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Show 95: Shoulders of Giants Revisited

This is a return to the core builders, the players whose sound and songwriting fed whole branches of the series. Rather than just replaying favorites, the show reminds the listener which names hold the house up and why later music keeps leading back to them.

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21Artists
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This is a return to the core builders, the players whose sound and songwriting fed whole branches of the series. Rather than just replaying favorites, the show reminds the listener which names hold the house up and why later music keeps leading back to them.

SeriesFinale
Tagsinfluencescanonfoundational artistsblues lineagerevisit
Genresbluesclassic bluescountry bluesragtimeboogie-woogie
Tracklist
OrderTrackArtistSegmentBridgeStory
Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner)Jimmie Rodgers-
Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just As BadT-Bone Walker-
Down The Dirt Road BluesCharley Patton-
Got The Bottle Up And GoneSonny Boy Williamson I-
Hard Travelin'Woody GuthrieStory
How Long, How Long BluesLeroy CarrStory
I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden SayJelly Roll Morton-
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five-
It Hurts Me TooTampa RedStory
Key to the HighwayBig Bill BroonzyStory
Last Chance BluesCannon's Jug Stompers-
Life Is Like ThatMemphis Slim;Sonny Boy Williamson II;Big Bill Broonzy-
Love in Vain - Take 1Robert Johnson-
Moanin' At MidnightHowlin' WolfStory
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - 78rpm VersionBessie Smith-
See See Rider BluesMa Rainey-
Shame, Shame, ShameJimmy Reed-
Statesboro BluesBlind Willie McTellStory
The Memphis Blues (Or Mister Crump)Louis Armstrong-
Three O'clock BluesB.B. King-
Worried Life BluesBig Maceo-