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Episode 12: "When Love Comes to Town" Locale: New Orleans Late in the 20th century, a plethora of young blues artists led by Jonny Lang, Corey Harris, Keb’ Mo’, the North Mississippi Allstars, and Susan Tedeschi, brought fresh sounds and stylings to the music. At the same time, stalwarts like Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, and B.B. King only heightened their acclaim. In this episode, we talk to blues greats like R.L. Burnside, as well as artists from the younger generation. This program also celebrates the long-standing relationship the blues has had with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Muddy Waters’ son, Big Bill Morganfield, demonstrates how modern blues builds on what came before. Listen: Full Version » Windows Media Part 1 » Windows Media Part 2 » Windows Media Part 3 » Windows Media Read Transcript » Supplemental Audio: Big Bill Morganfield Hoochie Coochie Girl Windows Media Buddy Guy (1 of 4) Windows Media Buddy Guy (2 of 4) Windows Media Buddy Guy (3 of 4) Windows Media Buddy Guy (4 of 4) Windows Media Shemekia Copeland (1 of 6) Windows Media Shemekia Copeland (2 of 6) Windows Media Shemekia Copeland (3 of 6) Windows Media Shemekia Copeland (4 of 6) Windows Media Shemekia Copeland (5 of 6) Windows Media Shemekia Copeland (6 of 6) Windows Media Supplemental Material: Names Discussed in this Episode Links courtesy of All Music Guide Gaye Adegbalola, Bernard Allison, Luther Allison, Louis Armstrong, Dan Aykroyd, Marcia Ball, Beastie Boys, Bono, Lonnie Brooks, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Charles Brown, R.L. Burnside, Leroy Carr, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, John Cleary, Johnny Copeland, Shemekia Copeland, Robert Cray, Cow Cow Davenport, Jim Dickinson, The Edge, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Zakiya Hooker, Dr. John, Johnny Johnson, Matthew Johnson, Robert Johnson, Louis Jordan, B.B. King, Chris Thomas King, Freddie King, Jimmy D. Lane, Los Lobos, Professor Longhair, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Big Maceo Merriweather, Amos Milburn, Keb' Mo', Little Brother Montgomery, Big Bill Morganfield, Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Musselwhite, Kenny Neal, Raful Neal, The North Mississippi Allstars, Pinetop Perkins, James Peterson, Lucky Peterson, Honey Piazza, Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, Sonny Rhodes, Jimmy Rogers, Roy Rogers, Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter, Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim, Clarence"Pinetop" Smith, Otis Spann, Roosevelt Sykes, Koko Taylor, Tabby Thomas, Art Tipaldi, U2, Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Johnny Winter, Mitch Woods, Jimmy Yancey Read transcript of this episode (PDF): Episode 12 Transcript (Adobe Acrobat PDF) » Read transcript of this episode (HTML): | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Producer's Notes Episode 12: When Love Comes to Town Episode 12 covers a lot of ground. My favorite part is the discussion of Mississippi Hill Country Blues. Jim Dickinson describes Hill Country Blues as a kind of trance music. I also like R.L. Burnside’s assessment: “It’s bad, you know!” Throughout the series we had to focus on one or two artists from a genre or an era of blues because of time constraints. Here, we focused on R.L., but there are a number of great Hill Country players that really take you somewhere unexpected when you listen to their music. If your idea of the Blues is the twelve bar pattern with the first vocal line of the verse repeated, listen to some Robert Belfour. When I first heard it, I didn’t think it was music from a region of the country I didn’t know about, I thought it was music from some country I didn’t know about.
Matt Bauer
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Major funding for the radio series comes from Volkswagen. The Blues is a co-production of EMP Radio and Ben Manilla Productions, in association with WGBH Radio, Boston. Produced by Peter Crimmins and Matt Bauer. Executive Producers: Robert Santelli and Ben Manilla. Executive in charge for WGBH Radio: Robert Lyons. |
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 Ten Things to Help You Become a Better Blues Musician, by Don Mock |
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