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This time we profile Big Maceo, who recorded his “magnum opus” — the barnstorming instrumental “Chicago Breakdown” — this week in 1945.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
This week, on a very unique "Juke In The Back," Matt The Cat pays tribute to not only a fantastic and underrated record label, Fortune Records, but...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WHRV, WRNC-LP, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: The King of Chicago Blues Piano, Big Maceo. Photo courtesy of Blues Unlimited magazine #106, Feb/March 1974.
Join us for a tribute to keyboard legend Big Maceo Merriweather. Although his recorded legacy is not all that large, he left an indelible mark in t...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A Casey Bill Weldon release showing the distinctive graphics of the Bluebird line.
Join us for a look at the Bluebird label. Launched as a budget imprint during the height of the Great Depression, it quickly became home to blues i...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WSLR, KHNS, and KTRL


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Keyboard legend, Otis Spann.
Join us as we take a look at some of the fine piano players who worked and recorded in Chicago over the years — from Curtis Jones, Roosevelt Sykes ...

Bought by KHNS and WUCF


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 2