Two blues icons originate right here in Minnesota: the Mississippi River and Highway 61, aka the "Blues Highway". This episode of The Current Presents is called "Blues Highway", and it's an hour-long exploration of the blues.

Guests include: Dr Andy Scheiber, a local musician and an English professor who often writes about the blues; local musicians and blues aficionados Andy Harwood, Mike O'Malley and Victor Velour; and three members of the Southampton, England, skiffle band The Dodge Brothers (Aly Hirji, Mike Hammond and Mark Kermode).

Segments

Damn Right, I've Got the Blues

Highway 61 Revisited

Boom Boom

Ramblin' Blues

From Four Till Late

Police Dog Blues

Churchhouse Blues

Talkin' to You, Mama

Don't Owe You a Thang

61 Highway