September 12, 1997, 9:00-11:00 p.m.
Host: Peter Welch
Legendary Chicago harp player/singer/entertainer Junior Wells is very ill and in hospital. "Nothin But the Blues" hopes his music can be a healer. I also featured some newer releases and some stuff I recently bought.
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Label & Format |
| Broke and Hungry | Junior Wells | Live at Buddy Guy's Legends | Telarc CD |
| Messin' with the Kid | Junior Wells | Live at Buddy Guy's Legends | Telarc CD |
| Stormy Monday Blues | Junior Wells | It's My Life, Baby | Vanguard CD |
| Good Morning Little Schoolgirl | Junior Wells | Hoodoo Man Blues | Delmark CD |
| It's So Sad to Be Lonely | Junior Wells | It's My Life, Baby | Vanguard CD |
| Why are People Like That? | Junior Wells | Come on in This House | Telarc CD |
| Cut That Out | Junior Wells | Blues Hit Big Town | Delmark LP |
| We're Ready | Junior Wells | Hoodoo Man Blues | Delmark CD |
| She Wants to Sell My Monkey | Junior Wells | Come on in This House | Telarc CD |
| Slow, Slow | Junior Wells | It's My Life, Baby | Vanguard CD |
| Deep Pockets | Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters | The Colour of Love | Verve CD |
| What Love Did to Me | Tad Robinson w/Dave Specter & The Bluebirds | Blueplicity | Delmark CD |
| You Win, I Lose | Curtis Salgado w/Otis Grand | Nothing Else Matters | Sequel CD |
| Tell Me What's the Reason | Barkin' Bill Smith w/Dave Specter & The Bluebirds | Bluebird Blues | Delmark CD |
| You Got to Stop This Mess | Lurrie Bell | 700 Blues | Delmark CD |
| Super Chikan Strut | Super Chikan | Blues Come Home to Roost | Rooster Blues CD |
| Engine No. 9 | Jimmy Johnson | I'm a Jockey | Verve CD |
| I Ain't Superstitious | Melvin Taylor | Dirty Pool | Evidence CD |
| Take it Home with You | Long John Hunter | Swinging from the Rafters | Alligator CD |
| Crystal Ball Eyes | Super Chikan | Blues Come Home to Roost | Rooster Blues CD |
| Old Men | Mem Shannon | Mem Shannon's 2nd Blues Album | Hannibal CD |
| 700 Blues | Lurrie Bell | 700 Blues | Delmark CD |
| If That Ain't the Blues | Carl Weathersby | Looking Out My Window | Evidence CD |
| Everything's Going to Be Alright | Junior Wells | It's My Life, Baby | Vanguard CD |