Playlist for Thursday October 8th 2009

Mel Brown / Going down slow
John Mayall / So Glad
Nappy Brown / Hard luck blue
Boo Boo Davis / Ain’t got a dime
Ruth Brown / Can’t get excited
Scott Detweiler / Jennifer
Odetta & James Cotton / Key to the highway
Mary Flower / Rhythm of the road
Rory Block & James Cotton / Mississippi Blues
Koko Taylor / Money is the name of the game
Albert Collins / If trouble was money
Missy Anderson / New feet
Johnny Jones / I’ll be the judge of that
Soloman Burke / Fading Footsteps
Ronnie Earl / Bonnie’s Theme
Homemade Jamz / In the wind
Henry Cooper / Guitar Baby
Taj Mahal / Down Home Girl
Shemekia Copeland / Broken World
Earl King / Old Mr. Bad Luck
Robert Cray / Trouble & Pain
Aynsley Lister / Forever
Donna Green / Show Boy
Rusty Zinn / Ain’t that some shame
Robert Cray / Chicken in the kitchen
Pat Pepin / Don’t call me baby

Playlist for Thursday October 1st 2009

This morning’s Breakfast with the Blues show was a fun mix of electric blues. We have so much new music rolling in (thanks primarily to our relentless Sunday morning blues host BoogieKing Steve) it’s hard not to want to include a lot of new music to your show. It’s a little tough to try to sort through new music and find the treasures while you’re in the middle of a live show, so I like to take stuff home and give it a good honest listen, especially if it’s someone I’ve never heard of. Taking the CD home with me and really giving it a chance helps me feel good about the new artists I’m playing, especially since the songs I’m putting on the air are likely (at least to me) some of the best songs on the recording. On the other hand it’s easy to find jewels during your show when you get new stuff in from artists that you’re familiar. For instance I felt comfortable previewing new releases from Darrel Nulisch, Doug Deming, Eric Deaton, Al Basile and Corey Harris on the fly. These all sounded good to me and I’m looking forward to playing more from these artists as well as more music form Shane Dwight and Shaun Murphy. Since I’m babbling on about new music a new CD that caught my eye and ear was a new CD from Pat Pepin. The cover artwork features Pat with her baritone sax. I’m a sucker for a baritone, and the thought of a female baritone sax player intrigued me. Every song I keyed up sounded great so it was easy to find some jewels on this CD, and I look forward to taking this one home for a closer listen and playing it often on my show.

James Harman / Temporary Blues
RL Burnside / Let my baby ride
Eric Deaton / Can’t do me that way
Pat Pepin / Can’t take it with you
Freddy Brooks / So Damn poor
Freddy Brooks / Back where I come from
James Montgomery / Sinkin’ Blues
Albert Collins / Broke
Shane Dwight / Gimmie back my money
Joe Louis Walker / Rain on my mind
James Armstrong / Can’t get off your love
Shaun Murphy / Come to Mama
Doug Deming & the Jeweltones / Falling through the cracks
BB King / Tell me baby
Duke Robillard / Glamour Girl
Al Basile / I hope you’re right
Pat Pepin / Left me lonely
Robert Lucas / Party Girl
Otis Rush / You’re killing my love
Gary Clark Jr. / Heavy heart
Eric Deaton / Smile at trouble
Jimmy Hendrix / Born under a bad sign
Howlin Wolf / Ain’t superstitious
Muddy Waters / You need love
Darrel Nulisch / Let a woman be a woman
RJ Mischo / Little Village
Aron Burton / Funky Emma
Corey Harris / King & Queen
Sean Costello / Don’t be reckless with my love
Shane Dwight / Summer’s fading
Pat Pepin / Living at Wal-Mart