(Source: The Who) March 14, 2016 CHICAGO - United Center Thursday. Mar 10, 2016: Some pre-Who Chicago history: Another big music town, going back well over 100 years. With Chicago being in the 'middle' of the country, and easily reached by both ship and train, the USA's big catalog (or catalogue, for the English) companies were here-Sears Roebuck, Lyon and Healy, etc. Long before we had big malls, WalMarts, or anyplace to buy a variety of things, the whole country bought a range of goods from catalogs. Musical instruments became a big part of that, so some of the great manufacturers of guitars, pianos, accordions, trumpets, violins- were based in Chicago as a result. And we all know how big...
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