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Blues Moments in Time...

The Blues Hotel Collective

Blues Moments in Time takes you back to the crossroads where history happened. We"re talking about those electric nights in Chicago studios, those dusty Delta afternoons, those chance encounters that changed everything. This is where you"ll hear about the day Muddy Waters plugged in and shook the world, the session where Robert Johnson laid down his legacy, the moment B.B. King named his guitar Lucille. These aren"t just dates and facts—they"re the living, breathing stories of how the blues became

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Blues Moments in Time - February 26: The Day the...

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2026/02/25

February 26 is where American music gets dragged through the mud — the day stolen sounds made millions, promised rights were stripped bare, and the blues rose up from the wreckage to tell the truth nobody wanted to hear.IN THIS EPISODE: [00:00] - Introduction[00:49] - The Cultural Landscape[02:30] - The Political Climate[03:43] - Exploring the Music[04:33] - Births[06:19] - Passings[07:39] - ConclusionKEY FIGURES MENTIONED: Fats Domino (1928 - 2017)Bob “The Bear” Hite (1943 - 1981)Bukka White

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Blues Moments in Time - February 25: Audacity, Hard...

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2026/02/24

On February 25, history didn’t whisper — it shouted. From a Senate seat reclaimed from the Confederacy to a young Muhammad Ali refusing to bow, this date shows how defiance, survival, and raw truth shaped the blues.IN THIS EPISODE: [00:00] - Introduction[00:46] - The Cultural Landscape[01:51] - The Political Climate[02:54] - Exploring the Music[04:07] - Births[05:25] - Passings[06:43] - ConclusionKEY FIGURES MENTIONED: Hiram Rhodes RevelsFirst African American U.S. Senator, seated in 1870 — a moment

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05:55

Blues Moments in Time - February 24: From Chains to...

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2026/02/23

From Kentucky’s defiance of emancipation to B.B. King’s Grammy honor and Memphis Slim’s Paris exile, this episode traces how February 24th captures the blues’ journey from oppression and field hollers to British blues explosions, arena stages, and worldwide recognition.Hosted by: Kelvin HugginsPresented by: The Blues Hotel Collective - your home for EVERYTHING BLUES.Website: https://www.theblueshotel.com.au/Keep the blues alive.© 2026 The Blues Hotel Collective.

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05:55

Blues Moments in Time - February 23: In the Crucible...

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2026/02/22

From W.E.B. Du Bois’ intellectual scaffolding to Mississippi’s fraught readmission to the Union, this episode traces how February 23 threads through the social, political, and musical birth of the blues. We follow recording milestones from Bertha “Chippy” Hill to Oliver Nelson, and celebrate the legacies of Johnny Winter, Melvin Taylor, Big Maceo Merriweather, and John Little John. Together, their stories reveal how one date illuminates the blues as protest, survival, and enduring artistic

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Blues Moments in Time - February 22: Trojan Horses,...

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2026/02/21

February 22 charts the blues slipping through the front door of mainstream culture and roaring back as a modern protest voice. In this episode of Blues Moments in Time, we follow Elvis Presley’s 1956 hit “Heartbreak Hotel” as a slow-blues “Trojan horse” that smuggled Beale Street feeling onto the pop charts and accidentally sparked a 1960s blues revival, sending young listeners digging for Muddy Waters, Son House, and Howlin’ Wolf.We then jump to 2019 and Gary Clark Jr.’s This Land, where

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05:43

Blues Moments in Time - February 21: From Malcolm X...

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2026/02/20

February 21 captures the blues in motion—from revolution to the White House, from “race records” to the pop charts. In this episode of Blues Moments in Time, we trace how the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X pushed Black American music from polished optimism into a grittier, electrified, politically charged sound that helped fuel funk and blues‑rock, and how B.B. King’s 1970 hit “The Thrill Is Gone” broke through the pop Top 20, tearing down the wall between segregated “race records” and mainstream

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Blues Moments in Time - February 20: From Frederick...

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2026/02/19

This episode traces the powerful crossroads of February 20—from Frederick Douglass’s passing in 1895 and the rise of the blues under Jim Crow, to the electric defiance of the 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott. We jump to 1962, when Lightning Hopkins improvised a blues tribute as John Glenn orbited Earth, and spotlight key February 20 birthdays that shaped the genre. A date that proves the blues doesn’t just remember history—it reports it, responds to it, and plays a little louder every time.Hosted by:

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05:22

Blues Moments in Time - February 19th: New Negro...

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2026/02/18

February 19th captures the blues in motion—from global Black consciousness to the electrified sound of mid‑century Chicago and the roar of arena rock. We begin in 1919, when W.E.B. Du Bois convenes the first Pan‑African Congress in Paris, laying the intellectual groundwork for the New Negro movement and building the cultural confidence that helped open the recording industry to Black artists like Mamie Smith just a year later.The date also intersects with World War II and the “Double V” campaign. On

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Blues Moments in Time - February 18th: From...

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2026/02/17

February 18th pulls together moral resistance, civil rights sacrifice, and some of the most important turning points in modern Black music. We start in 1688 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, where a small group of Quakers draft the first formal protest against slavery in the English colonies—a quiet but radical act that lights the torch of moral resistance at the heart of the blues. Nearly three centuries later, in 1965, Alabama activist Jimmie Lee Jackson is shot while protecting his family during a

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Blues Moments in Time - February 17th: Dignity,...

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2026/02/16

February 17th pulls together opera stages, protest streets, and Texas roadhouses into one long blues story about dignity and defiance. We start with Marian Anderson, born this day in 1902, whose exclusion from Constitution Hall and unshakable poise turned her into a symbol of Black artistry that would not be silenced—a core truth at the heart of the blues. Then we move to 1942 and the birth of Huey P. Newton, co‑founder of the Black Panther Party, marking a shift from asking to demanding and helping

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Blues Moments in Time - February 16: The Unwritten...

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2026/02/15

February 16 reveals the blues as a record of survival—a music born from laws designed to silence Black voices and sustained by generations who turned lived experience into song. In this episode of Blues Moments in Time, we trace the impact of Missouri’s 1847 literacy ban, the rise of oral tradition, and Frederick Douglass’s leadership at the Freedman’s Bank, whose collapse echoed the broken promises that shaped so many blues themes.We explore Bessie Smith’s 1923 recording that saved Columbia

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Blues Moments in Time - February 15: Crossroads,...

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2026/02/14

February 15 is a crossroads date in blues history—a day of vindication, breakthrough, and heavy loss. In this episode of Blues Moments in Time, we trace the journey from Blanch Kelso Bruce presiding over the U.S. Senate in 1879 to Mississippi declaring “B.B. King Day” in 2005, and Henry Lewis breaking the color line as the first Black conductor of a major American orchestra.We follow the “blues echo” of the British Invasion as the Beatles hit number one in 1964, then step into Muddy Waters’

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Blues Moments in Time - February 14: From “Little...

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2026/02/13

February 14 is more than roses and romance—it’s a cornerstone date in blues history. In this episode of Blues Moments in Time, we trace how Frederick Douglass’s chosen birthday helped inspire Black History Month, creating the cultural space for the blues to be honored as serious art, and how the founding of the SCLC in 1957 pushed the music from acoustic Delta roots into the urgent, electric sound of soul and R&B.We drop into Mamie Smith’s 1920 “Big Bang” recording session and Aretha Franklin’s

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Blues Moments in Time - February 13: Royalties,...

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2026/02/12

February 13 traces a century of change in the blues—from backroom deals to royalty checks, from quiet suffering to anthems of resistance. In this episode of Blues Moments in Time, we look at how the founding of ASCAP in 1914 laid the groundwork for blues songwriters to finally claim their intellectual property, and how the 1960 Nashville sit-ins helped push the music from “my baby left me” laments to soul-drenched protest songs.We revisit key recording sessions by Lonnie Johnson and Earl “Fatha”

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Blues Moments in Time - February 12th: From Freedom’s...

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2026/02/11

February 12 is a landmark date in blues history—a day where politics, culture, and legendary artists intersect. This episode explores how the founding of the NAACP protected early blues musicians on the road, why Abraham Lincoln’s birthday became a reminder of freedom still out of reach, and how Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue pushed the blue note into high society.We spotlight the birthdays of Piedmont great Pink Anderson and Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, and reflect on the passing of Delta master

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Blues Moments in Time - February 11th: Land of the...

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2026/02/10

February 11th traces a straight line from the first legal Black resistance in colonial America to Bessie Smith’s breakthrough and the streets of Memphis. We begin in 1644 New Amsterdam, where eleven enslaved Africans petitioned for—and won—their freedom, creating the “Land of the Blacks” and setting an early precedent for legal resistance inside a hostile system. Centuries later, in 1990, Nelson Mandela walks free after 27 years in prison, a living embodiment of the liberation themes long carried in

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Blues Moments in Time - February 10th: Soul Men,...

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2026/02/09

February 10th is a hinge date where the blues steps into the mainstream, the law catches up—partly—to the music’s demand for dignity, and key architects of the sound enter and exit the story. We start in 1964, when the U.S. House of Representatives passes the Civil Rights Act, the beginning of the end for the segregated touring map that kept B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and countless others confined to the Chitlin’ Circuit and the back doors of the venues they filled.Then we jump to 1979, when The Blues

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Blues Moments in Time - February 9th: Re‑Imported...

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2026/02/08

February 9th marks a turning point where the blues loops back into American culture, fuels political change, and evolves from rural porch music into an urban force. In 1964, 73 million viewers watched the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, unknowingly witnessing the “re‑importation” of the blues as British bands sent American teenagers searching for Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and the Chicago masters who shaped them.The date also sits at the heart of the Civil Rights era: in 1965, Dr. Martin Luther

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Blues Moments in Time - February 8th: Coded Blues,...

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2026/02/07

February 8th traces the blues from survival code to social justice soundtrack and global rock foundation. We start in 1915 with the premiere of The Birth of a Nation, a racist propaganda film that pushed Black communities into constant vigilance and turned early Delta blues into coded music of survival—songs that said one thing on the surface and another underneath.We then move to 1968 and the Orangeburg massacre in South Carolina, when police killed three students protesting a segregated bowling

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Blues Moments in Time - February 7th: Black History,...

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2026/02/06

February 7th marks the moment the blues stepped into the historical spotlight, the global stage, and the electric future. In 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week, creating the first national space where the stories behind the blues could be recognized as essential American history.Fast‑forward to 1964: the Beatles land at JFK, openly praising Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, forcing a segregated America to confront—and finally value—its own blues heritage.The date also captures key

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