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.
~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.
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.
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Need Your Love So Bad | Irma Thomas | 1 | - | |
| 2 | I Cry And Sing The Blues | Buddy Guy | 1 | - | |
| 3 | What's Wrong | Sugar Boy Crawford | 1 | - | |
| 4 | Congo Mombo | Guitar Gable | 1 | - | |
| 5 | I'm A King Bee | Slim Harpo | 1 | - | |
| 6 | An Old Cow Hand From A Blues Band | Dave Bartholomew | 1 | - | |
| 7 | What A Diff'rence A Day Makes | Walter Wolfman Washington | 1 | - | |
| 8 | Goodnight Irene | James Booker | 1 | - | |
| 9 | Sidewalk Blues | The Dirty Dozen Brass Band | 1 | Yes | - |
| 10 | Mean Woman Blues | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2 | Yes | - |
| 11 | Don't Mess With My Toot Toot | Rockin' Dopsie, Jr.;Zydeco All-Stars;Fernest Arceneaux | 2 | - | |
| 12 | Joe Pete Got Two Women | John Delafose | 2 | - | |
| 13 | Blues into Zydeco | Lil' Buck Sinegal | 2 | - | |
| 14 | I Done Got Over It | Lazy Lester | 2 | - | |
| 15 | Luberta | Raful Neal | 2 | - | |
| 16 | This Time I'm Gone For Good | Johnny Adams | 2 | - | |
| 17 | Mother's Love | Earl King | 2 | - | |
| 18 | I Hate These Doggone Blues | Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown | 2 | Yes | - |
| 19 | Iko Iko | Dr. John | 3 | Yes | - |
| 20 | Stone Crazy | Phil Guy | 3 | - | |
| 21 | Don't Take Advantage Of Me | Lonnie Brooks | 3 | - | |
| 23 | Da Thrill Is Gone From Here | Chris Thomas King;Tabby Thomas | 3 | - | |
| 24 | Midnight Turning Day Blues | Dick Curless | 3 | - | |
| 25 | Lost Highway - 1973 Studio Recording | Clarence White | 3 | Yes | - |
| 26 | Sittin' On Top of The World | Bill Flagg | 4 | Yes | - |
| 27 | John Henry | Lenny Breau | 4 | - | |
| 28 | Come Back Baby | John Fahey | 4 | - | |
| 29 | Blue Ridge Mountain Blues | Bill Clifton | 4 | - | |
| 30 | Poor Katie Red | Eubie Blake | 4 | - | |
| 31 | Fine And Mellow | Billie Holiday | 4 | - | |
| 32 | Sunny Side Of The Street | Chick Webb | 4 | - | |
| 34 | Steppin' Out With My Baby | Ruby Braff;Ellis Larkins | 4 | - | |
| 35 | Tishomingo Blues | Elmer Snowden;Cliff Jackson | 4 | - | |
| 36 | Road Ladies | Frank Zappa | 4 | - | |
| Sharecropper’s Son | Robert Finley | - | |||
| Take the "A" Train | Duke Ellington | - |