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ROBERT JOHNSON
Hot blues for the cold winter, and conversations with performers who shared the stage with one of the forefathers of the blues, Robert Johnson.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Cross Road Blues Marcus Roberts
Blues For the New Millennium, Columbia - Cross Road Blues Robert Johnson
The Complete Recordings, Columbia - Crossroads Cream
The Very Best of Cream, Polydor - Terraplane Blues Robert Johnson
King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy - Dynaflow Blues The Johnny Shines Blues Band
Chicago Blues Today! Vol. 3, Vanguard - INTERVIEW: Johnny Shines
- Gonna Call the Angel Johnny Shines
Johnny Shines and Robert Lockwood, Paula Records - Instrumental: Preaching Blues Jay McShann
Some Blues, Chiaroscuro - Walking Blues Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt, Warner Brothers - Sweet Old Chicago Roosevelt 'The Honeydripper' Sykes
Blues By Roosevelt 'The Honeydripper' Sykes, Smithsonian Folkways - Last Fair Deal Gone Down Rising Sons
Rising Sons featuring Ry Cooder & Taj Mahal, Columbia/Legacy - Milk Cow Blues Kokomo Arnold
The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo - Milk Cow Blues Rose Maddox
America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, Vol. 1, Arhoolie - Le blues de la vache a lait Clifton Chenier
Frenchin' The Boogie, Verve - Instrumental: Memphis Blues Eubie Blake
Memories of You - from Rare Piano Rolls, Biograph - INTERVIEW: Henry Townsend
- It's A Hard Road to Travel Henry Townsend
Mule, Nighthawk - They're Red Hot Robert Johnson
The Complete Recordings, Columbia - Go Ahead Buddy Bill Weldon
The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo - They're Red Hot Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers, EMI
HOUR two
- Miles Runs the Hoodoo Down Miles Davis
Bitches Brew, - Hell Hound On My Trail Robert Johnson
King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy - Hell Hound On My Trail Cassandra Wilson
Blue Light 'Til Dawn, Blue Note - Preachin' Blues Son House
Mojo Workin' - Blues for the Next Generation, Columbia/Legacy - Stop Breaking Down Rolling Stones
Exile On Main Street, Virgin - Love In Vain Robert Johnson
King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy - Instrumental: Be My Lady Booker T. & the MGs
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968, Atlantic - INTERVIEW: Robert Junior Lockwood
- Ramblin' On My Mind Robert Junior Lockwood
Plays Robert & Robert, Evidence - Ramblin' On My Mind Front Range
Ramblin' On My Mind, Sugar Hill - Sitting On Top of the World The Mississippi Sheiks
The Roots of Robert Johnson, Yazoo - Come On In My Kitchen Robert Johnson
King of the Delta Blues, Columbia/Legacy - Come On In My Kitchen Keb' Mo'
Keb' Mo', Okeh - Dust My Broom Yardbirds
BBC Sessions, Warner Archives - Instrumental: Strollin' Home King Curtis
The Best of King Curtis, Capitol - INTERVIEW: Lonnie Pitchford
- My Babe Lonnie Pitchford
All Around Man, Rooster - If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day Lonnie Pitchford
All Around Man, Rooster - Rollin' and Tumblin' Muddy Waters
The Chess Box, Chess/MCA - KKKrossroads Chris Thomas
21st Century Blues...From Da 'Hood, Private - End Bed: Crossroads Cowboy Junkies
Whites Off Earth Now!, RCA
