Blues Disciples

March 13, 2023 Episode 213 Show 213 – Recorded 3-11-23 – With this podcast we feature 10 outstanding blues artists with 10 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1928 – 2020. Our featured artists are: Ms Bonnie Raitt, Mr Fred McDowell & Mr Johnny Woods, Mr Tommy Johnson, Mr John Primer, Mr Buddy Guy, Mr Bill Howl ‘N Madd Perry, Ms Libby Rae Watson, Mr S...

March 6, 2023 Episode 212 Show 212 – Recorded 3-4-23 – With this podcast we feature 11 outstanding blues artists with 11 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1927 – 2022. Our featured artists are: Mr Willie Brown, Mr Bobby Rush, Ms Memphis Minnie, Mr Muddy Waters, Mr Buddy Guy, Mr Drink Small, Mr Jack Owens, Mr Marquise Knox, Mr Joe Callicott, Mr Fury Lew...

February 23, 2023 Episode 211 Show 211 – Recorded 2-25-23 – With this podcast we feature 11 outstanding blues artists with 11 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1927 – 2023. Our featured artists are: Ms Etta James and Mr BB King, Mr Muddy Waters, Mr Tom Hambridge and Mr “Kingfish” Ingram, Mr John Primer and Mr Bob Corritore, Ms Gaye Adegbalola, Mr Jonta...

February 6th, 2023 Episode 210 Show 210 – Recorded 2-4-2023 – With this podcast we again interview our friend, ethnomusicologist, discoverer and producer Dr David Evans about his working with and recording major blues legend and slide guitar genius, Mr Mississippi Fred McDowell. Dr Evans tells us about his meeting and working with Mr McDowell to help him prepare to record two important albums reco...

January 29th, 2023 Episode 209 Show 209 – Recorded 1-28-23 – With this podcast we feature 12 outstanding blues artists with 12 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1948 – 2010. Our featured artists are: Robert Pete Williams, Gaye Adegbalola and Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, Koko Taylor, John Primer, Robert Junior Lockwoo...

January 22, 2023 Dr Downhome’s Blues Podcast #15 Dr Downhome’s Blues Podcast # 15 – Poetry – Recorded 1-7-23 This podcast features 14 recordings of blues songs. For these excellent recordings, our featured artists are: Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, Howlin’ Wolf, Johnny Shines, Sleepy John Estes, Blind Teddy Darby, Peg Leg Howell, Big Joe Williams, Scrapper Blackwell, Memphis Minnie, Hattie Hart and The...

January 22th, 2023 Episode 208 Show 208 – Recorded 1-21-23 – With this podcast we feature 13 outstanding blues artists with 13 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1941 – 2011. Our featured artists are: Maxwell Street Jimmy, Algia Mae Hinton, Marquise Knox, Nappy Brown, Mary Lane, Memphis Minnie, Precious Bryant, Odetta, Lowell Fulson, Otis Spann, Ola Dix...

January 15th, 2023 Episode 207 Show 207 – Recorded 1-14-23 – With this podcast we feature 12 outstanding blues artists with 12 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1928 – 2023. Our featured artists are: Buddy Guy & Mavis Staples, Tobacco Road Blues Band, Reverend Gary Davis, Muddy Waters, Robert Pete Williams, Samantha Fish & Lightnin’ Malcolm, Mi...

January 6th, 2022 Episode 206 Show 206 – Recorded 1-7-23 – With this podcast we feature 14 outstanding blues artists with 14 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1942 – 2022. Our featured artists are: Alabama Shakes, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, Ann Peebles, James Booker, Bobby Rush, Cedell Davis, Catherine Russell, Drink Small, Mississippi Joe Callicott, RL...

January 1st, 2022 Episode 205 Show 205 – Recorded 12-31-22 – With this podcast we again interview our friend Dr David Evans about his and Ms Marina Bokelman’s new book Going Up The Country: Adventures in Blues Fieldwork in the 1960’s from University Press of Mississippi. Dr Evans tells us about their return trip to Louisiana and Mississippi in 1967 and some of the great field recordings they made....

December 18, 2022 Episode 204 Show 204 – Recorded 12-18-22  Merry Christmas! Please see attached playlist.  Week 204 Playlist for 12-19-22 Blues Disciples: 204 by Big Joe Williams, Bumble Bee Slim, KoKo Taylor, Charles Brown, Freddie King, Hop Wilson, Lead Belly, Frankie "Sugar Chile" Robinson, Victoria Spivey, The Youngsters, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Paul Oscher, Cecil Gant, Blind Lemon Jefferso...

December 15, 2022 Dr Downhome’s Blues Podcast #14 Dr Downhome’s Blues Podcast # 14 – Old Favorites and Rarities – Recorded 12-15-22 This podcast features twelve recordings of blues songs. For these excellent recordings, our featured artists are: Robert Wilkins, Freddie Spruell, George Torey, Ed Bell, Buddy Boy Hawkins, Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp, Fred McMullen & Ruth Willis, Jaybird Coleman,...

December 10, 2022 Episode 203 Show 203 – Recorded 12-10-22 – With this podcast we interview our friend Dr David Evans about his and Ms Marina Bokelman’s new book Going Up The Country: Adventures in Blues Fieldwork in the 1960’s from University Press of Mississippi. Dr Evans tells us about their trip to Louisiana and Mississippi in 1966 and some of the great field recordings they made. We will hear...

December 4, 2022 Episode 202 Show 202 – Recorded 12-3-22 – With this podcast we interview Mississippi Blues Legend, Mr Bill Howl N Madd Perry as he tells us about his writing and recording 11 of the 20 songs from his latest album, “Perry Music Heals The Soul”. Mr Perry’s unique vocals and great guitar are accompanied by his very talented children. Daughter, Ms Shy Perry lends her beautiful vocals...

November 28, 2022 Episode 201 Show 201 – Recorded 11-26-22 – With this podcast we feature 11 outstanding blues artists with 11 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1930 – 2022. Our featured artists are: Bobby Rush, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Bill Howl N Madd Perry, Bob Corritore, Muddy Waters, Blind Willie Johnson, Nina Simone, Dr John, Jessie Mae Hemph...

September 29, 2022 Dr Downhome’s Blues Podcast #13 Dr Downhome’s Blues Podcast #1 – Recorded 10-3-20 This podcast provides 10 performances of gospel and blues songs performed by excellent musical artists Eddie Hand and Family, Charley & Bertha Lee Patton, Reverend Gary Davis, Robert Wilkins, Rubin Lacey, Hi Henry Brown, Frank Edwards, Staple Singers, and George Lewis & His New Orleans Stom...

November 14, 2022 Episode 200 Podcast # 200 – Recorded November 12, 2022 – With this 200th podcast we feature 14 of our friends and blues artists with 14 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1962 -2022. Our featured artists are: Gaye Adegbalola, Bob Margolin, Bob Corritore, Mud Morganfield, Dr David Evans, Shelton Powe, Bobby Rush, Shy Perry, Bill Howl N...

November 7, 2022 Episode 199 Show 199 – Recorded 11-5-22 – With this podcast we feature 14 outstanding blues artists with 14 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1928 – 2020. Our featured artists are: Johnny Shines, Furry Lewis, Tommy Johnson, Frank Stokes, Memphis Minnie, Booker T Laury, Precious Bryant, Albert Macon and Robert Thomas, Junior Wells, Houn...

October 24, 2022 Episode 198 Show 198 – Recorded 10-22-22 – With this podcast we feature another interview and discussion from our friend and ethnomusicologist Dr David Evans who introduces 8 outstanding blues artists who knew and learned from early blues legend, Mr Tommy Johnson. We play 16 great blues performances by these artists influenced by Mr Johnson. These unique performances were field re...

October 17, 2022 Episode 197 Show 197 – Recorded 10-15-22 – With this podcast we feature 13 outstanding blues artists with 12 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1930 – 2022. Our featured artists are: Memphis Minnie, Bobby Rush, Mattie Delaney, Boyd Rivers, Junior Wells, Memphis Willie B, Keb Mo, Johnny Winter, Corey Harris, Demetria Taylor, Drink Small,...

October 10, 2022 Episode 196 Show 196 – Recorded 10-8-22 – With this podcast we feature 11 outstanding blues artists with 11 great blues performances to enjoy. These unique performances were released from 1948 – 2011. Our featured artists are: Michael Bloomfield, Albert Collins, John Lee Hooker, Etta James and BB King, Marquise Knox, Bonnie Raitt, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods, Albert...

October 2, 2022 Episode 195 Show 195 – Recorded 10-1-22 – With this podcast we feature an interview and discussion from our friend and ethnomusicologist Dr David Evans who introduces 12 outstanding blues artists who knew and learned from early blues legend, Mr Tommy Johnson. We play 16 great blues performances by these artists influenced by Mr Johnson. These unique performances were field recorded...

September 29, 2022 Dr Downhome’s Blues Podcast #13 Dr Downhome’s Blues Podcast # 13 – Piano Front and Center – Recorded 9-25-22 This podcast features ten recordings of blues songs. For these excellent recordings, our featured artists are: Little Brother Montgomery, Will Ezell, Professor Longhair, Joe Dobbins, Otis Spann and Robert Junior Lockwood, Albert Ammons, Raymond Barrow, Kid Stormy Weather,...

September 26, 2022 Episode 194 Show 194 – Recorded 9-24-22 – With this podcast we feature 11 outstanding blues artists with 11 great blues performances to enjoy.  These unique performances were released from 1928 – 2021. Our featured artists are: Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Koko Taylor, Mud Morganfield, Skip James, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mr Sipp, Mrs Mary Lee and Independence Baptist Church of...

September 19, 2022 Episode 193 Show 193 – Recorded 9-17-22 – With this podcast we interview Document Records owner Mr Gary Atkinson who tells us the story of his composing a tune in memory of his grandfather who was killed in WW2. We will hear Gary’s composition and some of the early blues artists who influenced Gary’s passion and talent. In addition to Gary’s music, we feature the music of early...