Maurice John Vaughn

Maurice John Vaughn's 1984 debut set, Generic Blues Album, came packaged in a plain white jacket, its title unceremoniously stamped on its front like a package of no-brand rice on a grocer's shelf. It looked like the cleverest of publicity ploys, but in reality, it was a simple economic necessity -- Vaughn's own Reecy label was operating on a shoestring. Vaughn is no longer a blues unknown. With a challenging 1993 album on Alligator (In the Shadow of the City) melding blues, soul, funk, and other contemporary influences, he's grown into one of Chicago's most interesting and v...