Kingston Mines

This guide to Kingston Mines in Chicago traces the blues club's nonstop two-stage format since 1968, and the one stretch when both stages went silent: thirteen months starting in March 2020, after founder Doc Pellegrino's estate got tangled in probate just as the pandemic hit. It follows his grandson James Mosley and wife Laura as they turned to strangers for help keeping the club alive. Listen for what people wrote in about, from first dates to nights they still remember the setlist.