Big Road Blues Show 9/26/10: Mercury Records Pt. 1 – 1945-1949
Show Notes: From the booklet to The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story 1945-1955: "No other record label to come our of Chicago has ever had as many hit records, or become such a major power in the...
View ArticleBig Road Blues Show 10/31/10: Chicago Breakdown – Big Maceo & Friends
Show Notes: Blues writer Chris Smith wrote the following about Big Maceo: “On both slow blues and boogies, Big Maceo played powerful, sometimes challengingly chromatic bass figures and anvil-sparkling...
View ArticleBig Road Blues Show 11/28/10: Mardi Gras In New Orleans – New Orleans Blues...
Show notes: With the exception of two sides by Champion Jack Dupree, today's show really starts in the post-war era when the city's first blues and R&B singers started getting on record. The New...
View ArticleBig Road Blues Show 4/3/11: Play My Jukebox – East Coast Blues 1943-1953
Show Notes: Today's is a sequel to a show we did a few weeks, Seaboard Stomp – East Coast Blues 1927-1941, devoted to East Coast blues from the 20's through the early 40's. Today's show takes the story...
View ArticleBig Road Blues Show 5/8/11: Cotton Patch Blues – More Popular Chicago Blues...
Show Notes: Read Notes: Pt. 1 / Pt. 2 Read Notes: Pt. 1 / Pt. 2 Today's show is a companion of sorts to a pair we did a couple of years back where we spotlighted popular 30's and 40's artists like...
View ArticleBig Road Blues Show 10/23/11: Rub A Little Boogie – Brownie McGhee & Sonny...
Show Notes: Today's program spotlights the music recorded by Sonny Terry & Brownies McGhee shortly after they arrived in New York. They first moved to New York City in 1942 moving in with Huddie...
View ArticleBig Road Blues Show 5/12/13: Good Scuffler Blues – Sideman Blues Part II
Show Notes: Tampa Red A few months back I did a show called “Sideman Blues” where we shined the light on some superb session musicians who backed blues artists in the pre-war era. On today's sequel to...
View ArticleBig Road Blues Show 9/22/13: Down Behind the Rise – Down Home Post-War Favorites
Show Notes: Read Liner Notes In the immediate post-war era the music was rapidly changing, R&B was on the rise and and older blues styles were falling out of fashion. Yet for awhile at least, there...
View ArticleBig Road Blues Show 12/8/13: Gonna Take My Rap – Chicago Blues In Transition...
Show Notes: As blues historian Paul Oliver noted, artists like Jazz Gillum, Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, Lonnie Johnson, Washboard Sam and Sonny Boy Williamson, were "playing in the brash, confident...
View ArticleBig Road Blues Show 7/6/14: Way Down In the Delta, That's Where I Long To Be...
Show Notes: Today's show is the third in a series of shows devoted to great early Mississippi blues artists, most little remembered today. Mississippi produced some of the most powerful blues singers...
View ArticleBig Road Blues Show 9/21/14: Take A Little Walk with Me – Mississippi Blues...
Show Notes: Today's show is the fifth in a series of shows devoted to great early Mississippi blues artists. The bulk of the artists are relatively well known and on today's show we capture the...
View ArticleBig Road Blues Show 10/12/14: I Was Born In A Lion's Den, Raised On A Smokin'...
Show Notes: My buddy my buddy Doctor Clayton, he has been here and gone But you know he waved his hand, and told me to carry on We used to drink gin, beer and whiskey, and walk together all night long...
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Big Road Blues Show 3/1/15: Kings Of The Twelve String – Great 12-String...
ARTISTSONGALBUM Blind Willie McTellDark Night BluesThe Classic Years 1927-1940 Blind Willie McTellLoving Talking BluesBest Of Blind Willie McTellMama, Let Me Scoop For YouBest Of Seth RichardsLonley...
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Big Road Blues Show 4/5/15: Folk Songs of America – The Music of Lead Belly
ARTISTSONGALBUM Interview Pt. 1Jeff Place Leadbelly Black GirlThe Smithsonian Folkways Collection Leadbelly Been So Long (Bellevue Hospital Blues) The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Interview Pt....
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Big Road Blues Show 7/5/15: Rock The House – Blues From Atlantic Records Pt....
ARTISTSONGALBUM Joe Morris Mad MoonJoe Morris 1946-1949 Tiny Grimes Quintet Boogie Woogie BarbecueTiny Grimes 1947-1950 Tiny Grimes Quintet w/ Red Prysock Nightmare BluesTiny Grimes 1947-1950 Joe...
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