All 100 Shows

The archive is organized around the original 100-episode CC Blues run. Each show page includes its descriptive framing, host narration, cover image, and full tracklist in broadcast order.

100Shows

3440Track Slots

100Cover Images

11Series Buckets

Show 1: The Unamplified Blues Tradition35 tracks | 27 artists Show 2: The Amplified Blues Tradition34 tracks | 23 artists Show 3: The Blues Bandleader Tradition39 tracks | 29 artists Show 4: The Railroad Blues Tradition27 tracks | 24 artists Show 5: Texas Blues Guitar Tradition33 tracks | 28 artists Show 6: The Piedmont Blues Tradition38 tracks | 31 artists Show 7: The Amplified Chicago Blues Tradition33 tracks | 30 artists Show 8: The Dust Bowl's Legacy in Blues39 tracks | 27 artists Show 9: The Funk and Blues Tradition27 tracks | 23 artists Show 10: The Swing Era's Legacy in Blues34 tracks | 28 artists Show 11: The British Blues Revival37 tracks | 26 artists Show 12: The Hoodoo Tradition in Blues35 tracks | 31 artists Show 13: The Blues Piano Tradition38 tracks | 33 artists Show 14: The Blues Canon36 tracks | 35 artists Show 15: Charley Patton & Howlin' Wolf's Legacy36 tracks | 17 artists Show 16: The White American Blues Revival29 tracks | 26 artists Show 17: Booze and the Blues Tradition38 tracks | 35 artists Show 18: The Blues Harp Tradition33 tracks | 26 artists Show 19: Women's Legacy in Blues34 tracks | 31 artists Show 20: The West Coast Blues Tradition34 tracks | 28 artists Show 21: The Real Folk Blues Series' Legacy37 tracks | 7 artists Show 22: The Library of Congress Blues Tradition36 tracks | 8 artists Show 23: Memphis' Pre-War Blues Tradition38 tracks | 21 artists Show 24: Memphis' WDIA Radio Station's Legacy41 tracks | 26 artists Show 25: Louis Jordan's Legacy37 tracks | 2 artists Show 26: Memphis Slim and Roosevelt Sykes' Legacy39 tracks | 11 artists Show 27: The Blind Musician Tradition37 tracks | 9 artists Show 28: Weather and Blues35 tracks | 29 artists Show 29: The Detroit Blues Tradition35 tracks | 24 artists Show 30: Robert Johnson's Legacy36 tracks | 24 artists Show 31: Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell's Legacy38 tracks | 4 artists Show 32: Bessie Smith's Legacy36 tracks | 8 artists Show 33: Newport's Legacy in Blues, Pt. 130 tracks | 16 artists Show 34: Newport's Legacy in Blues, Pt. 233 tracks | 28 artists Show 35: The Psychedelic Blues Tradition30 tracks | 15 artists Show 36: The American Folk Blues Festival in Europe32 tracks | 26 artists Show 37: The Blues in the Mississippi Night Tradition45 tracks | 19 artists Show 38: Bob Dylan's Early Blues17 tracks | 2 artists Show 39: W.C. Handy's Legacy31 tracks | 21 artists Show 40: Labor's Legacy in Blues41 tracks | 25 artists Show 41: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 1: Aladdin / Alligator / Arhoolie34 tracks | 34 artists Show 42: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 2: Backbeat / Blind Pig27 tracks | 25 artists Show 43: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 3: Black & Blue35 tracks | 28 artists Show 44: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 4: Chess41 tracks | 26 artists Show 45: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 5: Delmark27 tracks | 19 artists Show 46: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 6: Document39 tracks | 36 artists Show 47: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 7: Dust-to-Digital / Earwig / Evidence / Fat Possum37 tracks | 33 artists Show 48: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 8: Fat Possum34 tracks | 19 artists Show 49: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 9: Keen / King / Mamlish / Okeh / Old Tramp39 tracks | 29 artists Show 50: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 10: Paramount37 tracks | 33 artists Show 51: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 11: Private Music / Righteous / Rounder / Shanachie30 tracks | 19 artists Show 52: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 12: Specialty / Stax / Sun40 tracks | 33 artists Show 53: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 13: Sun Records38 tracks | 31 artists Show 54: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 14: Yazoo38 tracks | 35 artists Show 55: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 15: Bluebird39 tracks | 33 artists Show 56: The Blues Supergroup Tradition29 tracks | 28 artists Show 57: Love Songs in Blues37 tracks | 37 artists Show 58: Bluebird Records Legacy39 tracks | 37 artists Show 59: Big Bill Broonzy's Legacy37 tracks | 21 artists Show 60: Women's Legacy in Blues, Pt. 239 tracks | 38 artists Show 61: Bob Dylan's Legacy25 tracks | 24 artists Show 62: The Muscle Shoals Blues Tradition32 tracks | 26 artists Show 63: Harlem's Legacy in Blues36 tracks | 34 artists Show 64: The Jug Band Blues Tradition38 tracks | 29 artists Show 65: Jimmy Reed's Legacy41 tracks | 31 artists Show 66: The Appalachian Tradition in Blues40 tracks | 33 artists Show 67: Jelly Roll Morton's Legacy38 tracks | 25 artists Show 68: Lawdy Blues37 tracks | 34 artists Show 69: Jewish Legacy in Blues35 tracks | 23 artists Show 70: The Four Kings of Chicago Blues: Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red, Sonny Boy Williamson I & Big Maceo38 tracks | 8 artists Show 71: The Protest Blues Tradition34 tracks | 21 artists Show 72: The Delta Blues Tradition (Unamplified)36 tracks | 31 artists Show 73: The Delta Blues Tradition (Amplified)37 tracks | 23 artists Show 74: Cross-Generational Blues Collaborations29 tracks | 23 artists Show 75: Jazz in Early Blues' Legacy36 tracks | 34 artists Show 76: USA Blues, Pt. 1: Alabama to Arkansas35 tracks | 35 artists Show 77: USA Blues, Pt. 2: California to Florida29 tracks | 29 artists Show 78: USA Blues, Pt. 3: Georgia37 tracks | 31 artists Show 79: USA Blues, Pt. 4: Hawaii to Illinois27 tracks | 27 artists Show 80: USA Blues, Pt. 5: Indiana to Kansas36 tracks | 36 artists Show 81: USA Blues, Pt. 6: Louisiana Pioneers35 tracks | 33 artists Show 82: USA Blues, Pt. 7: Louisiana to Maryland36 tracks | 36 artists Show 83: USA Blues, Pt. 8: Massachusetts to Mississippi37 tracks | 37 artists Show 84: USA Blues, Pt. 9: Mississippi, The Robert Johnson Era40 tracks | 40 artists Show 85: USA Blues, Pt. 10: Mississippi to New York33 tracks | 33 artists Show 86: USA Blues, Pt. 11: New York34 tracks | 34 artists Show 87: USA Blues, Pt. 12: North Dakota to Rhode Island34 tracks | 34 artists Show 88: USA Blues, Pt. 13: South Carolina to Tennessee37 tracks | 37 artists Show 89: USA Blues, Pt. 14: Tennessee to Texas41 tracks | 41 artists Show 90: USA Blues, Pt. 15: Texas to Virginia35 tracks | 35 artists Show 91: USA Blues, Pt. 16: Virginia to West Virginia34 tracks | 34 artists Show 92: Hillbilly Blues, Pt. 2: The Western Swing and Honky-Tonk Era41 tracks | 9 artists Show 93: Hillbilly Blues, Pt. 1: Early Country Blues Crossover40 tracks | 40 artists Show 94: Hillbilly Blues, Pt. 3: Post-War Country Blues Generation44 tracks | 43 artists Show 95: Shoulders of Giants Revisited21 tracks | 21 artists Show 96: Alphabet Blues Revisited18 tracks | 18 artists Show 97: U.S.A. Blues Revisited19 tracks | 19 artists Show 98: Theme Time Blues Revisited17 tracks | 17 artists Show 99: Instruments Do the Talkin' Blues Revisited21 tracks | 20 artists Show 100: Runoff Blues18 tracks | 18 artists