Blues Disciples

Episode 126 – Recorded 4-17-21 – Here Co-Host Dr David Evans shares some of his substantial and personal insights concerning the great blues artists we feature on this podcast. There are eleven outstanding blues artists and their performances for us to enjoy. The songs were recorded from 1929-1994 and our featured artists are Skip James, Robert Johnson, Frenchy’s String Band, Glen Faulkner, Big Lu...

Show 125 – Recorded 4-10-21 – This podcast features 13 outstanding blues artists and 13 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1962-2005. Our featured artists are: RL Burnside, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Furry Lewis, John Lee Zeigler, Jack Owens, Jesse Mar Hemphill, Mose Vinson, Robert “Wolfman” Belfour, John Dee Holeman, Algia Mae Hinton, Drink Small, Guitar Gabriel, Pr...

Show 124 – Recorded 4-3-21 – This podcast features 13 outstanding blues artists and 13 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1935-2020. Our featured artists are: Blind Boy Fuller, Felicia Davis, Thornetta Davis, Wynonie Harris, LeRoy Carr, Bobby Blue Bland, Joe Louis Walker and Eric Gales, Marquise Knox, Muddy Waters, Booker T Laury, Pat Thomas, Phoebe Snow, Bill Howl N...

Show 122 – Recorded 3-20-21 This podcast features 13 outstanding blues artists and 13 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1934-2020. Our featured artists are: Bobby Rush, Olu Dara, Bonnie Raitt, Leon Russell and The New Grass Revival, Bill Howl-N-Madd Perry, Christone Kingfish Ingram, John Lee Hooker, Catherine Russell, John Mooney, Lucille Bogan, Otis Spann, Piano Red, Shy...

Show 121 – Recorded 3-13-21 This podcast features 14 outstanding blues artists and 14 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1927-2021. Our featured artists are: KC Douglas, Bettye LaVette, Sonny Boy Williamson 1, Junior Wells, Etta James, Catherine Young and Will Shade, Henry Townsend, Olu Dara, Bessie Smith, Samantha Fish, Catherine Russell, Libby Rae Watson, Mary Lane, Eliz...

Show 120 – Recorded 3-6-21 This podcast features 13 outstanding blues artists and 13 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1935-2003. Our featured artists are: Mississippi John Hurt, Sleepy John Estes, Big Mama Thornton, Cecil Barfield, Muddy Waters, Memphis Minnie, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Otis Spann, Pinetop Perkins, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Robert Belfour, KoKo Taylor. We...

Show 119 – Recorded 2-27-21 This podcast features 10 outstanding blues artists and 10 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1970 – 2021. Our featured artists are: Hammie Nixon, Compton Jones, Ranie Burnett, Kenny Brown, Bobby Rush, Libby Rae Watson, Alabama Slim, Marquise Knox, Jontavious Willis, Christone Kingfish Ingram. We also want to recognize and thank Dr David Evans wh...

Show 118 – Recorded 2-20-21 This podcast features 13 outstanding blues artists and 13 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1957 – 2019. Our featured artists are: Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Keb Mo, Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughn, Big Bill Broonzy, ZZ Top, Etta James, JP Soars, Big Mama Thornton, Jesse Fuller, Little Walter, Ruthie Foster.

Show 117 – Recorded 2-13-21 This podcast features 13 outstanding blues artists and 13 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1932 – 2021. Our featured artists are: Susan Tedeschi, The Staple Singers, Tom Waits, Ann Peebles, Sonny Boy Williamson 2, Tobacco Road Blues Band, Blind Willie McTell, Eddie Taylor, Robert Johnson, Hammie Nixon, The Swan Silvertones, Willie Foster, Odet...

Show 116 – Recorded 2-6-21 This podcast features 14 outstanding blues artists and 14 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1928 – 2003. Our featured artists are: Barbeque Bob, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Willie Johnson, Buddy Guy, Janis Joplin and Jorma Kaukonen, Buddy Moss, Buster Brown, Captain Luke, Champion Jack Dupree, James Booker, Jessie Mae Hemphill, John D Holeman, Shugg...

Show 114 – Recorded 1-23-21 This podcast features 12 outstanding blues artists and 12 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1933 – 2007. Our featured artists are: Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Junior Lockwood, Flora Molton, Cedell Davis, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcolm, Blind Willie McTell, Cora Mae Bryant, Boyd Rivers, Libby Rae Watson, Sam Chatmon, James Son Thomas, Memp...

Show 112 – Recorded 1-9-21 This podcast features 14 outstanding blues artists and 14 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1927 – 2020. Our featured artists are: Gus Cannon, Blind Willie Mc Tell, Cora Fluker, Robert Wolfman Belfour, Heritage Blues Orchestra, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters, Bobby Rush, Mississippi John Hurt, Peg Leg Howell, Robert Johnson, Johnny Shin...

Show 110 – Recorded 12-26-20 This Year End podcast features 13 outstanding blues artists and 13 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from the late 1928 – 2011. Our featured artists are: Booker T Laury, Hammie Nixon, Larry Johnson, Jack Owens, James “Son” Thomas, Ester Phillips, Buddy Guy, J J Gray and Mofro, Elmore James, Precious Bryant, Blind Willie McTell, Lightnin’ Hopkins, P...

Show 109 – Recorded 12-19-20 This Christmas Season podcast features 17 outstanding blues artists and 17 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from the late 1929 – 1958. Our featured artists are: Ralph Willis, Jimmy Butler, Bumble Bee Slim, Tampa Red, Harmon Ray, Bo Carter, Sonny Boy Williamson 1, LeRoy Carr, Sons of Heaven, Sonny Boy Williamson 2, Willie McNeal, Lightnin’ Hopkins,...

Show 108 – Recorded 12-12-20 This podcast features 14 outstanding blues artists and 16 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from the late 1969 – 2004. Our featured artists are: Precious Bryant, Cliff Scott, JW Warren, Albert Macon & Robert Thomas, Drink Small, Cora Mae Bryant, George Henry Bussey, Jimmy Lee Williams, Cecil Barfield, Jim Bunkley, John Lee Ziegler, Georgia Fife...

Show 106 – Recorded 11-21-20. This podcast features 9 outstanding blues artists and 10 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from 1972 – 2019. This podcast also features an interview with noted photography and film documentarian Mr Michael Ford of Yellow Cat Productions. Included are several of his unpublished field recordings of blues artists and legends from the North Mississipp...

Show 105 – Recorded 11-14-20 This podcast features 12 outstanding blues artists and 13 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from the late 1928 – 2011. Our featured artists are: Lightnin’ Malcolm, Larry Johnson and Nat Riddles, Jesse Mae Hemphill, John Lee Zeigler, John Jackson, Ike and Tina Turner, Ester Phillips, Gus Cannon, Flora Molton, Guitar Slim, Henry Williams and Eddie An...

Show 104 – Recorded 11-7-20 This podcast features 12 outstanding blues artists and 12 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from the late 1931 – 2011. Our featured artists are: Junior Wells, JP Soars, Memphis Minnie, Kenny Brown, LC Ulmer, Laura Nyro, Etta James, James Cotton and Levon Helm, Joe Callicott, Cora Mae Bryant, Al Green, Guitar Gabriel.

Show 103 – Recorded 10-31-20 This podcast features 12 outstanding blues artists and 12 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from the late 1929 – 2011. Our featured artists are: Sunnyland Slim, Etta Baker, Sonny Terry and Bownie McGhee, Earl Hooker, Marcia Ball, Cephas and Wiggins, Blind Willie McTell, Samantha Fish, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Dewey Corley, Susan Tedeschi.