May 30, 1997, 9:00-11:00 p.m.
Host: Peter Welch
Tonight's show featured stuff from the recent MCA/Chess 50th Anniversary series of releases, and a tribute to the late Horst Lippmann who produced the American Folk Blues Festival concerts in Europe that began in the early 60s.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Label & Format |
| Smokestack Lightnin' | Howlin' Wolf | His Best | MCA/Chess CD |
| Rock Me | Muddy Waters | Chess Blues Classics 1947-1956 (V.A.) | MCA/Chess CD |
| Help Me | Sonny Boy Williamson II | Chess Blues Classics 1957-1967 (V.A.) | MCA/Chess CD |
| Spoonful | Howlin' Wolf | His Best | MCA/Chess CD |
| Sugar Mama | John Lee Hooker | Chess Blues Classics 1947-1957 (V.A.) | MCA/Chess CD |
| I Asked for Water | Howlin' Wolf | His Best | MCA/Chess CD |
| 24 Hours | Eddie Boyd | Chess Blues Classics 1947-1957 (V.A.) | MCA/Chess CD |
| So Many Roads, So Many Trains | Otis Rush | Chess Blues Classics 1957-1967 (V.A.) | MCA/Chess CD |
| Stone Crazy | Buddy Guy | His Best | MCA/Chess CD |
| Blues with a Feeling | Little Walter | Chess Blues Classics 1947-1957 (V.A.) | MCA/Chess CD |
| Just to Be with You | Muddy Waters | His Best 1956-1964 | MCA/Chess CD |
| Walkin' by Myself | Jimmy Rogers | The Complete Chess Recordings | MCA/Chess CD |
| Pretty Thing | Bo Diddley | His Best | MCA/Chess CD |
| Nadine | Chuck Berry | His Best, Vol. 2 | MCA/Chess CD |
| Crying at the Station | Brownie McGhee | American Folk Blues Festival '62 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| Ain't it a Pity | Lightnin' Hopkins | American Folk Blues Festival '64 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| King of the World | John Lee Hooker | American Folk Blues Festival '65 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| I Got to Cut Out | Sonny Boy Williamson II | American Folk Blues Festival '62 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| Back in the Bottom Blues | Big Joe Williams | American Folk Blues Festival '63, Part 2 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| Got a Letter This Morning | Fred McDowell | American Folk Blues Festival '65 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| Memphis Boogie | Memphis Slim | American Folk Blues Festival '63 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| Matt's Guitar Boogie | Matt Murphy | American Folk Blues Festival '63, Part 2 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| I Wanna See My Baby | T-Bone Walker | American Folk Blues Festival '62 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| Sail on | Roosevelt Sykes | American Folk Blues Festival '65 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| Stewball | Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon | American Folk Blues Festival '62 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| Hound Dog | Big Mama Thornton | American Folk Blues Festival '65 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |
| South Side Jump | Buddy Guy | American Folk Blues Festival '65 (V.A.) | Evidence CD |