'Like a rebirth': Americans pack reopened concert halls for a summer of music
Reuters | Jul 10, 2021 12:07 AM EDT
Pamela and Tom Pickens of Madison, Indiana, enjoy live music as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions are eased at blues bar Kingston Mines in Chicago, Illinois (Photo : REUTERS/Eileen T. Meslar)
Pamela Pickens swayed her hips as her husband Tom led her in an impromptu dance to the strumming of guitarist Studebaker John at Chicago's famed blues bar, Kingston Mines.
The couple, wearing fedora hats and wide smiles, had driven five hours from their home in southeast Indiana to visit their favorite blues club, which had recently reopened for live performances after a year of shutdown due to COVID-19.