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Juke Joint - 5/9/2021

  This week on "The Juke Joint" broadcast Robert Barclay celebrated Mother's Day with a wide variety of tunes about mama. He included music by Elmore James, Dinah Washington, Junior Wells, Little Walter, Lightnin' Hopkins, Etta James, Koko Taylor, Roy Brown, Clifton Chenier, Marcia Ball and Big Bill Broonzy. He also noted the 90th birthday of Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays. 

 

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.