Playlist for Tuesday 1/20/09

Had a great high energy show on the cusp of two monumental occasions-the first, of course, the inauguration of our new President and the second, the fact that KRVM is once again streaming the internet and is WORLD-WIDE!

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. The Band- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
3. Bob Dylan- The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
4. Neville Brothers- A Change is Gonna Come
5. Neville Brothers- Sister Rosa
6. Bob Dylan- The Times They are a-Changin'
7. Billy Boy Arnold- Decoration Day
8. James Solberg- Still Called The Blues
9. Bernard Allison- New Girl in Town
10. Ronnie Baker Brooks- Set Me Free
11. B B King- How Many More Years
12. B B King- Sitting on Top of the World
13. The Strangetones- Mama Makes More
14. Marshall Lawrence- Freight Train
15. David Jacobs-Strain- Liar's Day
16. Taj Mahal- Further on Down the Road
17. Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm- Don't Just Sing about the Blues
18. Magic Slim- Goin to Mississippi
19. Al Rivers- Blues are my Only Friend
20. Zora Young- Til the Fat Lady Sings
21. Irma Thomas- Make Me a Pallet on your Floor
22. Koko Taylor- Born Under a Bad Sign
23. Homemade Jamz Blues Band- Boom Boom
24. Howlin Wolf- 300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy
25. Kinsey Report- Dead in Your Tracks
26. Fiona Boyes- Early in the Morning
27. Etta James- Little Red Rooster
28. Elvin Bishop, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Tommy Castro- Look on Yonder's Wall
29. Bob Dylan- 32-20 Blues
30. Gregg Allman- Please Call Home

Playlist for Tuesday 01/13/09

Had a great time just a-zoomin all over the country, and lo and behold, ending up back in sweet home Chicago....

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh, Death
2. The Rolling Stones & Buddy Guy- Champagne & Reefer
3. Buddy Guy- Damn Right I Got the Blues
4. Sonny Boy Williamson- Welfare Store Blues
5. Lightnin Hopkins- It's a Sin to be Rich, It's a Low-Down Shame to be Poor
6. Mississippi Fred McDowell- You Got To Move
7. Mississippi Fred McDowell- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
8. Roomful of Blues- Gettin' Out
9. Rod Piazza & The Mighty Fliers- Baby Please Don't Go
10. Rod Piazza & The Mighty Fliers- West Coast Midnight Blues
11. Bill Rhoades & Alan Hager- I'll Show You How
12. Little Milton- A Nickle & A Nail
13. Sugar Blue- One More Mile to Go
14. Fiona Boyes- Good Lord Made You So
15. Ruth Brown- Good Day For the Blues
16. Ruth Brown- Ice Water in Your Veins
17. Johnny Jenkins- Don't Start Me to Talkin'
18. Honeyboy Edwards- West Helena Blues
19. Hubert Sumlin- The Same Thing
20. Hubert Sumlin (with Keith Richards)- I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love
21. The Blind Boys of Alabama- Nobody's Fault but Mine
22. The Blind Boys of Alabama- Motherless Child
23. J J Grey & Mofro- The Devil You Know
24. Zora Young- Bad Track Record
25. Karen Carroll- Who's Lovin' You Tonight
26. Bonnie Lee- Let It Roll
27. Big Mama Thornton- Black Rat
28. Big Mama Thornton- Ball & Chain
29. The Mellow Fellows- Don't Turn our Heater Down
30. The Kinsey Report- This Old City
31. Junior Wells- Everbody's Gettin' Them Some
32. Pinetop Perkins & B B King- Down In Mississippi
33. Cub Koda & The Housebreakers- Take Five

Playlist for Tuesday 1/06/09

Brought in the new year with a fun show...played a couple for birthday boy Kim Wilson, harp player extrordinaire.

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh, Death
2. Louisiana Red- Orphanage Home Blues
3. Pinetop Perkins- Just Keep On Drinking
4. Pinetop Perkins- Five Long Years
5. Kim Wilson- Lookin For Trouble
6. Big Joe Williams- Baby Please Don't Go
7. Big Joe Williams- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
8. Taj Mahal- Going Up To the Country, Gonna Paint My Mailbox Blue
9. Taj Mahal- She Caught The Cady & Left Me a Mule To Ride
10. Kim Wilson- Good Time Charlie
11. Bonnie Lee- Next Time You See Me
12. Magic Sam- I Can't Quit You Baby
13. Lazy Lester- I'm A Lover Not a Fighter
14. Warner Williams- I'm Gonna Move Way on the Outskirts of Town
15. Bryan Lee- Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds You
16. Sonny Landreth- Soul Salvation
17. Big Maybelle- Oh, Lord, Look What You're Doing to Me
18. Francine Reed- Why I Don't Know
19. Liz Mandeville- Chi-Town
20. Bob Margolin- Worried Life Blues
21. Otis Spann- You Can't Lose What You Never Had
22. Otis Spann- Live The Life I Love
23. Jimmy Reed- Take Out Some Insurance
24. Jimmy Reed- I'm Going Upside Your Head
25. Magic Slim & The Teardrops- Lonesome Trouble
26. Mississippi Fred McDowell- Red Cross Store
27. Kim Wilson- Hurt On Me
28. Kim Wilson- Tried to Ruin Me
29. Sonny Boy Williamson II- Movin Out
30. Tommy Castro- Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
31. Elvin Bishop & B B King- Keep a Dollar in Your Pocket
32. Elvin Bishop & George Thorogood- Send You Back to Georgia
33. Homemade Jamz Blues Band- Penny Waiting on Change
34. Ronnie Baker Brooks- Make These Blues Survive

Playlist for Tuesday 12/30/08

Celebrated the birthdays of Bo Diddley & Odetta- what a loss this year of the both of them! Also indulged myself with some favorites. Here's wishing all of you a happy, safe & loving 2009.

LONG LIVE THE BLUES!

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh, Death
2. The Beatles- Birthday
3. Bo Diddley- Bo Diddley
4. Bo Diddley- Hush Your Mouth
5. R L Burnside- Lay Down On My Bed and Cried
6. Odetta- Goddnight Irene
7. Odetta- How Long
8. Bo Diddley- Goin' Down
9. Bo Diddley-Get Out of My Life
10. Smokin Joe Kubek & Bnois King- Armadillo Blues
11. Kinsey Report- She's Gone
12. Charlie Musselwhite-Stingaree
13. Saffire- T'aint Nobody's Business
14. Lonnie Mack & Stevie Ray Vaughn- If You Have to Know
15. Luther Allison- Cherry Red Wine
16. Katie Webster- Hard Lovin' Mama
17. Sonny Boy Williamson- The Sky Is Crying
18. Fenton Robinson- Somebody Loan Me a Dime
19. B B King & Buddy Guy- I Pity the Fool
20. B B King & Ruth Brown- You're The Boss
21. Taj Mahal- Further On Up the Road
22. Karen Lovely- Boogie Some
23. Eden Brent- He'll Do the Same Thing to You
24. Bo Diddley- Ride On Josephine
25. Bo Diddley- You Can't Judge a Book By It's Cover
26. B B King- Blues Before Sunrise
27. Howlin' Wolf- Decoration Day
28. Gregg Allman- Multi-Colored Lady
29. Big Joe Williams- Coffeehouse Blues
30. Steve Freund- I'll Be Your Mule
31. Kinsey Report- When the Church Burned Down
32. Junior Wells- Stop Breaking Down
33. Jimmie Rogers- I'm In Love
34. Odetta- Amazing Grace

Playlist for Tuesday 12/23/08

I thought I'd do stuff I haven't done before on this show and I was able to do two things. To start the show off, I got to run through a playlist entitled Boom Boom, Boom Boom, Boom Boom & Boom Boom! I had an enjoyable time putting together a show featuring women in blues. I also played a tribute to our households' protector and companion, 14-year old Bella, who went to the Happy Hunting Ground, where you can chase all the rabbits and nobody hollers at you!

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh, Death
2. Luther Allison- Cat Blues
3. Yardbirds- Boom Boom
4. Jimmy Rogers All-Stars feat. R. Plant, J. Page & E. Clapton- Boom Boom
5. John Lee Hooker- Boom Boom
6. Karen Lovely- Boom Boom
7. Karen Lovely- Lucky Girl
8. Big Mama Thornton- Life Goes On
9. Liz Mandeville- The Money's All Spent
10. Barbara Blue- Tool Box Blues
11. Sue Foley- Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
12. Liz Mandeville- Look At Me Look At Me
13. Saffire- Don't You Tell Me
14. Lucinda Williams with Taj Mahal- Going Back Home
15. Fiona Boyes- Smokestack Lightnin
16. Eden Brent- Mississippi Number One
17. Joanna Connor- Nothin But The Blues
18. Etta James- Crawling King Snake
19. Shirley Johnson- Not For The Love of You
20. Koko Taylor- Black Rat
21. Big Mama Thornton- Black Rat
22. Pink Floyd- Seamus (Bella's favorite!) R.I.P. Bella
23. Koko Taylor- Gonna Buy Me a Mule
24. Bessie Smith- St Louis Blues
25. Etta James- Born Under a Bad Sign
26. Etta James- Tell Mama
27. Koko Taylor- Cut You Loose
28. Deb Cleveland Band- Further On Up the Road
29. Deb Cleveland & Barbara Healy- Wild Women Don't Get the Blues
30. Deb Callahan- Get It Right
31. Renee Austin- Mouth of the Delta
32. Susan Tedeschi- Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
33. Koko Taylor- Wand Dang Doodle
34. Karen Lovely- Rock Me

Playlist for Tuesday 12/16/08

Had a good time and a fun show despite going through a snow emergency...gave up a chunk of music, though!

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh, Death
2. Johnny Jenkins- Rollin Stone
3. Z Z Top- Blue Jean Blues (Happy Birthday Billy Gibbons!)
4. Ronnie Baker Brooks (with Lonnie Brooks)- Make These Blues Survive
5. Stevie Ray Vaughn- Look at Little Sister
6. Buddy Guy- Hammer & A Nail
7. Luther Allison- Little Red Rooster
8. Luther Allison- Dust My Broom
9. Floyd Miles- Goin Back to Daytona
10. Phil Guy- On Our Front Porch
11. Jimmy Rogers All-Stars & Taj Mahal- Ludella
12. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers- Maydell
13. Jimmy Rogers All-Stars & Mick Jagger and Keith Richards- Goin Away Baby
14. Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson- Pledging My Time
15. Floyd Miles- Swamp Rose
16. Carolyn Wonderland- Walk On
17. Fiona Boyes- Homesick Blues
18. Big Mama Thornton- Ball & Chain
19. Karen Lovely- Blues is My Business
20. Buddy Guy- Change In the Weather
21. Elmore James- Stranger Blues
22. Elmore James- One Way Out
23. Luther Allison- Give Me Back My Wig
24. Gov't Mule- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
25. Susan Tedeschi- Rock Me Right
26. Karen Lovely- Boom Boom
27. Curtis Salgado- 20 Years of B B King
28. Kinsey Report- She's Gone

Playlist for Saturday 12/13/08

Sat in for Brad the Broken-Down Old Man. Thanks, Brad! Celebrated the stars of Chess Records and enjoyed playing Ashland, Oregon's Karen Lovely- check her out-this lady can really sing!...

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh, Death
2. Little Brother Montgomery- Talkin Boogie
3. Jimmy Yancey- Salute to Pinetop
4. Ray Charles- Low Society
5. Floyd Dixon- Hey, Bartender
6. Famous Hokum Boys- Terrible Operation Blues
7. Smiley Lewis- If You Ever Loved a Woman
8. Smiley Lewis-Where Were You?
9. Bukka White- District Attorney Blues
10. Bukka White- Fixin to Die Blues
11. Chippy Hill- Some Cold Rainy Day
12. Sonny Boy Williamson- One Way Out
13. Sonny Boy Williamson-Decoration Day
14. Elmore James- One Way Out
15. Elmore James- Got to Move
16. Mama Yancey- How Long Blues
17. Wynonie Harris- Tell a Whale of a Tale
18. Ruth Brown- Rain is a Bringdown
19. Esther Phillips- Just Like A Fish
20. Otis Clay- Pouring Water on a Drowning Man
21. Johnny Copeland- It's My Own Tears That's Being Wasted
22. Aretha Franklin- Takin' Another Man's Place
23. Little Walter- Blues WIth a Feeling
24. Little Walter- Key to the Highway
25. T- Bone Walker- Call It Stormy Monday
26. T- Bone Walker- T Bone Blues
27. Willie Mabon- I'm Mad
28. Elmore James- Who's Muddy Shoes
29. Alberta Adams- Remember
30. Howlin Wolf- Evil
31. Lowell Fulson- Reconsider Baby
32. Big Joe Williams- Baby Please Don't Go
33. Big Joe Williams- P Vine Blues
34. Buddy Guy- First Time I Met the Blues
35. Howlin Wolk- Goin Down Slow
36. Etta James- Some Thing's Got a Hold One Me
37. Koko Taylor- What Kind Of Man Is That?
38. Koko Taylor- Wang Dang Doodle
39. Etta James- I'd Rather Go Blind
40. Jimmy Witherspoon- Ain't Nobody's Business
41. Otis Spann- I'm Leaving You
42. Floyd Dixon- Please Don't Go
43. Sonny Boy Williamson- Your Funeral & My Trial
44. Karen Lovely- Boom Boom
45. Karen Lovely- Rock Me
46. Chris Cain Band- Tippin' at taylor's
47. James Johnson- Hesitation Blues
48. Sonny Boy Williamson II-Don't Start Me to Talkin
49. Muddy Waters, Little Walter & Bo Diddley- Long Distance Call
50. Liz Mandeville- Chi-Town
51. Albert King- Crosscut Saw
52. Albert King-Born Under a Bad Sign
53. B B King- Sitting On Top Of the World
54. The Allman Brothers Band- Don't Keep Me Wondering
55. Paul Delay Band- 14 Dollars In the Bank
56. Mississippi Fred McDowell- Good Mornin Little Schoolgirl
57. Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater- A Time For Peace