Play List for Thursday September 18th 2008

It seems we spend a lot of time searching for the next hot young artist, or the next undiscovered talent. When in fact there are so many great artists that we already know about that have recorded so many great songs. The funny thing is that all this great old stuff is what has inspired so many of the artists that are trying to be the next big thing. Sometimes it’s just fun to build a show around some of the many staples of this great music we call the blues.

Jimmy Thackery / Hit the big time
Delta Moon / Blind Spot
Omar & the Howlers / Muddy springs road
Robert Ward / Something good .. driving the devil nuts
Sam Taylor / Back against the wall
Charles Walker / Nothing a young girl can do
Lavay Smith / I want a little boy
Magic Slim / Let me love you
Magic Slim / Going down the road feeling bad
Toni Price / Out the front door
Robert Johnson / Crossroad blues
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie / When the levee breaks
Memphis Minnie / I hate to see the sun go down
Son House / Preachin’ Blues
John Mooney / Son’s Blues
Floyd Miles / No life at all
Snooky Pryor / My baby been gone
Stevie Ray Vaughan / Ain’t gonna give up on love
Smoking Joe Kubek / Mellow down easy
Susan Tedeschi / Sweet Forgiveness
Ruthie Foster / Heal yourself
Eric Bibb / Destiny Blues
Guy Davis / Come Back Baby
Hubert Sumlin & Darrel Nulish / Just like I treat you
Byther Smith / This little voice
Junior Wells / Shaky ground
Rusty Zinn / Talkin’ ‘bout you
Sean Costello / Hard luck woman
Delta Moon / Jessie Mae
Little Charlie & The Nightcats / My next ex-wife
Jimmy Thackery / XXX Wife

Play List for Thursday September 4th 2008

There was really no pre-planning involved in putting this mornings show together. I knew I would start with the song “black-eyed peas” from Carey Bell’s very fine “Heartaches & Pain” CD, but beyond that I was flying by the seat of my pants so to speak. All in all I did manage to mix in some new material from the likes of Pinetop Perkins, James Hinkle, Fiona Boyes and Buddy Guy. I threw in some classic artist like Albert King, Charles Brown and Mississippi Fred McDowell. I Featured a few songs by some lesser know artists like Kathy Walker Gary Allegretto and Cathy Lemmons. Then I finished the show with some guitar laden songs from Lil’ Dave Thompson, Jimmy Thackery and Duke Robillard. I had fun, and judging from some listener feedback we did okay. Tune in next week. Who knows what we’ll be up to.

Carey Bell / Black-eyed peas
Big Bill Morganfield / Hoochie Coochie girl
Johnny Dyer / Don’t know why
Pinetop Perkins / Bad luck baby
James Hinkle / Some Day
Francine Reed / I have the right to sing the blues
Charles Brown / Every little bit hurts
Paul Oscher / Work that stuff
Sherrie Williams / I’m here to stay
The Boneshakers / Part time man
Albert King / I can’t hear nothing but the blues
Victoria Spivey / You’re my man
Buddy Guy / I found happiness
Mississippi Fred McDowell / 61 Highway
Mississippi Fred McDowell / Worried mind
Eric Deaton / When I see you
Fiona Boyes and Mookie Brill / Early in the morning
Kathy Walker / Fat Daddy
Gary Allegretto / Tattoo of truth
Cathy Lemmons Band / Good morning little school boy
Mitch Woods / Parchman farm
Tommy Castro / Sho’ enough
Deanna Bogart / Baby you got what it takes
Mississippi John Hurt / Stack o Lee
Mr. B / My Sunday Best
The Strangetones / Sweet spot
Lil Dave Thompson / Got to get over you
Jimmy Thackery / Empty arm hotel
Duke Robillard / Fishnet
Jimmy Thackery / Hobarts blues