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BLUES OLD AND NEW: THE BLACK KEYS, ROBERT FINLEY & LUKE WINSLOW-KING
We trace the musical DNA and psychic aura of the blues from its Delta roots to Chicago’s electric pioneers, across a patchwork of regional styles and modern day innovators. In an archival interview we talk with blues rockers the Black Keys of Akron, Ohio, about defying genre, eschewing nostalgia, and the blues progenitors who blurred labels like primitive and avant-garde. Age Don’t Mean a Thing for 66-year-old Louisiana bluesman Robert Finley, who caught a big break in the last couple years and is now rocking the mic and hitting the road harder than ever. From Cadillac, Michigan to the Crescent City, Luke Winslow-King recalls the bad times and breakups that gave him a deeper understanding of the blues and inspired him to make I’m Glad Trouble Don’t Last Always. Plus, we load up the jukebox with our favorites from Howlin’ Wolf and Buddy Guy, Johnny Burnette and Buddy Holly, Willie Nelson and Bonnie Raitt.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Meet Me in the City Junior Kimbrough
You Better Run--The Essential Junior Kimbrough, Fat Possum - Blues Won't Give Me No Rest Henry Gray
American Routes Recording at Baton Rouge Blues Festival 2016, - Smoke Stack Lightnin' Howlin' Wolf
Smoke Stack Lightning/You Can't Be Beat, Chess - The Train Kept A-Rollin' Johnny Burnette
The Train Kept A-Rollin'/Honey Hush, Coral - Rock Around With Ollie Vee Buddy Holly
That'll Be the Day/Rock Around with Ollie Vee, Decca - Instrumental: Ten Cent Pistol The Black Keys
Brothers, Nonesuch - SEGMENT: The Black Keys
Listen - In the Pines Robert Finley and Dan Auerbach
The Murder Ballads, Easy Eye Sound - Pine Grove Blues Pine Leaf Boys
Allons Boire un Coup: Cajun & Creole Drinking Songs, Valcour - Instrumental: Cotton Fields Bill Marx
Jazz Kaleidoscope, Stardust - I Never Picked Cotton Johnny Cash
Unchained--American II, American Recordings - Cotton Crop Blues James Cotton
The Complete Sun Singles, Vol. 1- From the Vaults, Bear Family - SEGMENT: Robert Finley
Listen - Rollin' Stone Muddy Waters
Rollin' Stone/Walkin' Blues, Chess - Poor Black Mattie Samantha Fish
Belle of the West, Ruf Records - End Bed: Most Things Haven't Worked Out Junior Kimbrough
You Better Run--The Essential Junior Kimbrough, Fat Possum
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Interlude II Luke Winslow-King
Everlasting Arms, Bloodshot Records - I'm Glad Trouble Don't Last Always Luke Winslow-King Trouble Don't Last Always
Bloodshot Records, - First Time I Met the Blues Buddy Guy
I Got My Eyes on You/First Time I Met the Blues, Chess - Trouble Blues Sam Cooke
Night Beat, RCA - Night Life Willie Nelson
Night Life/Rainy Day Blues, RCA - Crazy Arms Ray Price
Crazy Arms/You Done Me Wrong, Columbia - Instrumental: Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams Preservation Hall Hot 4 with Duke Dejan
Preservation Hall Hot 4 with Duke Dejan, Preservation Hall Recordings - Nothing But Trouble Lonnie Johnson
Sings 24 Twelve Bar Blues, Highland - It's Right Here for Ya Blue Lu Barker with George Finola Band
New Orleans Jazz Man and Raconteur, GHB Records - I'm Your Levee Man Luke Winslow-King
Everlasting Arms, Bloodshot Records - SEGMENT: Luke Winslow-King
Listen - Instrumental: Endless Summer Slack Key Jeff Peterson
Slack Key Guitar: The Artistry of Jeff Peterson, Palm Records - Peaceful, Easy Feeling Eagles
Eagles, Asylum - When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again Hank Thompson
When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again/Who Left the Door to Heaven Open, Dot Records - Bluebird Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt, Warner Brothers - That Lucky Old Sun Jerry Lee Lewis
Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family - Blue Skies Cassandra Wilson
Blue Skies, JMT - End Bed: Sunny Side of the Street James Booker
Junco Partner, Island
