August 4, 2000, 9:00-11:00 p.m.
Host: Peter Welch
A 99th birthday tribute to Louis Armstrong and some musical commentary on the Republican Party convention.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Label & Format |
| Jordan for President | Louis Jordan | Let the Good Times Roll (1938-1954), Disc 8 | Bear Family CD |
| Struttin' with some Barbecue | Louis Armstrong | The Great Chicago Concert 1956 | Columbia/Legacy CD |
| Yellow Dog Blues | Louis Armstrong | Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy | Columbia CD |
| Basin Street Blues | Louis Armstrong | The Great Chicago Concert 1956 | Columbia/Legacy CD |
| Long Gone (From Bowling Green) | Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton | Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy | Columbia CD |
| (What Did I Do to be so) Black and Blue | Louis Armstrong | Satchmo at Symphony Hall | Decca CD |
| Jelly Roll Blues | Louis Armstrong | Snake Rag | Chiaroscuro Records LP |
| St. Louis Blues | Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton | Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy | Columbia CD |
| On the Sunny Side of the Street | Louis Armstrong | Satchmo at Symphony Hall | Decca CD |
| All That Meat and No Potatoes | Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton | Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller | Columbia CD |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Louis Armstrong | Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller | Columbia LP |
| I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | Louis Armstrong | Young Louis Armstrong | BMG/RCA CD |
| Same Ol' Blues | Johnnie Bassett | I Gave My Life to the Blues | Black Magic CD |
| Shut It Down | Larry Garner | Double Dues | JSP CD |
| The Devil I Don't | Johnny Jones | Blues Across the U.S.A.: The Nashville Scene (V.A.) | Cannonball Records CD |
| Get Your Lies Straight | Terry Evans | Blues for Thought | Pointblank/Charisma CD |
| 3 Sides (2 Every Story) | John Mooney | Against the Wall | House of Blues CD |
| Money is the Name of the Game | Buster Benton | Good to the Last Drop (V.A.) | Charly LP |
| Money Don't Make the Man | Kenny Neal | Hoodoo Moon | Alligator CD |
| Who are They | Mem Shannon | Spend Some Time with Me | Shanachie CD |
| Cash Talkin' (The Workingman's Blues) | Albert Collins | Cold Snap | Alligator LP |
| You Ain't Foolin' Me | Kenny Neal | Bayou Blood | Alligator CD |
| Wrong People in Charge | Mem Shannon | Mem Shannon's 2nd Blues Album | Hannibal CD |