Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials

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Ed, Pookie, Mike, and Kelly are one of the most fun live bands in Chicago. It’s been said that if the Ramones played the blues, they’d sound like Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials. For this one, I brought the DIY punk spirit to the blues. That year, the group won the well-deserved Blues Music Award for Band of the Year. Photos by Paul Natkin. (2008)