Episode 2 – Duets
June 2013
From earliest times partnerships have been a tradition in blues music. Maybe it was a sighted person leading a blind musician from street corner to street corner to play for pennies, or a duo of talented players each adding to a greater whole. Thanks to the popularity of “crossover” music we can throw in a few surprises as well. Checkout what we’ve dug up.
Play List
| Song Title | Performer | Album | Record Label |
| Ganges Delta Blues | Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt | A Meeting by the River | Water Lily Acoustics |
| Blues Before Sunrise | Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell | Blues Before Sunrise | CBS |
| Women Be Wise, Don’t Advertise Your Man | Bonnie Raitt and Sippie Wallace | The Bonnie Raitt Collection | Warner Bros. |
| Mountain Blues | Big Bill Broonzy and Black Bob | The Classic Sides, 1928 – 1937 | JSP Records |
| The Healer | John Lee Hooker and Carlos Santana | The Best Of Friends | Chameleon |
| County Jail Blues | Big Maceo and Tampa Red | Black and White Vol. 9 | Victor |
| What’s The Matter Blues | Beale Street Sheiks | Ten Years In Memphis, 1927 -1937 | Yazoo |
| Ain’t No Sunshine | Tracy Chapman and Buddy Guy | Bring ‘ Em In | Silvertone |
| No Matter How She Done It | Tampa Red and Georgia Tom Dorsey | The Guitar Wizard | Columbia |
| Matchbox Blues | Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King | n/a | n/a |
| Let The Good Times Roll | Tony Bennett and BB King | Playing With My Friends – Tony Bennett Sings The Blues | RPM Records/Columbia |
Producer: David Sillery
Show host: Marie Eleniak
Technical production: Dieter Gade at SilkeSound Studio, Haines Junction, Yukon