The Big Band sound faded with the postwar rise of Rock and Roll, and with it, venues like The Tropics in the Chicagoan Hotel. By then Sam Bari and Red Duncan, Chicago’s “famous” and “nationally known” Blind Pianist, were history.
The magic of Magic Forest was its willingness to mix roadside wonders from wherever.
Denver, Colorado’s Overland Park was the king of the municipal campgrounds established during the early 20th century’s “automobiling” craze, a nationwide fascination with the new-found freedom of the automobile that put millions on the road looking for places to camp-out.
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