Show #836

Trying Times

An episode dedicated to the hard times caused by the corona pandemic.

01. Metropolitan Blues Allstars - Trying Times (3:38) (Trying Times, June Appal Records, 1988) 02. Bobby Bradford - Hard Times (5:30) (No Saints Walkin', Appaloosa Records, 2001) 03. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - Hard Times (3:08) (Kingfish, Alligator Records, 2019) 04. William Clarke - Hard Times (4:14) (Tip of the Top, Double Trouble Records, 1987) 05. Michele D'Amour & The Love Dealers - Hard Times (5:00) (Wiggle Room, Blueskitty Records, 2018) 06. Barry Levenson - Hard Times Won (5:55) (Hard Times Won, Storyville Records, 2003) 07. Bob Malone - Hard Times (4:07) (Mojo Deluxe, Delta Moon, 2015) 08. Frank Bey & The Anthony Paule Band - Hard Times (4:43) (You Don't Know Nothing, Blue Dot Records, 2012) 09. Otis Grand - Waiting for the Hard Times to Go (7:45) (Nothing Else Matters..., Sequel Records, 1994) 10. Big Al & The Heavyweights - Hard Times (6:40) (Nothin' But Good Lovin', self-release / Bluziana Music, 2004) 11. Heritage Blues Orchestra - Hard Times (7:38) (And Still I Rise, Raisin Music, 2011) 12. Bridget Kelly Band - Hard Times In The City (3:57) (Outta The Blues, Alpha Sun Records, 2016) 13. Juke Joints - Hard times (3:46) (Going to Chicago, CRS, 2010) 14. The 44's With Special Guest Kid Ramos - Hard Times (5:57) (Americana, Rip Cat Records, 2012) 15. Kenny Parker - Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty (4:12) (Hellfire, Rock-A-While Records, 2019) 16. Watermelon Slim & The Workers - Hard Times (4:17) (Watermelon Slim & the Workers, Northern Blues, 2006) 17. Tommy Castro & The Painkillers - Shakin' The Hard Times Loose (4:30) (Killin' It-Live, Alligator Records, 2019) 18. George "Harmonica" Smith - Times Won't Be Hard Always (2:29) (Now You Can Talk About Me, Blind Pig Records, 1998)

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