Hour Two is a street-level journey through postwar R&B, classic blues, and gospel. Charles Brown starts at the racetrack, Wynonie Harris reaches the courtroom, and Bull Moose Jackson, Anisteen Allen, Tiny Bradshaw, and Little Willie Littlefield keep the juke-joint rhythm alive. Cecil Gant balances romantic grievance with economic hard truth, while Chris Powell and Vali Hilton restore the hour’s playful and tender sides.

Crippled Clarence, Ida Cox, Ethel Waters, Coot Grant, Sox Wilson, and Texas Bill Day bring the program closer to the social worlds of the early blues: city streets, neighborhood businesses, numbers games, and Monday-morning weariness. The final movement belongs to the Wright Brothers, Black Billy Sunday, the Soul Stirrers, and the Radio Four. Their gospel selections do not abandon the blues; they answer it with warning, witness, consolation, and release.

**Playlist**

– “Race Track Blues” — Charles Brown

– “Good Morning Judge” — Wynonie Harris

– “Chilin’ Switch” — Bull Moose Jackson

– “Let It Roll” — Anisteen Allen / Lucky Millinder

– “Walk the Chalkline” — Tiny Bradshaw

– “Rock-a-Bye Baby” — Little Willie Littlefield

– “You Can’t Do Me Right” — Cecil Gant

– “I’m a Good Man—but a Poor Man” — Cecil Gant

– “Hot Dog” — Chris Powell

– “For a Lifetime” — Vali Hilton

– “Policy Blues” — Crippled Clarence

– “Blue Monday Blues” — Ida Cox

– “Lonesome Swallow” — Ethel Waters

– “Find Me at the Greasy Spoon” — Coot Grant & Sox Wilson

– “Elm Street Blues” — Texas Bill Day

– “Shady Green Pastures” — Wright Brothers

– “The High Cost of Sin” — Black Billy Sunday

– “Right to the Tree of Life” — Soul Stirrers

– “Blood Done Signed My Name” — The Radio Four