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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
Join us as we put the Checker label in the spotlight. Started by Phil and Leonard Chess as a subsidiary imprint in 1952, Checker issued some specta...
- Added: Feb 04, 2017
- Length: 01:58:59
On this episode, no particular theme, just two hours of our favorite Down Home Rhythm Rockin' Blues. We’ll hear from Woodrow Adams, Lightnin’ Slim,...
- Added: Oct 12, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
We take a look at some killer down home blues from the great state of Texas — all of it from small, independent record labels in operation during t...
- Added: Sep 07, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us for some terrific Down Home Country Blues from Specialty Records. In addition to Frankie Lee Sims and Clifton Chenier — two of our all-time...
- Added: Jun 22, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we aim the spotlight on Bill Quinn’s legendary Gold Star record label. Founded in Houston in the late 1940s, he recorded some of the cre...
- Added: Mar 08, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us for part two of our tribute to the Blues Classics label. Founded by Chris Strachwitz as the 'unofficial' reissue arm of Arhoolie Records, w...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Nov 30, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we aim the spotlight on a legendary series of albums from the Blues Classics label. Founded by Chris Strachwitz as a companion to Arhool...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Nov 23, 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 feature some exciting Down Home Blues from Philadelphia's Gotham label, with music from Baby Boy Warren, Wright Holmes, Dan Pickett, ...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Sep 01, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we aim the spotlight on Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. Known for being an imaginative songwriter, he was a highly influential musician o...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Aug 18, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we aim the spotlight on some of the spectacular Down Home Blues that were recorded during the year 1941. From the Library of Congress fi...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Aug 04, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
We aim the spotlight on one of the most beloved record labels of all time, Trumpet Records, of Jackson, Mississippi. Spearheaded by entrepreneur Li...
- Added: Jul 13, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
No particular theme on this one, just a grab bag full of post-war rockers and down home favorites from Lightnin' Hopkins, Dr. Ross, K.C. Douglas, J...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: May 04, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
The Imperial Record label, founded in 1948 in Los Angeles, is well known as the home of Fats Domino and other great New Orleans artists, as well as...
Bought by KHNS
- Added: Sep 13, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we aim the spotlight on Shreveport, Louisiana. Home to a thriving music scene, the "Louisiana Hayride" (a rival...
- Added: Aug 06, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
Recently, Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records marked their 50th anniversary. We'll celebrate by playing selections from three classic LPs from th...
- Added: Jul 24, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
With its own unique sound and feel, we aim the spotlight on Down Home Blues from the East Coast, from the mid 1940s to the early 1960s, on this epi...
- Added: Jun 30, 2011
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 5