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Episode 2

The Devil's Music Series 2
Episode 2 of 4

First transmitted in 1979. Blues music was often sung by travelling singers on the American music circuit. Performers such as Laura Dukes captivated on-the-road audiences.

First transmitted in 1979. Blues music was also often sung by travelling singers on the American music circuit. Performers such as Laura Dukes captivated on-the-road audiences, and similar Blues performers were also frequently featured in travelling minstrel shows. Alexis Korner continues in his exploration into the soulful world of American Blues music, discovering that Blues songs were often based on the singers' home town.

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24 minutes

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Mon 15 Mar 1982 22:20
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Music Played

  • Laura Dukes

    Crawdad

  • Sam Chatmon

    Who's Gonna Love You Tonight?

  • Big Joe Williams

    Sloppy Drunk

  • Big Joe Williams

    Highway 49

  • Little Brother Montgomery

    Vicksburgh Blues

  • James DeShay

    Pony Blues

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four Blues Collection

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four Blues Collection
This programme is part a collection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ programmes featuring influential blues musicians, including B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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The Blues is not always 'feeling down' music. This programme is about 'Good Time Blues'. It focuses on Blues singers who made their living by moving around playing to audiences wherever they could find them. Sam Chatmon would quit his farm work during the slack season and go on tour, perhaps up through Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee and back again, cracking jokes, telling stories and singing a love song along the way.

About Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four Collection programmes

Programmes are selected, in part, for their historical context and reflect the broadcast standards and attitudes of their time, which may not accord to some current Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ editorial guidelines. We aim to select programmes which can be shown in their entirety but in some cases edits are required.

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