Blues History: This Week In The Blues

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of January 11 - January 17, 2026. Some of the highlights include swamp blues guitarist Slim Harpo, Chicago  blues guitarist Earl Hooker, and the day Sonny Boy Williamson II stepped into the Chess Records studio and cut “Help Me”. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of January 04 – January 10, 2026. Some of the highlights include co-founded the Fabulous Thunderbirds Kim Wilson, blues guitarist Tampa Red, and the day Muddy Waters recorded “I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man” at Chess Studios. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the bl...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of December 28 – January 03, 2026. Some of the highlights include Matt “Guitar” Murphy, bass man Hank Van Sickle, Little Smokey Smothers, and Chicago blues singer and the day Howlin’ Wolf recorded “Smokestack Lightning”. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues...

 BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of December 20 - December 27, 2025 Some of the highlights include Peetie Wheatstraw, the blues guitarist who called himself the “Devil’s Son-in-Law,” blues bass guitarist Bob Stroger, and Chicago blues singer and songwriter Lil Green. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week i...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of December 14 – December 20, 2025 Some of the highlights include Texas guitarist and ZZ Top founder Billy Gibbons, Chicago blues harmonica player Sugar Blue, and New Orleans piano legend Professor Longhair. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of December 7 - December 13, 2025 Some of the highlights include the night Koko Taylor records “Wang Dang Doodle”, rhythm and blues drummer Soko Richardson, and harmonica legend Junior Wells. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more ab...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of November 30 – December 6, 2025 Some of the highlights include Piedmont-style blues singer and guitarist Brownie McGhee, Texas blues guitarist Larry Davis, and Blues harmonica master Sonny Boy Williamson II. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you wa...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of November 23 – November 29, 2025 Some of the highlights include hill country blues legend R.L. Burnside, legendary Stax bass maestro Donald “Duck” Dunn, and the Godfather of British Blues, John Mayall. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of November 16 – November 22, 2025 Some of the highlights include Chicago blues guitar legend Hubert Sumlin, guitarist, singer, producer, and songwriter Mike Zito, and Louisiana native and Cajun blues guitar player Tab Benoit. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of November 9 – November 15, 2025 Some of the highlights include blues powerhouse Susan Tedeschi, Delta blues legend Bukka White, and one of Chicago’s premier harmonica players Carey Bell. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of November 2 – November 8, 2025 Some of the highlights include The blues standard “The Sky Is Crying”, Chicago guitar and harmonica player Studebaker John, and blues guitarist Bonnie Raitt. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more abo...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of October 26 – November 1, 2025 Some of the highlights include Chicago blues piano player "Detroit Junior" Williams, Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green, and Mississippi hill country blues singer and harmonica player Johnny Woods. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened thi...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of October 19 - October 25, 2025 Some of the highlights include R&B guitar legend Steve Cropper, blues harmonica player Sonny Terry, and "Doctor Ross the Harmonica Boss". Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about the...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of October 12 - October 18, 2025 Some of the highlights include delta blues guitar player "Big Joe" Williams, "The Things That I Used to Do" was recorded by Guitar Slim in New Orleans, and "Father of Rock and Roll" Chuck Berry. Keep in mind that there's so much more...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of October 05 - October 11, 2025 Some of the highlights include blues guitar player Johnnie Bassett, the day BB King recorded "The Thrill is Gone", and delta blues singer and guitar player "Mississippi" Joe Callicott. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 28 - October 04, 2025 Some of the highlights include blues queen Koko Taylor, blues guitar player Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Chicago blues harmonica great Billy Branch. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these art...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 21 - September 27, 2025 Some of the highlights include blues legend Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi Juke Joint Legend Roosevelt “Booba” Barns, and blues harmonica player, record producer, blues radio show host and owner of The Rhythm Room, Bob Corritore. Keep in mind that there's...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 14 - September 20, 2025 Some of the highlights include Chicago blues harp maestro, Snooky Pryor, "The King of the Blues", B.B. King, and up and coming blues guitarist Hector Anchondo . Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 7 - September 13, 2025 Some of the highlights include R&B pioneer Roy Brown, delta bluesman Robert "Wolfman" Belfour, and Guitar Shorty who is known for his explosive guitar style and wild stage antics. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 31 - September 6, 2025 Some of the highlights include Chicago-based blues singer and guitar player Joanna Connor, blues guitar player Freddie King, and blues piano player Sunnyland Slim. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know mo...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 24 - August 30, 2025 Some of the highlights include blues legend Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, blues guitar player Castro Coleman aka Mr. Sipp, and Delta blues musician "L. C." Ulmer. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you wan...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 17 - August 23, 2025. Some of the highlights include blues singer-songwriter and guitar player Luther Allison, the King of the Boogie John Lee Hooker, Piedmont blues guitar player and singer Carolina Slim. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 10 - August 17, 2025. Some of the highlights include innovator and inventor Leo Fender, Detroit blues and rhythm and blues singer Thornetta Davis, and blues guitar giant Son Seals. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more abo...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 3 - August 9, 2025. Some of the highlights include Jump blues piano player, singer and songwriter Mercy Dee Walton, boogie-woogie, blues and jazz piano player and singer Mose Vinson, and the day that Elmore James ushered in a new era of electric slide guitar. Keep in mind that there's...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 27 - August 2, 2025. Some of the highlights include blues guitar master Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry's debut single, 'Maybellene' , and the recording of the blues song "Every Day I Have the Blues" . Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the...