Newsreel tracing the evolution of blues music from the South to the ghettos of Chicago. Shot of parked car. El train passes by. People departing the El tracks walking around the city. Bus with destination of 3 King Drive is letting people off. Black man sitting in abandoned lot. Man in bulldozer cleaning up a house demolition. Man wearing a Sherwin Williams hat and painting clothing is wiping walls inside a house. Shot of a dilapidated building. People on Maxwell Street in Chicago. People playing guitars on the sidewalk, street vendors.