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Intro The Five Counts - Watermelon Walk (1962) Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - When the Levee Breaks (1929) Georgia Gibbs with The Smart Set & Orchestra - Old Man Mose (1947) Wilmoth Houdini & Gerald Clark's Night Owls - Tiger Tom Kill Tiger Cat, Damblay, Santapie & Rat (1932) Cumberland Ridgerunners - Ole Rattler (1933) Paul Daigle, Mike Doucet & Robert Elkin - Hackberry Hop (19...

Intro The Down Beats - Craig's Crazy Boogie (1959) King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Chimes Blues (1923) Ernest Rodgers - Willie The Chimney Sweeper (1927) Henry Thomas - Bull-Doze Blues (1928) Manu Slide & Uke Swing Trio - Charlie Patton's Ghost (2025) Muddy Waters - Don't Go No Farther (1956) Bukka White - Parchman Farm (1960) Benny Goodman & His Orchestra with Peggy Lee - Why Don't You D...

Intro The Champs - Midnighter (1958) Dave Burgess The Champs - Tequila (1958) Dave Burgess The Champs - Twenty Thousand Leagues (1959) Dave Burgess The Champs - Too Much Tequila (1960) Dave Burgess The Champs - Hokey Pokey (1961) Dave Burgess The Champs - Club House (1959) Dave Burgess The Haunted - 1-2-5 (1966) Bob Burgess Fraternity - Getting Off (1972) Bruce Howe Fraternity - Annabelle (1972) B...

Intro The Beach Boys – Wipe Out (1963 recorded, 1979 released) Brian Wilson The Beach Boys – Boogie Woodie (1963) Brian Wilson The Beach Boys – Surfin' (1962) Brian Wilson The Beach Boys – 409 (1962) Brian Wilson The Beach Boys – Surfin' Safari (1962) Brian Wilson The Beach Boys – Be True To Your School (1963) Brian Wilson The Beach Boys – Moon Dawg (1962) Brian Wilson Hayden Thompson – Blues Blue...

Intro Rocket From The Tombs – Raw Power (1975) Dave Thomas April 23 Rocket From The Tombs – What Love Is (1975) Dave Thomas April 23 Rocket From The Tombs – Ain't It Fun (1975) Dave Thomas April 23 Pere Ubu – Final Solution (1976) Dave Thomas April 23 Rocket From The Tombs – Never Gonna Kill Myself Again (1975 recorded 2002 released) Dave Thomas April 23 Pere Ubu – Non-alignment Pact (1978) Dave T...

Intro Magic Sam - Square Dance Rock Part 1 (1960) Jimmy Rodgers - Blue Yodel No 9 (Standing On The Corner) (1930) Allen Wingate - I Saw The Light (1965) Otha Turner and The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band - My Babe (1997 released) K.C. Douglas - Big Road Blues (1961) Freeman Fontenot - Le Two-Step A Jules (197?) Beausoleil - Joe Pitre's So Bad (1987) The Serenaders - Why Don't You Do Right (1951) C...

Intro The Valentines - That's It Man (1960)  Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Gang - Railroad Man (1930) Empire Military Band - Dill Pickles - Hot Stuff Ragtime (1912) Don Montoucet & The Wandering Aces - Hicks Wagon Wheel Special (1979) Jay Stutes & Cleveland Crochet Sugar Bee's - Midnight Blues (1961) Mike Gordon & The El Tempos - Why Don't You Do Right (1954) Reverend Gary Da...

Intro The Chiefs - Tom Tom (1963) The State Street Ramblers - Tiger Moan (1931) Eubie Blake & His Shuffle Along Orchestra - Baltimore Buzz (1921) Will Bennett - Railroad Bill (1929) Reverend Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy (1960) Richie Barrett - Some Other Guy (1962) Eddie Cochran - Milk Cow Blues (1960) Larry Sonn & His Orchestra - Why Don't You Do Right (1957) The Fabulous Clover...

Intro Magic Slim & The Teardrops - Teardrop (1975) Denver Darling & His Texas Cowhands - Juke Joint Mama (1947) Tommy Uhr - Cold Hearted Women (1959) Lawrence Ardoin & His French Band - Tou Le Ton Son Ton (Every Now And Then) (1984) Bee Deshotels - La Dance De Mardi Gras (1959) Roosevelt Grier - Why Don't You Do Right (01.1960) Big Jack Reynolds & His Blues Men - I Had a Little Dog...

Intro Cosh Boys - Canyon Ride (2023) The Six Jumping Jacks - Horses (1926) Lopez & Hamilton's Kings Of Harmony Orchestra - Bluin' The Blues (1920) Sidney Maiden - Sidney's Fox Chase (1961) The Low-Country Messiahs - Resurrection of Gullah Jack (2006) Jimmy McCracklin - Georgia Slop (1959) The Dixieaires - Joe Louis Is A Fightin' Man (1950) The Backsliders - Why Don't You Do Now (1989) Mike Rob...

Intro Ray Barretto & His Orchestra - Babalu (1963) Rube Bloom & His Bayou Boys - Mysterious Mose (1930) Django Reinhardt & Quintette du Hot Club de France - Charleston (1937) Magic Sam Blues Band - I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) (1967)  Tony Joe White - Baby Please Don't Go (1969 recorded 2006 released) Della Reese - Why Don't You Do Right (1960) Slim Dusty - Whiskey Blues (1960)...

Intro Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - Jungle Fever (1961) Ted Lewis & His Band - Milenberg Joys (1925) Metropolitan Orchestra - Smoky Mokes (1900) Tennessee Ernie & Cliffie Stone Orchestra - Blackberry Boogie (1952) Charles White - Didn't It Rain (1948) Big Bill Broonzy - When Do I Get to Be Called a Man (1956) Pee Wee Crayton - Rosa Lee (1951 recorded 1980 released) Big Al Downing - Georg...

Intro The Hollywood Hurricanes - Beavershot (1964) Rev. John Carter - There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down (1966) Lloyd Smith's Gut-Bucketeers & Jabbo Smith - Wake Up Sinners (1930) Howlin' Wolf - Mr. Highway Man (1952) The Country Side Of Harmonica Sam - This Train (2023) John Lee Hooker - My Daddy Was A Jockey (1951) Blind Willie McTell - Mr. McTell Got The Blues (1927) Barrence Whit...

Intro Link Wray & His Wray Men - Rumble (1958) Anna Meyers & Original Memphis Five - That Da Da Strain (1922) Frisky Foot Jackson & His Trumpeters - Maxwell Street Stomp (1929) Alice Gibbs - Jerusalem Cuckoo (1967 recorded 2015 released) Otis Span - It Must Have Been The Devil (1954) Harrold Burrage - Way Down Boogie (1951) Champion Jack Dupree - Bus Station Blues (1961) The Hamsters -...

Intro The Crew - Hot Wire (1963) Henry C. Gilliland and A. C. (Eck) Robertson - Turkey in the Straw (1922) Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (1931) Dixieland Jug Blowers - Boodle-Am-Shake (1927) Husk O'Hare Super Orchestra Of Chicago - San (1922) Hayes McMullan - Goin' Where the Chilly Winds Don't Blow (1967 recorded 2017 released) B.B. King - Take A Swing With Me (1949) Los Lobos - Georgia Slop (19...

Intro Les Jimmy's Guitars - Cométe (1963) Lee Morse & Her Blue Grass Boys - Tain't No Sin (To Dance Around In Your Bones) (1930) Count Basie Orchestra & Jimmy Rushing - Walkin' Slow Behind You (1949) The Statesmen Quartet - Get Thee Behind Me Satan (1959) G.M. Farley & The Foggy River Boys - There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down (1960) Sheryl Cormier with Blackie Forestier &...

Intro Hipbone Slim & The Kneejerks - Chop Suey Louie (2022) Joe Pullum - Joe Louis Is The Man (1935) Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band - Save Me Some (1930) Nathan Abshire & His Pine Grove Boys - Pine Grove Blues (1966) Joe Bonsall & The Orange Playboys - The Chickens Don't Lay (1965/6) The Dirt Daubers - Wake Up, Sinners (2011) Cowboy Copas - Don't Shake Hands With The Dev...

Intro The Wailers - Shanghaied (1959) Christie Brothers Stompers - Down In Jungletown (1952) Teddy Foster & His Kings Of Swing - Skeleton In The Cupboard (1936) Pepermint Harris - I Got Loaded (1951) Billy Ray - She Buys, & Buys & Buys (1953) John Lee Hooker - How Can You Do It (1951) Rev. I.B. Ware with Wife & Son - I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go By Myself) (1929) Solid Sen...

Intro Gli Aratari - Shake Dell'Elefante (1966) Ganimian & His Oriental Music - My Funny Valentine (1959) Charlie Halloran & The Tropicales - Doudou Pas Pleure (2022) Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns - Beatnik Blues (1960) The Sultans - Little By Little (Belgium 1987) Les Chauve-Souris - Tu Ne Te Souviens Pas (1965) Vicky & The Jokers - Si J'Etais Un Garçon (Belgium 1964) JJ Cale - A...

Intro The Atlantics - Bombora (1963)  Wilbur C. Sweatman's Original Jazz Band - The Darktown Strutter's Ball (1918) Ethel Waters & Her Jazz Masters - That Da Da Strain (1922) Mercy Dee - Baba-Du-Lay Fever (G.I. Fever) (1949) Lightnin' Hopkins - Automobile Blues (1949) Dixie Ramblers - Franklin County Blues (1937) Savy Augustine - Grand Mamou (1958) Loaded Dice - Georgia Slop (1994) Ronnie...

Intro Scavengers - Curfue (1964) Bobbie Leecan's Need-More Band - Wash-Board Cut Out (1927) Willie Brown - Future Blues (1930) Leon Chappel - I'm A Do-Right Daddy (1951) Lonnie Johnson - No Love For Sale (1960) Revon Reed & Sady Courville - The Cajun Strip (1979) Rockin' Dopsie - Doin' The Zydeco (1976) Clarence Williams' Blue Five - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (1923) Da Costa Woltz's Southern...

Intro The Busters - Bust Out (1963) Washboard Rhythm Kings - Pepper Steak (1932) Harry Roy & His Orchestra - My Girls Pussy (1931) Jimmy Ricks With The Suburbans - Bad Man Of Missouri (1957) The Interiors - Voodoo Doll (1959) Son of Dave - Try A Little Hound Dog (2024) GA-20 - Let's Get Funky (2021) Sippie Wallace - Special Delivery Blues (1926) Hattie Bolten - Prize Fighter Blues (1938) Sylve...

Intro The Manhattans - Big Wheel Express (1959) Memphis Minnie - Let Me Ride (1935) Fats Waller & His Rhythm - There's Going To The Devil To Pay (1935) Cowboy Jim & His Range Riders - Juke Joint Mama (1952) Jimmy Blythe - Chicago Stomp (1924) Tampa Red - Boogie Woogie Dance (1931) Clarence 'PineTop' Smith - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (1928) Pee Wee Crayton - Brand New Woman (1949) New Orlean...

Intro Link Wray - Ace Of Spades (1962) Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band - Get The "L" On Down The Road (1929) Hellen Forrest & Artie Shaw Orchestra - Don't Fall Asleep (1940) Austin Pitre & The Evangeline Playboys - Triangle Special (1979) Breaux Freres - Le Blues Du Petit Chein (1934) Blind Roosevelt Graves & His Brother - Guitar Boogie (1929) Little Eddie - My Baby Left Me (195...

Intro The Treasures - Minor Chaos (1964) Tommy McClennan - New Highway No. 51 (1940) The Juke Joint Pimps - Dick Shake (2008) Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers - Barn Dance Rag (1935) Al Petty - Twin Steel Ride (1955) Rodney Fruge & Wallace Reed - La Patate Chaude (1956?) Blackie Forestier & The Cajun Aces - Bayou Sam (1966) Cleo Brown - Boogie Woogie (03.1935) Sebastien Bordeaux - Baby,...