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Show 82: USA Blues, Pt. 7: Louisiana to Maryland

This one does two jobs at once: it follows Louisiana's later keepers of the flame while also stretching the map into places less often tied to the blues outright. That contrast is the point: some states are strongholds, others are outposts, but all of them tell part of the American picture.

Host Narration

~600~ ^630 I'm / We concluded the first half hour with two Louisiana legends James Booker doing Leadbelly's Goodnight Irene followed by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band ^one ^of ^four ^Jelly ^Roll ^Morton songs honking their horns with Sidewalk Blues.

36Tracks
36Artists
5Theme Tags
5Genre Tags

This one does two jobs at once: it follows Louisiana's later keepers of the flame while also stretching the map into places less often tied to the blues outright. That contrast is the point: some states are strongholds, others are outposts, but all of them tell part of the American picture.

SeriesUSA Blues
TagsLouisianaregional surveytorchbearersbirthplace mappingAmerican roots
Genresbluescajunclassic blueszydecomodern blues
Tracklist
OrderTrackArtistSegmentBridgeStory
1I Need Your Love So BadIrma Thomas1-
2I Cry And Sing The BluesBuddy Guy1-
3What's WrongSugar Boy Crawford1-
4Congo MomboGuitar Gable1-
5I'm A King BeeSlim Harpo1-
6An Old Cow Hand From A Blues BandDave Bartholomew1-
7What A Diff'rence A Day MakesWalter Wolfman Washington1-
8Goodnight IreneJames Booker1-
9Sidewalk BluesThe Dirty Dozen Brass Band1Yes-
10Mean Woman BluesJerry Lee Lewis2Yes-
11Don't Mess With My Toot TootRockin' Dopsie, Jr.;Zydeco All-Stars;Fernest Arceneaux2-
12Joe Pete Got Two WomenJohn Delafose2-
13Blues into ZydecoLil' Buck Sinegal2-
14I Done Got Over ItLazy Lester2-
15LubertaRaful Neal2-
16This Time I'm Gone For GoodJohnny Adams2-
17Mother's LoveEarl King2-
18I Hate These Doggone BluesClarence "Gatemouth" Brown2Yes-
19Iko IkoDr. John3Yes-
20Stone CrazyPhil Guy3-
21Don't Take Advantage Of MeLonnie Brooks3-
23Da Thrill Is Gone From HereChris Thomas King;Tabby Thomas3-
24Midnight Turning Day BluesDick Curless3-
25Lost Highway - 1973 Studio RecordingClarence White3Yes-
26Sittin' On Top of The WorldBill Flagg4Yes-
27John HenryLenny Breau4-
28Come Back BabyJohn Fahey4-
29Blue Ridge Mountain BluesBill Clifton4-
30Poor Katie RedEubie Blake4-
31Fine And MellowBillie Holiday4-
32Sunny Side Of The StreetChick Webb4-
34Steppin' Out With My BabyRuby Braff;Ellis Larkins4-
35Tishomingo BluesElmer Snowden;Cliff Jackson4-
36Road LadiesFrank Zappa4-
Sharecropper’s SonRobert Finley-
Take the "A" TrainDuke Ellington-