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This episode covers significant events in blues music from June 28 to July 4, 2026, highlighting key figures and styles.

HEY BLUES FANS Here's the latest episode of "This Week In The Blues" for the week of June 28 - July 4, 2026. Some of the highlights include one of the final living connections to the original Delta blues tradition David Honeyboy Edwards, a lively example of the bold dirty blues style when Lil Johnson recorded “Take Your Hands Off It”, and Chicago producer, songwriter, bass player, and singer Willie Dixon. Keep in mind that there's so much more that happened this week in the blues. If you w...

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Host: Big Train and the Loco Motives

Topics covered

• Delta blues
• dirty blues
• Chicago blues
• music history
• blues artists

Keywords

• blues
• Delta blues
• Lil Johnson
• Willie Dixon
• David Honeyboy Edwards

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