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Friends of the Blues

Mar 27, 2026 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM Start archive player

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
Roy Buchanan - Green Onions
Roy Buchanan Green Onions Stephen Lee Cropper, Booker Taliaferro Jones, Alfred Jackson, Lewis Steinberg
Sweet Dreams: The Anthology Universal Records
9:09 PM
Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm - Matchbox (Aka I'm Gonna Forget About You) (Unissued-Version 2 Take 5)
Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm Matchbox (Aka I'm Gonna Forget About You) (Unissued-Version 2 Take 5) Ike Turner
King Cobra: The Chicago Sessions Cobra Records
9:12 PM
Billy Price and Otis Clay - Going to the Shack
Billy Price and Otis Clay Going to the Shack Johnson, Steward
This Time For Real Bonedog Records/VizzTone Label Group
9:16 PM
James Harman - The Clock Is Tickin'
James Harman The Clock Is Tickin' James Harman
Bonetime Electro-Fi Records
9:21 PM
Ray Charles - Sticks and Stones
Ray Charles Sticks and Stones Titus Turner, Henry Glover
Deluxe: Greatest Hits DMI
9:29 PM
Hour Glass - B.B. King Medley: Sweet Little Angel/It's My Own Fault/How Blue Can You Get
Hour Glass B.B. King Medley: Sweet Little Angel/It's My Own Fault/How Blue Can You Get
An Anthology Mercury Records
9:38 PM
B.B. King - Caldonia
B.B. King Caldonia
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents B.B. King [live] King Biscuit
9:52 PM
B.B. King - Goin' Down Slow
B.B. King Goin' Down Slow
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents B.B. King [live] King Biscuit
10:00 PM
Delaney & Bonnie - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Delaney & Bonnie Going Down the Road Feeling Bad Delaney Bramlett
Motel Shot Rhino Atlantic
10:05 PM
Sugaray Rayford - Texas Bluesman
Sugaray Rayford Texas Bluesman Caron Rayford
Southside NimoySue Records
10:10 PM
Ruth Brown - I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
Ruth Brown I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town Roy Jordan, Willie James Weldon, Bill Whelan
R+B=Ruth Brown Bullseye Blues
10:15 PM
Jackie Payne - I Saw the Blues
Jackie Payne I Saw the Blues
I Saw the Blues Blue Dot Records
10:23 PM
Lynwood Slim - Baby Please Don't Go
Lynwood Slim Baby Please Don't Go
Hard to Kill Rip Cat Records
10:26 PM
Holland K. Smith - You Get What You Deserve
Holland K. Smith You Get What You Deserve
Cobalt EllerSoul Records
10:31 PM
D.A Foster - Super Lover
D.A Foster Super Lover Eddie Hinton
The Real Thing Shaboo/VizzTone
10:39 PM
Delbert McClinton - Monkey Around
Delbert McClinton Monkey Around Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson, Benmont Tench
One Of The Fortunate Few Curb Records
10:44 PM
Slam Allen - 35 Miles Outside of Memphis
Slam Allen 35 Miles Outside of Memphis Harrison Allen (BMI)
Feel These Blues American Showplace Music
10:48 PM
Mr. Sipp - Jump the Broom
Mr. Sipp Jump the Broom Castro Coleman
The Mississippi Blues Child Malaco Records
10:55 PM
Porky Cohen - Do Anything You Wanna
Porky Cohen Do Anything You Wanna
Rhythm & Bones Bullseye Blues
10:58 PM
Muddy Waters - Sugar Sweet - 1955 Single Version
Muddy Waters Sugar Sweet - 1955 Single Version Muddy Waters
His Best 1947 To 1956 - The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (Reissue) Geffen