Blues Hall of Fame

That didn't stop him, however, from continuing his father's legacy and keeping the music alive in Louisiana, Texas, and all over the world.

Clifton received a posthumous induction into the Blues Hall of Fame and an annual Zydeco Festival named after him.

Probably the coolest tribute came last year when a bunch of great artists got together and made an album in honor of his 100th birthday.

Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Jimmy Vaughn, Taj Mahal, Augie Myers, David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, Charlie Crockett, and of course CJ Chenier are just a few of the artists to play Clifton's songs on the album.

This week on Bill Street Caravan, we have Memphis' hometown favorites, Lucero.

Grammy-nominated blues man Guy Davis will be with us to deliver an installment of the Blues Hall of Fame, an exploration of the lives of the pioneers and innovators enshrined in the Blues Hall of Fame here in Memphis, Tennessee, brought to you by the Blues Foundation.

That's all coming up right now on Bill Street Caravan.

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Thanks for listening to the Blues Hall of Fame podcast, brought to you by the Blues Foundation.

The Blues Hall of Fame podcast is produced by Beale Street Caravan for the Blues Foundation, written by Preston Lauterbach and voiced by Guy Davis.

well thank you big lou and welcome everyone i'm your host jim irvin and this is time signatures for almost 40 years today's guest has been serving up gloriously riotous intensely emotional and wickedly playful chicago blues to audiences around the globe According to Guitar World, our guest and his band are a snarling boogie blues machine, and they embody quite literally a band firing on all cylinders.

Once again, the doors to the Chicago blues elite have swung open, and we are pleased to welcome alligator recording artist and Blues Hall of Famer Lil Ed Williamson to Time Signatures.

It's an honor and a pleasure to have you.

Welcome, my friend.

It's available through iTunes, Google Play, TuneIn, and just about anywhere podcasts can be found.

Speaking of podcasts, check out our newest production, The Blues Hall of Fame podcast, also available through iTunes, Google Play, and TuneIn.

We have to take a quick break for local announcements, but stick around.

There's more music to come.

Unfortunately, following her death from the stroke in 1973, she was kind of ignored for a little while, and then finally history caught up with her.

She was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2007, and then ended up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame finally in 2018 under the Early Influence category.

The state of Pennsylvania, by the way, still calls January 11th Sister Rosetta Tharpe Day.

In 1976, the Sex Pistols signed with EMI Records.

Welcome to the Blues Radio International podcast featuring live blues music and interviews.

You can find our weekly radio broadcast to listeners in 184 countries worldwide at bluesradiointernational.net. A 2026 inductee into the Blues Hall of Fame, our friend Bob Margolin has a storied career in Chicago blues, from his time as a guitarist in the Muddy Waters Band to an extensive solo career spanning decades.

I'm Jesse Finkelstein.

On this edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast, we take you to the 2017 Blues Music Awards in Memphis.

Mmm, best out in the West.

Rufus Thomas was a Memphis legend in the blues and in the Blues Hall of Fame.

And his daughter, Venise Thomas, is a very accomplished singer.

We played her several times in this show.

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So we'll have her back next week because we still have some more of her album to play.

Next up, though, is an award-winning artist, musician, singer, songwriter, Chicago-born blues singer, slide guitarist, Chicago Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Donna Herula.

Her album, Cold Feet, comes out September 18th.