From Pelzer to Soul Train: Dr. Mac Arnold’s Blues Journey

Hosts Mama B and Mama Juju sit down with South Carolina blues legend Dr. Mac Arnold to trace his journey from Pelzer to stages with B.B. King, John Lee Hooker and beyond, including his time as an associated producer for Soul Train.

The conversation covers Mac’s lifelong relationship with music—his trademark gas-can bass, his work with Plate Full of Blues—and his community efforts through the I Can Do Anything Foundation, which brings instruments and music education to schools and produces the Cornbread & Collard Greens Festival.