Bandana Blues, founded by Beardo, hosted by Spinner

spinner@bandanablues.com
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BANDANA BLUES invites you on a musical journey every week for about an hour and a half of 21st Century Blues with a nod to The Masters. Beardo (from Philly, USA) started with the Bandana Blues shows doing them live on the internet in the late 1990's and was soon joined by his long-time friend Spinner (from The Hague, NL). Soon after the turn of the century Bandana Blues became a weekly podcast. Beardo & Spinner have produced the shows together for almost 15 years. After the sad and suddden demise of Beardo in 2017, Spinner continued the labor of love on his own.

  1. 11h ago

    Bandana Blues #1170 - Flat Out Versatile

    Show #1170 Flat Out Versatile 01. The Reverend Shawn Amos - Little By Little (5:09) (Dance Party!, East Iris Records, 2026) 02. Courtney Thompson - Walkin' In Blue (4:11) (Through, self-release, 2026) 03. Brother Dege - Saddest Song In The World (4:09) (The Great Unknown, GolarWash Labs & Records, 2027) 04. Boo Boo Davis - Tell Me What To Do (4:54) (Bluestronica Funk, Black And Tan Records, 2026) 05. Chris O'Leary - One Way Street (5:04) (Blue Collar, Alligator Records, 2026) 06. Liquid & Bones - Intrusive Thoughts (5:06) (Family, self-release, 2026) 07. Sunjay - That's Love (5:09) (Split The Sheets, Mighty Tight Records, 2026) 08. Geoff Muldaur & The Texas Sheiks - All By Myself (3:08) (Texas Sheiks, Tradition & Moderne, 2009) 09. Gary Dranow - When I Was Young (5:07) (Plays The Blues, self-release, 2026) 10. Miss Robin Banks - Not Today (4:40) (Lost In Austin, Dallas Blues Society Records, 2026) 11. Ayden Hutch - Waitin' On Your Lovin' (3:15) (Sadness, Anger & Something Greater, self-release, 2026) 12. Gráinne Duffy - What Am I Supposed To Do (3:05) (What Am I Supposed To Do, self-release, 2026) 13. The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra - You Lie Like A Rug (3:08) (What Can We Do?, Nola Blue Records, 2026) 14. Kaibald - We Got Time (3:13) (Roadtrip To Kaibald, self-release, 2026) 15. Bernard Allison - Time Traveler (4:24) (Loving You, Ruf Records, 2026) 16. Claudette King - My Daddy Was A Blues Man (3:32) (Single, Banner Records, 2026) 17. Albert Castiglia - Slumlord Billionaire (5:22) (Grits & Glory, Gulf Coast Records, 2026) 18. Sherri Harding - Down In The Shoals (4:01) (Storyland, Instant Replay Music, 2026) 19. Delta Generators - Ginny Mae (5:24) (On & On, self-release, 2026) 20. Jason Ricci & the Bad Kind - Long Twisted Night (4:25) (13 Hours, Gulf Coast Records, 2026) 21. Savoy Brown - Flat Out (4:15) (Too Much Of A Good Thing, Panache Records, 2026) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

  2. Sep 27

    Bandana Blues #1169 - Elements Of Blues

    Show #1169 Elements Of Blues 01. 11 Guys Quartet - Sneaky Pete (2:39) (Single, VizzTone Records, 2026) 02. Vaneese Thomas - Livin' With A Lie (4:04) (Window To My Soul, Overton Music, 2026) 03. Elam McKnight & Bob Bogdal - Red Sarong (4:30) (Rural Wasteland: Postcards From A Zombie Nation, Big Black Hand Records, 2026) 04. Spoonful of Blues - We Were Rocking (5:31) (Live At Dexter, Bluestown Records, 2026) 05. The Pszenny Project - Questions (4:31) (Resilience, self-release, 2026) 06. Christopher Wyze & the Tellers - Prison Bound Blues (4:39) (Naptown Blues, Big Radio Records, 2026) 07. Foghat - It Hurts Me Too (5:22) (Live & Loud Across The USA, self-release, 2026) 08. The Hurricane Party - Storms (4:05) (Storms, Tall And Mean Records, 2026) 09. BB & the Bullets - Wrong Side Of The River (3:46) (Wrong Side Of The River, Overton Music, 2026) 10. Jeni Grouws - Heartbreak And Misery (5:20) (Music House, Navy House Productions, 2026) 11. Mark Hummel Allstars - Gypsy In My Soul (4:24) (Road Dog, Rockinitus Records, 2026) 12. Mick Clarke - Blues Train (3:22) (Blues Train, Rockfold Records, 2026) 13. Crystal Shawanda - I'm On Your Way Home (3:51) (Homesick Indian Blues, New Sun Records, 2026) 14. Steve Howell, Dan Sumner & Jason Weinheimer - Hummin' To Myself (3:30) (I Don't Mind, Out Of The Past Music, 2026) 15. Sue Foley - Ride On (4:48) (Alone (Together) A Holiday Companion, Guitar Woman Records, 2026) 16. The Boneshakers - Fly On The Wall (3:21) (Pull Up The Roots EP, Gulf Coast Records, 2026) 17. Guy Verlinde - Powered By The Blues (5:12) (Best Of Blues Rock, Bandr Music, 2026) 18. Honeybear, The Band - Holding On (4:19) (The Cure, Playmor Records, 2026) 19. Donna Herula - What You Gonna Do? (4:34) (Cold Feet, self-release, 2026) 20. Alex Kilroy - Standing Tall (5:16) (Break My Chains, self-release, 2026) 21. Chris Corcoran Band - Headline Blues (3:00) (The Burner, For The Road Records, 2026) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

  3. Sep 20

    Bandana Blues #1168 - See What You Think

    Show #1168 See What You Think 01. Jamiah Rogers & Dirty Chxrch - Leave My Little Girl Alone (5:45) Chicago Cowboy, Delmark Records, 2026) 02. No Saint & Rik Meijer - Gonna Make That Woman Mine (3:28) (Off The Record, self-release, 2026) 03. Kendall Street Company - My Captain (2:52) (Yodeling Astroman, Gitcha Records, 2026) 04. Pam Ross - Lost in Heaven (3:22) (Wait For It, MTS Records, 2026) 05. Anthony Geraci - Suite Blues (4:19) (Where Were You, Delmark Records, 2026) 06. Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin' Altar Boys - Help Me Ease The Pain (5:56) (Way Back Home, Nevermore Records, 2026) 07. Billy Jeter - Delta Blue (4:56) (Dreamland, self-release, 2026) 08. Thee Sinseers - How Lonely Is Lonely (3:30) (Love Stories, Colemine Records, 2026) 09. Banty Holler - Hard Work Don't Pay (3:52) (Folk Music For F**k Faces, self-release, 2026) 10. Heavy Diamond Ring - What If I Change (3:37) (Let Love Be Enough EP, Gitcha Records, 2026) 11. Billie & the Kids - He's Gone (3:38) (Soulful Woman, Rhythm Bomb Records, 2018) 12. Ben Poole - Start Of The End (5:26) (Post-Midnight Behaviour, Gypsy Soul Records, 2026) 13. Franky Fugazi - Rebel Song (3:06) (Navigating The Madness, self-release, 2026) 14. Erja Lyytinen - Hard As Stone (4:41) (50th Birthday Live 2026, Tuohi Records, 2026) 15. Brian Torff Group - Bought His Tobacco (3:49) (Southern Exposure, self-release, 2026) 16. 3rd Call Men – Mr. Johnson's Lucky Pie (3:18) (Waiting For A Call, Grande Records, 2026) 17. Lonesome Scott & the Generic Blues Band - One More Round (2:42) (Hop On Board The Blues Train, Desert Haven Records, 2026) 18. Redd & The Paper Flowers - Shower Thoughts (3:03) (Dead Little Thing, Gitcha Records, 2026) 19. Tom Hood - This Dog Needs A Bone (6:10) (Single, self-release, 2026) 20. Jad Tariq - Inflation's High Blues (4:37) (Precious Company, MoMojo Records, 2026) 21. Gerry Hundt Trio - End Of The Day Blues (4:27) (One More For Me, self-release, 2026) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

  4. Sep 14

    Bandana Blues #1167 - Memorial For Beardo

    Show #1167 Memorial For Beardo 01. Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters - Blues In D-Natural (6:28) (Jimmy Rogers w/Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, CrossCut Records, 1993) 02. Albert Cummings - Please (3:31) (Working Man, Blind Pig Records, 2006) 03. Magic Sam - San-Ho-Zay (3:57) (Black Magic, Delmark Records, 1969) 04. Matthew Stubbs - Stubzilla (4:21) (Soul Bender, VizzTone Records, 2008) 05. Robben Ford - Tee Time For Eric (5:09) (The Inside Story, Elektra Records, 1979) 06. Todd Snider - Side Show Blues (3:38) (Step Right Up, Margaritaville/MCA Records, 1996) 07. Phil Brown - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (5:48) (Cruel Inventions, Dixiefrog Records, 2003) 08. Albert Castiglia - Quit Your Bitching (4:58) (Up All Night, Ruf Records, 2017) 09. Kid Bangham - My Turn To Talk (3:46) (Pressure Cooker, Tone-Cool Records, 1997) 10. Sonny Thompson (ft. Lula Reed) - I'll Drown In My Tears (2:52) (78 RPM Shellac, King Records, 1951) 11. Bruce Katz Band - Schnapps Man (5:33) (Out From The Center, American Showplace Records, 2016) 12. John Dummer Band - If I Can't Keep From Laughing (6:44) (Blue, Vertigo Records, 1972) 13. Chris Duarte Group - Prairie Jelly (6:00) (Blues In The Afterburner, Blues Bureau International, 2011) 14. Oz Noy - Whole Tone Blues (5:53) (Twisted Blues Vol 1, Abstract Logix, 2011) 15. Mike Henderson Band - Unseen Eye (5:01) (If You Think It's Hot Here, EllerSoul Records, 2015) 16. Jeff Plankenhorn - Blindfold (4:11) (Plank, Blue Corn Music, 2003) 17. Arsen Shomakhov - Highway Cruise (4:42) (Dangerous, Blues Leaf Records, 2006) 18. Shawn Kellerman - Burrito Brain (8:15) (Blues Without A Home, self-release, 2009) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

  5. Sep 6

    Bandana Blues #1166 - Regular

    Show #1166 Regular 01. Donna Herula - Things Can Change (2:54) (Cold Feet, self-release, 2026) 02. California Honeydrops - Song Of You (2:49) (Single, Tubtone Records, 2026) 03. Reed Turchi - Do For You (3:25) (Road Ends In Water, Gitcha Records, 2026) 04. Mitch Woods - Nasty Boogie (4:03) (A Night In New Orleans, MoMojo Records, 2026) 05. Christopher Wyze & The Tellers - Naptown Blues (2:54) (Naptown Blues, Big Radio Records, 2026) 06. BB & The Bullets - Wild Honey (2:38) (Wrong Side Of The River, Overton Music, 2026) 07. Guy Verlinde - Lovestrong (7:42) (Best Of Blues Rock, Bandr Music, 2026) 08. Redd & The Paper Flowers - Say I'm Happy (3:33) (Dead Little Thing, Gitcha Records, 2026) 09. Vaneese Thomas - Ain't Going To Be No One's Fool (3:42) (Window To My Soul, Overton Music, 2026) 10. Honeybear, The Band - Fake It Till Ya Make It (3:38) (The Cure, Playmor Records, 2026) 11. Cedar County Cobras - Bessie Smith's Last Ride (3:57) (Sinners & Saints, Overton Music, 2026) 12. Big Harp George - Struck Out Again (7:21) (No Shortcuts, Blues Mountain Records, 2026) 13. Tom Rigney & Flambeau - Don't Fight It (4:04) (All Fired Up, Parhelion Records, 2026) 14. Woody Crabapple - Bad Bad Whiskey (2:47) (Single, self-release, 2026) 15. Alias Smith & Jones - Bad Bad Whiskey (3:51) (Hit & Run, As In The Ear Records, 2020) 16. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Bad Bad Whiskey (4:15) (Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play The Blues, Atco Records, 1972) 17. Jumpin' Jack Strobel - Bad Bad Whiskey (3:54) (Things Have Changed, Blues Leaf Records, 2013) 18. Colin James - Bad Bad Whiskey (3:59) (Blue Highways, True North Redords, 2016) 19. Pat Donohue - Bad Bad Whiskey (3:34) (Blue Yonder, Blue Sky Records, 2016) 20. Jimmy Witherspoon - Bad Bad Whiskey (3:11) (Baby Baby Baby, Prestige Records, 1963) 21. Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers - Bad Bad Whiskey (2:53) (78 RPM Shellac, Aladdin Records, 1950) 22. Maxwell Davis with Rhythm Accompaniment - Bristol Drive (2:26) (78 RPM Shellac, Modern Records, 1951) 23. Southern Soul Connection (ft. Jo Harman) - Jolene (6:23) (Single, Bigiam Records, 2014) 24. Jake Soberlak - Cement Shoes (3:43) (I'm In Trouble, self-release, 2026) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

  6. Aug 30

    Bandana Blues #1165 - Summer Short: The Last One

    Show #1165 Summer Short: The Last One 01. Alex Kilroy - Let Me Play The Blues (5:08) (Break My Chains, self-release, 2026) 02. Banty Holler - 40 (3:22) (Folk Music For F**k Faces, self-release, 2026) 03. James Leg - No License (Song For The Caged Bird) (2:37) (Solitary Pleasure, Alive Naturalsound Records, 2026) 04. Sam Buckley - The Great Escape (5:51) (Blue Ocean, self-release, 2026) 05. Gyasi - Police Dog (3:21) (Songs From The Holler, Alive Naturalsound Records, 2026) 06. Ben Poole - Time Has No Mercy (3:35) (Post-Midnight Behaviour, Gypsy Soul Records, 2026) 07. Blend Eleven - Dark Clouds (7:39) (Single, self-release, 2026) 08. KYPO - Roll The Dice (3:14) (Single, self-release, 2026) 09. Will Wilde - Steppin' Out (4:02) (Single, VizzTone Records, 2026) 10. No Saint & Rik Meijer - Feel Like Me (3:48) (Off The Record, self-release, 2026) 11. Danielle Nicole - Fireflies (4:48) (Fireflies, Forty Below Records, 2026) 12. Schells & Vine - Free (3:09) (Single, Twisted Vine Records, 2026) 13. Jody Stapler - Standing Out In A Crowd (3:46) (Metamorphosis, self-release, 2026) 14. Sugarbag Blonde - I Don't Give A Damn (4:48) (Single, Designer Sound Studios, 2026) 15. Laura Chavez - Mind Your Step (4:52) - (Blues Caravan 2026, Ruf Records, 2026) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

  7. Aug 23

    Bandana Blues #1164 - Summer Short: A To Z

    Show #1164 Summer Short: A To Z 01. Aristotle Jones - Appalachian Soul (4:34) (Appalachian Soul Power, Jonesin' Records, 2026) 02. Cedar County Cobras - Matches & Gasoline (3:18) (Sinners & Saints, Overton Music, 2026) 03. Erja Lyytinen - One Thing I Won't Change (4:06) (50th Birthday Live 2026, Tuohi Records, 2026) 04. Billy Jeter (ft. Bobby Rush) - Hard Times (4:05) (Dreamland, self-release, 2026) 05. BB & the Bullets - Midnight Rider (3:50) (Wrong Side Of The River, Overton Music, 2026) 06. Gyasi - Poor Boy (2:47) (Songs From The Holler, ALive Naturalsound Records, 2026) 07. Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations - Didn't I (6:33) (Fight Like The Devil (Or Run Like Hell), self-release, 2026) 08. Ruby Dice - Dress To Impress (4:13) (Take Me Back, Gitcha Records, 2026) 09. Christopher Wyze & the Tellers - I'm Going Back To Tennessee (4:03) (Naptown Blues, Big Radio Records, 2026) 10. Heavy Diamond Ring - The One You Use (3:14) (Let Love Be Enough EP, Gitcha Records, 2026) 11. Laura Chavez, Matthew Curry & Elise Frank - Lazy Poker Blues (3:17) - (Blues Caravan 2026, Ruf Records, 2026) 12. AG Weinberger - Blues Is Dead (4:27) (Sharing, Bigfoot Records, 2026) 13. Kendall Street Company - Don't Wanna Be Gone (3:02) (Yodeling Astroman, Gitcha Records, 2026) 14. Michael Rubin - Big If (4:16) (5 Minutes Of Passion, Many Hats Records, 2026) 15. ZZ Top - Certified Blues (3:24) (ZZ Top's First Album, London Records, 1971) 16. ZZ Top - What's Up With That (5:21) (Rhythmeen, RCA Records, 1996) 17. ZZ Top - Chartreuse (2:57) (La Futura, American Recordings, 2012) 18. ZZ Top - Apologies To Pearly (2:38) (Rio Grande Mud, London Records, 1972) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

  8. Aug 16

    Bandana Blues #1163 - Summer Short: Hot & Eclectic

    Show #1163 Summer Short: Hot & Eclectic 01. Max Hightower - Relationship Man (4:14) (The Blues Chooses You, MoMojo Records, 2026) 02. Arlen Roth with The Rank and File Band - Nine Pound Hammer (5:06) (Blues Grass, MoMojo Records, 2026) 03. Mulebone - Taking My Time (3:31) (Cure For The Miseries, self-release, 2026) 04. Brian Sumner - For Real (3:50) (Single, self-release, 2026) 05. A.J. Fullerton - All The Wrong Choices (3:02) (Baretone EP, Gitcha Records, 2026) 06. Cary Morin - Another Place (6:34) (Songs From Anguilla 2026 EP, Maple Street Music, 2026) 07. John "Papa" Gros - Ain't No Use (10:58) (Giants, Funky Krewe Records, 2026) 08. Kam Franklin with Rodd Bland & the Dreamers - I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (3:03) (Antone's 50th Presents Chicago Bound, Blues Till 2 Records, 2026) 09. Tom Pevear - Drown In My Own Tears (4:34) (Songs For The Road, Gitcha Records, 2026) 10. Martha Reeves - To Know You Is To Love You (5:11) (Searching, self-release, 2026) 11. Reed Turchi - Junior's Boogie (3:28) (Road Ends In Water, Gitcha Records, 2026) 12. Backstrom (ft. Tom Savage) - On A Roll (3:09) (Thousand Miles, self-release, 2026) 13. Carmen Ratti Band - Riley (5:54) (Come To Me, MoMojo Records, 2026) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

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BANDANA BLUES invites you on a musical journey every week for about an hour and a half of 21st Century Blues with a nod to The Masters. Beardo (from Philly, USA) started with the Bandana Blues shows doing them live on the internet in the late 1990's and was soon joined by his long-time friend Spinner (from The Hague, NL). Soon after the turn of the century Bandana Blues became a weekly podcast. Beardo & Spinner have produced the shows together for almost 15 years. After the sad and suddden demise of Beardo in 2017, Spinner continued the labor of love on his own.

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