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Join us as we dig into a healthy serving of Down Home Blues from Chance Records — a label owned and operated by Windy City businessman Art Sheridan...
Bought by KRCB 104.9
- Added: Apr 14, 2019
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
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
Join us as we explore the rich and fascinating history of animal symbolism in the blues. Ever since the very first recordings, from the 1920s, blue...
- Added: Aug 25, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we pay tribute to one of the all time greatest harmonica players, Big Walter Horton. Making his first recordings with Sam Phillips in Me...
- Added: Apr 12, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
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
It's the "He Said, She Said" edition of the show. We've got new Blues from the fellas in the first half. During the second half of the show, the la...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KPVL
- Added: Feb 07, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
One of the first people to use an electric guitar on a blues record was a 16 year-old kid from the suburbs of Chicago. The incredible true story of...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Nov 02, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
We continue exploring slide guitar in the Windy City, this time from the early 1950s. We’ll hear from the old masters, Tampa Red, Muddy Waters, and...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
We’re headed up to the great city of Chicago, to hear from some of the titans of the slide guitar. The late 1940s were dominated by Tampa Red, Mudd...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Sep 22, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we aim the spotlight on a mid-1930s enigma, piano legend Black Bob. Recording with dozens of musicians, he mysteriously appeared on the ...
- Added: Aug 11, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
On May 5th, 1937, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson and Robert Nighthawk made their recording debuts. Accompanied in the studio by Big Joe Williams, ...
Bought by WSLR
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
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...
- Added: May 11, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
