Blues History: This Week In The Blues
HEY BLUES FANS - In this podcast, we cover the highlights in blues history, one week at a time. Want to know more about the household names like Muddy Waters and Bonnie Raitt? We cover them. Want to know more about Charley Patton, Roosevelt Sykes, and Robert Johnson? We cover them too! Basically, anything you want to know about the blues and blues history, one week at a time. Want to know more? Then follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues Or visit out website: https://bigtrainblues.com Want to watch it instead of listen to it? Then head to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues
Episodes
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of October 19 - October 25, 2025
Some of the highlights include R&B guitar legend Steve Cropper, blues harmonica player Sonny Terry, and "Doctor Ross the Harmonica Boss".
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or oth...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of October 12 - October 18, 2025
Some of the highlights include delta blues guitar player "Big Joe" Williams, "The Things That I Used to Do" was recorded by Guitar Slim in New Orleans, and "Father of Rock and Roll" Chuck Berry.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened th...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of October 05 - October 11, 2025
Some of the highlights include blues guitar player Johnnie Bassett, the day BB King recorded "The Thrill is Gone", and delta blues singer and guitar player "Mississippi" Joe Callicott.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 28 - October 04, 2025
Some of the highlights include blues queen Koko Taylor, blues guitar player Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Chicago blues harmonica great Billy Branch.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or other thi...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 21 - September 27, 2025
Some of the highlights include blues legend Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi Juke Joint Legend Roosevelt “Booba” Barns, and blues harmonica player, record producer, blues radio show host and owner of The Rhythm Room, Bob Corritore.
Keep in mind that there's so much more tha...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 14 - September 20, 2025
Some of the highlights include Chicago blues harp maestro, Snooky Pryor, "The King of the Blues", B.B. King, and up and coming blues guitarist Hector Anchondo .
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more abo...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 7 - September 13, 2025
Some of the highlights include R&B pioneer Roy Brown, delta bluesman Robert "Wolfman" Belfour, and Guitar Shorty who is known for his explosive guitar style and wild stage antics.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 31 - September 6, 2025
Some of the highlights include Chicago-based blues singer and guitar player Joanna Connor, blues guitar player Freddie King, and blues piano player Sunnyland Slim.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these ar...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 24 - August 30, 2025
Some of the highlights include blues legend Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, blues guitar player Castro Coleman aka Mr. Sipp, and Delta blues musician "L. C." Ulmer.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more ab...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 17 - August 23, 2025.
Some of the highlights include blues singer-songwriter and guitar player Luther Allison, the King of the Boogie John Lee Hooker, Piedmont blues guitar player and singer Carolina Slim.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know ...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 10 - August 17, 2025.
Some of the highlights include innovator and inventor Leo Fender, Detroit blues and rhythm and blues singer Thornetta Davis, and blues guitar giant Son Seals.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists ...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 3 - August 9, 2025.
Some of the highlights include Jump blues piano player, singer and songwriter Mercy Dee Walton, boogie-woogie, blues and jazz piano player and singer Mose Vinson, and the day that Elmore James ushered in a new era of electric slide guitar.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 27 - August 2, 2025.
Some of the highlights include blues guitar master Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry's debut single, 'Maybellene' , and the recording of the blues song "Every Day I Have the Blues" .
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you wan...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 20 – July 26, 2025.
Some of the highlights include T-Bone Walker first records the timeless blues classic "Mean Old World", Swamp blues guitar player "Swamp Fox" Tony Joe White, and a pioneer of country blues, guitar player Sylvester Weaver.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week ...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 13 – July 19, 2025.
Some of the highlights include Chicago blues guitar player Buster Benton, the man they call The Blues Maestro, Little Freddie King, and the day that Jimi Hendrix plays his eighth and final show as the opening act for The Monkees.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened th...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 06 – July 12, 2025.
Some of the highlights include blues piano players Pinetop Perkins and Johnnie Johnson, blues guitarist Blind Boy Fuller, and a recording that was so controversial that they waited a decade to release the album and even then, disguised the identity of the artists and the location of the session cal...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 29, 2025.
Some of the highlights include Chicago producer, songwriter, bass player, and singer Willie Dixon, Blues harp player James Cotton, and New Orleans blues and boogie-woogie piano player "Champion Jack" Dupree.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. ...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 22, 2025.
Some of the highlights include Texas blues guitarist Lester Williams, Chicago bluesman Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, and jazz, country, and blues guitar player Big Bill Broonzy.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about th...
HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 15 - June 21, 2025.
Some of the highlights include "The Blues Brothers" movie premiere in Chicago, one of the most popular of the classic blues singers of her time, Sara Martin, and jazz, country, and St. Louis blues pioneer Herman "Ace" Wallace.
Keep in mind that there's so much more...
HEY BLUES FANS
Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 08 - June 14, 2025.
Some of the highlights include the blues slide guitar master Derek Trucks, Clarksdale Mississippi blues guitarist Anthony "Big A" Sherrod, and jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor Les Paul.
Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in ...
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