Sweet Home Chicago? Not So Much. . .

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/sweet-home-chicago-the-house-where-muddy-sang-the-blues-awaits-a-rescue/2014/07/17/3a7d17b0-0923-11e4-a0dd-f2b22a257353_story.html

CHICAGO — Braden Pittman, 32, stands on his front porch and looks a few houses north to the dilapidated and empty red-brick house where birds have made nests between the sun-beaten pinewood boards that yawn past the glass they were meant to protect. Music once rang out of these windows: For 20 years, it was the headquarters of Muddy Waters, the pioneering guitarist, songwriter and vocalist who is considered the architect of modern electric blues and its offspring, rock and roll.

"I wish I could buy it and make it a museum — make it his spot again," Pittman says. . .

Sad state of affairs when legendary bluesman's home, and the rehearsal place for his band, cannot get any support for preservation. . .