Blues History: This Week In The Blues
HEY BLUES FANS - In this podcast, we cover the highlights in blues history, one week at a time.
Want to know more about the household names like Muddy Waters and Bonnie Raitt? We cover them.
Want to know more about Charley Patton, Roosevelt Sykes, and Robert Johnson? We cover them too!
Basically, anything you want to know about the blues and blues history, one week at a time.
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Episodes
125 episodes
This Week In The Blues: July 6 – July 12, 2025
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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8:55
This Week In The Blues: June 29 - July 5, 2025
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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7:59
This Week In The Blues: June 22, 2025
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, an...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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8:59
This Week In The Blues: June 15 - June 21, 2025
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 s...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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8:20
This Week In The Blues: June 08 - June 14, 2025
HEY BLUES FANSHere'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...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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This Week In The Blues: June 1 - June 7, 2025
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 mos...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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8:28
This Week In The Blues: May 25 - May 31, 2025
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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8:13
This Week In The Blues: May 18 - May 24, 2025
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 Wri...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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7:40
This Week In The Blues: May 11 - May 17, 2025
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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8:31
This Week In The Blues: May 4 - May 10, 2025
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 Bonna...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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8:48
This Week In The Blues: April 27 - May 3, 2025
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 bl...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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10:25
This Week In The Blues: April 20 - April 26, 2025
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 "...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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9:49
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This Week In The Blues: April 13 - April 19, 2025
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, a...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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9:16
This Week In The Blues: April 06 - April 12, 2025
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, an...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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10:13
This Week In The Blues: March 30 - April 05, 2025
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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10:10
This Week In The Blues: March 23 - March 29, 2025
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,...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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10:43
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This Week In The Blues: March 16 - March 22, 2025
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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11:19
This Week In The Blues: March 09 - March 15, 2025
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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10:27
This Week In The Blues: March 02 - March 08, 2025
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 bl...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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10:21
This Week In The Blues: Feb 23 - Mar 01, 2025
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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This Week In The Blues: Feb 16 - Feb 22, 2025
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 Chill...
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Season 2
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Episode 50
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6:03
This Week In The Blues: Feb 9 - Feb 15, 2025
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 guitaris...
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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8:21
This Week In The Blues: Feb 02 - Feb 08, 2025
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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7:41
This Week In The Blues: Jan. 26 – Feb 1, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Jan. 26 – Feb 1, 2025.Some of the highlights include my favorite Clarksdale, MS resident, harmonica virtuoso Charlie Musselwhite, blues guitarist Sam...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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10:49
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This Week In The Blues: Jan. 19 – Jan. 25, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Jan. 19 – Jan. 25, 2025.Some of the highlights include Chicago blues piano player Henry Gray, blues vocalist, harmonica player, and drummer Willie "B...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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