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Friends of the Blues

Dec 26, 2025 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Music

Classic and current blues music hosted by true aficionados. Produced on the campus of Kankakee Community College, Illinois, featuring legends like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Sonny Boy Williamson; current "unknown" wailers like Kid Ramos and Too Slim and the Taildraggers; and regional stand-outs like "Mondo" Cortez's Chicago Blues Angels, and the Kilborn Alley Blues Band. Hosted by D’Arcy “Shuffle Shoes the Blues Guru” Ballinger and James “Dr. Skyy Dobro” Walker.

Friends of the Blues
9:02 PM
Eddie Kirkland - Do Me Right
Eddie Kirkland Do Me Right Willie Dixon
The Songs Of Willie Dixon Telarc
9:05 PM
James Cotton - Down Home Blues
James Cotton Down Home Blues Jackson
Harp Attack! Alligator Records
9:12 PM
James Cotton - Saint On Sunday
James Cotton Saint On Sunday James Cotton, Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge
Cotton Mouth Man Alligator Records
9:15 PM
Dennis Gruenling (feat. Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones) - Bloodshot Eyes
Dennis Gruenling (feat. Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones) Bloodshot Eyes Penny/Hall
Rockin' All Day BackBender Records / VizzTone
9:18 PM
Red Archibald - Been There Done That
Red Archibald Been There Done That Kenzie Archibald, Ed O'Brien, Don Baraka, Dave Coltrara, Scott La Mantia
Red Archibald at Large Profunk
9:28 PM
Chris Cain - Moving Back To Memphis
Chris Cain Moving Back To Memphis
White Line Flyers Blind Pig Records
9:31 PM
Big Pete Pearson - Short Change
Big Pete Pearson Short Change L.P. Pearson
Finger In Your Eye Southwest Musical Arts Fnd.
9:35 PM
Rickey Godfrey - Don't Argue In the Kitchen
Rickey Godfrey Don't Argue In the Kitchen
Nasty Man Serenity Hill
9:40 PM
B.B. King - Funny How Time Slips Away
B.B. King Funny How Time Slips Away B.B. King & Bobby 'Blue' Bland
B.B. King & Friends - 80 Geffen
9:50 PM
Tom Waits - Step Right Up
Tom Waits Step Right Up
Used Songs (1973-1980) Anti/Epitaph
9:57 PM
Eric Bibb - Dig A Little Deeper In The Well
Eric Bibb Dig A Little Deeper In The Well Eric Bibb
Deeper In The Well Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC)
10:06 PM
Junkyardmen - Cadillac
Junkyardmen Cadillac
Keep On Workin' Inside Sounds
10:15 PM
North Mississippi Allstars - Meet Me In The City
North Mississippi Allstars Meet Me In The City
Polaris ATO Records
10:27 PM
Johnny Otis - Big Time Scoop
Johnny Otis Big Time Scoop Otis
The New Johnny Otis Show with Shuggie Otis Alligator Records
10:30 PM
The Vaughan Brothers - Baboom / Mama Said
The Vaughan Brothers Baboom / Mama Said Jimmie Vaughan, S.R. Vaughan, D. Freeman
Family Style SME
10:35 PM
Lloyd Jones - Jump Sister Bessie
Lloyd Jones Jump Sister Bessie
Small Potatoes Burnside Records
10:38 PM
Lucky Peterson - Pickin' - Instrumental
Lucky Peterson Pickin' - Instrumental Lucky Peterson
Move Universal Music Division Decca Records France
10:43 PM
Sheba The Mississippi Queen - Big Man
Sheba The Mississippi Queen Big Man
Butter on My Rolls Sheba the Mississippi Queen
10:49 PM
Tony Z - The Blues That Was Waiting For Me
Tony Z The Blues That Was Waiting For Me
Get Down With The Blues Tone-Cool Records
10:57 PM
Jim Allchin - No Way Out
Jim Allchin No Way Out Jim Allchin
Q.E.D. Sandy Key Music LLC
10:59 PM
Willie Dixon and Friends - I'm Ready
Willie Dixon and Friends I'm Ready Williams
Willie Dixon and Friends Vol. 3 Something Good Recordings