sorrows basilica Chicago, IL. 
Bemis Restorative Services - Artist-Designer Raye Bemis
Client:  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago









My niece Grey Kelley flamenco dancing at Chicago Symphony Center  2015



 Skokie theater performance  


                               




Conqueror Worm three songs 1968
Three songs from Conqueror Worm band from Chicago that played in Old Town in the 1960's
at Like Young, The Bowery and The Composite also the Electric Theatre and Aragon.Opened for & tour dates with Cream,Jefferson Airplane-Moody Blues-Iron Butterfly-Byrds-Howlin Wolf-Chuck Berry-Siegel-Schwall Blues Band-Rotary Connection-Pacific Gas & Electric- Blue Cheer-MC-5-







L-R Paul Suszynski - Keith Bemis - Robert Hossa - Michael Suszynski









The Cream - Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker 


Late great Jack Bruce 












We started rehearsing this band at my house in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood 
Chi was new to starting a group and to Chicago coming from Racine, Wisconsin.
 Once I heard her powerful voice and her keyboard skills I joined up. 
Chi is still singing mainly European gigs where she had more than one hit.
Here's a live concert from her filmed for TV in 2012 at Vienna, Austria to over 100,000 + 








































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