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Blues Unlimited #308 - Hot Wax & Down Home Classics from Checker Records (1952​-​1953) (Hour 1)

by Sleepy Boy Hawkins

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Join us as we take an in-depth look at the early days of the Checker label — an important subsidiary imprint of the legendary Chess family of labels. Not too long after Phil and Leonard formally launched Chess Records in 1950 (which picked up on the heels of where Aristocrat — the Chess brothers' first label — left off), they started operations at Checker. Although Chess is deservedly famous for it's all-star lineup of blues giants like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, Checker would come to be known as the home label to artists like Little Walter, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Little Milton (among others). Little Walter is our “man of the hour” (whose frequent releases brought early success to the label), and we’ll explore some of the spectacular down home blues they issued, from John Brim, Elmore James, Willie Nix, Morris Pejoe, Woodrow Adams, Arthur "Big Boy" Spires, and more.

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Hour 2
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released February 4, 2017

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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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