Episode 6 - Blues Rock Now (Series Finale)

The finale brings it home to right now. Joe Bonamassa as the model for the modern DIY blues-rock empire (and his Royal Albert Hall night with Clapton); Gary Clark Jr. fusing the blues with everything modern ("This Land"); Kingfish carrying it straight out of Clarksdale, mentored by Buddy Guy — the living, unbroken chain. The 2000s garage-blues wave (White Stripes, Black Keys) that snuck the blues back onto the radio; Marcus King at the blues/Southern-rock crossroads; Larkin Poe and Samantha Fish leading a more open genre; the global scene; and streaming putting the whole 100-year history in your pocket. Then the close: six episodes recapped as one unbroken, hand-to-hand river — and the host's parting gift, handing the listener the thread, with a promise that Blues Progressions keeps going.