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

Playlist for Tuesday 6/23/09

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Freddie King- Farther On Up The Road
3. Freddie King- Woman Across the River
4. Duke Robillard- Frankie & Johnny
5. W. C. Clark- Why I Got The Blues
6. The Nighthawks- Down In The Hole
7. Rick Derringer- The Mess Around
8. Ronnie Earl- Blues For the South Side
9. Roomful of Blues- There Goes The Neighborhood
10. L.A. Blues Alliance- Who's Been Talking?
11. Rick Estrin & The Nightcats- You Can't Come Back
12. Homemade Jamz Blues Band- Dusk til Dawn
13. Jimmy Rogers- Blue & Lonesome
14. Joanna Connor- Pea Vine Blues
15. Liz Mandeville- Guilty Of Rockin' All Night
16. Shemikia Copeland- Beat Up Guitar
17. Albert Collins- Cash Talkin'
18. Paul DeLay Band- 14 Dollars in the Bank
19. Taj Mahal- Never Let You Go
20. Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo- Highway Bound
21. Al Rivers- Blues Are My Only Friend
22. Fiona Boyes- Got My Eye On You
23. Ruth Brown- Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
24. Ruth Brown- I Would If I Could
25. Rory Block- Preachin' Blues
26. Curtis Salgado- Strong Suspicion
27. Jonny Lang- The One I Got
28. James Cotton- Down at Your Buryin'
29. Jimmy Rogers All-Stars feat. Steven Stills- Someday Baby
30. Homemade Jamz Blues Band- Grits Ain't Groceries
31. B B King & Lowell Fulson- Little By Little

Playlist for Tuesday 6/16/09

I had so much fun putting this show together...it features the artists that played the Chicago Blues Festival this past weekend, and some personal favorites...

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Bob Dylan- My Wife's Hometown
3. Bob Dylan- 32/20 Blues
4. Rich Estrin & The Nightcats- Catchin' Hell
5. Luther Allison- Soul Fixin' Man
6. Eddie Campbell- That's What I Know
7. Lurrie Bell- How Many More Years
8. Lurrie Bell- Sadie
9. Big Bill Morgenfield- Baby How Long?
10. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials- You Know You're Wrong
11. John Primer- Blind Man Blues
12. Eden Brent- He'll Do the Same Thing to You
13. Bettye LaVette- You Don't Know Me at All
14. Shirley Johnson- Just Like That
15. Shirley Johnson- You Shouldn't Have Been There
16. Charlie Musselwhite- The Blues Overtook Me
17. Charlie Musselwhite- Mean Ole Frisco
18. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials- Can't Let These Blues Go
19. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials- Chicken Gravy & Bisquits
20. Big Jack Johnson & The Oilers- Miss Magalee Hall
21. Big Jack Johnson & The Oilers- Black Dog
22. Honeyboy Edwards- How Long Blues
23. Honeyboy Edwards- Maxwell Street Shuffle
24. Charlie Musselwhite- Willow Weep For Me
25. John Primer- Double Trouble
26. Big Bill Morgenfield- You're Gonna Miss Me
27. Eddie Taylor Jr.- Stop Breakin' Down
28. Eddie Taylor Jr.- Clouds In My Heart
29. Lurrie Bell- Chicago Is Loaded With The Blues
30. Eddie Campbell- Early In The Morning

Playlist for Tuesday 6/09/09

1. Doyle Bramhall II & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Muddy Waters- Got My Mojo Working
3. Koko Taylor- Bring Me Some Water
4. Koko Taylor- Wang Dang Doodle
5. Big Time Sarah- The Sky Is Crying
6. Carey Bell- Hard Working Woman
7. Louisiana Red- Black Bayou
8. The Kinsey Report- Good Mornin' Mississippi
9. Willie Kent- A Man and the Blues
10. Eddie Cleanhead Vinson- Juice Head Baby
11. Studebaker John- Hell to Pay
12. Kenny Neal- Louisiana Stew
13. Honeyboy Dupree- These Blues Is Killin' Me
14. Honeyboy Dupree- Walkin' Sin
15. Kim Wilson- Eyesight to the Blind
16. Curtis Salgado- 20 Years of B B King
17. Etta James- You Shook Me
18. Zora Young- Bus Station Blues
19. Bonnie Lee- Let It Roll
20. Shirley Johnson- Blues Attack
21. Howlin' Wolf- 300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy
22. Taj Mahal- Further on Down the Road
23. Junior Wells- Little By Little
24. Detroit Junior- Call My Job
25. Bonnie Lee- Baby What You Want Me to Do
26. Deb Cleveland Band- Further On Up the Road
27. Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm- Don't Just Sing About the Blues
28. Homemade Jamz Blues Band- Who Your Real Friends Are
29. Keb' Mo'- Whole Nutha Thang