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【From the Muddy Waters Mural to Soldier Field! The Gritty Love Behind Chicago Bluesman's Killer Football Anthem "We Love Da Bears"】 Pouring cheap bourbon into a glass in the middle of the night, every time an ice cube clinks, my weary heart starts beating in a 12-bar rhythm. Hello there, I'm Memphis Ray, a guy who just can't escape the curse of the blues every single night. People tend to think the blues is a genre exclusively about life's pitfalls—"my baby left me," "there's a hole at the bottom of my pocket," "even my dog ignored me when I woke up this morning." Truth is, my daily life is pretty much like that; just last week, I dropped some coins under a vending machine, got my arm stuck, and seriously felt like crying out like a slide guitar. But hey, the folks back in the birthplace of the blues, Chicago, aren't just sitting around weeping. Sometimes, they slam an unbelievable amount of eager enthusiasm right into their guitars. Today, I want to talk about Brant Buckley, a Chicago blues musician and contributor to American Blues Scene. The music video he dropped for "We Love Da Bears" has been turning heads locally in Chicago, closing in on a cool 18,000 views. …