Archive for December, 2007
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Big Road Blues Show 12/30/07: The Legacy of Tommy Johnson
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Tommy Johnson
Big Road Blues
Legends of Country Blues
Tommy Johnson
Cool Drink of Water Blues
Legends of Country Blues
Mississippi Sheiks
Stop and Listen Blues
Mississippi Sheiks Vol.1
Willie Lofton
Dark Road Blues
Mississippi Blues Vol. 2
Joe McCoy
Going Back Home Blues
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Vo. 4
Joe McCoy
Look Who’s Coming Down…
Charlie & Joe McCoy Vol. 1
K.C Douglas
Canned Heat Blues
Big Road Blues
Jimmy Brewer
Big Road Blues
Blues Scene […]
No Comments » - Posted in 1960's Blues, Delta Blues, Mississippi Blues, Playlists by Jeff
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Ma Rainey: Mother Of The Blues
A tough, forthright woman blessed with a powerful, earthy voice and a deep soulfulness, Ma Rainey waxed a remarkable body of songs between 1923 and 1938. All 111 of those songs, including alternate takes, can be found on JSP’s exhaustive 5-CD Ma Rainey - Mother Of The Blues box set. Rainey was extremely […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Female Singers, Music Reviews by Jeff
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
I Wanna Trim Your Tree: Christmas Blues
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ALBUM
Frankie Jaxon
Christ Was Born On…
Blues, Blues Christmas
Titus Turner
Christmas Morning Blues
Blues, Blues Christmas
Roy Milton
New Year’s Resolution
Blues, Blues Christmas
Jimmy Butler
Trim Your Tree
Blues, Blues Christmas
Big Joe Turner
Christmas Date Boogie
Blues, Blues Christmas
Rev. J.M. Gates
Did You Spend Christmas Day In Jail?
Blues, Blues Christmas
Leroy Carr
Christmas In Jail
Blues, Blues Christmas
Kansas City Kitty
Christmas Mornin’ Blues
Blues, Blues Christmas
Goree Carter
Christmas Time
Complete Recordings, Vol. 1
Hop Wilson
Merry […]
No Comments » - Posted in Playlists by Jeff
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Ice And Snow Blues
Taking a cue from a Peetie Wheatstraw song I’ve got those “Ice And Snow Blues” today. As I look out the window today the snow is falling fast and heavy with no let up in sight. Unfortunately I’ll have to play it safe and stay home which means no show today. Today’s show was going […]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jeff
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
Johnny Young: Bluesway & Blue Horizon Recordings
While there are a few modern day blues mandolin revivalists, the instrument has largely consigned to the dustbin of history. Although little-heard on commercial recordings after the 1940s, the mandolin played an important role in blues and early rural black music. The mandolin can be heard on numerous recordings of the 1920’s and 1930’s particularly […]
1 Comment » - Posted in 1960's Blues, 1970's Blues, Chicago Blues, Music Reviews by Jeff
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
Live Blues: Let The Good Times Roll
ARTIST
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ALBUM
Louis Jordan
Let The Good Times Roll
Good Times Live 1948-1949
Louis Jordan
Buzz Me
Good Times Live 1948-1949
Joe Turner/Pete Johnson
Honey Dripper
Rare Live Cuts
B.B. King
Night Life
Great Moments With B.B. King
Eddie Vinson
Cleanhead’s Blues
Johnny Otis Show Live Monterey
Pee Wee Crayton
The Things I Used To Do
Johnny Otis Show Live Monterey
Helen Humes
My Daddy’s Coffin Blues
1948-1950
Helen Humes
Hard Drivin’ Mama
1948-1950
Jimmy Witherspoon
No Rollin’ Blues
The ‘Spoon Concerts
Jimmy Witherspoon
Failing […]
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007
Robert Nighthawk: Mississippi To Maxwell Street
I’ve had a long running interest in Robert Nighthawk and am always pleased when he gets some recognition. I recently received an email from somebody involved with the Mississippi Blues Commission. The commission are the folks behind the Mississippi Blues Trail which when completed will be composed of more than 100 historical […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Blues News, Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Mississippi Blues by Jeff
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Blues Around The Web
In the past week there’s been several interesting blues items that have popped up on the web. I was reading the Sunday New York Times when I came across an interesting piece on folklorist John Work III. Work is nowhere near as famous as fellow folklorist Alan Lomax who won a National Book Critics […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Blues News, Delta Blues by Jeff
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Big Road Blues Show 12/2/07: Forgotten Blues Ladies - I Ain’t Your Hen Mister Fly Rooster
ARTIST
SONG
ALBUM
Martha Copeland
I Ain’t Your Hen Mister Fly…
Martha Copeland Vol. 2
Bertha Idaho
Down on Pennsylvania Ave.
Female Blues Singers Vol. 10
Mary Dixon
You Can’t Sleep in My Bed
Blue Girls Vol. 2
Georgia White
The Blues Ain’t Nothin’…
Georgia White Vol. 3
Clara Smith
Low Land Blues
Clara Smith Vol. 6 1930-32
Mary Johnson
Death Cell Blues
Mary Johnson 1929-1936
Alice Moore
Black and Evil Blues
St. Louis Woman Vol. 1
Hattie Hart
Coldest […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Female Singers, Playlists by Jeff
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Sleeepy John Estes: On The Chicago Blues Scene
It’s inevitable, if perhaps unfair, to judge the music of the rediscovered blues artists of the 1960’s with the recordings they made in their prime in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Sleepy John Estes held up quite well in what was a very successful comeback; he cut several solid […]
