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Slim Harpo

Buzzin’ the Blues — Slim Harpo Takes Over

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Hour Four of the February 1, 2026 Blues Before Sunrise broadcast is the beating heart of the show: the Slim […]

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When the Amplifier Takes Over: Blues With Teeth and Truth

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Hour Four of Blues Before Sunrise (01/25/26) is where the program fully plugs in and leans forward. This hour captures […]

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T-Bone Walker

Electric Truth and After-Midnight Business

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Hour Four of Blues Before Sunrise is where the lights are low, the amps are warm, and nobody’s pretending anymore. […]

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1/11/2026 Hour 4

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Jimmy Roger’s

Chicago in the Cold

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Hour Four of the Annual Ice & Snow Program is a study in arrival. After hours of frozen roads, southern […]

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Bobo Jenkins

Electricity, Grit, and the City

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Hour Four of Blues Before Sunrise is where the blues plugs in and leans forward. This is the sound of […]

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B.B. King

Santa Plugged In — Electric Blues, Holiday Grit, and No-Nonsense Cheer

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Hour Four of Blues Before Sunrise – Annual Christmas Program #2 is where Christmas sheds its velvet gloves and steps […]

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Albert King

Santa’s Got the Blues — Electric Guitars, Hard Truths, and Holiday Swagger

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Hour Four of Blues Before Sunrise – Annual Christmas Program #1 plugs Christmas straight into the amplifier. This is where […]

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Howlin’ Wolf

Howlin’ at the Crossroads

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Hour Four is where Blues Before Sunrise plugs directly into the wall socket. This is the electric hour — raw, […]

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Homesick James

Rough Roads & Raw Wires: The Juke Joint Hour

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Hour Four steps out onto the back roads—dust, heat, broken strings, beer-soaked stages, and the kind of raw sound that […]

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