The museum's owner has vowed to rebuild and hopefully reopen the South Side staple.
Sunday, October 20, 2024 2:40AMA piece of Chicago music history is now ashes and burned debris after a devastating fire in the Woodlawn neighborhood.
Black smoke spewed from the devastating flames earlier Saturday, and by the time firefighters were done, the Woodlawn treasure was left scorched and gutted. A legendary blues guitarist, this Mississippi native's namesake is nearly burned off the storefront at the Johnny Twist Historical Blues Museum, a South Side fixture for decades.
"It was an electrical fire here. It started. Then, I couldn't get to it in time. We sprayed, and I must say to anyone, when fire starts, fire does not play," Williams said.
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