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 July 20 – July 26, 2025. Some of the highlights include T-Bone Walker first records the timeless blues classic "Mean Old World", Swamp blues guitar player "Swamp Fox" Tony Joe White, and a pioneer of country blues, guitar player Sylvester Weaver. 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 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. 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 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 l...

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. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this we...

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. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to k...

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. Keep in mind that there&ap...

HEY BLUES FANS 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. Keep in mind that there's so much mor...

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. 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 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. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about thes...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of May 17 - May 24, 2025. Some of the highlights include blues shouter Big Joe Turner, Muddy Waters records "Manish Boy", and jump blues singer Billy Wright. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or oth...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of May 11 - May 17, 2025. Some of the highlights include blues sax player Grady Gaines, blues singer Bessie Smith recorded "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", and blues maestro Taj Mahal. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of May 4 - May 10, 2025. Some of the highlights include Piedmont blues singer and guitarist Blind Willie McTell, the great blues rock guitarist Joe Bonnamassa, and the immortal Robert Johnson. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more a...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of April 27 - May 3, 2025. Some of the highlights include Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush, the great blues harp master Little Walter, and rhythm and blues singer Big Maybelle. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these arti...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of April 20 - April 26, 2025. Some of the highlights include Billie Holiday's recording of the song "Strange Fruit", the great blues harp master George "Harmonica" Smith, and "The Velvet Bulldozer", Albert King. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happe...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of April 13 - April 19, 2025. Some of the highlights include the "Empress of the Blues", Bessie Smith, Chicago blues slide guitarist Johnny Littlejohn, and blues master Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.  Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. I...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of April 06 - April 12, 2025. Some of the highlights include blues harmonica virtuoso Big Walter Horton, Chicago blues guitarist “Little Ed” Williams, and the original table rocker himself, Chicago blues guitarist "Hound Dog" Taylor.  Keep in mind that there's so much more that happene...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of March 30 - April 05, 2025. Some of the highlights include blues guitar player Eric Clapton, the ORIGINAL "Sonny Boy Williamson", and the day that Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar live on stage for the first time.  We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more a...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of March 23 - March 29, 2025. Some of the highlights include Louisiana blues and rhythm-and-blues guitarist Boogie Bill Webb, harmonica legend Lee Oskar, and Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Eddie Taylor Jr. We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of March 16 - March 22, 2025. Some of the highlights include Founding member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds Jimmie Vaughan, The one and only Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and blues guitarist and juke joint legend Willie King. We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these ar...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of March 9 - March 15, 2025. Some of the highlights include Swamp blues giant Lightnin' Slim, One of the first of the Blues Divas, Clara Smith, and blues guitarist Ronnie Earl. We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of March 2 - March 8, 2025. Some of the highlights include Irish Blues Guitar Maestro Rory Gallagher, Chicago blues guitarist John Primer, and country blues maestro Mississippi John Hurt. We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that ha...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of February 23 - March 1, 2025. Some of the highlights include Texas Blues Legend Johnny Winter, Chicago blues singer, bassist and songwriter Willie Kent, and Bo Diddley receives a Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Grammys. We just covered some of the highlights here. 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 February 16 - February 22, 2025. Some of the highlights include acoustic blues guitarist James “Super Chikan” Johnson, John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen" hitting #1 on the R&B chart, and Chicago boogie woogie pianist James Yancey. We just covered some of the highlights here. If...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of February 9 - February 15, 2025. Some of the highlights include acoustic blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Catfish Keith, blues singer and guitarist Pinkney "Pink" Anderson, and Chicago’s West side institution Magic Sam. We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of February 02 - February 08, 2025. Some of the highlights include “Johnny Guitar” Watson, rhythm-and-blues pianist and singer Floyd Dixon, and blues and jazz guitar pioneer Lonnie Johnson . We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that...