Detroit

Iggy Pop and his band the Stooges got started in this home. It was a hot spot in the local Ann Arbor music scene.

The Blue Bird Inn was “The hippest modern jazz nightspot” in Detroit during the city’s bebop era.

Joni Mitchell lived in Detroit in this building on the fifth floor between 1965 and early 1967.

Levi Stubbs was the lead vocalist of the legendary musical Motown group The Four Tops. The Detroit-based quartet also included Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Lawrence Payton and Abdul “Duke” Fakir.

The Chess Mate was one of Detroit’s most famous and legendary Blues clubs and’60s folk clubs,

Visit Aretha Franklin’s home during the Motown Era.

Detroit’s historical and utopian Garwood Mansion was a homebase and creative haven during the mid 70’s.

Graystone Ballroom is legendary in big band jazz and swing. It opened in1922 billed as “Detroit’s Million Dollar Ballroom”.

Record Time is a shop that was a centerpiece of Detroit’s music scene.

Learn about the pioneering punk-rock band Death a Detroit-based band that was formed in 1971, years before the first acts associated with the genre emerged or the genre reached popularity in the US.

Spectacles Clothing Store and the Founder Zana are tastemakers in Detroit. Spectacles is a Detroit store selling eyewear, clothing, articles and books.

J Dilla aka Jay Dee crafted his style from about 1992 to 1997 in a basement in Detroit. His studio gave birth to a revolutionary approach to hip-hop production.