HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 13 – July 19, 2025.

Some of the highlights include Chicago blues guitar player Buster Benton, the man they call The Blues Maestro, Little Freddie King, and the day that Jimi Hendrix plays his eighth and final show as the opening act for The Monkees.

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Denise Lasalle - "Why Am I Missing You" - https://youtu.be/3JbFptukamg?si=MDsERJoRSd54cc3R

Peppermint Harris - "I Got Loaded" - https://youtu.be/MscvK3ajcuA?si=pyD1VrHav2NX0ypu

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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 06 – July 12, 2025.

Some of the highlights include blues piano players Pinetop Perkins and Johnnie Johnson, blues guitarist Blind Boy Fuller, and a recording that was so controversial that they waited a decade to release the album and even then, disguised the identity of the artists and the location of the session called "Blues in the Mississippi Night".

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Pinetop Perkins & Bob Margolin - Live 2001 - https://youtu.be/SZbWo9kgUms?si=XhvqnQzdBuUi4XiE

Full Album - "Blues in the Mississippi Night" - https://youtu.be/oQbLBQ-0sSU?si=yqIDIgENVodEDRdb

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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 29, 2025.

Some of the highlights include Chicago producer, songwriter, bass player, and singer Willie Dixon, Blues harp player James Cotton, and New Orleans blues and boogie-woogie piano player "Champion Jack" Dupree.

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Willie Dixon - "Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues" (1963) - https://youtu.be/qh973Lvo8EQ?si=U_GR5KJ1XHNCfJGT

James Cotton - "Rocket 88" - https://youtu.be/XTDpsOY2dX4?si=hflV3NhoPWRQZIcK

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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 22, 2025.

Some of the highlights include Texas blues guitarist Lester Williams, Chicago bluesman Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, and jazz, country, and blues guitar player Big Bill Broonzy.

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Lester Williams - "I Know That Chick" - https://youtu.be/nMmfLEB-2yM?si=1sHRPWlltXuYRs1T

Big Bill Broonzy - "Hey Hey" - https://youtu.be/_2Npu8KFsIY?si=GYOS1yU3W5sduYvA

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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 15 - June 21, 2025.

Some of the highlights include "The Blues Brothers" movie premiere in Chicago, one of the most popular of the classic blues singers of her time, Sara Martin, and jazz, country, and St. Louis blues pioneer Herman "Ace" Wallace.

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John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (from "The Blues Brothers") - https://youtu.be/nUUyFrHERpU?si=0i62sJdT9LB8Jcae

Sara Martin with King Oliver's Orchestra - "Death Sting Me Blues (1928) - https://youtu.be/GLtHzpr3Oxo?si=StUYNGTutdKkRy4t

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Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 08 - June 14, 2025.

Some of the highlights include the blues slide guitar master Derek Trucks, Clarksdale Mississippi blues guitarist Anthony "Big A" Sherrod, and jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor Les Paul.

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The MASTER of Blues Slide Guitar - Derek Trucks - https://youtu.be/3I2jnA8L4xU?si=Yy40fet7KqzbC8p4

"Big A" - Anthony Sherrod w/"Tail Dragger" @ Red's Juke Joint - Clarksdale, MS - https://youtu.be/xzMQkqCnbD0?si=h_k3tySN7A7tVFH7

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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 1 - June 7, 2025.

Some of the highlights include the blues guitar player Tinsley Ellis, Chicago blues guitar player Jimmy Rogers, and was the most popular and prolific blues woman of her day, Memphis Minnie.

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Tinsley Ellis - "Death Letter Blues" (Official Video) - https://youtu.be/yj9V_uyTRmk?si=CYenw9aN9KnDZDXC

Memphis Minnie - "My Butcher Man" - https://youtu.be/P8eOmT5smaw?si=cSz0GUZhpNf30zc5

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HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of May 25 - May 31, 2025.

Some of the highlights include the blues standard "Walkin' Blues", blues diva Mamie Smith, and jump blues pioneer and innovator T-Bone Walker.

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

T-Bone Walker - "T-Bone Blues" - https://youtu.be/HxCzMAFrTJ8?si=i7GpNmTEfAQcT7in

Son House - "Walkin Blues" - https://youtu.be/R7NfJL5lbIk?si=8gvOwZtmr96QMNXT

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