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Show 7: The Amplified Chicago Blues Tradition

Chicago is where the blues hardened into a city sound: louder bands, sharper backbeat, tougher stories. These tracks are grouped to show how migration, clubs, labels, and electric instruments turned a Southern form into an urban force.

33Tracks
30Artists
5Theme Tags
5Genre Tags
SeriesGeographic
TagsChicago bluesurban blueselectric bluespostwarmigration
Genreschicago bluestraditional bluesblueselectric bluesacoustic blues
Tracklist
#TrackArtist
1Southbound Train πŸ“– StoryBig Bill Broonzy
2Key To The HighwayJazz Gillum
3RememberAlberta Adams
4Chicago BluesArthur Big Boy" Crudup"
5Sagefield Woman BluesKokomo Arnold
6Blues Before SunriseScrapper Blackwell
7Every Time I Get To DrinkingSunnyland Slim
8Someday (Electric) bridgeOtis Spann
9I Can't Quit You Baby bridge πŸ“– StoryWillie Dixon
11Talk To Me Baby (I CanÒ€ℒt Hold Out)Elmore James
12Dust My Broom πŸ“– StoryElmore James
14My Time After A WhileBuddy Guy
15Who Do You Love πŸ“– StoryBo Diddley
16Strollin'Champion Jack Dupree
17Have A Good Time bridgeBig Walter Horton
18Two Bugs and a Roach bridge πŸ“– StoryEarl Hooker
19Killing Floor πŸ“– StoryHowlin' Wolf
20Little Red RoosterHowlin' Wolf
21Bright Lights, Big City πŸ“– StoryJimmy Reed
22Got My Mojo Working πŸ“– StoryMuddy Waters
23Rollin' Stone πŸ“– StoryMuddy Waters
24She's A Sweet OneJunior Wells
25Dark RoadEddie Taylor,Floyd Jones
26Twenty-Four Hours bridgeEddie Boyd
27Bad News Is Coming bridge πŸ“– StoryLuther Allison
28What Happened To Our LoveL. V. Banks
29Gotta Move OnEddy Clearwater
30Little Angel ChildJimmy Dawkins
31Just To Be With YouMike Bloomfield,John Paul Hammond,Dr. John
32Goodbye Jimmy Reed πŸ“– StoryBob Dylan
Nine Below ZeroSonny Boy Williamson II
Slow Down BabyLester Davenport
That's All RightJimmy Rogers