Having taken a few weeks off the Thursday morning rotation I was more than ready to jump back into the fray. My good friend and Thursday morning sidekick Gregory Satori was nice enough to fill in for me while I was on vacation and I sure appreciate that! As a matter of fact I think he’s having so much fun just being back on the radio he would do every day if we asked him to. Hummmm. This morning's show was a mix of some of my favorites (surprise!).
I watched Cadillac records last week, and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Beyonce made a beautiful Etta James, as I’m sure she was in the day. All of the characters played their roles pretty true to form, but wern’t there two (Leonard & Phil) Chess brothers? They didn’t have to exaggerate too much of the story line to keep it interesting, and some things I would have liked them to spend more time on, but overall it was okay. A few less MF’s would have been okay too. Anyway you can’t beat Chess Records for blues music period! If you told me that I to choose 5 records for my collection there’s no question that they would all be Chess recordings. Music on this label by these artists Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Milton, Little Walter’s and countless others has been emulated more than any other form of music ever.
Otis Rush / Little Red Rooster
Debbie Davies / Just stepped into the blues
Johnny Nicholas / Livin’ with the blues
Linda Miles / Home Cookin’
Johnny Guitar Watson / Broke & Lonely
Freddy King / Hideaway
Jimmy Dawkins / If you’re ready
Robben Ford / Life Song
Junior Wells / Hoo Doo Man Blues
Luther GJ Johnson / Back seat of a Greyhound Bus
Albert King / I don’t care what my baby do
Fenton Robinson / Check on my baby
Toby Walker / You got something on the side
Robert Cray / I guess I showed her (live)
Andy Just / Toes up
Guitar Shorty / The Netherlands
Howlin’ Wolf / Smokestack Lightnin’
Howlin’ Wolf / Rockin’ Daddy
Little Walter / My baby’s sweeter
Little Walter / Can’t hold out much longer
Muddy Waters / Blues before sunrise
Lowell Fulson / Not a dime
BB King / Mr Pawnbroker
Booker T & the MGs / You are my sunshine
Chris Cain / Helping hand
Carey Bell / What my Mama told me
Perry Weber / Got my room
Jimmy Burns / Wait a minute
Lurrie Bell / Blues had a baby
George Thorogood / Howlin’ for my darlin’
Home Cookin’ / Brick house in Memphis
James Cotton & Darrel Nulisch / That’s alright
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