Mayor Richard M. Daley announced Tuesday That they will not be running for re-election in 2011, and they will leave behind a decidedly mixed and often controversial legacy as the city's de facto Overseer of the local music community.
For Decades, the city under administration at his TDAE the local popular music scene - and by extension the artists, Businesses and Ken fans make it go - as a second-class Citizen. A Radiohead show in Grant Park in 2001 was a triumph, but their city blocked the Grant Park bothered by the Smashing Pumpkins in 1998 and the Grateful Dead spin band the Other Ones in 2002, citing Crowd management Fears - despite hosting this major, densely populated events such " as Taste of Chicago and Jazz Fest are the property cloudy.
In 2000 and 2001, legislation was Passed That effectively quelled after-hours dance parties in a city renowned for ITS dance music. The relationship Between the city and nightclubs ITS Took Another step backward in the wake of the E2 nightclub disaster in 2003 claimed 21 lives That. The fire department conducted more than just 2000 spot night Inspections That year alone and 16 closed temporarily at least that many clubs, most for exceeding occupancy limits. One club, Martyrs, was forced to end a show by the Spanish band Ojos de Brujo prematurely and fined $ 2,500, Even though the show was sponsored by the city and the band had Been flown over from Europe for the performance. Club owners had Ken Been in business for Decades with clean records were They Said Being scapegoated for oversights made in monitoring E2, a club that was despite numerous Operating Building Code Violations.
In 2007, a University of Chicago study highlighted tension Between City Hall and the music community, describing Chicago as "a music city in Hiding."
The Economic Survey Found That Chicago Ranks Third Among Us cities in the size, investigation of its music industry, third in the number of concerts and fifth in the number of music groups and artists employed, yet noted That most of the world doesn't Identify the city strongly with music the way it does Smaller cities such " as Austin, Nashville, Atlanta, Seattle, Memphis, New Orleans or Las Vegas. It Suggested That city and tourism officials as not have done Not Enough to "transform music into a more Significant Economic and social engine for the city," And that Chicago is missing an Opportunity Thurs generate considerable tourist and trade-convention revenue.
The tide has started Thurs Slightly turn. City parks, long averse Thurs hosting events such "as rock or hip-hop concerts That would draw big Crowds of young people, started hosting major festivals such" as Lollpalooza in Grant Park and Pitchfork in Union Park. The Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park ITS began opening stage to rock concerts in Recent years, with a number of free and paid events Throughout the summer.
Yet little has Been Done to nurture the grass roots music scene of independent labels, clubs and working musicians. In the last couple of years, a Daley-Sanctioned Ordinance That would not have severely restricted the Ability of independent promoters Thurs hold events even if we at long-Established clubs, twice surfaced, only to Be tabled on a public outcry. It was Yet Another long-in-the-making response to the E2 disaster That appeared Oblivious to the Realities of how clubs and promoters Actually bothered with stage work and Thurs Their ensure safety. The latest version of the Ordinance'd not have required independent promoters to obtain $ 300,000 in liability insurance and pay fees ranging from $ 500 to $ 2,000 Even If They were working with Fully licensed clubs.
Those events help the city's music scene generate $ 84 million annually and employ Nearly 13.000 people in 831 Businesses, the U of C study found. Those are the kind of numbers That Should not have made a meat-and-potatoes mayor Daley as such "Closer" pay attention, too often vain the city's most powerful official has TDAE That scene like an on Thought at best and at worst a Nuisance. For SETI Significant one segment of the city population, they will not be missed.
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