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Blues Breakers Playlist – Taj Mahal – May 20, 2013

This week on Blues Breakers our Artist of the Week was Taj Mahal, born 71 years ago this past May 17th. Tom Marker’s Blues Breakers for May 20, 2013 Taj Mahal (b. May 17, 1942) [...]

2013/05/20

Blues Breakers Playlist – Robert Johnson – May 13, 2013

This week we marked the recent anniversary of the birth of a truly legendary bluesman. one of the blues’ inventors, Robert Johnson. Tom Marker’s Blues Breakers for May 13, 2013 Artist of the week: Robert [...]

2013/05/13

Robert Johnson Artist Of The Week Blues Breakers Tonight

May 8, 1911, might be the date Robert Johnson was born in Hazelhurst, Mississippi. If it’s not, it’s sometime near then and we all agree to celebrate the fact that he was born on May [...]

2013/05/13

Marker’s Weekend Live Blues Pick

This week’s live blues pick was an easy choice: The great James Cotton in a 93XRT Blues Breakers tomorrow (Friday) evening. Now in his seventies James still blows the harp with the kind of intensity [...]

2013/05/09

Blues Breakers Playlist 5/6/13 James Cotton

This week on Blues Breakers our Artist of the Week was James Cotton. A fine new album from James comes out this week on Tuesday, Cotton Mouth Man. We played songs featuring Gregg Allman and [...]

2013/05/06

Blues Harp Master James Cotton On Blues Breakers Tonight

James Cotton, one of the all-time most awesome blues harmonica players ever has a brand new album and is doing a 93XRT Show this Friday at Mayne Stage. He is, therefore, our artist of the [...]

2013/05/06

Blues Breakers Playlist

We celebrated the Otis Rush’s birthday last night on Blues Breakers with Otis as our Artist of the Week. We played some other stuff, too. Here’s the playlist. Tom Marker’s Blues Breakers for 4/29/13 Otis [...]

2013/04/29

Otis Rush On Blues Breakers Tonight

Happy Birthday today to Mr. Otis Rush. Otis, one of the legends of the Chicago “West Side Sound,” is turning 78 today. We will happily be featuring some of his classics as well as some [...]

2013/04/29

Blues Breakers, April 22, 2013, Playlist With Notes

Tom Marker’s Blues Breakers for 4-22-13 Artist of the Week: Albert King Albert was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in L.A. on April 18th. Blues fan John Mayer [...]

2013/04/23

Albert King: Rock Hall, Birthday, Blues Breakers Tonight

Be listening to Blues Breakers tonight when Albert King will be the Artist of the Week. Just this month Albert was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and this Thursday we celebrate [...]

2013/04/22

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