Irving Louis Lattin is a native Chicagoan who grew up during a time when almost every blues legend lived, recorded & performed throughout the city daily. It was common to walk past the neighborhood bars and hear amazing blues music seeping out of the windows & doors every week and especially the weekends. The blues was so powerful that it often overshadowed the also potent r&b/soul sounds of his beloved windy city, Chicago. Inheriting his mother’s musical taste he soaked in songs of the blues, gospel and soul artists who’s records & music she loved to play. There were the influential ‘non blues’ Chicagoan natives like Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions, Jerry Butler, Gene Chandler, Ramsey Lewis, The Emotions, The Staple Singers, The Chilites, etc. Irving puts his own personal spin on rhythm & blues…