We revisit the blues with some pairings of old and new. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classic delta, Chicago, and folk blues from the likes of Robert Wilkins, Elmore James, Magic Slim, and Bukka White. The original classics pair up with updated versions from contemporaries like Sonny Landreth, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers, and Rory Block. Blues is the big muddy and the the tributaries flow through vast expanses of cleansing and clarifying. But, unlike those wide rivers like the Mississippi, the tributaries explode into new, deeper channels in the heart of the American landscape.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turtle Island String Quartet | Crossroads | A Little on the CD Side |  |
| 2 | Muddy Waters | Trouble No More | Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959) | |
| 3 | The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars | Trouble No More (featuring Mick Jagger & Keith Richards) | Blues Blues Blues | |
| 4 | Black Cats And The Kitten | Step It Up And Go [Album Version] | Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 | |
| 5 | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | Step It Up And Go | Blues Highway | |
| 6 | Robert Wilkins | That's No Way to Get Along | Roots of Rock | |
| 7 | The Rolling Stones | Prodigal Son | Beggars Banquet | |
| 8 | Elmore James | One Way Out | The Complete Fire And Enjoy Recordings [Disc 1] | |
| 9 | John Hiatt | One Way Out | All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman | |
| 10 | Howlin' Wolf | I Ain't Superstitious | Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] | |
| 11 | Jeff Beck | I Ain't Superstitious | Truth | |
| 12 | Big Joe Williams | Baby Please Don't Go | Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. | |
| 13 | Tom Rush | Baby Please Don't Go | Town and Country Blues | |
| 14 | Elmore James | Dust My Broom | Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics | |
| 15 | Sonny Landreth | Dust My Broom | Bound by the Blues | |
| 16 | Howlin' Wolf | Back Door Man | Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals | |
| 17 | John Hammond | Backdoor Man | The Best Of | |
| 18 | Koko Taylor | Wang Dang Doodle | Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] | |
| 19 | Dr. John | Wang Dang Doodle | The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 | |
| 20 | Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie | When the Levee Breaks | People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature | |
| 21 | Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton | When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1 | Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin | |
| 22 | Bukka White | Parchman Farm Blues | Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1] | |
| 23 | Rory Block | Parchman Farm Blues | Keepin' Outta Trouble: A Tribute to Bukka White | |
| 24 | Blind Willie McTell | Statesboro Blues | RCA Record Label: The 1st Note In Black Music [Disc 1] | |
| 25 | Taj Mahal | Statesboro Blues | The Best Of Taj Mahal | |
| 26 | Robert Johnson | Stones in My Passway | The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2 | |
| 27 | Roy Rogers | Stones in My Passway | Slide of Hand | |
| 28 | The Allman Brothers Band | Statesboro Blues | Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics | |
| 29 | The Allman Brothers Band | Trouble No More | Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1 | |