169 – Conversations With The Blues – 21st Century Blues scene
A show contributed by Hugh, with a postshow from another listener, Gerry Casey. The blues is still alive and evolving, and we heard some wonderful new-Century examples.
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| The End Of The Game | Peter Green | The End Of The Game | 1970 |
| Seventh Son of the Seventh Son | Rory Gallagher | Blue Print | 1973 |
| Don’t Waste My Time | John Mayall | TheTurning Point | 1969 |
| Blues Deluxe [Take 1] | Jeff Beck Group | Truth [remastered 2006] | 1968 |
| Love In Vain | The Rolling Stones | Stripped | 1996 |
Main Show
| Why I Sing The Blues | B.B. King, Vince Gill, Keb’ Mo’, Jonny Lang & Lee Ritenour | 6 String Theory | 2010 |
| Midnight Lover | Mud Morganfield | Son Of The Seventh Son | 2013 |
| Hands Up | Doyle Bramhall II | Rich Man | 2016 |
| Change in Me (The Rebirth) | Eric Gales | Middle of the Road | 2017 |
| Stay | Aynsley Lister | Eyes Wide Open | 2017 |
| Esma | Innes Sibun | Blues Transfusion | 2015 |
| I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town | David Sanborn, Eric Clapton | Here & Gone | 2008 |
| When Love Comes To Town | Herbie Hancock Feat. Jonny Lang & Joss Stone | Possibilities | 2005 |
| If You Need Somebody | Bonnie Raitt | Dig In Deep | 2016 |
| Wild Is The Wind | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Wild | 2016 |
| Redemption | Joe Bonamassa | Redemption | 2018 |
| A Long History Of Love | King King | Standing In The Shadows | 2013 |
| The Turning | Robin Trower | The Playful Heart | 2010 |
| Back to Bayou Têche | Sonny Landreth | Outward Bound | 1992 |
| The Storm | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Made Up Mind | 2013 |
| The Sky Is Crying | Walter Trout, Warren Haynes | We’re All in This Together | 2017 |
Postshow
| Commit A Crime | The Rolling Stones | Blue & Lonesome | 2016 |
| What Is And What Should Never Be | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | 1969 |
| Get You Back | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Wild | 2016 |
| Me and the Devil Blues | Eric Clapton | Me and Mr. Johnson | 2004 |
| Three Times A Fool | Joe Bonamassa | Black Rock | 2010 |
| Should’ve Learnt My Lesson | Rory Gallagher | Deuce | 1971 |
| Too Blue To Play | Nils Lofgren | Blue With Lou | 2019 |
| I Ain’t Got Nothin But The Blues | Georgie Fame | The Blues and Me | 2016 |
| Can Blue Men Sing the Whites | The Bonzo Dog Band | Cornology | 1992 |