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Juke Joint: September 24, 2017

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John Lee Hooker, featured artist

This week on "The Juke Joint" broadcast Robert Barclay debuted new CDs by Tommy Castro, James Armstrong, Kim Wilson and Wee Willie Walker. He included some more tunes to celebrate the centennial of the birth of John Lee Hooker and he opened the show with some vintage Lightnin' Hopkins.

 

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.