Lincoln T BeauchampLincoln T. 'Chicago Beau' Beauchamp is committed to the literary side of Blues culture. In 1988 he founded Literati International Publishing Company that published literary magazines: Literati Chicago and Literati Internazionale, publications dedicatd to multi-culturalism. In 1989 he founded The Original Chicago Blues Annual, the first Black owned, Blues-Afrocentric, yet culturally inclusive Blues publication dedicated to preserving an original artform created by Blacks in the Americas. Since 1998, Beauchamp has combined all of his publications into one entity, L.T. Beauchamp Publishing that has published over one hundred writers and artists including Gwendolyn Brooks, Alejo Carpentier, Cadex Herrera, Barbara Barefield, Eugene B. Redmond, Ásta Magnúsdóttir, and Hart LeRoy Bibbs.Beau has been a professional performing musician since 1969. He has recorded several solo albums, and collaborated with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Archie Shepp, Julio Finn, Memphis Slim, Mario Donatone, and many others. Read More Read Less