It’s the tiny instrument that most closely resembles the human voice in range, timbre and emotion. The harmonica takes center stage in the 179th Roadhouse, and it’s an hour of hot blues harp. Watermelon Slim, Mississippi Heat, Big Dave McLean, Junior Wells, and Mannish Boys lead the way as the harp proves the backbone of the blues. It’s an hour of fine harp playing, and another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.

The Roadhouse Podcast 179 Show Notes

Paul Reddick
Sidemen Boogie
Northern Blues
Revue
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Watermelon Slim
Call My Job
Northern Blues
No Paid Holidays
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Jackie Payne and Steve Edmonson Band
Mean Evil Woman
Delta Groove
Master of the Game
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William Clarke
Letter From Home
Alligator
The Hard Way
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Mississippi Heat
Say Something Good
Delmark
Hattiesburg Blues
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Curtis Salgado
I Don’t Want To Discuss It
Shanachie
Clean Getaway
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Eden Brent
Mississippi Number One
Yellow Dog
Mississippi Number One
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Big Dave McLean
Why Do Girls Do That?
Stony Plain
Acoustic Blues
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Junior Wells
You Don’t Love Me, Baby
Delmark
Hoodoo Man Blues
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Elmore James, Jr.
Tore Down
JSP
Daddy Gave Me The Blues
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Mannish Boys
These Kind Of Blues
Delta Groove
Lowdown Feeling
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King Biscuit Boy
Ain’t Gonna Do It
Stony Plain
30 Years of Stony Plain
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Marcia Ball
I Wish You Well
Alligator
Peace, Love & BBQ
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Snooky Pryor
Tomorrow Night
Blind Pig
Shake My Hand
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