WPSU Blues Archive - May 6, 2023

WPSU | By Max Spiegel

Published May 6, 2023 at 11:59 PM EDT

Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman, left, receives his stolen Gretsch guitar during the Lost and Found Guitar Exchange Ceremony Friday, July 1, 2022, at Canadian Embassy in Tokyo. Bachman's long-held dream came true Friday when he was reunited in Tokyo with a beloved guitar nearly a half-century after it was stolen from a Toronto hotel. Bachman, 78, a former member of The Guess Who, received the guitar from a Japanese musician who had bought it at a Tokyo store in 2014 without knowing its history. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) — Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman, left, receives his stolen Gretsch guitar during the Lost and Found Guitar Exchange Ceremony Friday, July 1, 2022, at Canadian Embassy in Tokyo. Bachman's long-held dream came true Friday when he was reunited in Tokyo with a beloved guitar nearly a half-century after it was stolen from a Toronto hotel. Bachman, 78, a former member of The Guess Who, received the guitar from a Japanese musician who had bought it at a Tokyo store in 2014 without knowing its history.

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues show as aired on Saturday, April 29, 2023 and hosted by Max Spiegel. The show includes tracks from Jackson Browne, John Lee Hooker, Louie Louie, Eric Clapton, Doc & Merle Watson, Alabama Shakes, Devil In A Woodpile, Leo Kottke, Willie Dixon, The Black Keys, Rev. Gary Davis, Guitar Junior, The Band, Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Corky Siegel, The Guess Who, Jack White, Pyeng Threadgill, and more.

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Max Spiegel

Max is a Song Collector & Community Cultivator, Web & Social Media Pioneer, Public Radio Producer & Host and Musician. He also scores and soundtracks films for Alpaca Pictures. Their latest full length feature film 99% Sure picked up a win at New Hope Film Fest and their last short https://vimeo.com/36186154" target="" title="">Bird Watching won Best Picture (and 5 other awards) at the 2011 Philly 48 Hour Film Fest! Max also sings a lot of monkey songs and not just because he is raising 3 monkeys of his own.

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