BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 07/6/25
BATTLE OF THE BLUES
GRANT JONES vs LINDA HOPKINS

This week on Blues Before Sunrise we'll feature one of our famous Battle Of The Blues. This time around we've got Chicago R&B singer Grant Jones going toe to toe with timeless luminary Linda Hopkins. While no one knows whatever became of Grant Jones, Linda Hopkins is still going strong fifty years after her first recordings. Our battle isn't really so much of a battle as it is an excuse to play side after side by these two delightful veteran singers. Grant Jones vs Linda Hopkins Our latest Battle Of The Blues - Only on BBS!

HOUR #1

PRETTY PAPA

PAULA WATSON

ALBERTA

JOHN TAYLOR

GONE ARE THE DAYS

GAYLE BROWN

ACHIN' HEART BOOGIE

CLIFF BLIVENS

HE'S MY DADDY

WINI BROWN

ROSE OF RIO GRANDE

IVY ANDERSON

LULL IN MY LIFE

IVY ANDERSON

IN A MIZZ

IVY ANDERSON

OOH MOP

JACK McVEA

DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYIN'

JACK McVEA

RAINEY DAY BLUES

JACK McVEA

KILLER DILLER MAN FROM THE SOUTH

CATS & THE FIDDLE

19 WAYS OF PLAYING A CHORUS

MEADE LUX LEWIS

ELDER EATMORE'S SERMON ON GENEROUSITY

BERT WILLIAMS

HE MAY BE YOUR MAN

EDITH WILSON

MICHIGAN WATER

LENA WILSON

CHEROKEE

DON BYAS

HOUR #2

HI-YO SILVER

GRANT JONES

WALKING & TALKING BLUES

LINDA HOPKINS

HELLO STRANGER

GRANT JONES

BABY PLEASE COME HOME

LINDA HOPKINS

HOSPITALITY BLUES

GRANT JONES

SHIVER & SHAKE

LINDA HOPKINS

LET'S GET HIGH

GRANT JONES

IT TOOK A LONG LONG TIME BABY

LINDA HOPKINS

MICHIGAN WATER

GRANT JONES

I CAN'T

LINDA HOPKINS

HEARTACHE BLUES

GRANT JONES

MAMA NEEDS YOUR LOVIN' BABY

LINDA HOPKINS

STRANGE MAN

GRANT JONES

COME BACK BABY

LINDA HOPKINS

DEEP RIVER

RANDOLPH'S KENTUCKY JUBILEE CH

MEETING THE JUDGE ON MONDAY MORNING

REV J.M.GATES

LORD GIVE ME WINGS

PROF J.EARL HINES

WHEN

ELDER CHARLES BECK

HOUR #3

RAMBLING ON MY MIND

ROBERT JOHNSON

YOU'LL NEED SOMEBODY ON YOUR BOND

BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON

LEAVING HERE BLUES

WILLIE HARRIS

RIDE 'EM ON DOWN

ROBERT PETWAY

LOVING LADY BLUES

CRYING SAM COLLINS

TWO WHITE HORSES STANDING IN LINE

SMITH CASEY

CAN'T SEE YOUR FACE

WALTER DAVIS

PEOPLE PEOPLE

CHARLES McFADDEN

GOTTA FIND MY BABY

DR.CLAYTON

TELL 'EM ABOUT ME

SPARKS BROS

SCREENING THE BLUES

IKE ROGERS/HENRY BROWN

BOOGIE WOOGIE

CHARLIE SEGAR

NEW WAY OF LIVING

RAMBLING THOMAS

LONE WOLF BLUES

OSCAR WOODS

CHERRY BALL

MISSISSIPPI BRACEY

UNKIND MAMA

RAYMOND BOYD

SHE'S A DOUBLE CROSSIN' WOMAN

CALVIN FRAZIER

LONESOME BEDROOM BLUES

CURTIS JONES

HOUR #4

I'M SETTING YOU FREE

ROY GAINES

I'M GOING CRAZY

LIL GREENWOOD

ALONG ABOUT MIDNIGHT

LIL GREENWOOD

SHE WALKS RIGHT IN

GATEMOUTH BROWN

I LIVE MY LIFE

GATEMOUTH BROWN

DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSSROADS

GATEMOUTH BROWN

THE BIG QUESTION

KINGS OF RHYTHM

AFTERHOURS

JIMMY NOLEN

TUFF LUCK BLUES

BIG MACEO

SOME SWEET DAY

BIG MACEO

WHOOP IT UP

JOHNNY YOUNG

WORRIED MAN BLUES

JOHNNY YOUNG

ORA NELLE

OTHUM BROWN

THIS IS THE BLUES

OTIS SPANN

TAKE A LITTLE WALK

ROBERT JR.LOCKWOOD

GOING BACK TO CHICAGO

CHET OLIVER

MISS JESSIE JAMES

JAMES WALKER

TANYA

EARL HOOKER

HOUR #5

LADY OF THE LAVENDER MIST

DUKE ELLINGTON

DON'T BE SO MEAN TO BABY

AL HIBBLER/ELLINGTON

TELL ME MORE

BILLIE HOLIDAY

NO PROBLEM

DUKE JORDAN

CLEOPATRA'S LAMENT

PAUL GONSALVES

LEAVE ME ALONE

MARY LANE

RATHER BE LONESOME

CHRISTIAN DOZZLER

ALL ALONE & BLUE

CHRISTIAN DOZZLER

BLUES UP THE RIVER

CHARLIE MUSSLEWHITE

GOING BACK TO NEW ORLEANS

PREACHER JOHN

KIDMAN BLUES

MEMPHIS MINNIE

DO THE DO

TAILDRAGGER

CATFISH BLUES

BIG JACK JOHNSON

ALBATROSS

FLEETWOOD MAC


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