Recorded on a hot day in the fall of 1970, the setting was the yard at Cook County Jail. As King plugged in his famous guitar Lucille, around 2,000 inmates began cheering and jeering.

Von had run afoul of the law before, including an arrest for murder and attempted murder related to a 2014 triple shooting. He spent three and a half years in Cook County Jail before he was ...

"B.B. King Live in Cook County Jail" is considered one of the singer's greatest performances. Rolling Stone ranked it No. 499 of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Clarence Richard English in ...

Recorded September 10, 1970, Live in Cook County Jail was a warm get-together with friends compared to Cash's angry and causative masterpiece. King's rapport with his Chicago audience was immediate ...

In the law library of the Cook County Jail, the chase was on. Detainee Emmanuel Garcia frantically moved his king around a virtual chessboard, losing one piece after another as his opponent closed in.