Gallery: Transforming Chicago's Union Station Into a Cavernous Concert Hall
01White Mystery
*Miss Alex White of White Mystery tosses back a few stiff riffs.*
02Prep
*The crew sets up in Chicago’s Union Station.*
03Soundcheck
*Nicole Flood and her son Liam, 13 months, listen in on Mavis Staples'€™ band during soundcheck in Chicago'€™s Union Station while they await their train out of town.*
04Tim Koh
*Tim Koh, bassist for Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, autographs Station to Station posters.*
05Soundcheck
*Seen through the mixing board, Yaw Agyeman and Kiara Lanier of Theaster Gates’ Black Monks of Mississippi sing during soundcheck.*
06Justin Stanley
*Musician and producer Justin Stanley monkeys around after posing on the side of the Station to Station train as it's parked in a Chicago railyard.*
07Conductor
*Amtrak Conductor Glen Steven Johnson ended up recording in the studio car once he saw all the "eye candy" in the room.*
08Crowd
*The crowd mingles in and out of yurts before the first official performance of the night in Chicago's Union Station.*
09No Age
*No Age—playing with a scaled-down three-piece drum kit—makes use of the Union Station space with amps pointed toward the skylight and drumsticks tapping the marble floor.*
10Spoken word
*Emanuel Vinson appears to levitate as he performs spoken word on stage.*
11Rich South High School
*Chicago'€™s Rich South High School Marching Band performs for the crowd.*
12Thurston Moore
*Thurston Moore takes the stage with John Moloney once again.*
13Black Monks of Mississippi
*The Black Monks of Mississippi harmonize on stage.*
14Audience
*Right to left: Justin Booz stands with Emanuel Vinson (who later performed spoken-word for the crowd), Viviana Gentry, and Erin Delaney as they listen to Theaster Gates'€™ Black Monks of Mississippi.*
15Mavis Staples
*Mavis Staples brings down the house.*
