Blues History: This Week In The Blues – Details, episodes & analysis

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Dec 15 - Dec 21, 2024.

Some of the highlights include New Orleans piano legend Professor Longhair, the “Devil's Son In Law" Peetie Wheatstraw, and the one and only Lonnie Brooks.

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Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode:

Professor Longhair & The Meters - "Big Chief" - https://youtu.be/I09FChrTDJw?si=OdrECanwZTXqt9Tj

Peetie Wheatstraw - "Devil's Son-In-Law" - https://youtu.be/F5Ac24bdUFM?si=59TT3u3Ha9wjrmxF

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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Dec 8 - Dec 14, 2024.

Some of the highlights include harmonica blues legend Junior Wells, the original hound dog, Big Mama Thornton, and STAX records.

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Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode:

Junior Wells - "Messin' With The Kid" - https://youtu.be/cWTieCjUhVw?si=4nfT5iYO0g6P6V1-

Big Mama Thornton - "Hound Dog" - https://youtu.be/BmpwvxW0gW0?si=INSClwLOh_E8mT1s

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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Oct 6 - Oct 12, 2024.

Some of the highlights include the1969 BB King recording of "The Thrill is Gone", Delta blues singer and guitarist "Mississippi" Joe Callicott, and blues musician and instrument maker Lonnie Pitchford.

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Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode:

B.B. King - "The Thrill Is Gone [Crossroads 2010]" - https://youtu.be/SgXSomPE_FY?si=MwVGllUS5RlvNYs-

Mississippi Joe Callicott - "Lost My Money in Jim Kinnane's" - https://youtu.be/hU2mrrSE5Fw?si=JPbvfityaMxiTojB

Lonnie Pitchford - "National Down Home Blues Festival" - https://youtu.be/sSrIZevf44Q?si=SJWGExOk9418ZrEi


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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Sept 29 - Oct 5, 2024.

Some of the highlights include Texas Blues Maestro Joe "Guitar" Hughes, Blues immortal Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Chicago blues harmonica great Billy Branch.

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Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode:

Joe Guitar Hughes - "Stuff like that" - https://youtu.be/6AY1dy9sFJo?si=rQ8yb9eSFO_tx7L0

Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Texas Flood (Live at the El Mocambo)" - https://youtu.be/KC5H9P4F5Uk?si=ysX51qx3H6E9vcBk

Billy Branch plays the blues on the harmonica on Windy City LIVE - https://youtu.be/C6MqaSNrq28?si=gowi0u4NrnYjumeo


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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Sept 22 - Sept 28, 2024.

Some of the highlights include Mississippi Juke Joint Legend Roosevelt “Booba” Barns, Chicago blues guitarist Mighty Joe Young, and blues legend Blind Lemon Jefferson.

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Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode:

Roosevelt Booba Barnes in Oxford, Mississippi 1983 - "I'm going back home" & "Bluebird" - https://youtu.be/mDVEQEYySuw?si=BD7letTW7AMj2pam

1970s Chicago Blues, Mighty Joe Young - https://youtu.be/JM9C193vsf4?si=Uksm1IYuKUbjnOem

Blind Lemon Jefferson "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" - https://youtu.be/8RywZxWuWrU?si=G5TqCFvRLAOFb3M8


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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Sept 15 - Sept 21, 2024.

Some of the highlights include "The King of the Blues", B.B. King, Chicago blues harp maestro, Snooky Pryor, and blues guitarist Jesse Ed Davis who played with the likes of Eric Clapton, John Lennon, and George Harrison.

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Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode:

BB King at Konserthuset in Stockholm 1974 - https://youtu.be/MhgyfSfTm0w?si=JnfBDYXffXgg09Hd

Snooky Pryor- "Rollin' And Tumblin'" - https://youtu.be/9U9sh-gDk6A?si=LXuS4tmon_krmTEu

Jesse Ed Davis (Rumble documentary clip) - https://youtu.be/8RywZxWuWrU?si=G5TqCFvRLAOFb3M8


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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Sept 8 - Sept 14, 2024.

Some of the highlights include harmonica player Harmonica Fats, the blues guitarist who influenced both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Guitar Shorty, and blues master Charles Brown.

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Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode:

Harmonica Fats - "Tore Up (Over You)" - https://youtu.be/XJAy4zw4O2M?si=1ttUpfH_BrPOGmnk

Guitar Shorty "Born Under a Bad Sign" - https://youtu.be/HWK64DK4oSs?si=491gf4rM-7E6I94N

Charles Brown - "Drifting Blues" - https://youtu.be/qx6qsLMYLdc?si=jkXVk-eQGlLRG_QQ


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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Sept 1 - Sept 7, 2024.

Some of the highlights include Piedmont blues guitarist & mandolin player Floyd Council, blues guitarist Freddie King, and Chicago-based blues pianist Sunnyland Slim.

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Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode:

Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson (live in Europe) - https://youtu.be/PWx4N0FMoXY?si=3eDNkYLvK4-10EwH

Freddie King - "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" - https://youtu.be/mE9H1bW-zQ4?si=UDtb9F0V4mO6jjXq

Sunnyland Slim - "Everytime I Get To Drinkin' (Live Video - 1969)" - https://youtu.be/p2Gbwe-SgTc?si=RWcudwJ_Vw3RX4bG


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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Aug 25 - Aug 31, 2024.

Some of the highlights include blues shouter Jimmy Rushing, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s Dinah Washington, and Chicago-based blues singer and guitarist Joanna Connor. 

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Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode:

Jimmy Rushing w Dizzie Gillespie Quintet - "Blues After Dark" - https://youtu.be/ijiNEBDxxyg?si=0KXlbRCT2gKjsnsb

Dinah Washington - 1958 Newport Jazz Festival - "All of Me" - https://youtu.be/AxrbSlWweQk?si=AeCi7NshTLnMOcn8

Joanna Connor and The Wrecking Crew - "Walking Blues" - https://youtu.be/0gadAdD4yVQ?si=RvoSB-kMG-eQ9Lcm

M For Mississippi - https://youtu.be/9vECArwtqhc?si=htEuHBVK2rQxx5oW


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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Aug 18 - Aug 24, 2024.

Some of the highlights include the King of the Boogie John Lee Hooker, blues legend Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and Canadian blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer and songwriter Big Dave McLean. 

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Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode:

John Lee Hooker - "Boom Boom (Live Video)" - https://youtu.be/72p9TTkoymY?si=MLbnbxZjHdKzJGna

Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - "1973 (Live Video and Interview)" - https://youtu.be/1xjCqx5FxWg?si=cWaG9erUV9Vg-l4p

Big Dave McLean - "Muddy Waters For President (Live in studio)" - https://youtu.be/0gadAdD4yVQ?si=RvoSB-kMG-eQ9Lcm


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