B. B. King's Bluesville
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- For the record label, see Bluesville RecordsBluesville RecordsBluesville Records is a subsidiary of Prestige Records, launched in the 1960s with the primary purpose of documenting the work of the older classic bluesmen passed over by the changing audience...
B. B. King's Bluesville is a Sirius XM Radio channel devoted to Blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
music. It plays a mix of traditional blues, modern blues, rockin' blues and soul or "finger-poppin'" blues.
Bill Wax is the Program Director for the channel. While playing music in the fictional town of Bluesville, Wax is often hanging out in Low-Fi's Bar and Pool Hall. Tony Colter, the other on-air personality, plays the role of a night-time bartender at Low-Fi's. Pat St. John
Pat St. John
Pat St. John is one of the U.S.'s preeminent and longest serving radio personalities and voice artists. Known as The Dee-Jay’s DJ, he began his radio career on Windsor, Canada's CKLW in 1969, but is best known for his work in the New York City market on WPLJ, WNEW-FM, WCBS-FM and WAXQ...
can also be heard on the channel.
B. B. King
B. B. King
Riley B. King , known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No.3 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. According to Edward M...
is the "Mayor" of Bluesville and has made several live appearances on the station. King also begin hosting his own weekly music show on the channel beginning in September 2008. The program will feature a broad range of blues and gospel music hand-selected by King, along with stories about the artists and other personal anecdotes from the bluesman's epic career.
The channel launched on XM as Bluesville in 2001; King's name was officially added on July 14, 2008. On November 12, 2008 it was added to the Sirius lineup, replacing SIRIUS Blues
SIRIUS Blues
SIRIUS Blues was a Blues radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 74 and DISH Network channel 6074. The channel was scrapped on November 12, 2008 as part of the Sirius/XM merger, replaced by the similar XM Satellite Radio channel, B. B. King's Bluesville.-External links:* *...
. B.B. King's Bluesville can be heard on channel 70 for XM and Sirius (it was previously on 74 for both), as well as channel 6074 on Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
. Until February 9, 2010, it was heard on Direct TV channel 854, but all of Sirius XM programming was dropped in favor of SonicTap.
Shows on Bluesville
Friday Juke JointHosted by Bill Wax. Weekly three-hour show consisting solely of listener requests and dedications.
Requests can be called into the request line or e-mailed. The number to call for requests is 1-866-267-0454.
Stone Blue This show is dedicated to Rockin' Blues.
Rack of Blues
Countdown of recently released blues songs.
The Front Porch
Acoustic show of contemporary and traditional blues.
You and Me with B.B. King
A broad range of blues and gospel music hand-selected by King, along with stories about the artists and other personal anecdotes from the bluesman's epic career.