Playlist for Tuesday 1/25/11

Quite an eclectic show, featuring new Gregg Allman and celebrating the birthdays of Sleepy John Estes and Etta James.

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Etta James- Smokestack Lightning
3. Etta James- Rock Me Baby
4. Johnny Jenkins- I Think I'm Drowning On Dry Land
5. Sleepy John Estes- Drop Down Mama
6. Gregg Allman- Floating Bridge
7. Michael Bloomfield- Your Friends
8. Cash Box Kings- Preachin' Blues
9. Gregg Allman- Just Another Rider
10. Buddy Guy- Too Broke To Spend The Night
11. Sleepy John Estes- If The River Was Whiskey
12. David "Honeyboy" Edwards- She Worries Me All The Time
13. Bob Margolin- Tell Me Why
14. Snooks Eaglin- You & Me
15. James Solberg feat. Luther Allison- Still Called The Blues
16. Robben Ford- Spoonful
17. Magic Slim & The Teardrops- Cummins Prison Farm
18. Elvin Bishop & Little Smokey Smothers- Little Red Rooster
19. Fiona Boyes- Woman Ain't A Mule
20. Fiona Boyes, Mookie Brill & Rich DelGrosso- Smokestack Lightning
21. Shemekia Copeland- If He Moves His Lips
22. John Lee Hooker- Red House
23. Sleepy John Estes- I Ain't Gonna Sell It
24. Rory Block- My Black Mama
25. Etta James- I've Got Dreams To Remember
26. Etta James- Driving Wheel

Playlist for Tuesday 1/18/11

Had a rollicking show this morning, visiting religion, families, the Bloomfield/Kooper Supersessions, new Gregg Allman and the three Willies!

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Alabama Mike- Religion
3. Marty Sammon & Tom Hammond- The Church Where I Belong
4. Marty Sammon & Tom Hammond- Cut You Loose
5. Magic Slim & The Teardrops- Matchbox Blues
6. Magic Slim & The Teardrops- Blues At Sunrise
7. The Paul DeLay Band- Fourteen Dollars In The Bank
8. Tail Dragger- My Woman Is Gone
9. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers feat. Mick Taylor- Force Of Nature
10. Pete Brown- Rocks In My Bed
11. Elvin Bishop- Walkin' Out The Door
12. Muddy Waters- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
13. Muddy Waters- Sad, Sad Day
14. John Hammond- Long Distance Call
15. Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper- Albert's Shuffle
16. Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper- Blues For Nothing
17. Willie Buck- She's Nineteen Years Old
18. Willie Kent- One More Mile
19. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith- Blues & Trouble
20. Tail Dragger- You Gotta Go
21. Eddie C. Campbell- Sister Taught Me Guitar
22. The Paul DeLay Band- So Near
23. Roy Buchanan- Chicago Smokeshop
24. James Cotton- Hungry Country Girl
25. Jimmy Reed- Baby What You Want Me To Do
26. Jimmy Reed- Going To New York
27. Gregg Allman- Can't Be Satisfied

Playlist for Tuesday 1/11/11

I really enjoyed the flow of this show which featured the old school stuff-- some Sonny Boy, some Jimmy Reed, and some Junior Wells...

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Michael Bloomfield- Sweet Little angel
3. Lucky Peterson- Death Don't Have No Mercy
4. Sonny Boy Williamson I- Welfare Store Blues
5. Sonny Boy Williamson II- Don't Start Me To Talkin'
6. Lightnin' Hopkins- Coffee Blues
7. Luther Allison- Cherry Red Wine
8. B B King- Why I Sing The Blues
9. Billy Branch & Lurrie Bell- Help Me
10. Lurrie Bell- All Over Again
11. Jimmy Reed- I'm Gonna Ruin You
12. Jimmy Reed- She Don't Want Me No More
13. Fleetwood Mac- Love That Burns
14. Buddy Guy- 74 Years Young
15. Louisiana Red- Orphanage Home Blues
16. James Cotton & Muddy Waters- Rocket 88
17. Junior Wells- Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pockets
18. Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan- Bad Boy
19. Billy Branch & Lurrie Bell- I Need You So Bad
20. Sultans of Slide- Going Upstairs
21. Magic Slim & The Teardrops- Still A Fool
22. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith- Can't Rest For Worry
23. Charlie Musselwhite- My Road Lies In Darkness
24. Eddie Taylor- Trouble No More
25. Carey Bell & Junior Wells- Second Hand Man
26. B B King- Tired Of Your Jive
27. Johnny Waters- Shake For Me

Playlist for Tuesday 1/4/11

A well-rounded mix to start off the New Year....

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Karen Lovely- Boom Boom
3. Karen Lovely- Never Felt No Blues
4. Zora Young- Two Trains Running
5. Etta James- Gotta Serve Somebody
6. Mudpuppy- Rollin' & Tumblin'
7. Junior Wells & Buddy Guy- Pleading The Blues
8. JP Blues- Love Her With A Feeling
9. Byther Smith- Cried Like A Baby Child
10. David Maxwell & Louisiana Red- Been Down So Long
11. Luther Allison- Give Me Back My Wig
12. Hound Dog Taylor- Sadie
13. Buddy Guy feat. B B King- Stay Around A Little Longer
14. Buddy Guy- Best Damn Fool
15. John Lee Hooker- Boogie Chillen
16. Little Walter & Otis Rush- Goin' Down Slow
17. James Cotton- Since I Met You, Baby
18. Taj Mahal- Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes
19. Taj Mahal feat. Eric Clapton- Love Her With A Feeling
20. Shirley Johnson- As The Years Go Passing By
21. Katie Webster- I'm Still Leaving You
22. Zora Young- Rock Me Baby
23. Gene Taylor- Six Year Old Blues
24. Honeyboy Edwards & Carey Bell- Every Now And Then
25. Sultans Of Slide- Strange Angel
26. Sunnyland Slim- Patience Of Job

Playlist for Tuesday 12/28/10

Wrapping up 2010 with a fun show-- I'd like to give a shout out to Marshall Lawrence, who was awarded the Canadian Blues Album of the Year with his Blues Intervention disc; way to go, Marshall!

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. The Blues Brothers- Shotgun Blues
3. John Primer- Red House
4. Marquis Knox- Juke Joint Blues
5. Gregg Allman- Multi-Colored Lady
6. Lucky Peterson- Death Don't Have No Mercy
7. Charlie Musselwhite- Rambler's Blues
8. Henry Cooper- Death Jacket Blues
9. James Cotton- How Blue Can You Get?
10. Buddy Guy- Five Long Years
11. Johnny Jenkins- Walk On Gilded Splinters
12. Johnny Jenkins- Rolling Stone
13. Junior Wells- Stop Breaking Down
14. Little Arthur Duncan- Singin' With The Sun
15. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers- Maydell
16. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers- I'd Rather Be Blind
17. Big Monti Amundson- Still Got Her Suitcase
18. Lil' Ed & The Imperial Flames- I Can't Have Nothin'
19. Deborah Coleman- Brick
20. Koko Taylor- Let The Juke Joint Jump
21. Big Time Sarah- Train I Ride
22. Joanna Connor- Nothin' But The Blues
23. Bryan Lee- My Baby Done Quit Me
24. The Cash Box Kings- Goin' Down To Eli's
25. Marshall Lawrence- Goin' Down To Louisiana
26. Buddy Guy- Skanky
27. Fleetwood Mac- Shake Your Moneymaker

Playlist for Tuesday 12/21/10

The BLUES is my LIFE because every day I have the BLUES...

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Luther Allison- I'm Gonna Leave You Alone
3. Luther Allison- Little Red Rooster
4. Debbie Davies feat. Tab Benoit- Crawlin' King Snake
5. Liz Mandeville- Chi-Town
6. Bryan Lee- Six String Therapy
7. Freddy King- Woman Across The River
8. Savoy Brown- Going Down To Mobile
9. Junior Wells & The Aces- Got My Mojo Workin'
10. Billy Boy Arnold- Going Home
11. Bill Rhoades & Alan Hager- Elevator Woman
12. Sonny Boy Williamson- Help Me
13. B B King- Three O'Clock Blues
14. Muddy Waters, Little Walter & Bo Diddley- Long Distance Call
15. Shirley Johnson- Unchain My Heart
16. Pamela Betti Band- Nobody's Fault But Mine
17. Bonnie Lee- Breakin' Up Somebody's Home
18. Taj Mahal- Done Changed My Way Of Living
19. John Primer- Look At Little Sister
20. Jimmie Vaughan- How Can You Be So Mean
21. Pinetop Perkins- Down In Mississippi
22. David Jacobs-Strain- Traveling Riverside Blues
23. The Vipers feat. Eagle Park Slim- Born Under A Bad Sign
24. Louisiana Red & David Maxwell- Going Back To Memphis
25. Mudpuppy- Rollin' & Tumblin'
26. Muddy Waters- You Can't Lose What You Never Had

Playlist for Tuesday 12/14/10

Stayed mostly in Chicago today, with a side trip to Mussel Shoals and Daytona....

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Black Crowes- Morning Song
3. Black Crowes- Downtown Money Waster
4. Gov't Mule & Little Milton- I Can't Quit You Baby
5. Roy Buchanan- I'm A Ram
6. Luther Allison- Drivin' Wheel
7. Junior Wells- Ways Like An Angel
8. Junior Wells- 'Bout The Break Of Day
9. Bob Margolin- Worried Life Blues
10. Fleetwood Mac- Madison Blues
11. Fleetwood Mac- Every Day I Have The Blues
12. Phil Guy- On Our Front Porch
13. Buddy Guy- I've Got My Eyes On You
14. Jimmy Reed- I'm The Man Down There
15. Savoy Brown- Mississippi Steamboat
16. Pink Floyd- Seamus
17. Jimmy Rogers All-Stars feat. Jeff Healy- Blow Wind Blow
18. Jimmy Rogers All-Stars feat. Taj Mahal- Bright Lights, Big City
19. Jimmy Rogers All-Stars feat. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards- Don't Start Me To Talkin'
20. Willie Buck- Just To Be With You
21. Back Alley Players- I Got The Blues
22. John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat- Cuttin' Out
23. Big Time Sarah- Red Dress
24. Shaun Murphy- Someone Else Is Steppin' In
25. Mark Hummel- Never No More
26. Mark Hummel- Lord Oh Lord Blues
27. Floyd Miles- Goin' Back To Daytona
28. Junior Wells & The Aces- Messin' With The Kid