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Juke Joint - October 8, 2023

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast Robert Barclay features a roundup of blues artists from Texas. He includes T-Bone Walker, Amos Milburn, Johnny Winter, Angela Strehli, Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan, Pee Wee Crayton, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Sippie Wallace, Freddy King, Marcia Ball and 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.