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Juke Joint - 3/7/2021

This week on "The Juke Joint" broadcast Robert Barclay turned the calendar back 100 years to the 1920s and featured some music by the Classic Blues Women. That included music by Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Sippie Wallace, Ida Cox, Victoria Spivey, Alberta Hunter and Mamie Smith. Their sidemen on these recordings included Louis Armstrong, Georgia Tom Dorsey, Tampa Red and Benny Goodman.

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.