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Urban Blues at the Nitty Gritty
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Poster advertising Urban Blues and the performance of Luther Allison Chicago Blues Band, at the Nitty Gritty's New Year's Eve party. The poster features a human eye with mechanical gears and a tear with an image of smokestacks.
December 31, 1970
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