We hop on a train in Chicago’s Union Station this week, heading for points west. Crossing through the plains, the mountains and the desert, we arrive at the place where the Pacific meets the land, and blues meets jazz. West Coast blues fill the hour of the 182nd Roadhouse Podcast, with Jimmy McCracklin, Lowell Fulson, Johnny Otis, T-Bone Walker, and Sonny Rhodes welcoming us to the fine tradition of show blues. It’s an hour of the coolest blues you’ve never heard on the California Zephyr – the 182nd Roadhouse Podcast.

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The Roadhouse Podcast 182 Show Notes

Charles Brown
Blazer’s Boogie
JSP
The Classic Earliest Recordings
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Pee Wee Crayton
Barefootin’
Blind Pig
Early Hour Blues
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Jimmy McCracklin
You’re The One
JSP
Rockin’ This Joint Tonight
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Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers Blues Quartet
Westcoaster
Delta Groove
Thrillville
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Curtis Salgado
20 Years of B.B. King
Shanachie
Clean Getaway
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Lowell Fulson
San Francisco Blues
Arhoolie
My First Recordings
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Kim Wilson
Lookin’ For Trouble
M.C. Records
Lookin’ For Trouble
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Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Bayview Jump
Alligator
That’s Big
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T-Bone Walker
Tell Me What’s The Reason
Sequel
The Blues Guitar Box Vol. 2
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Johnny Otis
Midnight At The Barrelhouse
JSP
Midnight At The Barrelhouse
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Robert Cray *
24-7 Man
Rykodisc
Take Your Shoes Off
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John Nemeth with Junior Watson
Let Me Hold You
Blind Pig
Magic Touch
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Sonny Rhodes
Life’s Rainbow
Stony Plain
Blue Diamond
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Doug MacLeod
Have A Little Taste
Black and Tan
Dubb
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