Hour 4 turns the spotlight fully toward Lowell Fulson and a collection that offers a sustained look at recordings made […]
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Shakey Jake Takes the Long Road
Hour 4 is this week’s dedicated Shakey Jake Harris feature, giving the bluesman a full hour rather than a brief […]
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Blues Names on the Move
Hour 4 brings Blues Before Sunrise back to a direct blues concentration after the Furniture Mart feature, but the hour […]
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Wolf at the Door, Bland at the Close
Howlin’ Wolf sets the terms for Hour 4 with a three-song opening sequence: “Smokestack Lightning,” “Who’s Been Talking,” and “Evil.” […]
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Boogie Chillin’ Through Guitar Country
The fourth hour brings the program back to a tough, guitar-centered blues sound, opening with Hooker & Heat and continuing […]
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The Blues Class of 1915 Takes the Floor
Hour 4 is the week’s special presentation, built around the exceptional group of blues singers and musicians born in 1915. […]
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Lefty Bates Takes the Floor
The fourth hour begins the week’s Spotlight on Lefty Bates, a guitarist whose work as a session player made him […]
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Chicago Blues Fest: Sets, Voices, and a Final Performance
Hour 4 takes Blues Before Sunrise to the Chicago Blues Fest, making the program’s festival setting the defining element of […]
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Electric blues in close quarters
Hour 4 brings Blues Before Sunrise into an electric-blues-centered stretch built from short artist groupings, direct contrasts, and a strong […]
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Electric Thunder, Deep Texas Dust
Elmore James begins Hour Four with three intense performances driven by his unmistakable slide guitar. Howling Wolf follows with a […]