<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1314508/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>Blues You Should Know goes True Crime! Two programs about actual crimes enshrined in the blues. In Pt.1 we listened to different versions of a single case: the murder of Wm. Lyons by &quot;Stack&quot; Lee Shelton. In Pt.2 we check out several different crimes, from the 1890&apos;s through the 1950&apos;s. All true and all sung about by Blues Singers including John Hurt, Bukka White, Chuck Willis, &amp; Eric Bibb. Always free and available on your favorite podcast platform.<a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/BFrank53?locale.x=en_US">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1314508/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Blues You Should Know goes True Crime! Two programs about actual crimes enshrined in the blues. In Pt.1 we listened to different versions of a single case: the murder of Wm. Lyons by &amp;quot;Stack&amp;quot; Lee Shelton. In Pt.2 we check out several different crimes, from the 1890&amp;apos;s through the 1950&amp;apos;s. All true and all sung about by Blues Singers including John Hurt, Bukka White, Chuck Willis, &amp;amp; Eric Bibb. Always free and available on your favorite podcast platform.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/BFrank53?locale.x=en_US"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us Fan Mail Blues You Should Know goes True Crime! Two programs about actual crimes enshrined in the blues. In Pt.1 we listened to different versions of a single case: the murder of Wm. Lyons by "Stack" Lee Shelton. In Pt.2 we check out several different crimes, from the 1890's through the 1950's. All true and all sung about by Blues Singers including John Hurt, Bukka White, Chuck Willis, &amp; Eric Bibb. Always free and available on your favorite podcast platform. Support the show 

True Crime Blues Pt.2

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1314508/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>Blues You Should Know goes True Crime! Two programs about actual crimes enshrined in the blues. Program #1 focuses on a single crime: the  murder of William Lyons by  &quot;Stag&quot; <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Shelton'>Lee Shelton</a>, in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri'>St. Louis, MO</a>, on Christmas 1895. How is it that a 130 year-old crime has become so embedded in our national zeitgeist? Over 502 different performers have recorded songs about “Stagolee”. Obviously, we won’t play all of them but we’ll tell the real story of what happened as opposed to some of the fanciful versions that have appeared in song over the years. Available on your favorite podcast platform and always free. <a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/BFrank53?locale.x=en_US">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1314508/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Blues You Should Know goes True Crime! Two programs about actual crimes enshrined in the blues. Program #1 focuses on a single crime: the  murder of William Lyons by  &amp;quot;Stag&amp;quot; &lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Shelton'&gt;Lee Shelton&lt;/a&gt;, in &lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri'&gt;St. Louis, MO&lt;/a&gt;, on Christmas 1895. How is it that a 130 year-old crime has become so embedded in our national zeitgeist? Over 502 different performers have recorded songs about “Stagolee”. Obviously, we won’t play all of them but we’ll tell the real story of what happened as opposed to some of the fanciful versions that have appeared in song over the years. Available on your favorite podcast platform and always free. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/BFrank53?locale.x=en_US"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us Fan Mail Blues You Should Know goes True Crime! Two programs about actual crimes enshrined in the blues. Program #1 focuses on a single crime: the  murder of William Lyons by  "Stag" Lee Shelton, in St. Louis, MO, on Christmas 1895. How is it that a 130 year-old crime has become so embedded in our national zeitgeist? Over 502 different performers have recorded songs about “Stagolee”. Obviously, we won’t play all of them but we’ll tell the real story of what happened as oppos...

True Crime Blues, Pt.1-Stagolee

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1314508/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>This program features what I, and the original interviewer Ron Weinstock,  believe is the first ever extended interview with Robert Lockwood, Jr. This took place at the studios of radio station WRUW-FM on the campus of Case-Western Reserve University  in early 1971. Present in the studio were Weinstock, Lockwood, Dave Griggs, and myself. Robert had recently emerged from a ten year semi-retirement and was playing as a featured guest in the Dave Griggs band, in clubs around the Greater Cleveland area. He had not yet put together his own band. Robert talks about himself (Robert never had problems with self-esteem), and many of the people he worked with over the years including Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Robert Johnson, Howlin&apos; Wolf, Lester Melrose, and Doctor Clayton. This program may be a bit esoteric, but I believe it&apos;s an historically significant document that deserves and needs to be heard. A special thanks goes out to the late Nick Amster, who paid to have someone go through a large box of reel-to-reel tapes to find the one that had this interview on it. <a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/BFrank53?locale.x=en_US">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1314508/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This program features what I, and the original interviewer Ron Weinstock,  believe is the first ever extended interview with Robert Lockwood, Jr. This took place at the studios of radio station WRUW-FM on the campus of Case-Western Reserve University  in early 1971. Present in the studio were Weinstock, Lockwood, Dave Griggs, and myself. Robert had recently emerged from a ten year semi-retirement and was playing as a featured guest in the Dave Griggs band, in clubs around the Greater Cleveland area. He had not yet put together his own band. Robert talks about himself (Robert never had problems with self-esteem), and many of the people he worked with over the years including Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Robert Johnson, Howlin&amp;apos; Wolf, Lester Melrose, and Doctor Clayton. This program may be a bit esoteric, but I believe it&amp;apos;s an historically significant document that deserves and needs to be heard. A special thanks goes out to the late Nick Amster, who paid to have someone go through a large box of reel-to-reel tapes to find the one that had this interview on it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/BFrank53?locale.x=en_US"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us Fan Mail This program features what I, and the original interviewer Ron Weinstock,  believe is the first ever extended interview with Robert Lockwood, Jr. This took place at the studios of radio station WRUW-FM on the campus of Case-Western Reserve University  in early 1971. Present in the studio were Weinstock, Lockwood, Dave Griggs, and myself. Robert had recently emerged from a ten year semi-retirement and was playing as a featured guest in the Dave Griggs band, in clubs ...

Robert Lockwood, Jr. 1st Interview

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1314508/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>The second half of our two part series on blues mandolin features several of the post-war stars of the mandolin including Johnny Young, Martin, Bogan &amp; Armstrong, Steve James, and more. This program also includes our first ever live interview, here with mandolin player/educator/promotor Rich DelGrosso. By the conclusion of this program we hope you&apos;ll agree that the mandolin is indeed a blues instrument that should be used a lot more. Blues You Should Know is always free and available on your favorite podcast platform. <a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/BFrank53?locale.x=en_US">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1314508/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The second half of our two part series on blues mandolin features several of the post-war stars of the mandolin including Johnny Young, Martin, Bogan &amp;amp; Armstrong, Steve James, and more. This program also includes our first ever live interview, here with mandolin player/educator/promotor Rich DelGrosso. By the conclusion of this program we hope you&amp;apos;ll agree that the mandolin is indeed a blues instrument that should be used a lot more. Blues You Should Know is always free and available on your favorite podcast platform. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/BFrank53?locale.x=en_US"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us Fan Mail The second half of our two part series on blues mandolin features several of the post-war stars of the mandolin including Johnny Young, Martin, Bogan &amp; Armstrong, Steve James, and more. This program also includes our first ever live interview, here with mandolin player/educator/promotor Rich DelGrosso. By the conclusion of this program we hope you'll agree that the mandolin is indeed a blues instrument that should be used a lot more. Blues You Should Know is always free a...

Eight String Blues, Pt. 2

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1314508/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>Do you think of the mandolin as a blues instrument? You should and you will after hearing these two programs. In part 1 we&apos;ll hear some of the early practitioners of blues mandolin like Coley Jones, Yank Rachell and Charlie McCoy. We&apos;ll even hear from mandolin slingers heavily influenced by the early masters, Bill Monroe and Ry Cooder. Part 2 will feature mandolinists from the post-war era and will also include our first ever live interview with mandolin player/promoter/educator Rich Del Grosso.  Always free and available on your favorite podcast platform. <a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/BFrank53?locale.x=en_US">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1314508/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us Fan Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you think of the mandolin as a blues instrument? You should and you will after hearing these two programs. In part 1 we&amp;apos;ll hear some of the early practitioners of blues mandolin like Coley Jones, Yank Rachell and Charlie McCoy. We&amp;apos;ll even hear from mandolin slingers heavily influenced by the early masters, Bill Monroe and Ry Cooder. Part 2 will feature mandolinists from the post-war era and will also include our first ever live interview with mandolin player/promoter/educator Rich Del Grosso.  Always free and available on your favorite podcast platform. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/BFrank53?locale.x=en_US"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us Fan Mail Do you think of the mandolin as a blues instrument? You should and you will after hearing these two programs. In part 1 we'll hear some of the early practitioners of blues mandolin like Coley Jones, Yank Rachell and Charlie McCoy. We'll even hear from mandolin slingers heavily influenced by the early masters, Bill Monroe and Ry Cooder. Part 2 will feature mandolinists from the post-war era and will also include our first ever live interview with mandolin player/promoter/educa...

Eight String Blues, Pt 1

The purpose of this podcast will be to pull your coats to some of the influential and notable blues artists who have contributed mightily to our genre. I won’t be talking about the folks you probably already know about: Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, BB King and the like, instead we’ll explore the lives and music of some of the greats who have either become forgotten or perhaps never quite made the “A list.”. The blues has a deep and rich history and the more you broaden your listening scope the more you’ll appreciate and understand this music we all love so much. 

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