This Week In The Blues: Aug 25 - Aug 31, 2024

Blues History: This Week In The Blues

HEY BLUES FANS - Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of Aug 25 - Aug 31, 2024.
Some of the highlights include blues shouter Jimmy Rushing, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s Dinah Washington, and Chicago-based blues singer and guitarist Joanna Connor.
We just covered some of the highlights here. 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:
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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 Rushing w Dizzie Gillespie Quintet - "Blues After Dark" - https://youtu.be/ijiNEBDxxyg?si=0KXlbRCT2gKjsnsb
Dinah Washington - 1958 Newport Jazz Festival - "All of Me" - https://youtu.be/AxrbSlWweQk?si=AeCi7NshTLnMOcn8
Joanna Connor and The Wrecking Crew - "Walking Blues" - https://youtu.be/0gadAdD4yVQ?si=RvoSB-kMG-eQ9Lcm
M For Mississippi - https://youtu.be/9vECArwtqhc?si=htEuHBVK2rQxx5oW
We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then!
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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:
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