Mississippian Edward Harrington aka Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater was also a pioneer of the electric blues eclosion in Chicago early in the fifties, and Valerie Eileen Hall aka Valerie Wellington, who would have probably been the best blues singer in Chicago if she had not died prematurely at 33. In 1986, one night at the memorable Nightstage in Cambridge, MA, witnessed a magical and exceptional performance.