Blues on My Mind
Julia B Simon
Discussion of blues music. Each episode analyzes one or two blues songs. Topics cover lyrics, musical structure, history and meaning of songs.
Recent Episodes
Daughter of the Blues: Shemekia CopelandMay 03, 2020
Blues as Inheritance: Kenny Neal's "Bloodline"April 17, 2020
Natural Disaster: Bessie Smith's "Back Water Blues"March 29, 2020
Muddy Waters: My Home Is in the DeltaMarch 22, 2020
Blues and Zydeco: Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers?February 23, 2020
Toronzo Cannon: "Bad Contract"February 13, 2020
B. B. King Tells a Tale: "Sweet Sixteen"February 06, 2020
Lonnie Johnson: Revealer of DeceitJanuary 23, 2020
Buddy Guy: Keeping the Blues FreshJanuary 17, 2020
Pain behind the Happiness: Billy Boy ArnoldJanuary 09, 2020
Albert Collins: Master of the TelecasterJanuary 01, 2020
Christmas BluesDecember 24, 2019
Canadian Blues: The Jeff Healey BandDecember 20, 2019
Love of Young Women: Muddy Waters's "She's Nineteen Years Old"December 11, 2019
Guilt: Robert Cray's "Right Next Door (Because of Me)"December 05, 2019
The Nighthawks: Blues from DCNovember 29, 2019
The Mannish Boys: Having FunNovember 21, 2019
Anger out in the Cold: Muddy Waters's "Nine Below Zero"November 14, 2019
Keb' Mo': Updated Delta BluesNovember 06, 2019
Tab Benoit: Women and/as CarsOctober 31, 2019
Avalon, Mississippi: Mississippi John HurtOctober 24, 2019
New Chicago Blues: The Cash Box KingsOctober 17, 2019
Second-Generation Chicago Blues: Aron BurtonOctober 10, 2019
West Side Style: Otis Rush, "I Can't Quit You Baby"September 28, 2019
Parchman Farm: The Mississippi State PenitentiarySeptember 21, 2019
Blues as Inheritance: Kenny Neal's "Bloodline"April 17, 2020
Natural Disaster: Bessie Smith's "Back Water Blues"March 29, 2020
Muddy Waters: My Home Is in the DeltaMarch 22, 2020
Blues and Zydeco: Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers?February 23, 2020
Toronzo Cannon: "Bad Contract"February 13, 2020
B. B. King Tells a Tale: "Sweet Sixteen"February 06, 2020
Lonnie Johnson: Revealer of DeceitJanuary 23, 2020
Buddy Guy: Keeping the Blues FreshJanuary 17, 2020
Pain behind the Happiness: Billy Boy ArnoldJanuary 09, 2020
Albert Collins: Master of the TelecasterJanuary 01, 2020
Christmas BluesDecember 24, 2019
Canadian Blues: The Jeff Healey BandDecember 20, 2019
Love of Young Women: Muddy Waters's "She's Nineteen Years Old"December 11, 2019
Guilt: Robert Cray's "Right Next Door (Because of Me)"December 05, 2019
The Nighthawks: Blues from DCNovember 29, 2019
The Mannish Boys: Having FunNovember 21, 2019
Anger out in the Cold: Muddy Waters's "Nine Below Zero"November 14, 2019
Keb' Mo': Updated Delta BluesNovember 06, 2019
Tab Benoit: Women and/as CarsOctober 31, 2019
Avalon, Mississippi: Mississippi John HurtOctober 24, 2019
New Chicago Blues: The Cash Box KingsOctober 17, 2019
Second-Generation Chicago Blues: Aron BurtonOctober 10, 2019
West Side Style: Otis Rush, "I Can't Quit You Baby"September 28, 2019
Parchman Farm: The Mississippi State PenitentiarySeptember 21, 2019