I received sad news Wednesday afternoon that New Orleans blues artist Snooks Eaglin passed away. He certainly will be sorely missed. His ability to play a wide range of songs and his ability to perfectly understand and make the tunes his own earned him the nickname the "human jukebox." Eaglin claimed in interviews that his musical repertoire included some 2,500 songs. At live shows, he did not usually prepare set lists, and was unpredictable, even to his band mates. He played songs that come to his head, and he also took requests from the audience. Eaglin lost his sight not long after his first birthday after being stricken with glaucoma, and spent several years in the hospital with other ailments. Around the age of five Eaglin was given a guitar by his father, which he taught himself to play by listening to and playing with the radio. In 1947, at the age of 11, Eaglin won a talent contest organized by radio station WNOE by playing "Twelfth Street Rag". Three years later, he dropped out of the school for the blind to become a professional musician. In 1952, Eaglin joined the Flamingoes, a local 7-piece band started by Allen Toussaint. The Flamingoes didn't have a bass player, and according to Eaglin, he played both the guitar and the bass parts at the same time on his guitar. He stayed with The Flamingoes for several years, until their dissolution in the mid-50s. I’ve always been a huge fan of Snooks Eaglin, his music will continue to entertain and inspire listeners on Thursday morning “Breakfast with the Blues”.
RL Burnside / Let my baby ride
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcolm / So much love
Delta Moon / Trouble in the home
Guy Davis / Slow motion daddy
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee / Cold wind blowing
Snooks Eaglin / Let me go home whisky
Damon Fowler / Some fun
Nick Moss / I’ll be straight with you
Snooks Eaglin / Travlin’ mood
Snooks Eaglin / Don’t take it so hard
Champion Jack Dupree / Under your hood
EG Kight / Through the eyes of a child
Broh – Taylor / Little by little
WC Clark / I’ve been searching
Sue Foley / Here comes the sun
Snooks Eaglin / It’s your thing
Snooks Eaglin / You & me
Jimmy Rogers / Gold tailed bird
Muddy Waters / I won’t go on
Karen Lovely / Too little, too late
Ruthie Foster / Tears of pain
Damon Fowler / Sugar Lee
John Mooney / Buried Treasure
Broh – Taylor / Better off with the blues
Debbie Davies / Watch your step
Snooks Eaglin / I’m not ashamed
Susan Tedeschi / The feeling music brings
Larry Garner / High on music
Luther Tucker / Sweet home Chicago
Carey Bell / Blues with a feeling
Keith Crossan / Huggy Bare
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