Playing the guitar with a slide on one finger was a popular technique among country blues musicians and was later taken up electric guitar players in Chicago and by blues rock performers in the US and Britain.
All Blues from the Summer Room podcasts were edited and compiled by our good friend of Skidompha Library, Mark Addison.
Intro from Dark Was the Night
2:20 Fallin Down Blues - Furry Lewis
5:10 Sic Em Dogs On - Bukka White
7:37 Roll and Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
10:45 Dark Was the Night - Blind Willie Johnson
14:34 St.Louis Blues - The Genial Hawaiians
17:25 The Twelves - Kokomo Arnold
20:38 Fred’s Worried Life Blues - Mississippi Fred McDowell
23:25 Is You Ever Seen - Earl Hooker
27:07 Deep Feeling - Chuck Berry
29:25 Too Much Alcohol - J.B. Hutto
33:03 Statesboro Blues - Allman Bros.
37:25 Mean Old World - Clapton and Allman
41:17 Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Palace Of King Philip XIV Of Spain - John Fahey
45:57 Around the Plynth - The Faces