Old Blues Podcast

I was thinking about doing a B.B. King tribute after the legend died, so I started gathering up some blues records. Thought I’d do a brief history and show where B.B. King stood in the pantheon. A funny thing happened to me, though – I started out playing old-time blues records and never really got past the 1930’s. So this turned into a old blues podcast, with the focus on the early legends of the blues. I open with a couple of songs form the 1960’s, when old blues guys were being rediscovered by the folk music gang – we get a couple of strong tracks from Blind Willie McTell and Son House. The we dive back into the past and stay there for an hour.

So listen to Blind Willie McTell, Son House, Bukka White, Emmett Miller, Charley Jordan, Blind Joe Reynolds, Josh White, Little Brother Montgomery, Furry Lewis, Tampa Red, Big Maceo Merriweather, Roosevelt Sykes, Ma Rainey, Sister Rosetta Thorpe, Bessie Smith, Blind Blake, Pete Johnson, Sleepy John Estes, an Bert Snake Root Hatton.

Thank you for listening to this Wednesday post – and listen every Sunday for the regular weekly posting at brennick.net. Now let’s enjoy some songs that are at least 70 years old.