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Friends of the Blues

May 1, 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
9:06 PM
A.C. Reed - These Blues Is Killing Me
A.C. Reed These Blues Is Killing Me Corthen, A
Electric Blues Alligator Records
9:09 PM
Johnny Winter - Unchain My Heart (feat. Blues Brothers Horns)
Johnny Winter Unchain My Heart (feat. Blues Brothers Horns)
Step Back Megaforce
9:15 PM
Rod Piazza - Frankenbop
Rod Piazza Frankenbop Rod Piazza
Rod Piazza: His Instrumentals Blind Pig Records
9:24 PM
Joe Bonamassa - We Went Down to the Mississippi Delta... (Live)
Joe Bonamassa We Went Down to the Mississippi Delta... (Live)
Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks (Live) J&R Adventures
9:28 PM
Joe Bonamassa - Tiger In Your Tank (Live)
Joe Bonamassa Tiger In Your Tank (Live)
Muddy Wolf At Red Rocks (Live) J&R Adventures
9:33 PM
Deb Ryder - Can't Go Back Again
Deb Ryder Can't Go Back Again DEB RYDER
Let It Rain BEJEB MUSIC
9:45 PM
Big Twist - I Brought The Blues On Myself
Big Twist I Brought The Blues On Myself Barge, Montgomery, Nolan, Special
Playing For Keeps Alligator Records
9:49 PM
Lazer Lloyd - Broken Dreams
Lazer Lloyd Broken Dreams
Lazer Lloyd Lots of Love Records
9:56 PM
Mark Hummel - Give Me Time to Explain
Mark Hummel Give Me Time to Explain
The Hustle Is Really On Electro-Fi Records
9:59 PM
Denise LaSalle - The Love You Threw Away
Denise LaSalle The Love You Threw Away
Beach Music Party, Vol. 2 Ecko Records
10:03 PM
Dave Specter - Chicago Style
Dave Specter Chicago Style Dave Specter, William Brichta
Message in Blue Delmark
10:07 PM
Peterson Brothers - Feelin' Like Home (Instrumental)
Peterson Brothers Feelin' Like Home (Instrumental)
The Peterson Brothers Blue Point Records
10:14 PM
Rick Vito - Mojo on My Side
Rick Vito Mojo on My Side
Mojo on My Side Hypertension
10:21 PM
Mighty Sam McClain - Other Side of the Tracks
Mighty Sam McClain Other Side of the Tracks Sandra McClain
Journey sledgehammer blues
10:28 PM
Kyle Jester - Knocks Me Out
Kyle Jester Knocks Me Out
After All This Kyle Jester
10:31 PM
Doug Sahm - Reconsider Baby
Doug Sahm Reconsider Baby Lowell Fulson
Juke Box Music / The Last Real Texas Blues Band Texas Music Group
10:35 PM
Bey Paule Band - Ballad of the Lover Man
Bey Paule Band Ballad of the Lover Man
Not Goin' Away Blue Dot Records
10:43 PM
Bonnie Bramlett - I Can Laugh About It Now
Bonnie Bramlett I Can Laugh About It Now
Roots, Blues & Jazz ZOHO ROOTS
10:46 PM
Johnny Riley - Anger Sets In
Johnny Riley Anger Sets In
Crossroads of My Life Mississippi Delta Blues Music
10:50 PM
Charles Brown - Honey
Charles Brown Honey Haven Gillespie, Seymour B. Simons, Richard A. Whiting
These Blues Universal Music Division Decca Records France
10:57 PM
Henry Gray - Worried Life Blues
Henry Gray Worried Life Blues
Vol. 1: Blues Won't Let Me Take My Rest Delta Groove Music
10:57 PM
Kacey Musgraves - Butterflies
Kacey Musgraves Butterflies Kacey Musgraves, Luke Laird, Natalie Hemby
Butterflies UMG Recordings, Inc.
10:58 PM
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working - Single Version
Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Working - Single Version Preston Foster
El Traje Del Muerto UMG Recordings, Inc.