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Blues Unlimited #146 - Play That Guitar 'Til It Smokes: A Tribute to Willie Johnson, Part 2 (Hour 1)

by Sleepy Boy Hawkins

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Join us for Part 2 of our extended tribute to blues guitarist Willie Johnson. Once called the linchpin of Howlin' Wolf's band, Willie and the Wolf made some of the most iconic blues recordings of all time, starting in Memphis in 1951, and continuing on in Chicago in the mid 1950s.

Pictured: One of the toughest slices of blues to come out of Sun Records. Inset: Willie Johnson, during his Chicago days with the Howlin' Wolf. Image by: Corrinia Harris Wallace/Living Blues Collection.

Hour 1
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Hour 2
bluesunlimited.bandcamp.com/track/blues-unlimited-146-play-that-guitar-til-it-smokes-a-tribute-to-willie-johnson-part-2-hour-2

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released January 29, 2018

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Blues Unlimited is a weekly show that has been called the "best blues radio show in the United States," and has an established and loyal audience of listeners from around the globe. Hosted by "Sleepy Boy Hawkins" (the alter-ego of scholar, author, fanatic, and historian Steve Franz), each installment is a self-contained evergreen show, delving into a different genre, topic, or aspect of the blues. ... more

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