239 A Brush With The Blues
A show assembled by Hugh with pre and postshow content from Malaclypse, both of them fans of the Blues. Preshow was vintage Blues recordings, and the main show took us through some modern blues performances, from a wide variety of backgrounds, indicating how pervasive the Blues is.
Preahow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| Chain Gang Blues | Champion Jack Dupree | single [Blues Selection, Vol. 7] | 1940 |
| Red Beans And Rice | Kokomo Arnold | single [Blues (Volume 4)] | 1937 |
| Easy Rider | Huddie Ledbetter | single [Blues Selection – Vol. 04] | 1940 |
| Boogie Chillen | John Lee Hooker | single [Blues Selection Vol. 8] | 1948 |
| Young Woman’s Blues | Bessie Smith | single [Blues – Volume 3] | 1926 |
| Papa Ain’t No Santa Claus | Butterbeans & Susie | single [Blues – Volume 3] | 1930 |
| 15c A Day | Roosevelt Sykes | single [Blues Selection Vol. 2] | 1941 |
| Roberta | Huddie Ledbetter | single [Blues Selection Vol. 2] | 1935 |
| Boom Boom | John Lee Hooker | single [Boogie Chillun] | 1962 |
| It’s Your Time Now | Big Bill Broonzy | single [Blues Selection, Vol. 5] | 1938 |
Main show
| Basin Street Blues | David Sanborn | Here & Gone | 2008 |
| I May Be Wrong, But I Won’t Be Wrong Always | Ten Years After | Undead | 1968 |
| First Time I Met the Blues | Buddy Guy | The Collection | 2001 |
| Subterranean Homesick Blues | Ben Sidran | Dylan Different | 2009 |
| Blues Connotation | Robben Ford | Blues Connotation | 1997 |
| Turnaround | Ornette Coleman | Tomorrow Is The Question! | 1959 |
| Blues Allnight | James Blood Ulmer | Blues Preacher | 1993 |
| Blue Monk | Dr. John | That’s The Way I Feel Now | 1984 |
| I’d Rather Go Blind [Live] | Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa | Live In Amsterdam [Disc 2] | 2014 |
| I’m Gonna Fight For You J.B. | John Mayall | The Turning Point | 1969 |
| Don’t Waste My Time | John Mayall | Empty Rooms | 1970 |
| Gonna Hurt Like Hell | Kenny Waybe Shepherd; Walter Trout | We’re All in This Together | 2017 |
| Bottoms Up | Peter Green | The End Of The Game | 1970 |
| Joe Turner’s Blues | Eric Clapton; Wynton Marsalis | Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center Disc 1 | 2011 |
| Jeff’s Blues [Take 1] | The Yardbirds | Yardbirds Story: 1963-66 Disc 4 | 2002 |
| Banker’s Blues | Rory Gallagher | Blue Print | 1973 |
| Be Careful With A Fool | Johnny Winter | Johnny Winter | 1969 |
| Blues to Bechet | John Coltrane | Coltrane Plays the Blues | 1962 |
| Basin Street Blues | Miles Davis | Seven Steps to Heaven | 1963 |
Postshow
| La Musique Que J’aime | Johnny Hallyday | Johnny Live | 1981 |
| Crawlin’ King Snake | John Lee Hooker | Mr. Lucky | 1991 |
| Mean Mistreater | The Catfish | Blackjack | 1992 |
| Get Down Woman | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1968 |
| Baby, Please Don’t Go | AC/DC | ’74 Jailbreak | 1984 |
| I’m Going Upstairs | John Lee Hooker | The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker | 1961 |
| Dust My Broom | Vince Weber | The Boogie Man | 1975 |
| Dust My Broom | ZZ Top | Degüello | 1979 |