Episode 2: The Blues Is Dead?

The spirit of High John the Conqueror keeps the wellsprings of American music, Southern blues and gospel, alive.

This Episode Features:

  • Musicians Jontavious Willis (Georgia), Bobby Rush (Louisiana), Jake Fussell (North Carolina), the Glorifying Vines Sisters (North Carolina), and the late Precious Bryant (Georgia | archival)

  • Tim and Denise Duffy, founders of the Music Maker Relief Foundation.

Credits for This Episode

Host: Chuck Reece
Producer: Sean Powers
Editor: Josephine Bennett
Theme music: Patterson Hood
Additional music in this episode came from De Wolfe Music.

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