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Midwest Beat Blues: 05-03-24

Tom Lounges

Overview of the show:
Allman Bros. opens the show in remembrance of Dicky Betts who died April 18th

HOUR ONE: has largely BRAND NEW BLUES releases during the first 30 minutes from such artists as:
JOHNNY BURGIN, RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHT CATS, VAL STARR & THE BLUES ROCKET, THE CHESS PROJECT, ROB STONE & THE TOKYO TRIO, and FRANKIE BOY & THE BLUES EXPRESS.

Plus... the second part of Hour One has a segment of lost deep cut classics by:
JUNIOR WELL, B.B. KING, WILSON PICKETT, CHUCK BERRY and ALBERT KING.

HOUR TWO: Kicks off with a block of Estrogen-fueled blues by such blues women as:
SHIRLY KING, DANIELIA COTTON, SUSAN TEDESCHI and LIZ MANDEVILLE-GREESON, and closes with cool artist pair-ups featuring PAUL RODGERS, BERNIE MARSDEN, SONNY LANDRETH, PETER FRAMPTON, CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, ELVIN BISHOP and MALCOLM BRUCE.

Tom Lounges has been a radio personality and music journalist since 1979. For the last 43 years, Tom has been reporting on entertainment as a weekly music columnist and feature writer for The Times newspaper.