Time magazine called Gehry the world's most famous architect. Gehry designed an outdoor music pavilion for Chicago's Millennium Park, a former rail yard that was transformed into a destination for the arts. He'd designed the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
Blues singer Rufus Thomas has died at the age of 84. Wel play back several songs and an interview from the 1997 Chicago Blues Festival. Thomas was best known for novelty dance tunes like Walking the Dog and Do the Funky Chicken. In 1953 Thomas recorded Bear Cat, the answer to Big Mama Thornton Hound Dog. It became Sun Recordsfirst hit. In the sixties, Thomas became one of the founding performers for Stax Records.
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