Phil Chess has passed

Without the Chess Brothers, music as we know it would simply not be.

Chess Records chronicled the Chicago Blues scene. Found and recorded artists that laid the foundation for so much that followed.

Without him there are no Rolling Stones or Aerosmith. No Yardbirds Cream Led Zep Fleetwood Mac.

And those were all second generation. Wrap your mind around this - No Muddy. No Buddy. No BB.

The music world lost a giant, a giant that never played or sang a song