Part 1 of a special exploration of the blues. Aired 6/21/2022

Captain Beefheart ~ Grow Fins
Johnny "Guitar" Watson ~ Don't Touch Me
Holly Golightly ~ Satan is His Name
CeDell Davis ~ Rock
Mississippi Fred McDowell ~ Kokomo Blues
Jack Rose ~ Kensington Blues

75 Dollar Bill ~ Tetuzi Akiyama
Otis Taylor ~ My Soul's in Louisiana
Slim Harpo ~ Wonderin' Blues
Booker T. Jones ~ Get Behind the Mule
Tom Waits ~ Cold Water

Glenn Jones ~ Blues For Tom Carter
Karen Dalton ~ It Hurts Me Too
Skip James ~ Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Robert Guitar Welch ~ Electric Chair Blues
Rev. Pearly Brown ~ If I Never See You Anymore

Leo Welch ~ Girl In the Holler
Junior Kimbrough ~ I Love Ya Baby
Willie McBlind ~ One Lucky Man
Satan and Adam ~ Sunshine in the Shade
R.L. Burnside ~ Goin' Down South

PJ Harvey ~ Victory
Dead Meadow ~ Heaven
Red Red Meat ~ Sulfur
Castanets ~ Pour It All and Pour It True
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions ~ On the Low

Ali Farka Touré ~ Fara
Boubacar Traoré ~ Badialo
Lobi Traoré ~ Dunya
Fatoumata Diawara ~ Kanou
Tinariwen ~ Aghregh Medin

The Staple Singers ~ Praying Time
Brother Theotis Taylor ~ I Have a Friend
Laura Rivers ~ That's Alright (Since My Soul Has Got a Seat Up in the Kingdom)
Isaac Haney & The Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir ~ At a Time Like This (Pt. 1)
Aretha Franklin ~ Cold, Cold Heart
Nina Simone ~ Ain't No Use

Magic Sam ~ Call Me if You Need Me
Little Junior's Blue Flames ~ Love Baby
Howlin' Wolf ~ How Many More Years

Thelonious Monk ~ Ask Me Now