May 16, 1997, 9:00-11:00 p.m.
Host: Peter Welch
Some Blues for new graduates; cool bluesy jazz; and some newer releases.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Label & Format |
| Find You a Job | Eddie Clearwater | The Chief | Rooster Blues CD |
| Nickels and Dimes | Mark Hummel | Feel Like Rockin' | Flying Fish CD |
| Living Hand to Mouth | Little Charlie & The Nightcats | All the Way Crazy | Alligator CD |
| Five Long Years | Carey Bell | Mellow Down Easy | Blind Pig CD |
| Big Boss Man | Jimmy Reed | Speak the Lyrics to Me, Mama Reed | Vee-Jay CD |
| Say Boss Man | Bo Diddley | The Chess Box, Disc 1 | MCA/Chess CD |
| Working Man | Long Tall Lester | Blow by Blow (V.A.) | Sundown LP |
| Call My Job | Detroit Jr. | The Way I Feel (V.A.) | Flyright CD |
| Pay Day Blues | Lowell Fulson | Reconsider Baby | Roots CD |
| Working Man Blues | Johnny Copeland | The Copeland Collection, Vol. 1 | Collectables CD |
| Hard Working Woman | Connie Allen w/Paul Williams & His Orchestra | The Hucklebuck | Saxophonograph LP |
| Business Woman | Camille Howard | A Taste of the Blues, Vol. 1 (V.A.) | Vee-Jay CD |
| Working Girl Blues | Phillip Walker | Working Girl Blues | Black Top CD |
| Work, Work, Work | Lee Dorsey | Freedom for the Funk | Charly CD |
| Master Charge | Albert Collins | Ice Pickin' | Alligator CD |
| Midnight Special | Jimmy Smith | Midnight Special | Blue Note CD |
| Blues for Joe | Jimmy McGriff | Blues for Mr. Jimmy | Collectables CD |
| Saturday Night Blues | Kenny Burrell | Midnight Blue | Blue Note CD |
| Both Sides of the Fence | Charlie Musselwhite | Rough News | Pointblank CD |
| I'm Gonna Move to Kansas City | Junior Wells | Come on in This House | Telarc CD |
| Low Down and Dirty | Luther Allison | Reckless | Alligator CD |
| Pocketful of Blues | Eddie King | Another Cow's Dead | Roesch Records CD |
| Knife and Fork | Nappy Brown & Kip Anderson | Best of Both Worlds | Ripete CD |
| There's a Train | The Holmes Brothers | Promised Land | Rounder CD |
| Losin' Boy | Eddie King | Another Cow's Dead | Roesch Records CD |
| When You're Ugly Like Me | Nappy Brown | Best of Both Worlds | Ripete CD |
| The Briar Patch | Gary Primich | Company Man | Black Top CD |