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Show 99: Instruments Do the Talkin' Blues Revisited

This one puts the spotlight on instrumental voice: harp, piano, guitar, and the players who could say as much in a break as a singer could in a verse. The point is simple: in blues, the instrument is never just accompaniment; it argues, testifies, answers back, and sometimes steals the whole sermon.

21Tracks
20Artists
5Theme Tags
5Genre Tags
SeriesFinale
Tagsinstrumental bluesharmonicapianoguitarmusician's showcase
Genresbluesclassic bluescountry bluesboogie-woogieragtime
Tracklist
#TrackArtist
1See See RiderLaVern Baker
2There Is Something on Your MindBig Jay McNeely
3Switching in the Kitchen 📖 StoryBig Joe Turner
4K.C. MoanMemphis Jug Band
5Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of BeerBessie Smith
6Long GoneBrownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
7Don't Start Me To Talkin'Sonny Boy Williamson II
8My Babe 📖 StoryLittle Walter
9Snatch It Back and Hold ItJunior Wells' Chicago Blues Band;Buddy Guy
10Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' OnBig Maybelle
11All Your Love 📖 StoryMagic Sam
12LonesomeMemphis Slim
13Bring Me My ShotgunLightnin' Hopkins
14It's Nobody's Fault But MineBlind Willie Johnson
15Death Letter Blues 📖 StorySon House
16Make Me A Pallet On Your FloorMississippi John Hurt
17San Francisco Bay Blues 📖 StoryJesse Fuller
18Someday (Acoustic)Otis Spann
19The First Time I Met the BluesLittle Brother Montgomery
20Talking About The 44 BluesMemphis Slim;Roosevelt Sykes
2144 BluesMemphis Slim;Roosevelt Sykes