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Radio 2's Blues Playlist

A blues playlist celebrating our obsession with the weather! With music from Muddy Waters, Samantha Fish, Tom Waits, and many more.

57 minutes

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Mon 29 Jan 201802:03
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Jimmy Reed

    The Sun Is Shining

    • The Sun Is Shining.
    • Complete Blues.
    • 19.

  • Samantha Fish

    Black Wind Howlin'

    • Black Wind Howlin'.
    • RUF Records.
    • 11.

  • Sonny Boy Williamson

    Nine Below Zero

    • Nine Below Zero.
    • DeAgostini.
    • 6.

  • Lightnin’ Hopkins

    Rainy Day Blues

    • Country Blues.
    • Tradition Everest.
    • 2.

  • The Prisonaires

    Just Walkin' In The Rain

    • Just Walkin' In The Rain.
    • Bear Family Records.
    • 5.

  • Mahalia Jackson

    Didn't It Rain

  • Tom Waits

    Rains On Me

    • Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards.
    • Anti-.
    • 16.

  • Eric Bibb

    Four Years, No Rain

    • Migration Blues.
    • Dixiefrog.
    • 5.

  • Big Maybelle

    Rain Down Rain

    • Gabbin' Blues / Rain Down Rain.
    • Okeh.

  • T‐Bone Walker

    Stormy Monday Blues

    • Stormy Monday Blues.
    • Orbis.
    • 1.

  • J.J. Cale

    Call Me The Breeze

    • Naturally.
    • Shelter Records.
    • 1.

  • Blind Willie Johnson

    The Rain Don't Fall On Me

    • The Complete Blind Willie Johnson.
    • Legacy.
    • 10.

  • Etta James

    The Sky Is Crying

    • Blues To The Bone.
    • Sony Music.
    • 8.

  • Blind Willie McTell

    Cold Winter Day

    • 1927-1935.
    • Yazoo.
    • 4.

  • Muddy Waters

    Cold Weather Blues

    • The Folk Singer.
    • Geffen.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Jan 201802:03
    BBC Radio 2