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Juke Joint: March 22, 2020

This week on "The Juke Joint" broadcast Robert Barclay featured classic blues recordings that will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in Memphis next month. That includes singer Bertha "Chippie" Hill singing "Trouble in Mind" with Louis Armstrong on cornet, Willie Brown singing "Future Blues," and tunes by BB King, Ruth Brown, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup and Howlin' Wolf's Chess Box.

Listen to this week's show:

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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.