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FEATURES: Liz Mandeville Inside the Blues/ Archive FEATURES: Inside the Blues with  Liz Mandeville.  Blues musician Liz takes us behind the Chicago blues scene and beyond with her very personal column. Luther Allison, Tail Dragger, Charlie Love, Zora Young, Mark Wydra, Tab Benoit, Tommy Castro & more. FEATURE: Inside the Blues with Liz Mandeville Charlie Love heads to Durban, South Africa as Blues Ambassador. Charlie recalls his long journey from Chicago's South Side to this premiere international blues festival.  FEATURES: Inside The Blues with Liz Mandeville  Liz reviews CDs by Big Ray, Linsey Alexander and Donny Nichilo to give us a taste of three flavors of Chicago Blues. FEATURES: Inside The Blues with Liz Mandeville Liz takes us to Memphis for the IBC's final night concert with Bob Margolin's All-Star Jam at the Rum Boogie where outstanding talent from all over the country got their mojos workin'. FEATURES: Inside The Blues with Liz Mandeville  Is  Cajun man Tab Benoit destined to be the next John Mayer? He's got the looks and talent, not to mention the adoring female fans. Liz  attended Tab's Voice of The Wetlands festival in Houma, LA and  reviews his jam-packed show at SPACE in Evanston. FEATURES: Inside the Blues with Liz Mandeville   Liz shares coffee talk with BMA winner Tommy Castro and gets him to reveal some secrets behind his success. FEATURES: Inside The Blues with Liz Mandeville If you love raw, stripped down traditional Chicago blues, you'll like Dutch slide player Peter Struijk, who was schooled by the infamous Tail Dragger. Liz explains this surprising collaboration.  FEATURES: Inside the Blues with  Liz Mandeville. Blues artist/columnist Liz reviews Zora Young's new CD and interviews "The French Connection," a.k.a. Zora's collaborator Bobby Dirninger.  FEATURES: Inside the Blues with  Liz Mandeville.  Blues artist Liz interviews veteran Chicago blues guitarist Mark Wydra, who has some crazy stories to tell in Part 1.  FEATURES: Inside the Blues with  Liz Mandeville.  Blues artist Liz interviews veteran Chicago blues guitarist Mark Wydra. In Part 2, Wydra reminisces about Chicago's early blues scene with Bob Riedy, Eddy Clearwater, Eric Clapton and more.  FEATURES: Inside the Blues with  Liz Mandeville.  Blues musician Liz takes us behind the Chicago blues scene and beyond with her new, very personal column. Liz recalls how Luther Allison done throwed the blues on her.

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