Author Archive
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Big Road Blues Show 9/28/08: Maxwell Street Blues
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Papa Charlie Jackson
Maxwell Street Blues
And This Is Free
Blind Percy
Fourteenth Street Blues
And This Is Free
Big John Wrencher
Can’t Hold Out Much Longer
And This Is Maxwell Street
Gordon Quinn Pt. 1
Documentary Genesis
Johnny Young
The Sun Is Shining
And This Is Maxwell Street
Carey Bell
Maxwell Street Jam
And This Is Maxwell Street
Little Walter
Ora Nelle Blues
Chicago Boogie 1947
Little Walter
I Just Keep Loving Her
Chicago Boogie 1947
Jimmy [...]
No Comments » - Posted in 1920's Blues, 1960's Blues, Articles, Chicago Blues, Mississippi Blues, Playlists by Jeff
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Big Road Blues Show 9/21/08: Forgotten Blues Heroes Pt. 2 - Slide Guitar Greats
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Casey Bill Weldon
Lady Doctor Blues
Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters
Casey Bill Weldon
Go Ahead, Buddy
Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters
Casey Bill Weldon
Back Door Blues
Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters
Kokomo Arnold
Stop, Look And Listen
Kokomo Arnold: The Essential
Kokomo Arnold
Old Original Kokomo Blues
Kokomo Arnold Vol. 1 1930-1935
Kokomo Arnold
Long and Tall
Kokomo Arnold: The Essential
Oscar “Buddy” Woods
Lone Wolf Blues
Texas Slide Guitars 1930-1938
Oscar “Buddy” Woods
Jam Session Blues
Texas Slide Guitars 1930-1938
Oscar “Buddy” [...]
No Comments » - Posted in 1920's Blues, 1930's Blues, Playlists by Jeff
Friday, September 19th, 2008
Chicago Defender Blues Advertisements: Sylvester Weaver
Teasing Brown Blues (MP3)
Gonna Ramble Blues (MP3)
In our continuing exploration of the blues advertisements that appeared in the Chicago Defender we turn our attention to versatile guitarist Sylvester Weaver, known as “the Man with the Talking Guitar”, who has the distinction of making the first solo recordings of blues guitar playing. Weaver first recorded [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in 1920's Blues, Blues Ads by Jeff
Monday, September 15th, 2008
In The Studio With Ernest Lane
It was a real honor to have pianist Ernest Lane in the studio the other day. Lane was in town playing a couple of gigs with Joe Beard and Steve Grills & the Roadmasters. Lane was in great form over the weekend when he performed with Joe and Steve and for those in the Rochester [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Piano Blues, Program Note by Jeff
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Big Road Blues Show 9/14/08: Boogie In The Dark - The Vee-Jay Records Blues Story
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Jimmy Reed
String To Your Heart
The Vee-Jay Years
Jimmy Reed
Found Joy
The Vee-Jay Years
Jimmy Reed
Go On To School
The Vee-Jay Years
Bobby Parker
Blues Get Off My Shoulder
The Definitive Collection
Willie Cobbs
You’re So Hard To Please
Vee Jay, The Chicago Black Music
L.C. McKinley
She’s Five Feet Three
Vee Jay, The Chicago Black Music
Elmore James
It Hurts Me Too
Vee Jay, The Chicago Black Music
Elmore James
The 12 Year [...]
No Comments » - Posted in 1950's Blues, 1960's Blues, Playlists by Jeff
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Chicago Defender Blues Advertisements: Blind Blake
Dry Bone Shuffle (MP3)
As we continue our mission to reprint the blues advertisements that appeared in the Chicago Defender we turn our attention to Blind Blake, one of the most popular bluesmen of the 1920’s. His only rival in popularity was Blind Lemon Jefferson, also a Paramount artist, who had a whopping forty-four ads [...]
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Big Road Blues Show 9/7/08: Country Blues Goldmine, Lost Blues 78’s Found! - The Blues of John Tefteller
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
John Tefteller
Introduction
Interview
King Solomon Hill
Times Has Done Got Hard
Blues Images Presents…Vol. 1
John Tefteller
King Solomon Hill Intro
Interview
King Solomon Hill
My Buddy, Blind Papa Lemon
Blues Images Presents…Vol. 2
John Tefteller
King Solomon Hill Outro
Interview
Blind Joe Reynolds
Ninety Nine Blues
Blues Images Presents…Vol. 2
John Tefteller
Blind Joe Reynolds
Interview
Blind Joe Reynolds
Cold Woman Blues
Blues Images Presents…Vol. 1
Mississippi Sheiks
He Calls That Relgion
Blues Images Presents…Vol. 3
John Tefteller
Record Pressing/Marketing
Interview
Jaydee Short
Lonesome [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in 1920's Blues, 1930's Blues, Playlists by Jeff
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Some Ramblings On Peter B. Lowry, Field Recording & The Trix Label
Pete Lowry & Tarheel Slim 1970’s, photos by Valerie Wilmer
I suppose it sounds rather romantic spending your time roaming around the south with a tape recorder recording blues but for all the rewards and exciting discoveries it’s a stressful enterprise, not to mention a precarious way to make a living. These days hardly anyone one [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in 1970's Blues, East Coast Blues, Field Recordings by Jeff
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Big Road Blues Show 8/31/08: Mix Show
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Blind Willie McTell
Love Changin’ Blues
McTell & Weaver - The Post-War Years
Curley Weaver
Trixie
McTell & Weaver - The Post-War Years
Sidney Maiden
Chicago Blues
I Have to Paint My Face
Eddie Hope
A Fool No More
Jook Joint Blues
Gatemouth Brown
Boogie Uproar
Boogie Uproar
Johnny Temple
Good Suzie (Rusty Knees)
Johnnie Temple Vol. 2 1938 -1940
Oscar “Buddy’ Woods
Low Life Blues
Oscar Woods & Black Ace 1930-1938
Frank Edwards
Gotta Get Together
Jook [...]
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Just A Good Girl Treated Wrong: The Blues Of Alice Moore Part 2
We left off our look at Alice Moore with two sessions she cut in 1934. After 1934 Henry Brown and Ike Rodgers no longer accompanied Alice on record with the piano chair filled for most of the remaining sessions by the popular Peetie Wheatstraw. Moore cut two sessions in July 1935 for a total of [...]
