Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones performs live in the KPLU Seattle studios on June 28, 2013.
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Booker T. Jones: The heart of soul
Booker T. Jones performing live in the Jazz24/KPLU Seattle studios on June 28, 2013. Credit: Justin Steyer Booker T. Jones: The heart of soulLive Studio SessionsDownload During the 1960s there was a...
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Trance Blues inspired by Skip James
Skip James Trance Blues inspired by Skip JamesThe Blues Time MachineDownload Skip James was one of the first influential blues players. Although he came from the same Mississippi culture that produced...
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Obscure origins of a blues classic: ‘Catfish Blues’
Catfish Blues The Blues Time MachineCatfish BluesDownload It’s one of the most widely played songs in the blues, but not much is known about Robert Petway, the man who recorded the definitive early...
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The Wolf Howls on “Smokestack Lightning”
Howlin’ Wolf Blues Time MachineSmokestack LightningDownload In the span of Howlin’ Wolf’s life and career he saw virtually the entire progression of blues from a rural, acoustic music through the birth...
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‘The Sky Is Crying’ with three legendary guitarists
Stevie Ray Vaughan The Blues Time Machine‘The Sky Is Crying’Download Elmore James is a giant of the blues. His work as a songwriter, singer and guitarist put him near the top of the short list of...
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Gershwin’s masterpiece ‘Summertime’ becomes a rock classic
Cheap Thrills- Big Brother & The Holding Company Blues Time MachineSummertimeDownload “Summertime” is considered one of George Gershwin’s finest songs. Collaborating with his brother Ira and...
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Blues turns electric with “Crawling King Snake”
Cover image of These Are My Blues Blues Time MachineCrawling King SnakeDownload Big Joe Williams was part of the first generation of blues players, and lived to help spark the blues revival of the...
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4 Ways To Sing “The Same Thing”
Muddy Waters 'The Same Thing'The Blues Time MachineDownload This deceptively simple blues song is a masterpiece of restraint and execution. Recorded first in 1964, it features the voice of Muddy Waters...
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‘The Milk Cow Blues’– alive and well 80 years later
Sleepy John Estes Blues Time MachineThe Milk Cow BluesDownload Sleepy John Estes was a Tennessee-based blues singer of the 1920’s and 30’s. Though not a flashy guitarist, his voice was packed with...
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