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Paying tribute to Mike Vernon and John Hammond Jr.

Cerys' weekly round up of the blues you need to hear, from all around the world and in all shapes and sizes!

Tonight she pays tribute to record producer and British blues champion Mike Vernon and the American blues singer and guitarist John Hammond Jr.

Produced by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 2

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57 minutes

Last on

Mon 9 Mar 202621:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    Strange Things Happening Every Day

    • Decca.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Black Magic Woman

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
    • 002.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Need Your Love So Bad (Version #2(Remake) Take 2)

    • The Pious Bird Of Good Omen.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Chicken Shack

    Mean Old World

    • The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions.
    • Columbia.
    • 6.

  • Lazy Lester

    Sugar Coated Love

    • Rides Again (Expanded Edition).
    • Ace Records.
    • 1.

  • Otis Spann

    It Was A Big Thing

    • The Biggest Thing Since Colossus.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • Lady Nade

    My Journey To The Sky

  • Tinariwen & Sulafa Elyas

    Sagherat Assani

    • Amidinim Ehaf Solan.
    • Wedge.
    • 3.

  • Mike Bloomfield, John Hammond & Dr. John

    It Hurts Me Too

    • Triumvirate.
    • Columbia.
    • 7.

  • John Hammond

    Sweet Home Chicago

    • At The Crossroads: The Blues Of Robert Johnson.
    • Vanguard Records.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Mar 202621:00
    BBC Radio 2