STAR BLUES on 5th June 2011 at 2200

I can't remember it being like this before. The whole world of blues has a new album out for the Summer 2011. We had an even dozen on last nights STAR BLUES - and there are new ones from Seasick Steve, Ruthie Foster, Blind Boys of Alabama and Rory Gallagher due any time now.

The playlist below shows the quality and depth of fare out there at the moment. Candi Staton is a formidable talent and her finest recordings for Rick Hall at FAME studios are now reissued by Ace, Jimmie Vaughan and Rod Piazza go head-to-head with product in the shops next month and with pride of place for us. All being well they'll be back on STAR BLUES really soon. Terry Hancks is known for tenor-sax and his association with Elvin Bishop, he is also a pretty decent vox, he (like Rod Piazza) has a new project for Delta Groove. One of our favourite players, Tommy Castro, is at the helm for a themed album around the Legendary Blues Revue on Alligator and we chose the Janiva Magness version of Five Royales' "Think" from that set.

Our links started with Canned Heat aided and abetted by John Lee Hooker who in turn palled up with Robert Cray at the other end of the affair.

Out special "1001 Blues" looked to the mastery of Lonnie Johnson who showed B B King, Django Reinhard and Charlie Christian a thing or two - a stunning piece of solo playing from 1937 (just before he took the single stringing style of guitar solos into the electric era).

STAR BLUES is proud to celebrate the heritage and legacy of over 100 of blues, last night we got chance to revel in the quality of the current crop of new releases from the biggest names in our music. There's a peek back to the classic Chess and Chicago scene next Sunday at 10pm, until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you.

	Num	Track	Artist	Album
	001	Let's Work Together (Bonus)	Canned Heat	[1-13]Friends In The Can - Canned Heat{- -}
	002	Little Wheel	Canned Heat	[1-11]Friends In The Can - Canned Heat{- -}
	003	Neverland	Guitar Shorty	[1-8]Bare Knuckle - Guitar Shorty{- -}
	004	Fishin' In The Dark	Ben Prestage	[1-12]One Crow Murder - Ben Prestage{- -}
New	005	Brother To A Stone	Mc & Knight & Bogdal	[1-9]Zombie Nation - McKnight & Bogdal{- -}
New	006	Cut Like A Knife	Ruff Kutt Blues Band	[1-1]Mill Block Blues - Ruff Kutt Blues BandAnson FunderburghAndrew 'Jr. Boy' JonesHash Brown{- -}
	007	Swing Out Rhythm	Lonnie Johnson	[3-17]The Original Guitar Wizard - Lonnie Johnson{- -}
	008	Never Found A Smoking Gun	Johnny Rawls	[1-5]No Boundaries - Johnny Rawls{- -}
	009	New Home	Eric Bibb	[1-3]Troubadour Live - Eric Bibb{- -}
New	010	Mr And Mrs Untrue	Candi Staton	[1-16]Evidence: The Complete Fame Masters - Candi Staton{- -}
New	246	I'm Gonna Keep On Driving	Terry Hanck	[1-2]Here It Comes - Terry Hanck{- -}
New	301	Same Train	Grady Champion	[1-5]Dreamin' - Grady Champion{- -}
	306	Between Midnight and Day	Corey Harris	[1-1]Between Midnight And Day - Corey Harris{- -}
New	307	Think	Janiva Magness	[1-9]Tommy Castro Presents The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue -- Live! - Tommy Castro{- -}
New	312	Hey Mattie (take 4)	Lazy Lester	[1-12]Rides Again - Lazy Lester{- -}
New	316	No Use Knocking	Jimmie Vaughan	[1-2]Plays More Blues Ballads And Favourites - Jimmie VaughanLou Ann Barton{- -}
	320	Ezekiel Saw The Wheel	Dixie Hummingbirds	[3-11]Gospel - The Ultimate Collection - Various Artists{- -}
	327	P L K Special	Jimmy Yancey	[2-11]The Best Of Boogie Woogie - Various Artists{- -}
New	330	I'm Ready	Fats Domino	[1-1]The Imperial Singles Vol. 4 1959-1961 - Fats Domino{- -}
New	335	Hey Hey	Johnny Nicholas & Jimmie Vaughan	[1-1]Fiuture Blues - Johnny Nicholas{- -}
New	338	What Makes You So Tough	Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers	[1-2]Almighty Dollar - Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers{- -}
	346	Mean Old Train	Papa Lightfoot	[3-24]Let Me Tell You About The Blues: Atlanta - Various Artists{- -}
New	349	Oh Baby Don't You Weep	Luther Ingram	[1-12]Dj Andy Smith's Jam Up Twist – Andy Smith {- -}
	352	Matchbox	Carl Perkins	[1-23]Love Em Do - Various Artists{- -}
	354	Baby Lee	John Lee Hooker	[1-9]The Best Of Friends - John Lee Hooker{- -}