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HEY BLUES FANS! Here’s the latest episode of “This Week In The Blues” for the week of October 18 - October 24, 2026. Some of the highlights include Mississippi hill country blues guitarist and singer Jessie Mae Hemphill, Chicago blues guitarist L. C. McKinley, and Piedmont blues harmonica player Sonny Terry. 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues “This Week In The Blues” podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on “The Weekend Blues” hosted by ‘Hard luck’ Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS! Here’s the latest episode of “This Week In The Blues” for the week of October 11 - October 17, 2026. Some of the highlights include Mississippi blues harmonica player Harmonica Frank, Texas blues singer and pianist Victoria Spivey, and Mississippi Delta blues guitarist Big Joe Williams. 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues “This Week In The Blues” podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on “The Weekend Blues” hosted by ‘Hard luck’ Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS! Here’s the latest episode of “This Week In The Blues” for the week of October 4 - October 10, 2026. Some of the highlights include Texas blues guitarist George “Little Hat” Jones, Mississippi Delta multi-instrumentalist Lonnie Pitchford, and Delta blues guitarist Mississippi Joe Callicott. 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues “This Week In The Blues” podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on “The Weekend Blues” hosted by ‘Hard luck’ Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS! Here’s the latest episode of “This Week In The Blues” for the week of September 27 - October 3, 2026. Some of the highlights include Chicago-rooted blues harmonica player Bob Corritore, Mississippi Delta blues pianist LaLa Craig, and Texas blues guitarist Albert Collins. 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues “This Week In The Blues” podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on “The Weekend Blues” hosted by ‘Hard luck’ Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS! Here’s the latest episode of “This Week In The Blues” for the week of September 20 - September 26, 2026. Some of the highlights include New Orleans piano player Eddie Bo, Texas blues guitarist Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Chicago blues guitarist and bassist Lee Jackson. 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues “This Week In The Blues” podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on “The Weekend Blues” hosted by ‘Hard luck’ Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 13 - September 19, 2026. Some of the highlights include "Stormy Monday" becoming one of the most influential blues recordings ever made, the "King of the Blues," B.B. King, and Chicago blues musician Eddie Burks. 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 6 - September 12, 2026. Some of the highlights include Chicago blues legend Jimmy Reed, the explosive guitar style and wild stage antics of Guitar Shorty, and Odie Payne Jr., one of the most distinctive blues vocalists of the early twentieth century, Texas Alexander. 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 30 - September 5, 2026. Some of the highlights include Piedmont blues guitarist known by the colorful nickname “The Devil’s Daddy-in-Law” , bMemphis Slim, and 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 artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 23 - August 29, 2026. Some of the highlights include Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, blues guitar player Castro Coleman, known professionally as Mr. Sipp, and Odie Payne Jr., one of the most respected and influential drummers in blues history.  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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 16 - August 22, 2026. Some of the highlights include Texas blues musician Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson, soul blues singer Earl Gaines, the “King of the Boogie,” John Lee Hooker. 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 9 - August 15, 2026. Some of the highlights include music inventor and innovator Leo Fender, blues guitarist Roy Gaines, and Walter Horn Jr, known as Mississippi 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 artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 2 - August 8, 2026. Some of the highlights include of the pioneering musicians of the Delta blues, Willie Brown, Texas blues singer and piano player Big Walter Price, Jimmy Witherspoon, one of the leading blues vocalists of the postwar era. 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode: Albert King - Blues Power | Live at Fillmore East (1970) - https://youtu.be/SyVhBfIFbiQ?si=qeV9sQRFz6-ZeyCw Magic Slim And The Tear Drops - "I'm A Blues Man Live" - https://youtu.be/1HDS3jkPO3c?si=d3pbZZG5AlbkQxD_ PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 26 - August 1, 2026. Some of the highlights include one of Detroit’s most admired blues singers, Alberta Adams, the day Willie Dixon recorded "29 Ways" for Checker Records, and blues guitar legend Buddy Guy. 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode: Jimmy Duck Holmes – "Catfish Blues" [Official Video] - https://youtu.be/PXEWNwvdFzY?si=4DLK2mGer9qTGbAv Robert Cray: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert - https://youtu.be/fEjzBKo-sxI?si=EI6hj2_GQaU-qscu PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 19 - July 25, 2026. Some of the highlights include the day T-Bone Walker first recorded the timeless blues classic "Mean Old World", the man they call The Blues Maestro, Little Freddie King, and Texas blues musician Curly 'Barefoot' Miller. 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode: T-Bone Walker - "Mean Old World" - https://youtu.be/M_ZDGFBKbBM?si=m690j1cU16YhVhd5 Big Joe Williams - "Wild Cow Moan" - https://youtu.be/TZg4sZ-dYvA?si=Aoy4vm8x5JtFljG2 PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 12 - July 18, 2026. Some of the highlights include the day Magic Sam started recording the album "West Side Soul", Delta blues guitarist Richard “Hacksaw” Harney, and blues musician Washboard Sam Brown . 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 things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode: "Blues in the Mississippi Night" - https://youtu.be/oQbLBQ-0sSU?si=HAf0B8JV1SQI5yJd Blind Boy Fuller - Forgotten Durham Blues Musician - https://youtu.be/e00TyUOIyU4?si=RctmMkk5FzcIn12q PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! NOW AVAILABLE AS A PODCAST! If you would prefer to listen to this as a podcast, "This Week In The Blues" is now available on all major podcast platforms. #blues #BluesMusic #BluesSongs #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #ChicagoBlues #Chicago #Delta #DeltaBlues #Mississippi #MississippiDelta #ThisWeekInTheBlues #Clarksdale #ElectricBlues #AcousticBlues #BluesGuitar #VintageBlues #SoulOfTheBlues #RootsMusic #AmericanRootsMusic #MusicHistory #BlackMusicHistory #AfricanAmericanMusic #SoulOfTheBlues #BluesCulture #BluesRevival #BluesArchive #KeepingTheBluesAlive  @visit_clarksdale @VisitClarksdale @DeltaCulturalCenter @TheBluesFoundation ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues