CheckeredPast.com - An independent record label in Chicago, Illinois
Title
Checkered Past Records
Description
Few independent record labels on the scene today have enjoyed as auspicious a beginning as has Chicago's Checkered Past Records. Founded in March of 1997 by Larry Lipson and Yvonne Jones, along with the assistance of consultant / first staff
member Eric Babcock (who was a founding member of the seminal Bloodshot Records a few years earlier), CPR set out to provide a suitable home for the finest roots musicians from the underground.
Right out of the starting gate, CPR proved its devotion to quality music that wasn't getting a fair shake from other labels. That devotion has continued, whether
