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 Aug 4 - Aug 10, 2024. Some of the highlights include Elmore James historic recording of 'Dust My Broom', bluesman Magic Slim, and the one and only Leo Fender.  We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this wee...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 21 - July 27, 2024. Some of the highlights include legendary bluesman Floyd Jones, blues guitarist "Swamp Fox" Tony Joe White, a pioneer of country blues, guitarist Sylvester Weaver, and blues singer Alberta Adams.  We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know mo...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 14 - 20, 2024. Some of the highlights include blues musician Washboard Sam Brown, soul and blues star Denise LaSalle, one of my favorite blues guitarist Johnny Burgin, and Chicago blues guitarist Buster Benton. We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 7 - 13, 2024. Some of the highlights include blues piano maestro Pinetop Perkins, blues guitarist Blind Boy Fuller, one of my favorite guitarists Charlie Baty, and Chicago blues pianist Barrelhouse Chuck. We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artist...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 30 - July 6, 2024. Some of the highlights include Chicago producer, songwriter, bassist, and singer Willie Dixon, Blues harp player James Cotton, New Orleans blues and boogie-woogie pianist "Champion Jack" Dupree, and the unluckiest musician in New Orleans, rhythm & blues singer...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June June 23 - June 29, 2024. Some of the highlights include Delta blues musician T-Model Ford, Blues singer and pianist "St. Louis" Jimmy Oden, Blues guitar great Big Bill Broonzy, and someone who played and traveled with Jobert Johnson, David Honeyboy Edwards .  We just covered some of...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 16 - June 22, 2024. Some of the highlights include The Blues Brothers film debut, the song "Love with a Feeling" by Tampa Red, St. Louis blues pioneer Herman "Ace" Wallace, and swamp blues harmonica great Lazy Lester.  We just covered some of the highlights here. If you wa...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 9 - June 15, 2024. Some of the highlights include Skip James, the best-known proponent of the Bentonia school of blues, Jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor Les Paul, The one and only Howlin Wolf, and blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd.  We just covered some...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 2 - June 8, 2024. Some of the highlights include blues pianist and guitarist Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston, Chicago blues guitarist Jimmy Rogers, blues harmonica player James Harman, and slide guitar master Derek Trucks.  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 May 26 - June 1, 2024. Some of the highlights include blues diva Mamie Smith, jump blues pioneer and innovator T-Bone Walker, Chicago blues artist Lazy Bill Lucas , and blues keyboardist Lafayette Leake. We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or o...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of May 19 - May 25, 2024. Some of the highlights include blues guitarist Jimmy Thackery, jump blues singer Billy Wright, blues and jazz pianist Abie “Boogaloo” Ames, and Muddy Waters records "Manish Boy” .  We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of May 12 - May 18, 2024. Some of the highlights include blues harmonica virtuoso Little Walter, blues shouter Big Joe Turner, blues maestro Taj Mahal, and the day that late night talk show host Johnny Carson and his bandleader Doc Severinsen wear fake beards in honor of ZZ Top. We just covered some...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of May 5 - May 11, 2024. Some of the highlights include Piedmont blues singer and guitarist Blind Willie McTell, delta guitar legend Robert Johnson, blues guitarist Kansas Joe McCoy, and blues rock guitarist Joe Bonnamassa.  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 April 28 - May 4, 2024. Some of the highlights include Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush, slide guitarist Homesick James, Chicago blues guitarist Jimmy Lee Robinson, also known as Lonesome Lee, and The "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1", non...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of April 21 - April 27, 2024. Some of the highlights include The Blues Brothers, The "Mother of the Blues"  Ma Rainey, blues guitarist Albert King, and boogie-woogie piano player Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport. We just covered some of the highlights here. 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 April 14 - April 20, 2024. Some of the highlights include soul blues singer to Mighty Sam McClain, the "Empress of the Blues", Bessie Smith, Chicago blues guitarist Byther Smith, and delta blues harmonica player Frank Frost.  We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to kn...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of April 7 - April 13, 2024, 2024. Some of the highlights include singing legend Billie Holiday, Chicago blues guitarist Louis 'Mr Bo' Collins, the original table rocker himself, Chicago blues guitarist "Hound Dog" Taylor, and blues singer Shemekia Copeland.  We just covered some...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of March 31 - April 6, 2024. Some of the highlights include Piedmont blues guitarist and singer Etta Baker, West Coast blues guitarist Lowell Fulson, Texas pianist Amos Milburn, and blues legend McKinley Morganfield, who you probably know as Muddy Waters.  We just covered some of the highlights here....

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of March 24 – March 30, 2024 Some of the highlights include Louisiana blues and rhythm-and-blues guitarist Boogie Bill Webb, the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, Austin's own blues guitarist and singer Sue Foley, and blues guitarist Eric Clapton.  We just covered some of the highlights here. If yo...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of March 17 – March 23, 2024. Some of the highlights include blues guitarist and juke joint legend Willie King, the one and only Sister Rosetta Tharpe, founding member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds Jimmie Vaughan, and blues guitarist Son House.  We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of March 10 - March 16, 2024. Some of the highlights include blues guitarist Ronnie Earl, swamp blues giant Lightnin' Slim, one of the first of the Blues Divas Clara Smith, and blues guitarist "Lightnin'" Hopkins.  We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know m...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of March 3 - March 9, 2024. Before we get into this episode, it's important that you try to donate whatever you can to the Mississippi John Hurt GoFundMe. The entire story is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mississippi-john-hurts-legacy-will-rise Back to this episode. Some of the highlights inc...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of February 25 - March 02, 2024 Some of the highlights include “The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues” Ida Cox, Bo Diddley receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys, Chicago born boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, and Irish Blues Guitar Maestro Rory Gallagher. We just covered some of the high...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of February 18 - February 24, 2024 Some of the highlights include John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen", blues guitarist "Scrapper" Blackwell, Texas blues legend Johnny Winter, and the Delaware Destroyer, none other than blues and boogie woogie guitarist George Thorogood. We jus...

THIS EPISODE MARKS 1 FULL YEAR OF "THIS WEEK IN THE BLUES" HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of February 11 - February 17, 2024 Some of the highlights include blues singer and guitarist Pinkney "Pink" Anderson, Chicago blues guitarist Magic Sam, blues-rock- guitarist Gary Clark, Jr, and Texas blues-rock guitarist...