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After more than 13,000 performances on its “microscopic” stage, the Zoo Bar is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week.

Some of the biggest names in blues music, from Otis Rush to Koko Taylor, have graced the Zoo Bar's tiny stage over the past five decades.

Fifty years ago this month, Larry Boehmer talked Zoo Bar owner Jim Ludwig into letting him book bands into the long, narrow club at 136 N. 14th St.

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