CROSSROADS BLUES RADIO

PODCAST of the Episode of June 12, 2026. First section, REMEMBERING "Blues Anniversaries", with three bluesmen whose birth anniversaries fell during the month of May, Robert Johnson, T-Bone Walker and Eddie C. Campbell. The second section, "BLUES TRAIN," is a short story about the importance of the train to African Americans and its relationship with the blues, featuring songs by: Elizabeth Cotten; Bukka White; Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Jimi Hendrix with Paul Caruso; Muddy Waters; Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee; Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen; Blues Brothers; Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang y James Carter & the Prisoners. PLAYLIST:

REMEMBERING “Blues Anniversaries”

ROBERT JOHNSON (05/11/1911)

#1 Terraplane Blues.

#2 Crossroad Blues (take 2).

#3 I Believe Ill Dust My Broom.

#4 Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil).

#5 Me And The Devil Blues.

#6 Sweet Home Chicago.

#7 Rambling On My Mind.

#8 Stop Breakin' Down Blues.

#9 Theyre Red Hot.

T-BONE WALKER (05/28/1910)

#1 Every Day I Have The Blues.

#2 Little Girl, Don't You Know.

#3 Evening.

EDDIE C. CAMPBELL (05/06/1939)

#1 Santa's Messin' With The Kid.

#2 Still A Fool.

#3 You Worry Me.

BLUES TRAIN

#1 Elizabeth Cotten “Freight Train”.

#2 Bukka White “Black Train Blues”.

#3 Sister Rosetta Tharpe “This Train”.

#4 Jimi Hendrix with Paul Caruso “Hear My Train a Comin'”.

#5 Muddy Waters “All Aboard”.

#6 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee “John Henry”.

#7 Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen “Long Black Train”.

#8 Blues Brothers “One Track Train”.

#9 Buddy Guy & Jonny Lang “Midnight Train”.

#10 James Carter & the Prisoners “Po' Lazarus” (work song).