Playlist for Tuesday 7/26/11

Had a rollicking show this A.M., hitting those Chicago blues really hard and a few from the Rolling Stones in honor of Mick's 68th (!!!??!!) birthday. Good thoughts going out to Caitlin, the "world's biggest Jagger fan"!

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. The Rolling Stones- You Gotta Move
3. George Thorogood & The Destroyers- You Gotta Move
4. Big Joe Williams- Lonesome Train Blues
5. John Primer- Feel Like Going Home
6. Billy Branch- Hate To See You Go
7. Billy Branch- Mellow Down Easy/Bo Diddley
8. Lucky Peterson- Death Don't Have No Mercy
9. Laurie Morvan Band- I Speak The Blues
10. Koko Taylor- Come To Mama
11. Shaun Murphy- Someone Else Is Steppin' In
12. The Rolling Stones feat. Buddy Guy- Champagne & Reefer
13. Buddy Guy- First Time I Met The Blues
14. Carlos Johnson- Ain't Enough Coming In
15. Billy Branch- Yonder Wall
16. Carlos Johnson- Somebody Loan Me A Dime
17. The Rolling Stones- Little Red Rooster
18. Savoy Brown- The Blues Keep Me Holding On
19. Eddie Taylor, Jr.- Clouds In My Heart
20. James Cotton- How Blue Can You Get?
21. B. B. King & The Rolling Stones- Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
22. Lucky Peterson- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
23. John Primer- Going To New York
24. Matt Schofield- Stranger Blues
25. The Rolling Stones- Ventilator Blues
26. John Lee Hooker feat. Robert Cray- Mr. Lucky
27. Hubert Sumlin- Walkin' Through The Park

Playlist for Tuesday 7/19/11

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Junior Wells- Broke & Hungry
3. Louisiana Red & David Maxwell- You Got To Move
4. Blue Times Blue- Bill's Blues
5. Rory Block- Write Me A Few Of Your Lines
6. Ruthie Foster- Nickel And A Nail
7. Koko Taylor- Queen Bee
8. Big Head Blues Club feat. David "Honeyboy" Edwards- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
9. Otis Rush- Cut You A Loose
10. Willie Kent- Do You Love Me?
11. Magic Sam- I Need You So Bad
12. Syl Johnson- Driving Wheel
13. Jimmy Dawkins- Chittlins Con Carne
14. Tail Dragger- You Gotta Go
15. Luther Allison- You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
16. Bob Margolin- Worried Life Blues
17. Jimmy Rogers- Big Boss Man
18. Eddie Taylor- Smokestack Lightning
19. Eddie Taylor- Trouble No More
20. Johnny Waters- Shake For Me
21. Buddy Guy- Where Is The Next One Coming From
22. Quintus McCormick- The Blues Has Been Good To Me
23. Big Joe Turner- Stormy Monday Blues
24. Taj Mahal- Frankie & Albert
25. Taj Mahal- That's How Strong My Love Is
26. B. B. King- The Thrill Is Gone
27. The Cash Box Kings- Hard Day's Blues
28. Muddy Waters- Got My Mojo Working
29. Keb' Mo'- Whole Nutha Thang
    

Playlist for Tuesday 7/12/11

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Luther Allison- Cat Blues
3. Buddy Guy- Thank Me Someday
4. Buddy Guy- Done Got Old
5. Carey Bell- So Hard To Leave You Alone
6. Billy Branch & Lurrie Bell- Help Me
7. Junior Wells- Little By Little
8. Mike Bloomfield- Buried Alive In The Blues
9. Roy Buchanan- My Baby Says She's Gonna Leave Me
10. Billy Boy Arnold- I Done Got Over It
11. Son House- John The Revelator
12. Son House- Grinning In Your Face
13. Fiona Boyes, Mookie Brill & Rich DelGrosso- Smokestack Lightning
14. Jimmy Rogers All-Stars feat. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards- Goin' Away Baby
15. Gregg Allman- Rendezvous With The Blues
16. Too Slim & The Taildraggers- One More Gallon Of Gasoline
17. Muddy Waters- Bus Driver
18. Sultans Of Slide- Lightning Strikes
19. Jimmy Vaughan & Omar Kent Dykes- Jimmy Reed Highway
20. Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws- Bad Boy
21. Tail Dragger- Tend To Your Business
22. Koko Taylor- I'd Rather Go Blind
23. Bo Diddley- Before You Accuse Me
24. Larry McCray- Four Nickels
25. Hound Dog Taylor- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
26. Junior Wells, Billy Branch & James Cotton- Broke & Hungry
27. Jimmy Reed- Let's Get Together
28. Jimmy Reed- I'm The Man Down There
29. Bill Rhoades & Alan Hager- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

Playlist for Tuesday 7/5/11

Coming out of the holiday weekend looking to get folks motivated to go back to work...talk about the blues!!!

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Karen Lovely- Boom Boom
3. Karen Lovely- Never Felt No Blues
4. Albert King- Call It Stormy Monday
5. Matt Schofield- At Times We Do Forget
6. Quintus McCormick Blues Band- The Blues Has Been Good To Me
7. Carlos Johnson- The Healer
8. Lurrie Bell- Damn Right I Got The Blues
9. Laurie Morvan Band- Long Time 'Til I'm Gone
10. Big Time Sarah- Blue Guitar
11. Curtis Salgado- Money Must Think I'm Dead
12. Irma Thomas- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
13. Big Head Blues Band feat. David "Honeyboy" Edwards & Charlie Musselwhite- Sweet Home Chicago
14. Son House- Grinnin' In Your Face
15. James Cotton- How Blue Can You Get?
16. Son Seals- Danger Zone
17. Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames- Sweet Shiny Brown Eyes
18. Junior Wells- Tobacco Road
19. John Mayall- Blues For Lost Days
20. John Mayall- Maydelle
21. The Kinsey Report- When The Church Burned Down
22. The Paul deLay Band- Trouble No More
23. Little Milton- When The Blues Come Knockin'
24. Luther Allison- Living In The House Of The Blues
25. Jerry Zybach- Cupper's Road
26. James Cotton- Living The Blues
27. Gregg Allman- It's Not My Cross To Bear

Playlist for Tuesday 6/28/11

Played a bunch of old classics and a few new ones, too: also, a tip of the hat to birthday man David "Honeyboy" Edwards....

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. Laurie Morvan Band- It Only Hurts When I Breathe
3. Etta James- Smokestack Lightnin'
4. George Thorogood & The Destroyers- Spoonful
5. Deborah Coleman- Brick
6. Buddy Guy- Thank Me Someday
7. Fleetwood Mac- Black Jack Blues
8. Roy Buchanan- Five String Blues
9. Laurie Morvan Band- Mojo Mama
10. Shaun Murphy- The Blues Don't Tell It All
11. Debbie Davies- Where The Blues Come To Die
12. Albert King- She Caught The Cady And Left Me A Mule To Ride
13. B.B. King- Why I Sing The Blues
14. Otis Rush- You Reap What You Sow
15. Johnny Jenkins- Rollin' Stone
16. David "Honeyboy" Edwards-My Mama Told Me
17. Back Alley Players- I Got The Blues
18. John Lee Hooker- Red House
19. Willie Kent- Just Sitting Here Thinking
20. Mississippi Heat- Say Something Good
21. George Thorogood & The Destroyers- Mama Talk To Your Daughter
22. Gregg Allman- I Believe I'll Go Back Home
23. Henry Cooper- Good Bye Blues
24. John Lee Hooker- It Serves You Right To Suffer
25. Buddy Guy- 74 Years Young
26. Marquise Knox- She's The One
27. Carey & Lurrie Bell- Baby Please Don't Go

Playlist for Tuesday 6/21/11

Got the longest day of the year off to a good start with a mixed set of old and new....Happy Solstice!!!

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. B.B. King- Sweet Sixteen
3. Gregg Allman- Rolling Stone
4. Johnny Jenkins- It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues
5. Alabama Mike- Somethin' On My Mind
6. Magic Slim & The Teardrops- Young Man's Blues
7. Marquise Knox- Living To Die
8. Larry McCray- Blues Is My Business
9. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells- Big Boat
10. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells- Baby, What You Want Me To Do/That's All Right
11. Big Mama Thornton- Session Blues
12. John Lee Hooker- She Left Me On My Bended Knee
13. Carey & Lurrie Bell- Low Down Dirty Shame
14. Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughan & Hubert Sumlin- Killing Floor
15. W.C. Clark- Lover's Plea
16. John Hammond- Hellhound On My Trail
17. Rory Block- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
18. Katie Webster- Stood Up Again
19. Big Time Sarah- The Sky Is Crying
20. Son Seals- Going Home Tomorrow
21. Koko Taylor- Cut You Loose
22. Big Joe Williams- Baby Please Don't Go
23. Luther Allison- Goin' Down

Playlist for Tuesday 6/14/11

The entire show was a recap of the artists that performed this past weekend at the Chicago Blues Festival; also featured a salute to Bruce Iglauer's Alligator Records, celebrating their 40th anniversary bringing the world the finest in Blues. Congratulations and here's to 40 more years!!!

1. Doyle Bramhall ll & Erykah Badu- Oh Death
2. The Rolling Stones- Little Red Rooster
3. Billy Branch & Lurrie Bell- Breakin' Up Somebody's Home
4. Magic Slim & The Teardrops- 4:59 A.M.
5. Lonnie Brooks- Born With The Blues
6. Carl Weathersby- Same Thing
7. Ron Hacker- Death Letter Blues
8. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith- Can't Rest For Worry
9. Son Seals- Don't Pick Me For Your Fool
10. James Cotton- Digging My Potatoes
11. Albert Collins & Johnny Copeland- Something To Remember You By
12. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials- It's Alright
13. Floyd Dixon- Hey Bartender
14. Saffire- Tain't Nobody's Business
15. Lonnie Mack & Stevie Ray Vaughan- If You Have To Know
16. Billy Boy Arnold- Been Gone Too Long
17. Tinsley Ellis- A Quitter Never Wins
18. Sugar Blue- I Ain't Got You
19. Koko Taylor- Evil
20. Lonnie Brooks- Got Lucky Last Night
21. Bob Margolin- Blues Lover
22. Little Charlie & The Nightcats- I Could Deal With It
23. Luther Allison- Cherry Red Wine
24. Katie Webster- Hard Lovin' Mama
25. Carey Bell- Low Down Dirty Shame
26. Lucky Peterson- Six O'Clock Blues
27. Dave Hole- Keep Your Motor Running
28. Shemekia Copeland- Beat Up Guitar