Episode 3 – Instruments
April 2015
The blues have been played on almost every instrument you can name; by full orchestras; and on items never designed for music like washboards and jugs.
We’ve covered the range to get as many as we could fit into an hour of music, though we are still looking for a good stovepipe blues
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Record Label |
| I’m Lonesome blues | Robert Pete Williams | Angola Prisoners Blues | Folk Lyric |
| Fishing Blues | Henry Thomas | M. Scorcese Presents The Blues 1 |
Hip-O records |
| Going To Chicago | Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing | M. Scorcese Presents The Blues 2 |
Hip-O records |
| Midnight Cold | Jesse Fuller | San Francisco Bay Blues | Good Time Jazz |
| Florida Blues | Dixieland Jug Blowers | The Great Jug Bands 1926 – 1934 | Historical |
| Poor Boy, Long ways From Home | Gus Cannon | Ten Years In Memphis 1927 – 1937 |
Yazoo L1002 |
| Prison Blues | Unknown | Murderers Home | Tradition |
| Fence Breaking Blues | The Shreveport Homewreckers | Bottleneck Guitar Classics ’26 – ’37 |
Yazoo L1026 |
| Worried Life Blues | Rockin Dopsie and His Cajun Twisters ZY-DE-CO-IN’ |
Sonet | |
| Denomination Blues Part 1 | Washington Phillips | Denomination Blues | Agram Blues |
| I’m Feeling Lowdown | Washboard Sam | Feeling Lowdown | RCA Victor |
| Mother Earth | Memphis Slim | M. Scorcese Presents The Blues 3 |
Hip-O records |
| The Clock Strikes Twelve | Bo Diddley | ABC Of The Blues vol 8 | Membran |
| Bad Feeling Blues | Ry Cooder | Soundtrack “Crossroads” movie | Warner Bros. Records |
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Producer: David Sillery
Show host: Marie Eleniak
Technical production: Dieter Gade at SilkeSound Studio, Haines Junction, Yukon