Bronzeville Arts Blog: June 2014

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

From Tokyo 2 Bronzeville…Dreams of Lefty Dizz

From Tokyo 2 Bronzeville….

Dreams of Lefty Dizz...

Pen &Ink by Jun Ogasarawa c2014

She had been writing about her dreams of the late great Bluesman…Lefty Dizz…

Said he had whispering some things in her ear…

At the Chicago Bluesfest….
by Aki Antonia 6-13-2014 BAB

Today after many, months of writing I had the honor to meet a young artist and art student who has been writing to me for almost a year from Tokyo in my inbox… Jun Ogasawara

Jun Ogasarawa in Tokyo

She had been writing about her dreams to come to Chicago...

She had been writing about her dreams of the late great Bluesman…Lefty Dizz…

Said he had whispering' some things in her ear…

Said she didn't know how…but she was determined to come to Chicago to pay homage to him, his music and to follow path of the great Bluesmen...

She spoke of how she enjoyed the Blues and that she went to Blues concerts in Tokyo..

Said she hoped to meet me at the Chicago BluesFest!

I had never met her in person but it seems we had dreams that interfaced across the waters from Bronzeville to Tokyo in a magical... mystical and musical way….•*¨*•♫♪♪♫¸.•*¨*•♫♪♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸ .•*¨*•♫♪

We began our conversations online when she read an article on my Bronzeville Arts blog about my encounters with Lefty Dizz at the Checkerboard where I had the honor to play with him... and eventually interview him for a cover story in Jam Sessions paper.

Blues In the Night

The Lefty Dizz Interview - Jam Sessions

by Aki Antonia

She was so excited to learn that I had grown up right around the corner from the Checkerboard…and had seen Buddy Guy Lefty Dizz, Jr Wells all the time ..

The Checkerboard Lounge

423 E 43rd St. (Muddy Waters Drive)

Aki points out the Checkerboard just before it closed.

And...that I been there the night that Muddy Waters, the Rolling Stones and Lefty Dizz and more…. had lit up the block with their Blues in the Night!!!