Roots of Jazz and Blues with King Henry - Episode 8 - Urban Blues

The roots of Urban Blues, including Boogie-Woogie and Chicago Blues.

Read a transcript of the episode.

Photo: Muddy Waters, 1950

  • Muddy Waters - Country Blues (No. 1) (1941) @ 00:00
  • Pinetop Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (1928) @ 05:14
  • Pinetop Smith - Jump Steady Blues (1928) @ 08:35
  • Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues (1928) @ 12:40
  • Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive (1928) @ 15:45
  • Roosevelt Sykes - 44 Blues (1929) @ 19:35
  • Roosevelt Sykes - The Honeydripper (1945) @ 22:24
  • Big Bill Broonzy - Conversation With The Blues (1941) @ 26:13
  • Big Bill Broonzy - Where the Blues Began (1945) @ 28:56
  • Tampa Red - She Want To Sell My Monkey (1942) @ 32:31
  • Tampa Red - Grieving Blues (1947) @ 35:48
  • Ham Gravy (Washboard Sam) - Mama Don't Allow (1935) @ 39:18
  • Washboard Sam - Don't Have to Sing the Blues (1942) @ 42:35
  • Little Walter - Juke (1951) @ 46:00
  • Little Walter - My Babe(1955) @ 49:00
  • Otis Spann - It Must Have Been the Devil (1964) @ 52:01
  • Otis Spann - The Hard Way (1960) @ 1:00:46
  • Muddy Waters - Rollin Stone (1950) @ 1:01:51
  • Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man (1954) @ 1:05:37
Airdate: 
Thursday, January 11, 2024