Playlist for Tuesday 8/11/09

Did a rollicking show featuring many of the performers that were at the Willamette Valley Brews & Blues Festival this past weekend. It was the first one and was a huge success! It was great to be a part of it and we're all looking forward to next year!

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Luther Allison- Cat Blues
3. James Solberg feat. Luther Allison- Still Called the Blues
4. Bernard Allison- The Next Generation
5. Ronnie Baker Brooks- The Torch of the Blues
6. Eddie Kirkland- Done Somebody Wrong
7. Elmore James- Done Somebody Wrong
8. Lucky Peterson- That's The Way It Ought To Be
9. Dion- My Babe
10. Jerry Zybach- Fourty-Four
11. Kenny Neal- Since I Met You Baby
12. Little Walter- My Babe
13. Willie Dixon- 29 Ways
14. Michael Osborn feat. J.L. Hooker- Mabel
15. Willie Kent- Night Time Is the Right Time
16. Big Time Sarah- Fannie Mae
17. Francine Reed- Stop Me! Before I Love Again
18. Kenny Neal & Billy Branch- My Babe
19. Steve Guyger- Blues Won't Let Me Be
20. Steve Guyger- I'm Shakin'
21. Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson- Red Beans
22. Henry Cooper- Goodbye Blues
23. Rod Piazza & The Mighty Fliers- Strat-O-Spheric
24. Eagle Park Slim- One Step From Heaven
25. Michael Hill's Blues Mob- A Case Of the Blues
26. Bill Rhoades & The Party Kings- Look On Yonders Wall
27. Bill Rhoades & The Party Kings- High Cost of Living
28. Ellen Whyte- Four Way Stop
29. Karen Lovely- Rock Me
30. Etta James- Crawling King Snake
31. Etta James- The Sky Is Crying

Playlist for Tuesday 8/4/09

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Butterfield Blues Band- East-West
3. Buddy Guy- Done Got Old
4. Robert Cray- Chicken In The Kitchen
5. Walter Trout- Two Sides To Every Story
6. Dion- Drop Down Mama
7. Louisiana Red- You Done Quit Me
8. Johnny Winter- Mean Mistreater
9. Guitar Shorty- Just Warming Up
10. Junior Wells- Little By Little
11. Dani Wilde- Little By Little
12. Susan Tedeschi- Little By Little
13. Shirley Johnson- You Just Using Me
14. Mojo Buford- Long Distance Call
15. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials- First I Look At The Purse
16. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith- Tired of Crying
17. George Thorogood & The Destroyers- Tail Dragger
18. Lurrie Bell- Turn To Me
19. Alabama Mike- Too Many Cooks
20. Rick Estrin & The Nightcats- Walk All Day
21. Deborah Coleman- Brick
22. Liz Mandeville- Guilty of Rockin' All Night
23. Fiona Boyes- Early In The Morning
24. Rich DelGrosso- Get Your Nose Outta My Bizness!
25. Otis Rush- Please Love Me
26. Muddy Waters- One More Mile
27. Chaz DePaolo- Down So Long
28. Otis Rush feat. Duane Allman- You Reap What You Sow
29. Johnny Jenkins- Walk On Golden Splinters
30. Luther Allison- Soul Fixin' Man

Playlist for Tuesday 7/28/09

It finally cooled down enough that my fingers aren't sticking to the keyboard any longer, so I can post these songs! One tune going out to celebrate the birthday of the late Michael Bloomfield--

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Paul Oscher- Blues Before Sunrise
3. Boz Scaggs feat. Duane Allman- Loan Me A Dime
4. David Jacobs-Strain- Write Me a Few Short Lines
5. Louisiana Red- Train Station Blues
6. Lucky Peterson- Six O'Clock Blues
7. Jimmy Reed- I'm The Man Down There
8. Too Slim & The Taildraggers- Devil In A Double Wide
9. Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm- Cold Day In Hell
10. Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers- Hate To See You Go/Shake Your Hips
11. The Rolling Stones- Shake Your Hips
12. Rory Block- Down Hearted Blues
13. Fiona Boyes- Got My Eye On You
14. Liz Mandeville- Life Sentence of the Blues
15. John Nemeth- Daughter of the Devil
16. Big Bill Morgenfield- Peace of Mind
17. Snooky Prior- Let Your Hair Down
18. The Revelators- You Gotta Move
19. The Rolling Stones- You Gotta Move
20. Bill Rhoades & The Party Kings- Don't Lose Your Cool
21. Sugar Ray & The Bluetones- I won't Leave Home No More
22. Walter Trout- Goin' Down
23. Paul Butterfield Blues Band- I Got A Mind To Give Up Living
24. The Vipers feat. Deb Cleveland- Wild Women Don't Have The Blues
25. Katie Webster feat. Bonnie Raitt & Kim Wilson- On The Run
26. Joe Bonamassa- High Water Everywhere
27. Taj Mahal- Goin' Up The Country, Gonna Paint My Mailbox Blue

Playlist for Tuesday 7/21/09

Some good blues for a hot Summer's day.

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Savoy Brown- Mississippi Steamboat
3. Larry McCray- Gone for Good
4. Elvin Bishop- Fannie Mae
5. Gov't Mule- Worried Down With The Blues
6. W C Clark- Why I Got The Blues
7. Alabama Mike- Lay My Money Down
8. Roy Rogers- I Would Undo Anything
9. John Hammond- Come On In This House
10. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials- Dying to Live
11. Carl Martin- Good Mornin' Judge
12. Ruth Brown- Can't Stand A Broke Man
13. Zora Young- Two Trains Running
14. Rory Block- I Want To Go Home On The Morning Train
15. Otis Spann- Walkin' the Blues
16. Pinetop Perkins- Murmur Low
17. Charlie Musselwhite- If I Should Have Bad Luck
18. Sugar Blue- That's All Right
19. Carey & Lurrie Bell- Low Down Dirty Shame
20. The Fabulous Thunderbirds- Painted On
21. Eddie C. Campbell- Bluesman
22. Taildragger- Tend To Your Business
23. Lonnie Brooks- A Man's Gotta Do What A Man's Gotta Do
24. Susan Tedeschi- It Hurt So Bad
25. Big Mama Thornton- Gimme A Penny
26. Junior Wells- Ways Like An Angel
27. Magic Sam- Everything Gonna Be Alright
28. Luther Allison- Dust My Broom

Playlist for Tuesday 7/14/09

This was really a fun set. How can a bluesman go wrong with the themes of trouble, money & women? A winning combination guaranteed to bring a tear to the eye! Also looked at three very different versions of Little Red Rooster.

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Stevie Ray Vaughn, BB King, Albert King & Paul Butterfield- The Sky Is Crying
3. Robert Lockwood, Jr.- Every Day I Have The Blues
4. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers- Kokomo
5. Curtis Salgado- Money Must Think That I'm Dead
6. Savoy Brown- Little Red Rooster
7. Gov't Mule- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
8. Hound Dog Taylor- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
9. Stevie Ray Vaughn & Jeff Beck- Goin' Down
10. Paul Oscher- Dirty Dealin' Mama
11. Gene Taylor- Six Week Old Blues
12. Kim Wilson- Lookin' For Trouble
13. Charlie Musselwhite- Trouble No More
14. Big Time Sarah- Little Red Rooster
15. Katie Webster- Hard Lovin' Mama
16. Koko Taylor- Cut You Loose
17. Koko Taylor- Wang Dang Doodle
18. Gregg Allman- House of Blues
19. Lazy Lester- I Need Money
20. The Paladins- I've Been Down Before
21. Bob Margolin's All-Star Band- Crazy 'bout You Baby
22. Raful Neal- Let's Work Together
23. Kenny Neal & Billy Branch- Don't Start Me Talking
24. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry- Make a Little Money
25. Carey Bell- Walking In The Park
26. Little Milton- Casino Blues
27. The Rolling Stones- Little Red Rooster
28. Gregg Allman- You Can't Lose What You Never Had
29. Johnny Copeland, Albert Collins & Robert Cray- Bring Your Fine Self Home
30. Muddy Waters- Hoochie Coochie Man

Playlist for Tuesday 7/07/09

Had a great time spinnin' these tunes- celebrated the 96th birthday of the amazing Pinetop Perkins. I remember as a kid seeing his weekly gigs listed in the Chicago Tribune entertainment section---and darn if he still isn't doin' it 40-some years later! The duet with BB offers up 179 years of blues know-how...it's gotta be good!

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Pinetop Perkins- Every Day I Have the Blues
3. Pinetop Perkins- Blues After Hours
4. Pinetop Perkins- Kidney Stew
5. Pinetop Perkins- Look On Yonder Wall
6. Buddy Guy- I Smell A Rat
7. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells- Messin' With The Kid
8. Tail Dragger- Long Distance Call
9. Lucky Peterson- Tribute to Luther Allison
10. Luther Allison- Goin' Down
11. Jimmy Rogers- Rock With You Baby
12. Sleepy John Estes- 80 Highway
13. Kenny Neal- Change My Way Of Livin'
14. John Nemeth- Blues Hit Big Town
15. Roomful of Blues- I'm Just Your Fool
16. Duke Robillard- Do Me Right
17. Rick Estrin & The Nightcats- Someone, Somewhere
18. Ronnie Earl- Blues for Fathead
19. Cyrille Neville- Brand New Blues
20. Lowell Fulson- Working Man
21. Pinetop Perkins feat. B B King- Down in Mississippi
22. Pinetop Perkins- How Long Blues/Come Back Baby
23. Fiona Boyes- Barrelhouse Funeral
24. Shirley Johnson- Selfish Kind of Gal
25. Rory Block- Death Letter
26. Tail Dragger- Tend To Your Business
27. Homemade Jamz Blues Band- I Got Blues For You

Playlist for Tuesday 6/30/09

This show was a change of pace for me. I usually don't play as much new stuff as I did this week, but there is alot of really good new music out there this summer, so, what the heck...

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Luther Allison- I'm Gonna Leave You Alone
3. B B King- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
4. Roy Rogers- Patron Saint of Pain
5. Pinetop Perkins- Look On Yonder Wall
6. Zora Young- Til The Fat Lady Sings
7. Katie Webster feat. Robert Cray- Who's Making Love?
8. Saffire- I Can Do Bad All By Myself
9. Johnny Jenkins- Rollin' Stone
10. Otis Rush- You Gonna Reap What You Sow
11. Duane Allman- No Money Down
12. Johnny Jenkins- You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
13. Floyd McDaniel- Every Day I Have The Blues
14. Louisiana Red- Too Poor To Die
15. Too Slim & The Taildraggers- Throw Me A Rope
16. Alabama Mike- Death Letter Blues
17. Pat Travers- Rock Me Baby
18. Big Bill Morgenfield- My Love Is Real
19. Kinsey Report- Fire Down Below
20. Maria Muldaur w. Dave Matthews- Lonesome Desert Blues
21. Shemikia Copeland- Sounds Like The Devil
22. Deb Cleveland Band- Key To The Highway
23. Etta James- You Can Leave Your Hat On
24. Big Mama Thornton- Unlucky Girl
25. Lil' Ed & Dave Weld- North Carolina Bound
26. Lil' Ed & Dave Weld- New Year's Resolution
27. Eddie C. Campbell- Summertime
28. Rod Piazza & The Mighty Fliers- Key To The Highway
29. Billy Boy Arnold- Tell Me Baby