Archive for October, 2007
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Junior Parker: A Double Shot
Junior Parker was an extraordinary blues singer and harmonica player who laid down some superb material over the course of a twenty year career (1952-1971) before his life was cut short just prior to his fortieth birthday. It’s inexplicable, then, why he has such a low profile among blues aficionados. He hit the charts [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in 1970's Blues, Music Reviews by Jeff
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Big Road Blues Show 10/28/07: The Bluesville Label
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Sunnyland Slim
Baby How Long
Slim’s Shout
Roosevelt Sykes
Jailbait
The Honeydripper
Jimmy Witherspoon
Money’s Gettin’ Cheaper
Evenin’ Blues
Al Smith
I’ve Got the Right Kind of Lovin’
Hear My Blues
Otis Spann
The Blues Never Die
The Blues Never Die
James Cotton
One More Mile To Go
The Blues Never Die
Billy Boy Arnold
Two Drinks of Wine
More Blues on the South Side
Homesick James
Homesick’s Blues
Blues on the South Side
Mercy Dee
Have You Ever Been [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in 1960's Blues, Playlists by Jeff
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Big Road Blues Show 10/21/07: Mix Show
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Black Ace
Whiskey and Women
Texas Slide Guitars
John Henry Barbee
God Knows I Can’t Help It
Memphis Blues 1927-1938
Joe Callicott
Fare You Well Baby Blues
Mississippi Delta Blues, Vol. 2
Houston Stackhouse
Big Road Blues
Mississippi Delta Blues, Vol. 2
Walter Horton
Can’t Help Myself
Blues South Side Chicago
George Harmonica Smith
Key To The Highway
Tribute To Little Walter
Kansas City Red
K.C. Red’s In Town
Grab Me Another Half a Pint
Sunnyland [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Playlists by Jeff
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Charlie McCoy Part 3: Oh! Red
Charlie McCoy’s primary output in Chicago was that of a very busy session musician working with the top blues artists of the day. Among those he backed include: Big Bill Broonzy, Bumble Bee Slim, Jimmie Gordon, Frankie Jaxon, Curtis Jones, Memphis Minnie, Monkey Joe, Johnnie Temple, Casey Bill Weldon, Peetie Wheatstraw, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Chicago Blues, Mississippi Blues by Jeff
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Charlie McCoy Part 2: Let My Peaches Be
Between 1929-1936 Charlie McCoy cut scattered sides under his own name or as lead in various bands. By the early 1930’s the many of the Jackson musicians began to disperse, either heading to the delta or like Johnnie Temple and Charlie McCoy to Chicago. By 1932 all of McCoy’s recordings were waxed up North. He [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Chicago Blues, Mississippi Blues by Jeff
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Charlie McCoy Part 1: Jackson Stomp
Charlie McCoy ranked among the great blues accompanists of his era and his accomplished mandolin and guitar work can be heard on numerous recordings in a wide variety of settings from the late 1920’s through the early 40’s. Jackson, Mississippi in the 1920’s was a city with a vibrant blues scene including artists such as [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Chicago Blues, Mississippi Blues by Jeff
Sunday, October 14th, 2007
Big Road Blues Show 10/14/07: Down Home Blues Classics
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Tampa Red
Green And Lucky Blues
Down Home Chicago Blues 1946-1954
Lazy Bill Lucus
I Had A Dream
Down Home Chicago Blues 1946-1954
Big Boy Spires
Murmur Low
Down Home Chicago Blues 1946-1954
Jimmy Rogers
Act Like You Love Me
Down Home Chicago Blues 1946-1954
Little Willie Foster
Falling Rain Blues
Down Home Chicago Blues 1946-1954
Johnny Young
Money Taking Woman
Down Home Chicago Blues 1946-1954
Jimmy Eager
Please Mr. Doctor
Down Home Chicago Blues [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Playlists by Jeff
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Blues Scene USA Vol. 4: Mississippi Blues
I’ve been listening to quite a bit of country blues recorded in the 1960’s and 1970’s. There of course are the big names, the fabled blues rediscoveries of Son House, Skip James, Furry Lewis, Mississippi John Hurt, Bukka White among others. A parallel to this was a large body of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Mississippi Blues, Music Reviews by Jeff
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Big Road Blues Show 10/7/07: Jesse Thomas & Lafayette Thomas - Gonna Move To California
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Jesse Thomas
Blue Goose Blues
Ramblin’ Thomas & Dallas Blues Singers
Jesse Thomas
Same Old Stuff
Jesse Thomas 1948-1958
Jesse Thomas
D. Double Due Love You
Jesse Thomas 1948-1958
Jesse Thomas
Zetter Blues
Jesse Thomas 1948-1958
Jesse Thomas
Mountain Key Blues
Jesse Thomas 1948-1958
Jesse Thomas
Another Friend Like Me
Jesse Thomas 1948-1958
Jesse Thomas
Let’s Have Some Fun
Jesse Thomas 1948-1958
Jesse Thomas
It’s You I’m Thinking Of
Jesse Thomas 1948-1958
Jesse Thomas
Long Time
Jesse Thomas 1948-1958
Jesse Thomas
Cool Kind [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Playlists, West Coast Blues by Jeff
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Oakland Blues
Once again we dust off and review another fine out of print blues record. Oakland Blues was arranged/directed by Jimmy McCracklin and contains excellent performances cut in 1968-69 by three severely under recorded artists: L.C. “Good Rockin’” Robinson, Lafayette Thomas and Dave Alexander. The record was issued on [...]
