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KIOS BLUES CHART: JUNE 2015

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.THE LUCKY LOSERS / A WINNING HAND / WEST TONE

2.CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE / I AIN'T LYIN' / HENRIETTA

3.ROY ROGERS / INTO THE WILD BLUE / CHOPS NOT CHAPS

4.DEBBIE DAVIES / LOVE SPIN / VIZZTONE

5.KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS / MEET ME IN BLUES LAND / ALLIGATOR

6.RICK VITO / MOJO ON MY SIDE / DELTA GROOVE

7.HENRY GRAY & BOB CORRITORE / SESSIONS VOL. 1 / DELTA GROOVE

8.HANK MOWERY / EXCUSES PLENTY / BLUE BELLA

9.SONNY LANDRETH / BOUND BUY THE BLUES / PROVOGUE

10.BEY PAULE BAND / NOT GOIN' AWAY / BLUE DOT

11.JEWEL BROWN FEAT. BLOODEST SAXOPHONE / ROLLER COASTER BOOGIE / DYNAFLOW

12.CLAYTON DOLEY / BAYOU BILLABONG / SELF

13.BLACKBURN / BROTHERS IN THIS WORLD / ELECTRO FI

14.VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & WILDROOTS / BOOMTOWN / BLIND PIG

15.THE NIGHTHAWKS / BACK PORCH PARTY / ELLERSOUL

16.THE TEXAS HORNS / BLUES GOTTA HOLDA ME / VIZZTONE

17.THE BETTY FOX BAND / SLOW BURN / SELF

18.TED DROZDOWSKI'S SCISSORMEN / LOVE & LIFE / DOLLY SEZ

19.CHARLES WILSON / SWEET & SOUR BLUES / BLUES CRITIC

20.TOOTS LORRAINE / MAKE IT EASY / CHAD DENT

21.JACKIE PAYNE / I SAW THE BLUES / BLUE DOT

22.AMY BLACK / THE MUSCLE SHOALS SESSIONS / SELF

23.JAMES HARMAN / BONETIME / ELECTRO FI

24.THE CASH BOX KINGS / HOLDING COURT / BLIND PIG

25.BILLY PRICE & OTIS CLAY / THIS TIME FOR REAL / BONEDOG

This list was submitted to Living Blues Magazine for inclusion in the

National Blues Chart for July 1, 2015

Mike Jacobs has been with KIOS since 1988 while attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mike began his career at KIOS working weekends acting as local host for NPR’s Weekend Edition. He also hosted Morning Edition from 1990-1996. Mike began hosting the weekly blues program “Blues in the Afternoon” in October 1994 and took on the responsibilities of jazz programming and maintaining the music library in 1996. He has held the position of Music Director since 2002. In addition to hosting “Jazz in the Afternoon” on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Mike also helps with assembling music for “Jazz From Studio One” hosted by the advanced radio students at the Omaha Public Schools Career Center. Mike is an Omaha native and graduated from Technical High School in 1984.