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With Blues from vintage and contemporary recordings and everything in between, Blues Legacy covers a lot of ground during each weekly broadcast. From its roots in Gospel and Jazz music to the current iterations of the genre, there is a bit of the Blues for everyone.

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Jun 2, 2023 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Jeff Garrison

Muddy Waters 100 - Can't Get No Grindin' (feat. Billy Branch) - Muddy Waters 100
Doctor Ross - Mississippi Blues (Cat Squirrel) - Boogie Disease
Mildred Bailey - Shoutin' In That Amen Corner - The Incomparable Mildred Bailey
Johnny Shines - Evening Sun - Blues Harp
Little Johnny Taylor - Part Time Love - Part Time Love
Ike & Tina Turner - I Want To Take You Higher - The Ike & Tina Turner Story
Johnny Copeland - Mama Told Me Not To Come - Blues Masters: Johnny Copeland, Vol. 3
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Hot Little Mama - 3 Hours Past Midnight
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Big Bill Broonzy - Frankie And Johnny - Trouble In Mind
B.B. King & Bobby "Blue" Bland - Driftin' Blues - Together For The First Time...Live
Arlen Roth - Funky Mama (w/Johnny Hiland) - Tele Masters
Sam Samudio - Goin' Upstairs (feat. Duane Allman) - An Anthology, Volume II
North Mississippi Allstars - Circle In The Sky - 51 Phantom
Otis Taylor - Ran So Hard The Sun Went Down - Recapturing The Banjo
Odetta - Another Man Done Gone - Celebrate Black Voices
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Revernd Gary Davis - I Am The Light - I Am The Light
Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three - La La Blues - Riverboat Soul
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox - Seven Nation Army (feat. Haley Reinhart) - Swipe Right For Vintage
Elmore James - I Can't Stop Lovin' You - Delta Blues, Vol. 1
Chuck Berry - Almost Grown - Highlights From The Soundtrack Of American Graffiti
Willie Dixon - 29 Ways - The Chess Box
Etta James & Harvey Fuqua - Spoonful - At Last!
Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man - Every Great Motown Hit Of Marvin Gaye
Johnnie Johnson - Johnnie's Boogie - Blue Hand Johnnie
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GA-20 - My Soul - Lonely Soul
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - What Have You Done For Me Lately? - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)
Los Lobos - Someday (with Mavis Staples) - The Ride
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise - Higher - Time To Discover
Don Byron - What Does It Take (to Win Your Love) - Do The Boomerang
Lucky Peterson - Tin Pan Alley - Move
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Big Joe Williams - Highway 99 - Southland - Cd Sampler #1
Solomon Burke - Cry To Me - Beg, Scream & Shout!: The Best Of '60s Soul, Vol. 2
Ruthie Foster - Nickel And A Nail - The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
CHICO BANKS - Candy Lickin' Man - Candy Lickin' Man
Bernard Allison - Boogie Man - Chills & Thrills
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Southern Avenue - Whiskey Love - Keep On
Tab Benoit & Jimmy Thackery - Whiskey Store - Legacy: The Best Of Tab Benoit
Matt Andersen & Mike Stevens - Devil's Bride (feat. Matt Andersen) - Piggyback (feat. Matt Andersen)
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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Nut Popper #1 - The Original Lost Elektra Sessions
Duke Robillard - Red Dog - A Swingin' Session With Duke Robillard
Otis Redding - I Need Your Lovin' - Pain In My Heart
Aretha Franklin - It Was You (Aretha Arrives Outtake) - Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul
Sonny Boy Williams - Ragtime Blues - King Biscuit Blues: The Helena Blues Legacy
The Cash Box Kings - Nobody Called It The Blues - Oscar's Motel
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Fats Domino - Detroit City Blues - The Complete Imperial Singles

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May 26, 2023 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Big Daddy

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May 19, 2023 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Joanne Cole

Vanessa Collier - Icarus (Live) - Live At Power Station
Arthur Adams - Done Got Over You - Kick Up Some Dust
Dean Zucchero - Empty Postbox (feat. Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes) - Electric Church For The Spiritually Misguided
Johnny Adams - Blue Gardenia - The Verdict
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Jelly Roll Morton - Smokehouse Blues - The Pearls
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' - The Best Of Chess Records Original Artist Recordings Of Songs In The Film "Cadillac Records"
Lead Belly - What's You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire (with Anne Graham) - Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Charley Patton - Devil Sent The Rain Blues - Complete Remastered Sessions
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere - Part 1 - The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Volume Two (1928-1932)
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Boo Boo Davis - Blues On My Mind - Boo Boo Boogaloo
Jack's Waterfall - My Baby's Gone A Long Time - American Roots Music Project
Bo Diddley - Ride On Josephine - Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger
Big Time Sarah - The Sky Is Crying - Black History Month 2023
Various Artists - Ann Peebles-I Cant Stand The Rain - The Memphis Belles
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Little Milton - Rainy Day - The Very Best Of Little Milton
Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton: Today
Eddie Floyd - Oh, How It Rained - Complete Stax Volt Singles Volume 2
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain - The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Woman #12 &35 - The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Irma Thomas - It's Raining - Soul Queen Of New Orleans
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Lex Grey And The Urban Pioneers - How Many Roads? - How Many Roads?
'Cile Turner - Crap Shootin' Sinner - The Best Of House Rockin' 1950's Rhythm & Blues
Fred Davis - Express Train - Cleveland Blues
Henry Thomas - Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
Ruthie Foster - What Kind Of Fool - Healing Time
Dr. John - Mama Roux - Mos' Scocious
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Billie Holiday - One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) [1957 Stereo Version] - Billie Holiday: First Issue - The Great American Songbook
Skip James - Hard Luck Child - The Very Best Of
Howlin' Wolf - Don't Mess With My Baby - The Chess Box
Allen Toussaint - My Baby Is The Real Thing - Life, Love And Faith
Eldridge Holmes - Pop, Popcorn Children (Single Version) - What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
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Deb Callahan - Big Girl Pants - Backbone
The Cinelli Brothers - Deep Down Devil (feat. Alice Armstrong & Stevie Watts) - Deep Down Devil (feat. Alice Armstrong & Stevie Watts) - Single
Mick Clarke - Love Her With A Feeling - The Blues, Man, The Blues

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May 12, 2023 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Brother Louie

Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield & Stephen Stills - Albert's Shuffle - Super Session (Bonus Track Version)
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Dr. John - New York City Blues - Afterglow
Fats Domino - She's My Baby - The Complete Imperial Singles
Bo Diddley - Diddy Wah Diddy - Bo Diddley
James Brown - Goin' Home - Messing With The Blues
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Billie Holiday - Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - Billie Holiday For Lovers
Charles Brown - So Long - Trouble Blues
Bobby "Blue" Bland - You've Got To Hurt Before You Heal - Midnight Run
Chuck Berry - Little Star - New Juke Box Hits
Louis Jordan - Early In The Mornin' - The Best Of Louis Jordan
John Lee Hooker - I Put My Trust In You - The Real Folk Blues
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Teardrops On Your Letter - 28 Big Ones (Original King Records Recordings)
Etta James - Don't Cry Baby - The Second Time Around
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Ruth Brown - Never Let Me Go - A Good Day For The Blues
Big Joe Turner - Nobody In Mind - Jumpin' With Joe
Otis Redding - I'm Coming Home To See About You - The Dock Of The Bay
LaVern Baker - Tomorrow Night - LaVern Baker
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Drivin' Wheel - The Resurrection Of Pigboy Crabshaw
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Freddie King - Someday After A While - Texas Sensation
Buddy Guy - Sweet Little Angel - A Man & The Blues
Elmore James - Something Inside Of Me - Shake Your Money Maker: The Best Of The Fire Sessions (1960-1961)
Ray Charles - Come Back - Ray Charles
Sam Cooke - Driftin' Blues - Mr. Soul
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Bessie Smith - Jail-House Blues - The Essential Bessie Smith
Robert Johnson - Malted Milk - The Complete Recordings
Ma Rainey - Leavin' This Morning - Ma Rainey
Lead Belly - The Bourgeois Blues - Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - I Want A Tall Skinny Papa - Gospel Of The Blues
Aretha Franklin - Evil Gal Blues - The Genesis Of Aretha: 1960-1966
Howlin' Wolf - New Crawlin' King Snake - Change My Way
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Al Kooper - As The Years Go Passing By - Naked Songs
Curtis Mayfield - Dirty Laundry - Honesty
Little Richard - Can't Believe You Wanna Leave - Here's Little Richard (Deluxe Edition)
Jimmy Reed - Can't Stand To See You Go - I'm Jimmy Reed
Jeff Beck - Blues Deluxe - Truth
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Solomon Burke - Stepchild - Don't Give Up On Me
Wilson Pickett - Teardrops Will Fall - In The Midnight Hour
Willie Dixon - Hold Me Baby - What Happened To My Blues
Al Kooper & Child Is Father To The Man - Somethin' Goin' On - Soul Of A Man: Al Kooper Live
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Albert King - Blues At Sunrise - Live Wire / Blues Power (Remastered)

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May 5, 2023 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Greg Schultz

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Apr 28, 2023 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Major Lance

Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Dave's Groove - Mercy Me
John Primer - Come Back Baby - The Real Deal
Matt Andersen - Rollin' Down The Road - The Big Bottle Of Joy
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm - Time To Let It Go - 2 Man Wrecking Crew
Nat Myers - Yellow Peril - Yellow Peril
David Jacobs-Strain - Treetop Flyer - Terraplane Angel
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Blind Boy Fuller - Trucking My Blues Away No. 2 (Take 2) - Blind Boy Fuller, Vol 2 (1936 - 1937)
Reverend Gary Davis - Cocaine Blues - Pure Religion And Bad Company
Mad Dog Blues - Wet Dog - River City Blues
Various Artists - Two Step De Grand Mallet -- Taj Mahal - Creole Bred: A Tribute To Creole & Zydeco
Johnny Sansone - People Like You And Me - Into Your Blues
Billie Holiday - My Sweet Hunk O' Trash - Gold
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Professor Longhair - Everyday I Have The Blues - There Is Something On Your Mind
Canned Heat - Big Road Blues - Canned Heat
Sonny Landreth - The High Side (Live) - Recorded Live In Lafayette
Ghost Hounds - You Broke Me - You Broke Me
Ruthie Foster - Let Me Know - Promise Of A Brand New Day (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Devil Is Watching You - Lightnin' Strikes
Rory Block - Cried Like A Baby - Ain't Nobody Worried
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Elmore James - The 12 Year Old Boy - Best Of
Johnny & The Mongrels - You Ain't Ready - Magnolia & Pine
Jimmy McGriff - Neckbones À La Carte - McGriff's House Party
Eddie Floyd - Soul Street - Stax Profiles: Eddie Floyd
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Tom Hambridge - Whiskey Ghost - The Nola Sessions
Luke Winslow-King - Don't Tell Me I Don't Love You - If These Walls Could Talk
Toby Lee - Key To The Highway - Aquarius
Jimmy Hall - Will You Still Be Here - Ready Now
Yates McKendree - No Justice - Buchanan Lane
Homesick James - Can't Afford To Do It - Live In Austria (Live)
Dr. Jim's One-Man Band - Empty Glass - Resonation
Joe Louis Walker - Blues Comin' On (feat. Eric Gales) - Blues Comin' On
Vasti Jackson - Monkey Dii Do - No Borders To The Blues
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Apr 21, 2023 6:00 PM (MT)

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Apr 14, 2023 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Sandman

Richard Cheese - Enter Sandman - Apertif For Destruction
Robert Nighthawk - Nighthawk Boogie - Black History Month 2023
Otis Rush - Cold Day In Hell - Black History Month 2023
Magic Sam - Easy Baby - The Cobra Records Singles Collection
Irma Thomas - Another Man Done Gone - After The Rain
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Call It What It Is - Call It What It Is
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The War And Treaty - Lover's Game - Lover's Game
Johnny Winter - MoJo Boogie - Deluxe Edition
Nina Simone - House Of The Rising Sun - Anthology
Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years - His Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
The Dig 3 - Reposado Rock - The Dig 3
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Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That - Just Like That...
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Yes We Will - I Am The Moon: III. The Fall
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Mike Maurer - Chasing Pearl - Chasing Pearl
GA-20 - Dry Run - Live In Loveland
Eddie 9V - Yella Aligator - Capricorn
Yates McKendree - Ruby Lee - Buchanan Lane
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Muddy Waters - Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me) - The Best Of Muddy Waters
Bo Diddley - Walkin' And Talkin' - Ride On: The Chess Masters, 1960-1961
Junior Wells - Lovey Dovey Lovey One - Blues Legend
Big Maybelle - That's A Pretty Good Love - Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle
Various Artists - Della Reese - Yes Indeed - The United Records Story
Reese Wynans And Friends - Shape I'm In (feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Noah Hunt, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, Josh Smith & Jack Pearson) - Sweet Release
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Dr. John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters (feat. Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real) - Things Happen That Way
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Low Dog Blues - Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute To John Anderson
Southern Avenue - Whiskey Love - Keep On
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Mad Dog Blues - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (feat. Lionel Young) - River City Roots
Mad Dog Blues - Wet Dog - River City Roots
Walter Trout - Sadie - Survivor Blues
Robin Trower - No More Worlds To Conquer - No More Worlds To Conquer
David Hidalgo, Mato Nanji, & Luther Dickinson - All I Know - 3 Skulls And The Truth
Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Have Blues, Will Travel - Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection
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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town) [Live At Montreux, 1985] - Live At Montreux (1982 & 1985)
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - That's What You Do - 662
The White Stripes - Stop Breaking Down - The White Stripes
Edgar Winter - Highway 61 Revisited (feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd & John McFee) - Brother Johnny
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Johnnie Taylor - Steal Away (Version 1) - Johnnie Taylor - Live At The Summit Club

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Apr 7, 2023 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Big Daddy

The Johnny Shines Band - So Cold In Vietnam - Masters Of Modern Blues
Various Artists - Big Walter Horton - Back Home To Mama - This Is The Blues Harmonica Vol 2
Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, & James Cotton - Trouble No More - Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Front Burner - American Music, Texas Style
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - Ask Me No Questions - In Session (Live)
Alberta Hunter - I've Got A Mind To Ramble - Amtrak Blues
Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - The Essential Bessie Smith
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GA-20 - My Baby's Sweeter - Live In Loveland
Rev. Gary Davis - TRYIN' TO GET HOME - Harlem Street Singer
Dr. Jim Seely - 400 Years - Dr. Jim's One Man Band Resonation
Otis Taylor - Resurrection Blues - White African
Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues - Lady Day
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Arthur Adams - A Bag Of Soul - Kick Up Some Dust
Johnny Adams - Room With A View - The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album
Jimmy McGriff - All About My Girl - McGriff Avenue
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The Cash Box Kings - Oscar's Motel - Oscar's Motel
CASH BOX KINGS - DOWN ON THE SOUTHSIDE - Oscar's Blues
Jimmy Reed - Ain't That Lovin You Baby - Best Of
Dean Zucchero - Big Boss Boy (feat. Johnny Rawls) - Big Boss Boy (feat. Johnny Rawls) - Single
Otis Rush - Tore Up - Right Place, Wrong Time
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Albert Collins - Back Yard Back Talk - The Complete Imperial Recordings
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights - 100 Days, 100 Nights
IRMA THOMAS - OH ME OH MY - Live! Simply The Best
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The Texas Horns - Watcha Got To Lose (feat. Carmen Bradford & Anson Funderburgh) - Everybody Let's Roll
Big Harp George - It's Tuesday! - It's Tuesday! - Single
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Eva Cassidy - Take Me To The River - Live At Blues Alley
Mark Hummel - Breathtaking Blues - Wayback Machine
Johnny Sansone - Blowin Fire - Into Your Blues
Andy J. Forest - Watch Your Back - Other Rooms
MIKE ZITTO - PRESENCE OF THE LORD - Resurrection
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Carolyn Wonderland - The Laws Must Change - Tempting Fate
Marc Broussard - Empire State Express - S.O.S. 4: Blues For Your Soul
Son House - Empire State Express - The Original Delta Blues (Mojo Workin': Blues For The Next Generation)

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Mar 31, 2023 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Will Two-Step

Eric Lindell - Appaloosa - Revolution In Your Heart
Furry Lewis - Baby That's All Right - Fourth And Beale
Lizzie And The Makers - Bottle - Dear Onda Wahl
Sleepy John Estes - Brownsville Blues - Sleepy John Estes Vol. 2 (1937 - 1941)
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts - Cumberland Blues - Fiddlin Doc Roberts Vol. 3 (1930-1934)
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Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - Hard Times - Kingfish
Otis Rush - Double Trouble - The Cobra Records Singles Collection
Buffalo Nichols - How To Love - Buffalo Nichols
Otis Spann - G.B. Blues - Otis Spann's Chicago Blues
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Lil' Red & The Rooster - Little Girl - Keep On!
Various Artists - Erica Brown Band-dynamite - Colorado Blues Society 2001
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Bobby Rush - Let's Make Love Again - Rawer Than Raw
Ruthie Foster - For You - Healing Time
Li'l Ronnie & The Grand Dukes & Anson Funderburgh - Rockin' - Young & Evil
Blind Willie McTell - Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Rough Guide To Blind Willie McTell
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Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater - Party At My House - Mean Case Of The Blues
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - You're The One For Me - Missippi Delta Bluesman
Paul Filipowicz - Old Time Superstition - Pier 43
Lucille Hegamin - Shake Your Cans - The Rough Guide To Blues Divas
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Various - Somebody Loan Me A Dime - Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection
Jimmy Carpenter - Rockin' At Cosimo's - The Louisiana Record
R.L. Burnside - Nine Days In Jail - My Black Name A-Ringin
Professor Louie & The Crowmatix - Oh My Lady - Miles Of Blues
Howlin' Wolf - Who's Been Talking? (feat. Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts & Hubert Sumlin) - The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (Reissue) [feat. Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts]
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Big B And The Actual Proof - Just Another Harlem Sunset - The Noir Album
Townes Van Zandt - Diamond Heel Blues (demo) - Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971-1972
Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp - Speckled Red 1929-1938
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Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Going Home - The Essence Of Muddy Waters
Various Artists - Four Blazes - Raggedy Ride - The United Records Story
Pee Wee Crayton - Head'n Home - Early Hour Blues
Big Joe Turner - Love Roller Coaster - The Last Shout! Twilight Of The Blues Shouters 1954-1962
Slim Harpo - I Love The Life I'm Living - The Excello Singles Anthology
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Paul Gryten & Myrtle Jones - Right To Love You - Chess Blues 1954 - 1960
Kevin & The Blues Groovers - Movin' On (feat. Ronnie Baker Brooks) - Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed Blues
Duke Bayou - That's All Right With Me - Juke Joints 4 - That's All RIght With Me
Sippie Wallace - I'm A Mighty Tight Woman - The Rough Guide To Blues Divas
Paulo Mendonca - Anybody Wanna Funk? - Does Anybody Wanna Funk?
Marvin Gaye - "T" Plays It Cool - Trouble Man (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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BT Band - Livin' It Up (Friday Night) - Backing Tracks / Pop Artists Index, B, (Belinda & Pitbull / Belinda Carlisle / Bell & James / Bellamy Brothers / Belle & Sebastian / Belle Stars), Vol. 22

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