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Behind the photographs
Blues legends, rock guitar heroes and a baseball Hall of Famer: the people behind some of Ed Peterson’s favorite photographs, in Chicago and the western suburbs.
Donald KinseyBlues and reggae guitarist with Bob Marley and the Wailers, Peter Tosh, Albert King and The Kinsey Report.
Orestes “Minnie” Miñoso“Mr. White Sox,” baseball trailblazer and Hall of Famer, photographed by Ed Peterson in Plainfield, Illinois.
Bill CartwrightStarting center and co-captain of the Chicago Bulls’ first three-peat, 1991–1993.
Uli Jon RothFormer Scorpions lead guitarist and inventor of the Sky Guitar, photographed live at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles.
Gregg PotterEmmy Award–winning Chicago drummer of the Buddy Rich Band and Steve Dahl’s Teenage Radiation.
Jimy SohnsLead singer of the Shadows of Knight, the Chicago-area band behind the 1966 hit “Gloria.”
Anthony GomesCanadian blues-rock guitarist and singer, photographed at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago.
Toronzo CannonChicago bluesman, Alligator Records artist and longtime CTA bus driver, photographed at Naperville’s Ribfest and on Chicago stages.
Joanna ConnorChicago blues guitarist and slide virtuoso, photographed with Toronzo Cannon at Naperville’s Ribfest.
Ted AliottaFounding drummer of Aliotta Haynes, the band that became Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah of “Lake Shore Drive” fame.
Marty “Big Dog” MercerJoliet-based blues singer and southpaw slide guitarist, inducted into the Joliet and Chicago Blues Halls of Fame.
Mike TafoyaChicago rock guitarist of The Boyzz from Illinoiz, The B’zz and Tafoya’s Lost Boyzz, photographed in the studio and at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles.