| guest author DENNIS McNALLY Plays music and talks | about his new book, "On Highway 61: Music, Race and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom" | with musical examples | website: dennismcnally.com |
| Bob Dylan | Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance | Freewheelin' | Columbia |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson | Match Box Blues | Best of | Yazoo |
| Charley Patton | High Water | Definitive Charley Patton | Catfish Records |
| Charley Patton | Some of These Days | Definitive Charley Patton | Catfish Records |
| Louis Armstrong | St. Louis Blues (1929) | Essential Louis Armstrong | Columbia |
| Louis Armstrong | West End Blues (1928) | Essential Louis Armstrong | Columbia Legacy |
| Jelly Roll Morton | Maple Leaf Rag | New Orleans Rhythm Kings | Milestone |
| Jelly Roll Morton | Livery Stable Blues | New Orleans Rhythm Kings | Milestone |
| Jelly Roll Morton | Panama | New Orleans RHythm Kings | Milestone |
| Bix Beiderbecke | Royal Garden Blues | Bix Beiderbecke and the Chicago Cornets | Milestone |
| Bessie Smith (w/Louis Armstrong) | St. Louis Blues | Down Hearted Blues (box) | Proper |
| Bessie Smith | Downhearted Blues | Down Hearted Blues | Proper |
| Robert Johnson | Come on in My Kitchen | Complete Recordings | Columbia Legacy |
| Robert Johnson | Hellhound on My Trail | Complete Recordings | Columbia Legacy |
| Count Basie | Swingin' the Blues | From Spirituals to Swing | Vanguard |
| Count Basie (intro by John Hammond) | I Ain't Got Nobody | From Spirituals to Swing | Vanguard |
| Lead Belly | Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In | Library of Congress Recordings | Rounder |
| Lead Belly | The Bourgeois Blues | Library of Congress Recordings | Rounder |
| Muddy Waters | Country Blues | Complete Plantation Recordings | MCA / Chess |
| Muddy Waters | Mannish Boy | The Real Folk Blues | Chess |
| Bob Dylan | See that My Grave Is Kept Clean | Bob Dylan | Columbia |
| Bob Dylan | Girl from the North Country | Freewheelin' | Columbia |
| Bob Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | Highway 61 Revisited | Columbia |
