Show 74: Cross-Generational Blues Collaborations
This is a late-era handoff show, built from old masters meeting younger bands, rock players, and revival audiences. The elders did not need saving. Their last chapters helped carry the blues into a new generation that was eager to learn, borrow, and sometimes learn directly from them.
For today's 74th episode of the CC Blues Show, we will be exploring some blues artists in the twilight, or prime, of their careers who had the foresight to impart their wisdom to the next generation when the blues was all but dead, once rock and roll overtook it between the '60s and '70s. You'll be hearing some truly unique pairings, from Howlin' Wolf and the members of Cream, to Willie Dixon and Otis Spann with Fleetwood Mac, the Doors with Albert King, and more. Up first it's the Canadian sensation the Band with Mavis and Pops.
This is a late-era handoff show, built from old masters meeting younger bands, rock players, and revival audiences. The elders did not need saving. Their last chapters helped carry the blues into a new generation that was eager to learn, borrow, and sometimes learn directly from them.
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Waltz Suite: The Weight (feat. The Staples) | The Band;The Staple Singers | 1 | - | |
| 2 | Caldonia (feat. Muddy Waters) - Concert Version | The Band;Muddy Waters | 1 | - | |
| 3 | All Aboard | Muddy Waters | 1 | - | |
| 4 | Got My Mojo Working - Pt. 1 / Live At Super Cosmic Jamboree / 1969 | Muddy Waters | 1 | - | |
| 5 | I Done Got Over It (with Muddy Waters & James Cotton) | Johnny Winter;Muddy Waters;James Cotton | 1 | - | |
| 6 | Love Her With a Feeling | Muddy Waters;Johnny Winter;James Cotton | 1 | Yes | - |
| 7 | Hoochie Coochie Man | Muddy Waters;The Rolling Stones | 2 | Yes | - |
| 8 | I Ain't Superstitious | Howlin' Wolf;Eric Clapton;Steve Winwood;Ringo Starr;Bill Wyman | 2 | - | |
| 9 | Highway 49 | Howlin' Wolf;Eric Clapton;Steve Winwood;Charlie Watts;Bill Wyman | 2 | - | |
| 11 | Rock Me Baby | Fleetwood Mac | 2 | - | |
| 12 | I'm Worried | Fleetwood Mac | 2 | Yes | - |
| 13 | Meet Me In The Bottom | John Lee Hooker;Canned Heat | 3 | Yes | - |
| 14 | (I Got) A Good 'Un | John Lee Hooker | 3 | - | |
| 15 | Little Red Rooster | The Doors | 3 | - | |
| 16 | Rock Me | The Doors | 3 | - | |
| 17 | My Love Depends on You | Otis Spann | 3 | Yes | - |
| 18 | Ask Me No Questions | B.B. King;Leon Russell | 4 | Yes | - |
| 19 | Chains And Things | B.B. King | 4 | - | |
| 20 | You Got to Reap | Eddie Boyd;Fleetwood Mac | 4 | - | |
| 21 | The Blues is Here to Stay | Eddie Boyd;Fleetwood Mac | 4 | - | |
| 22 | Statesboro Blues | Rising Sons | 4 | - | |
| 23 | Last Fair Deal Gone Down | Rising Sons | 4 | - | |
| 24 | Dead Cat on the Line | Champion Jack Dupree;T.S.McPhee | 4 | - | |
| 25 | Baby Don't You Put Me Out | Champion Jack Dupree;T.S.McPhee | 4 | - | |
| 26 | Ride In Your New Automobile | Lightnin' Hopkins | 4 | - | |
| 23 Hours Too Long | Sonny Boy Williamson II;The Yardbirds | - | |||
| Baby Don’t Worry | Sonny Boy Williamson II | - | |||
| Don’t Send Me No Flowers | Sonny Boy Williamson II;Brian Auger & The Trinity | - | |||
| How Long Blues - II | Jimmy Yancey;Mama Yancey | - |