On Tuesday Bluesday, the Ladies Open It Up, The Allman Brothers Sing the Blues, and Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones are Live in Chicago, On August 26, 2025

Good morning and welcome to another Tuesday Bluesday! Today we’ve got ‘Ladies Sing The Blues’ to open things up, then we move on to The Allman Brothers Band, and Muddy & The Stones together at the Checkerboard Lounge!

Here’s your Tuesday Bluesday lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ladies Sing The Blues: Various Artists

From old time to the newer artists, we give you the blues female-style with Billie Holiday, Big Mama Thornton, Ruth Brown, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin, Koko Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Christine McVie, Marcia Ball, Ellen McIlwaine, Susan Tedeschi, Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson, Etta James, Linda Ronstadt, Sippie Wallace, Bessie Smith, Shawn Murphy, Angela Strehli, Aretha Franklin, The Blues Broads, and more!

4:00 p.m. The Allman Brothers Band Sings The Blues, Volume One

From the excellent Martin Scorcese documentary about the blues, we give you the Allman Brothers Band takes on the classics.

8:00 p.m. Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones Live at The Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago, IL, November 22, 1981

We close with a legendary union of Muddy and The Stones at the blues club on the South Side of Chicago established by L.C. Thurman and Buddy Guy in 1972.

The programming is all blues all day, but before, in between, and after it’s our big, wide Open Stream of 27,000+ song across all genres. Join us. The button is below.