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- Big Road Blues Show 2/5/12: *Play It It 'Till I Turn High Yeller – Great Guitar/Piano DuetsShow Notes: Read Liner Notes Today's show is a companion to the guitar duets show we aired a couple of weeks back. This time we spotlight some great piano/guitar duets from the 20's through the 40's. The style was popularized by the huge success of pianist Leroy Carr and his guitarist Scrapper Blackwell who's recordings […]
- Big Road Blues Show 1/29/12: Hidden Charms – Willie Dixon's BluesShow Notes: For four decades, Willie Dixon loomed at the forefront of Chicago blues, working as a bassist, arranger, band leader, producer, talent scout, agent, A&R man, and music publisher. His most enduring contributions, though, were the songs he wrote; songs like Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil", "Spoon […]
- Big Road Blues Show 1/22/12: Mix ShowShow Notes: It's already starting out to be a bad year for the blues with the recent deaths of Dave Alexander, Johnny Otis and Etta James. We pay tribute to all three on today's show as well as featuring twin spins of Eddie Boyd, a pair of cuts from the American Folk Blues Festival and […]
- Big Road Blues Show 1/15/12: Fence Breakin' Blues – Great Country Blues Guitar DuetsShow Notes: On today's show we feature some of the greatest country blues guitar pairings of the pre-war era. The styles of playing fall roughly into a few distinct patterns. One is where one partner is doing intricate treble string runs and the other ornate bass notes and patterns. The arrangements weave back and forth […]
- Big Road Blues Show 1/8/12: Stuff You Gotta Watch – Muddy Waters & His BandShow Notes: Muddy Waters was a larger then life figure who became a star in the late 1940's and remained a huge presence on the blues landscape until his death in 1983. When Muddy arrived in Chicago from the Delta in 1943 he was just another struggling musician trying to establish himself. Pete Welding described […]