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Homespun: November 19, 2017

This week on "Homespun" Robert Barclay filled in for the regular host, Tom Ball, while Tom takes some time off. Robert played some western swing by Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys and Johnny Gimble, some honky tonk piano from Moon Mullican and some bluegrass by Bill Monroe, the Seldom Scene and the Country Gentlemen. 

Robert Barclay launched "The Juke Joint" broadcast on WCMU in April 1985. It has been a Sunday night fixture from 8:00-11:00 pm ever since. A devoted listener dubbed him the "Duke of Juke." He includes nearly a century's worth of blues history on his program including traditional and contemporary blues along with boogie woogie, soul music, rhythm & blues, zydeco and gospel music.