HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Nov 17 - Nov 23, 2024.Some of the highlights include Louisiana native and Cajun blues guitar maestro Tab Benoit, blues legend R.L. Burnside, and the Voodoo man himself, New Orleans own Dr. John.We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:https://bigtrai...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Nov 10 - Nov 16, 2024.Some of the highlights include delta blues legend Bukka White, blues harp player Carey Bell, and Chicago blues guitar legend Hubert Sumlin.We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:https://bigtrainblues.comhttps://www.facebook.co...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Nov 3 - Nov 9, 2024.Some of the highlights include the blues standard "The Sky Is Crying" written by Elmore James, blues guitarist and singer "Rory" Block, and blues legend Bonnie Raitt.We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:https://bigtrainblues.c...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Oct 27 - Nov 3, 2024.Some of the highlights include Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green, "Queen of the Boogie" Hadda Brooks, and the recording of the blues classic "Baby, Please Don't Go".We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:https://bigtrainblues.c...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Oct 20 - Oct 26, 2024.Some of the highlights include R&B guitar legend Steve Cropper, Acoustic blues harmonica player Sonny Terry, and bone of the inventors of Rock and Roll, Wrecking Crew drummer Earl Palmer.We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook p...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Oct 13 - Oct 19, 2024.Some of the highlights include blues guitar player Kenny Neal, Delta blues guitarist "Big Joe" Williams, and blues musician and Mississippi hill country blues guitarist and singer Jessie Mae Hemphill.We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our F...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Oct 6 - Oct 12, 2024.Some of the highlights include the1969 BB King recording of "The Thrill is Gone", Delta blues singer and guitarist "Mississippi" Joe Callicott, and blues musician and instrument maker Lonnie Pitchford.We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our F...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Sept 29 - Oct 5, 2024.Some of the highlights include Texas Blues Maestro Joe "Guitar" Hughes, Blues immortal Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Chicago blues harmonica great Billy Branch.We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:https://bigtrainblues.comhttps://...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Sept 22 - Sept 28, 2024.Some of the highlights include Mississippi Juke Joint Legend Roosevelt “Booba” Barns, Chicago blues guitarist Mighty Joe Young, and blues legend Blind Lemon Jefferson.We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:https://bigtrainbl...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Sept 15 - Sept 21, 2024.Some of the highlights include "The King of the Blues", B.B. King, Chicago blues harp maestro, Snooky Pryor, and blues guitarist Jesse Ed Davis who played with the likes of Eric Clapton, John Lennon, and George Harrison.We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our w...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Sept 8 - Sept 14, 2024.Some of the highlights include harmonica player Harmonica Fats, the blues guitarist who influenced both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Guitar Shorty, and blues master Charles Brown.We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:https://...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Sept 1 - Sept 7, 2024.Some of the highlights include Piedmont blues guitarist & mandolin player Floyd Council, blues guitarist Freddie King, and Chicago-based blues pianist Sunnyland Slim.We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:https://bigtrainb...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Aug 25 - Aug 31, 2024.Some of the highlights include blues shouter Jimmy Rushing, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s Dinah Washington, and Chicago-based blues singer and guitarist Joanna Connor. We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or f...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Aug 18 - Aug 24, 2024.Some of the highlights include the King of the Boogie John Lee Hooker, blues legend Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and Canadian blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer and songwriter Big Dave McLean. We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Faceb...

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Aug 11 - Aug 17, 2024.Some of the highlights include blues pioneer singer and guitarist "Crying" Sam Collins, blues guitar great Roy Gaines, and blues guitar giant Son Seals. We just covered some of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:https://bigtrainblues.comhttp...

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 week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:https://bigtrainblues.comhttps://www.facebook....

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 more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our...

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 artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook ...

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 artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:h...

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 and guitarist Smiley Lewis. 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 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 the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues...

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 want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow ...

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 of the highlights here. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week...

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 more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow o...