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With archive from Howlin' Wolf who would have been 110 years old this week, Champion Jack Dupree on his time with Louis Armstrong and poetry from Langston Hughes.

57 minutes

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Mon 8 Jun 202023:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Nina Simone

    The Backlash Blues - Remastered

  • Yusef Lateef

    Salt Water Blues

  • Champion Jack Dupree

    Junker Blues

  • Kyla Brox

    Blueman's Child

  • Lightnin’ Hopkins

    Shaggy Dad

  • Langston Hughes

    Dreams

  • Bertha “Chippie” Hill

    Part II - The Glory: Trouble in Mind

  • Hot Tuna

    John's Other

  • Errol Linton

    Howlin' for My Darlin'

  • Howlin’ Wolf

    Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy

  • Tom Jones and Jools Holland

    Good Morning Blues/One O'Clock Jump

  • Hozier and Mavis Staples

    Nina Cried Power

  • Charles Lloyd

    Blues For Langston An LaRue

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Jun 202023:00
    BBC Radio 2