A few examples of how the blues influences, informs and inspires other genres of music.
| A couple of Canadian tunes, including the one that inspired the entire show... |
| The Blues Got the World By the Balls Bruce Cockburn - Night Vision - True North 
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| Dig a Hole Hans Staymer Band - Dig a Hole - Air Mail Music
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| A couple country blues tunes from two generations... |
| Black Girl Long John Baldry - It Ain't Easy - Warner Bros. |
| Lead Me On Kelly Joe Phelps - Lead Me On - True North |
| Three by a rocker who grew up on the blues in New Orleans and Texas... |
| Old Times, Good Times Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills - Atlantic |
| Go Back Home Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills - Atlantic |
| Know You Got to Run Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills 2 - Atlantic |
| A couple of tunes by true individuals - one country, and one, uh, Tom Waits... |
| Gun Street Girl Tom Waits - Rain Dogs - Island |
| Flashback Blues John Prine - John Prine - Atlantic |
| A couple of musicians from Mali who play the blues in very different ways... |
| Sarama Vieux Farka Toure - Fondo - Six Degrees |
| Badialo Boubacar Traore - Kar Kar - Stern's Music |
| Let's end with piece that combines jazz, Asian music and blues... |
| Meekong Delta Blues Mark O'Leary - Zemlya - Leo |
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