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Well hello everybody and welcome to “Blues You Should Know”. I’m Bob Frank and I’m the host and creator of the program. I’ve been a professional musician for the past 45 years or so; also a songwriter, a writer, an educator, a filmmaker and now a podcaster.  I originally began doing these programs as a radio show within a radio show on my friend Marty “Madcat” Puljic’s blues radio program on WJCU-FM in Cleveland, OH.

 The idea, then and now, was to explore the artists and music one level or so deeper than the most popular performers most folks come to know and listen to when they first discover this wonderful music. 

 So, we won’t be doing shows on BB King, or Stevie Ray, though they may come up in the course of a program. What you will hear are shows about some of the people who influenced THEM. In addition, there’ll be theme programs about people who contributed to the music behind the scenes; people like Lillian McMurray, the genteel southern lady who owned and operated Trumpet Records in Mississippi and recorded the likes of Sonny Boy Williamson and Elmore James. There’ll be a multi- part series on Cincinnati’s great eclectic record label King Records, with its colorfully irascible and cantankerous owner Syd Nathan. 

 But most of all, you’re going to hear a lot of really great music along with some great stories to go along with it. Most of it will be blues, but you will hear some other things as well…when they fit the story. 

 So I hope you’ll give these podcasts a listen. And if you enjoy the programs, I hope you’ll give us a like or few kind words in a review. I’m Bob Frank, and this is “Blues You Should Know”.

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