Singer / guitarist Vincent Johnson performs in front of the Art Institute on almost every Saturday of the year, including those occasions when Chicago gets “all four seasons in a day,” as he noted during a snow shower on a recent sunny afternoon.

The native Chicagoan is a self-taught musician inspired by the bluesmen who migrated to the city from the Mississippi Delta, and his axe of choice is a BB King style hollow body.

When not performing, Mr. Johnson operates V&J Computer Services, which he founded 20 years ago, and works as a substitute teacher.

— Daniel Patton

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