Willie Murphy has been played on NTS in shows including All Fruits Ripe w/ Jack Sapsed, featured first on 27 March 2023. Songs played include Red Palace.

Willie Murphy (November 17, 1943 – January 13, 2019) was an American pianist, singer, producer, and songwriter. He is remembered as a singer and pianist for the blues band Willie and the Bees (sometimes known as Willie and the Bumblebees), and for his work with Bonnie Raitt and John Koerner.

Murphy's 1969 collaboration with folk/blues legend "Spider" John Koerner, "Running, Jumping, Standing Still," is still acclaimed as an all-time folk/blues classic. Throughout the 70’s and into the 80’s, Willie…