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Show 10: The Swing Era's Legacy in Blues
This program catches the blues in motion with dancers in the room and bands built to move air. It shows how swing, jump, jazz-blues, and early R&B kept the blues alive by making it social, stylish, and hard to sit still to.
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28Artists
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This program catches the blues in motion with dancers in the room and bands built to move air. It shows how swing, jump, jazz-blues, and early R&B kept the blues alive by making it social, stylish, and hard to sit still to.
Tracklist
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nickel and a Dime | Sugar Pie DeSanto | 1 | Story | |
| 3 | Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On | Big Maybelle | 1 | - | |
| 4 | Ain't That Just Like A Woman | Chuck Berry | 1 | - | |
| 5 | Good Rocking Tonight | Jimmy Witherspoon,Jack McDuff | 1 | - | |
| 6 | Mess Around | Ray Charles | 1 | - | |
| 7 | Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens | James Brown | 1 | - | |
| 8 | Caldonia | Muddy Waters | 1 | - | |
| 9 | Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby) | B.B. King | 1 | Yes | - |
| 11 | Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues) | B.B. King | 2 | Story | |
| 12 | Kidney Stew | Eddie Cleanhead" Vinson" | 2 | - | |
| 13 | Swingin' The Blues | Count Basie | 2 | - | |
| 14 | St. Louis Blues | Etta James | 2 | - | |
| 15 | Chicken Shack Boogie (feat.Shuggie Otis) | Amos Milburn,Johnny Otis,Shuggie Otis | 2 | - | |
| 16 | Let the Good Times Roll | Ray Charles | 2 | - | |
| 17 | I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town | Billy Ward & The Dominoes | 2 | Yes | - |
| 18 | Switching in the Kitchen | Big Joe Turner | 3 | Yes | Story |
| 19 | Flying Home | Ella Fitzgerald | 3 | - | |
| 20 | It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | Nina Simone | 3 | - | |
| 21 | Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying | Big Maybelle | 3 | - | |
| 22 | Back Water Blues | LaVern Baker | 3 | - | |
| 23 | Willow Weep for Me | Sam Cooke | 3 | - | |
| 24 | Just Like a Woman | R.L. Burnside | 3 | - | |
| 25 | Stormy Monday Blues | Bobby Blue" Bland" | 3 | - | |
| 26 | Down in the Valley | Otis Redding | 3 | Yes | - |
| 27 | Honey Dripper (Pt. 1) | King Curtis | 4 | Yes | - |
| 27 | Honey Dripper (Pt. 2) | King Curtis | 4 | Yes | Story |
| 29 | Call It Stormy Monday | T-Bone Walker | 4 | Story | |
| 30 | Why Not | T-Bone Walker | 4 | - | |
| 31 | Ain't Nobody's Business What We Do | Freddie King | 4 | - | |
| 32 | Saturday Night Fish Fry | Buddy Guy | 4 | - | |
| 33 | Paris Blues | T-Bone Walker,Big Joe Turner,Otis Spann | 4 | - | |
| Keep a Knockin' (Rerecorded) | Little Richard | - | |||
| Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door | James Brown | - | |||
| Sunny Side Of The Street | Dinah Washington | - |