Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in the first place.

In 20 years, the Secret History of Chicago Music has never covered a stadium organist. I’ll admit, that’s not just because there aren’t many of them—it’s mostly because I’m not a huge sports fan. I’ll roll a bowling ball every once in a while, and I don’t mind a baseball game on a nice day, but that’s as far as it goes. I realize this makes me a heretic in the midwest, but I’m not alone—when researching this story, I discovered to my relief that Nancy Faust likewise wasn’t big into sports growing up.

Faust was the stadium organist for the Chicago White Sox for 40 years, end

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