Hamilton Loomis

 Released during the Memorial Day weekend, Ric wishes you a happy weekend even though he has an issue with a certain broadcasting corporation. Despite all of that, Ric sits down with Natalie and making his first appearance on this show, LJ from Radio Memphis in The Morning and the three of them have a conversation with Texas bluesman, Hamilton Loomis. 

You'll hear some great music and hear how Hamilton spent a lot of time with Bo Diddley. Also, Ric goes a little too far regarding a certain side effect from wearing headphones all the time.

NEXT WEEK: Mark May

Marcella Simien

 If you were to put together a show like this, one of the things you have to consider is how to get the thing out there for the public to find. It's not terribly labor intensive but there are some things that have to be done. One such thing is the agreement to certain "terms of service" of the platform you are submitting your show to. That is perfectly reasonable and expected. 

Then, there is iHeart Radio. It used to be your show would have to be approved to be on their platform. Due to certain reasons (as Ric explains in this episode), this show was never submitted to them. However, they have decided to just pick it up and run the thing. Without asking. Plus, they can run an ad in front of it for their own profit. So a pirate got pirated, by the same people who killed FM radio. 

Also on this episode, a conversation with Marcella Simien along with some of her music.

NEXT WEEK: Ask not for whom the bell tolls.

A Conversation with Blind Mississippi Morris

 If you have ever spent any time around the genre of the blues, you'll know who Blind Mississippi Morris is and what he brings to the blues. In this episode, Ric sits down with Morris to talk about how he came to the blues, how he found music and what it was like growing up blind in a segregated Mississippi. For some in those days, what you were born into set the path you would likely follow for the rest of your days. There would be a lifetime of hard labor and a simple hand to mouth existence with little opportunity to improve your life or your situation. 

Morris found a way out through the gift of music and how that very first harmonica of his would be the ticket to a path that would take him around the world along while meeting and working with some of the best of the business. It's no wonder when you listen to Blind Mississippi Morris, you can easily call him one of the best in the business as well. 

NEXT WEEK: There are rabbits in the hats.

The Devil and His Wife

 While driving between the studios, Ric encounters a cool weather phenomenon. After thinking about it, he remembers the weird term for it and wondered how it even makes sense at all. Along the way he muses about how if it didn't happen in Frayser (Memphis suburb), it didn't happen anywhere else. 

Plus a conversation with Colorado blues artist A.J. Fullerton. Also, Apple's latest trick to stop Facebook from being so nosey. Zuckerberg is pissed and most of America doesn't care.

NEXT WEEK: Blind Mississippi Morris 

Bobby Rush

 As Bobby Rush will tell you, his name is not Bobby Slowdown. It took a pandemic to get Bobby Rush to stay in one place for more than a day. One of the hardest working guys in the blues, Bobby Rush will tell you what he's been up to with the pandemic and what plans he has after this thing is over. 

Along the way, he'll tell you about his iconic name and why everyone refers to him as Bobby Rush and not Bobby or Mr. Rush. Plus, you'll hear how he got his start and the education he got from Elmore James among many others.

NEXT WEEK: A.J. Fullerton