Uncensored History of the Blues
Mike Rugel and the Delta Blues Museum take a raw look at the early history of blues music. Each show includes a series of pre-war blues tracks along with context and exposition. Visit www.deltabluesmuseum.org or Uncensored History of the Blues blog at www.purplebeech.com/blues.
Creator: MRugel
Site: www.deltabluesmuseum.org
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Audio in this Podcast
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Songs about paying the furniture man. (49 days ago)
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Songs about dogs in conjunction with the Delta Blues Museum Delta Dogs exhibit. (91 days ago)
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Blues at the Fort Valley Folk Festival
Music recorded at the Fort Valley College Folk Festival between 1941 and 1943. (120 days ago)
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A tour of songs about Mississippi towns. (178 days ago)
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Songs about the prison experience. (215 days ago)
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Songs about experiences with the police, lawyers, judges, jails, and prison. (257 days ago)
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Blues songs with lyrics that seem weird to the modern listener. (293 days ago)
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Blues songs about playing policy, the popular lottery game. (338 days ago)
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Some great versions of songs about the legendary steel driving man. (365 days ago)
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Blues songs about skin tone and the stereotypes around high yellow, brown, or black. (425 days ago)
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Bluesmen from the Depression sing about Hard Times and struggling just to get by. (466 days ago)
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A look at some blues songs featuring that black snake. (531 days ago)
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An appreciation of bluesman Henry Townsend who died Sunday, September 24, 2006 at age 96. (590 days ago)
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What the Chinaman Told the Jew
Blues songs with lyrics about ethnicity and nationality. (611 days ago)
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Blues musicians create songs to acknowledge their recently passed friends and mentors. (638 days ago)
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Blues songs about drinking and making bootleg whiskey. (680 days ago)
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Songs about the champ. (701 days ago)
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Blues songs about the migration from the rural South to the Northern cities. (731 days ago)
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New songs finally reissued from Son House, Luke Jordan, and others. (758 days ago)
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In the 1920s, blues musicians performed songs recalling the First World War. (771 days ago)
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