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
149 episodes
This Week In The Blues: December 20 - December 27, 2025
BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of December 20 - December 27, 2025Some of the highlights include Peetie Wheatstraw, the blues guitarist who called himself the “Devil’s Son-in-Law,” b...
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Season 3
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Episode 43
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6:14
This Week In The Blues: December 14 – December 20, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of December 14 – December 20, 2025Some of the highlights include Texas guitarist and ZZ Top founder Billy Gibbons, Chicago blues harmonica player Sugar ...
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Season 3
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Episode 42
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This Week In The Blues: December 7 - December 13, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of December 7 - December 13, 2025Some of the highlights include the night Koko Taylor records “Wang Dang Doodle”, rhythm and blues drummer Soko Richards...
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Season 3
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Episode 41
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8:18
This Week In The Blues: November 30 - December 6, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of November 30 – December 6, 2025Some of the highlights include Piedmont-style blues singer and guitarist Brownie McGhee, Texas blues guitarist Larry Da...
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Season 3
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Episode 40
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7:56
This Week In The Blues: November 23 – November 29, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of November 23 – November 29, 2025Some of the highlights include hill country blues legend R.L. Burnside, legendary Stax bass maestro Donald “Duck” Dunn...
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Season 3
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Episode 39
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8:16
This Week In The Blues: November 16 – November 22, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of November 16 – November 22, 2025Some of the highlights include Chicago blues guitar legend Hubert Sumlin, guitarist, singer, producer, and songwriter M...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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8:40
This Week In The Blues: November 9 – November 15, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of November 9 – November 15, 2025Some of the highlights include blues powerhouse Susan Tedeschi, Delta blues legend Bukka White, and one of Chicago’s pr...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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7:59
This Week In The Blues: November 2 – November 8, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of November 2 – November 8, 2025Some of the highlights include The blues standard “The Sky Is Crying”, Chicago guitar and harmonica player Studebaker Jo...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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6:40
This Week In The Blues: October 26 – November 1, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of October 26 – November 1, 2025Some of the highlights include Chicago blues piano player "Detroit Junior" Williams, Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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8:11
This Week In The Blues: October 19 - October 25, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of October 19 - October 25, 2025Some of the highlights include R&B guitar legend Steve Cropper, blues harmonica player Sonny Terry, and "Doctor Ross...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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This Week In The Blues: October 12 - October 18, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of October 12 - October 18, 2025Some of the highlights include delta blues guitar player "Big Joe" Williams, "The Things That I Used to Do" was recorded...
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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9:12
This Week In The Blues: October 05 - October 11, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of October 05 - October 11, 2025Some of the highlights include blues guitar player Johnnie Bassett, the day BB King recorded "The Thrill is Gone", and d...
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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10:01
This Week In The Blues: September 28 - October 04, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 28 - October 04, 2025Some of the highlights include blues queen Koko Taylor, blues guitar player Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Chicago blues harm...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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8:36
This Week In The Blues: September 21 - September 27, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 21 - September 27, 2025Some of the highlights include blues legend Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi Juke Joint Legend Roosevelt “Booba” B...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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9:40
This Week In The Blues: September 14 - September 20, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 14 - September 20, 2025Some of the highlights include Chicago blues harp maestro, Snooky Pryor, "The King of the Blues", B.B. King, and up ...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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8:10
This Week In The Blues: September 7 - September 13, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 7 - September 13, 2025Some of the highlights include R&B pioneer Roy Brown, delta bluesman Robert "Wolfman" Belfour, and Guitar Shorty ...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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8:02
This Week In The Blues: August 31 - September 6, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 31 - September 6, 2025Some of the highlights include Chicago-based blues singer and guitar player Joanna Connor, blues guitar player Freddie K...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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9:34
This Week In The Blues: August 24 - August 30, 2025
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 24 - August 30, 2025Some of the highlights include blues legend Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, blues guitar player Castro Coleman aka Mr. Sipp, and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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9:39
This Week In The Blues: August 17 - August 23, 2025
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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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9:59
This Week In The Blues: August 10 - August 17, 2025
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 Dav...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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8:05
This Week In The Blues: August 3 - August 9, 2025
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 ja...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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This Week In The Blues: July 27 - August 2, 2025
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 o...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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7:13
This Week In The Blues: July 20 – July 26, 2025
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 pla...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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6:06
This Week In The Blues: July 13 – July 19, 2025
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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8:17
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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