The Blues House Party

01/02/2026

12/31/2025

A well-known blues singer will help ring in 2026 at a Chicago New Year's Eve event.

12/28/2025

HOUR ONE
Sophie Tucker - "You've Got to See Mama Every Night" Red Hot Mama (Acrobat)
Mavis Staples - "Everybody Needs Love" Sad and Beautiful World (Anti)
Sidney Barnes - "Pure Imagination" Outstanding (Wiener World)

Reckless and Blue - "Seven Deadly Gins" Seven Deadly Gins
Paul Filipowicz - "Rollcage" Breakwater (Big Jake)
Jimmy Burns - "Give Her To Me" Full Circle (Delmark)
Kirk Fletcher - "I'm Gonna Dig Myself a Hole" Keep on Pushing (Vizztone)
Jimi Smith - "She's a Peach" It's My Time (New Folk)
Mud Morganfield - "Big Frame Woman" Deep Mud (Nola Blue)
Roomful of Blues - "Tend to Your Business" Steppin' Out (Alligator)
Billy Branch - "Real Good Friends" The Blues Is My Biography (Rosa's Lounge)
Mississippi Heat - "Third Wheel" Don't Look Back (Delmark)
Buddy Guy - "Trick Bag" Ain't Done With the Blues (RCA)
Dave Keller - "I'm Telling You Know" La Brea (Tastee Tone)
Kyle Rowland - "This Train" No Holding Back (LVF)

HOUR TWO
Sonny Stitt - "Shadows" The Soul Jazz Dates (Enlightenment)
Ray Charles - "One Mint Julep" Instrumental Hits of the R&R Era (Acrobat)
Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs - "Do the Do" Pigus Drunkus Maximus (Blind Owl)
Bob Corritore - "She Loves Another Man" Early Blues Sessions (Vizztone)
Little Walter - "Got to Find My Baby" Robert Lockwood, Jr. 1941-56 (Koko Mojo)
Sonny Boy Williamson - "Fattening Frogs For Snakes" Robert Lockwood Jr. 1951-61 (Koko Mojo)
Candice Ivory - "Strong Black Mattie" New Southern Vintage (Nola Blue)
Hudspeth & Taylor - "Bright Lights Big City" Live in Des Moines (Hudtone)
Sean McDonald - "Have Mercy" Have Mercy (LVF)
Dave Keyes - "Worried In Mind Blues" Two Trains (MoMojo)
Garry Burnside - "I Been Looking" It's My Time Now (Strolling Bones)
Mississippi MacDonald - "Goin' Down Slow" Slim Pickin' (APR)
King Size - "Right About Now" Big Shoes (Qualified)
Mark Cameron - "The Wrong Thing" Blues Factory (Overton)
Randy Lee Riviere - "December 1980" Farmhand Blues (Wilderness)

12/22/2025

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12/21/2025

HOUR ONE
Charles Brown - "Merry Christmas Baby" Please Come Home For Christmas (King)
Chuck Berry - "Run, Rudolph, Run" Chess Box (Chess)
Leon Redbone & Dr. John - "Frosty the Snowman" Christmas Island (Rounder)
Albert King - "Santa Claus Wants Some Loving" Christmas in Soulsville (Stax)
Otis Redding - "White Christmas" The Otis Redding Story (Stax)
Koko Taylor - "Merry, Merry Christmas" Alligator Records Christmas Collection (Alligator)
Shemekia Copeland - "Stay a Little Longer, Santa" Genuine Houserockin' Christmas (Alligator)Ricky Nye - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" Plays Holiday Favorites (1-2-3)
Campbell Brothers - "Dreydl Song" Sacred Steel For the Holidays (Arhoolie)
Darlene Love - "Christmas" A Christmas Gift For You (Abkco)
Jonathan Ellison - "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" CD single (Ordena)
Liz Pennock & Dr. Blues - "Santa's Looking Older Than Me" Christmas Eve Present (Upright)
Ben Levin - "Candy Cane" A Holiday Blues R***e (Vizztone)
Ben Levin - "Lump of Coal" A Holiday Blues R***e (Vizztone)
Erin Harpe - "Jungle Bell Blues" The Christmas Swing (Vizztone)
Otis, Son, Denny - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" Blue Xmas (Evidence)

HOUR TWO
Duke Tumatoe - "Santa Claus, Santa Claus" It's Christmas...(J-Bird)
Gene Deer - "Your Love For Christmas" Live & Alone
Bo Carter - "Santa Claus" Bo Carter & The Mississippi Sheiks (JSP)
Lowell Fulson - "Lonesome Christmas" Lowell Fulson 1951-53 (JSP)
Lowell Fulson - "Christmas Party Shuffle" Lowell Fulson 1951-53 (JSP)
Irma Thomas - "O Holy Night" A Creole Christmas (Epic)
Ernie Watts & Michael Hill - "Sleigh Ride" Blue Xmas (Evidence)
Alan Arena - "Gritty Holiday Ditty" CD single
Vince Guaraldi - "O Tannenbaum" A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy)
Vince Guaraldi - "Christmas Time is Here" A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy)
Vince Guaraldi - "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy)
Mahalia Jackson - "Silent Night" Christmas With Mahalia Jackson (KRB)
Lionel Hampton - "Boogie Woogie Santa Claus"
Ella Fitzgerald - "Good Morning Blues" Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (Verve)
Joe Williams - "Christmas Blues" Santa's Bag (Telarc)
Lightnin' Hopkins - "Merry Christmas" Blue Yule (Rhino)

12/14/2025

HOUR ONE
Booker T & The MGs - "Green Onions" Instrumental Hits of the R&R Era (Acrobat)
Booker T & The MGs - "Time Is Tight" Up Tight (Stax)
Albert King - "Born Under a Bad Sign" Born Under a Bad Sign (Stax)
Otis Redding - "I've Been Loving You Too Long" Very Best of Otis Redding (Rhino)
Otis Redding - "Dock of the Bay" Very Best of Otis Redding (Rhino)
Sam & Dave - "Soul Man" Best of Sam & Dave (Atlantic)
Eddie Floyd - "Knock On Wood" Eddie Floyd (Stax)
Wilson Pickett - "In the Midnight Hour" A Man and a Half (Atlantic)
Wilson Pickett - "634-5789" A Man and a Half (Atlantic)
Johnny Taylor - "Who's Making Love" Chronicle (Stax)
The Mar Keys - "Last Night" Instrumental Hits of the R&R Era (Acrobat)
Steve Cropper - "Water" Jammed Together (Stax)
Shemekia Copeland - "Something Heavy" The Soul Truth (Alligator)
Joe Louis Walker - "Righttime" Great Guitars (Verve)
Booker T & The MGs - "Fannie Mae" Time is Tight (Stax)
Booker T & The MGs - "Boot Leg" Time is Tight (Stax)
Booker T & The MGs - "Hip-Hug-Her" Time is Tight (Stax)

HOUR TWO
Lisa Biales - "I Like You, Mr. Claus" At Christmas (Big Song)
Muddy Waters - "I Just Want to Make Love to You" Electric Mud (Chess)
Muddy Waters - "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" Electric Mud (Chess)
Howlin' Wolf - "Evil" This is Howlin' Wolf's New Album...(Chess)
Howlin' Wolf - "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy" This is Howlin' Wolf's New Album...(Chess)
Muddy Waters - "All Aboard" Fathers and Sons (Chess)
Muddy Waters - "Honey Bee" After the Rain (Chess)
Little Milton - "Grits Ain't Groceries" Greatest Hits (Chess)
Buddy Guy - "She Suits Me to a Tee" Left My Blues In San Francisco (Chess)
Jimmy Reed - "Baby What You Want Me to Do" At Carnegie Hall (Vee-Jay)
Jimmy Reed - "Take Out Some Insurance" At Carnegie Hall (Vee-Jay)
Dr. John - "New York City Blues" Afterglow (Blue Thumb)
Jimmy Smith - "Sum Serious Blues" Sum Serious Blues (Milestone)
Buddy Guy - "Keep It To Myself" Left My Blues in San Francisco (Chess)

12/11/2025

Shemekia Copeland will be on your TV on New Year's Rockin' Eve bringing the Blues party.

"Her voice is strong and soulful, her message comes from the heart."
--Mavis Staples

On Wednesday December 31, 2025, award-winning blues and roots vocalist Shemekia Copeland will perform live on ABC-TV as part of the iconic Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest, making this the largest audience of her career. Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest is America's most-watched New Year's celebration. The 2024 broadcast received nearly 18 million viewers. Based in New York City, this is the first time in its more than 50-year history the show will also broadcast live from Chicago.
Copeland is scheduled to perform at 11:10pm Central time. This special New Year's Eve concert event will take place along downtown Chicago's famous Riverwalk. It is hosted by The City Of Chicago and also features Chance The Rapper and others.
Says Copeland, “Forget about ringing in New Year's Eve. We’re rockin’ it in!! Let’s get this party started!”