Code Blue Episode April 5, 2025

The Chess Story Volume Seven

3:00pm - 5:00pm

We continue with our look at the greatest blues label ever, drawing from the 15 CD box set The Chess Story. Looking at the year 1957 primarily, some of the artists featured include Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Jimmy McCracklin, Chuck Berry, Dale Hawkins and many many more.

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Track Listing:

2120 Michigan Avenue
Rolling Stones · 12 X 5
Hey Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley · The Chess Story
Fattening Frogs For Snakes
Sonny Boy Williamson · The Chess Story
Long Lonely Nights
Lee Andrews & the Hearts · The Chess Story
Mona (I Need You)
Bo Diddley · The Chess Story
Cool Off Baby
Billy Curley Barrix · The Chess Story
Flatfoot Sam
TV Slim · The Chess Story
Happy Happy Birthday Baby
The Tuneweavers · The Chess Story
Got You On My Mind
Cookie & His Cupcakes · The Chess Story
Before You Accuse Me
Bo Diddley · The Chess Story
That's Why I Love You So
Al Kent · The Chess Story
My Soul
Clifton Chenier · The Chess Story
Go Ahead
Billy Miranda · The Chess Story
Ninety Nine
Sonny Boy Williamson II · The Chess Story
Book of Love
The Monotones · The Chess Story
Look Out, Mabel
GL Crockett · The Chess Story
Sittin' on Top of the World
Howlin' Wolf · The Chess Story
The Walk
Jimmy McCracklin · The Chess Story
Nothin'Shakin' (But The Leaves on the Tree)
Eddie Fontaine · The Chess Story
Ten Commandments of Love
The Moonglows · The Chess Story
Yea Yea
The Kendall Sisters · The Chess Story
Sweet Little Sixteen
Chuck Berry · The Chess Story
Tornado
Dale Hawkins · The Chess Story
Everybody Rock (New Orleans Beat)
Jimmy McCracklin · The Chess Story
Anything To Say You're Mine
Lula Reid · The Chess Story
Your Funeral and My Trial
Sonny Boy Williamson · The Chess Story
Moanin' For My Baby
Howlin' Wolf · The Chess Story
Born To Run
Albert Lee · Heartbreak Hill
Two More Bottles of Wine
Albert Lee · Heartbreak Hill
You Can't Get The Stuff No More
Colin Linden · Easin' Back to Tennessee
Knob and Tube
Colin Linden · bLow
Big Mouth
Colin Linden · Still Life
Whiskey & Women
David Vest · Live at Blue Frog