The new Legends spreads more than 11,000 square feet of space over two levels with two stages, more than twice the size of the old venue. It will offer ample space for the club’s famous namesake to show off a lifetime of memorabilia, including vintage guitars and personal photographs of blues greats.
And it will come equipped with a $200,000 state-of-the-art sound system. The club will accommodate about 400 people downstairs in the main music room, and up to 250 upstairs in a more intimate space with pool tables and a movie screen. […]
Gary Gand, owner of Gand Music and Sound in suburban Northfield, says his company installed a digital mixing console and sound and lighting equipment “comparable to what you’d see at a major music festival or the United Center rather than a typical blues club.”
Speakers in the ceiling will provide a strong bass presence throughout the club. “We can steer the sound coming out of them with computers,” Gand says. “We can reflect sound around the room electronically and keep it off the stage so the microphones don’t feed back. Every seat in the house will have great sound. We’re looking to blow people’s minds.”
Oh, yeah.
And who else but Buddy himself could play us out after that? This is from a 1970 documentary called “Chicago Blues.” Turn it up…
You shoulda heard me beggin’
‘Blues, don’t murder me’
