Blues History: This Week In The Blues

Big Train and the Loco Motives
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HEY BLUES FANS - In this podcast, we cover the highlights in blues history, one week at a time. Want to know more about the household names like Muddy Waters and Bonnie Raitt? We cover them.Want to know more about Charley Patton, Roosevelt Sykes, and Robert Johnson? We cover them too!Basically, anything you want to know about the blues and blues history, one week at a time.Want to know more? Then follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBluesOr visit out website: https://bigtrainblues.comWant to watch it instead of listen to it? Then head to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues

  1. 5d ago

    This Week In The Blues: September 13 - September 19, 2026

    HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 13 - September 19, 2026. Some of the highlights include "Stormy Monday" becoming one of the most influential blues recordings ever made, the "King of the Blues," B.B. King, and Chicago blues musician Eddie Burks. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

    This Week In The Blues: September 13 - September 19, 2026

  2. Sep 6

    This Week In The Blues: September 6 - September 12, 2026

    HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of September 6 - September 12, 2026. Some of the highlights include Chicago blues legend Jimmy Reed, the explosive guitar style and wild stage antics of Guitar Shorty, and Odie Payne Jr., one of the most distinctive blues vocalists of the early twentieth century, Texas Alexander. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

    This Week In The Blues: September 6 - September 12, 2026

  3. Aug 30

    This Week In The Blues: August 30 - September 5, 2026

    HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 30 - September 5, 2026. Some of the highlights include Piedmont blues guitarist known by the colorful nickname “The Devil’s Daddy-in-Law” , bMemphis Slim, and Sunnyland Slim. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

    This Week In The Blues: August 30 - September 5, 2026

  4. Aug 23

    This Week In The Blues: August 23 - August 29, 2026

    HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 23 - August 29, 2026. Some of the highlights include Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, blues guitar player Castro Coleman, known professionally as Mr. Sipp, and Odie Payne Jr., one of the most respected and influential drummers in blues history.  Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

    This Week In The Blues: August 23 - August 29, 2026

  5. Aug 16

    This Week In The Blues: August 16 - August 22, 2026

    HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 16 - August 22, 2026. Some of the highlights include Texas blues musician Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson, soul blues singer Earl Gaines, the “King of the Boogie,” John Lee Hooker. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

    This Week In The Blues: August 16 - August 22, 2026

  6. Aug 9

    This Week In The Blues: August 9 - August 15, 2026

    HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 9 - August 15, 2026. Some of the highlights include music inventor and innovator Leo Fender, blues guitarist Roy Gaines, and Walter Horn Jr, known as Mississippi Slim. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

    This Week In The Blues: August 9 - August 15, 2026

  7. Aug 2

    This Week In The Blues: August 2 - August 8, 2026

    HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of August 2 - August 8, 2026. Some of the highlights include of the pioneering musicians of the Delta blues, Willie Brown, Texas blues singer and piano player Big Walter Price, Jimmy Witherspoon, one of the leading blues vocalists of the postwar era. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode: Albert King - Blues Power | Live at Fillmore East (1970) - https://youtu.be/SyVhBfIFbiQ?si=qeV9sQRFz6-ZeyCw Magic Slim And The Tear Drops - "I'm A Blues Man Live" - https://youtu.be/1HDS3jkPO3c?si=d3pbZZG5AlbkQxD_ PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

    This Week In The Blues: August 2 - August 8, 2026

  8. Jul 26

    This Week In The Blues: July 26 - August 1, 2026

    HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of July 26 - August 1, 2026. Some of the highlights include one of Detroit’s most admired blues singers, Alberta Adams, the day Willie Dixon recorded "29 Ways" for Checker Records, and blues guitar legend Buddy Guy. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page: https://bigtrainblues.com https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues "This Week In The Blues" podcast is now featured every Sunday at 3:50pm on "The Weekend Blues" hosted by 'Hard luck' Jim Johnson on KGOU. Stream it live on https://www.kgou.org Photo credits (if known) and past episodes are posted on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues Here are links to a few of the artists or songs we've referenced in this week's episode: Jimmy Duck Holmes – "Catfish Blues" [Official Video] - https://youtu.be/PXEWNwvdFzY?si=4DLK2mGer9qTGbAv Robert Cray: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert - https://youtu.be/fEjzBKo-sxI?si=EI6hj2_GQaU-qscu PLEASE CONSIDER joining the Blues Society of Oklahoma and helping them continue their mission - https://bluessocietyoklahoma.com/membership/ ALSO - Join me every weekday from 12:15pm-12:45pm CT to watch a live stream on Facebook of the longest running blues radio show program. https://www.facebook.com/DeltaCulturalCenter  We’ll have a new episode next week – we’ll see you then! ARE YOU A FAN OF BLUES HISTORY? US TOO!  If you want to know more about these artists or other things that happened this week in the blues, be sure to visit our website or follow our Facebook page:      https://bigtrainblues.com      https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues

    This Week In The Blues: July 26 - August 1, 2026
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HEY BLUES FANS - In this podcast, we cover the highlights in blues history, one week at a time. Want to know more about the household names like Muddy Waters and Bonnie Raitt? We cover them.Want to know more about Charley Patton, Roosevelt Sykes, and Robert Johnson? We cover them too!Basically, anything you want to know about the blues and blues history, one week at a time.Want to know more? Then follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBluesOr visit out website: https://bigtrainblues.comWant to watch it instead of listen to it? Then head to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues

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  • Creator
    Big Train and the Loco Motives
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    187
  • Rating
    Clean
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