STAR BLUES on 1st February 2015 at 22:00 celebrating the art of piano blues

.. before it disappears from blues radio.I got involved in a conversation about favourite blues players - it struck me early on that I was the only one not pushing the case of one guitarist or another. We wanted to pass on birthday wishes to Jody Williams, Charlie Musselwhite and Bettye LaVette but it was going to be piano blues thereafter. Bettye is in a class of her own these days with a grainy world weariness that completely remade the Gnarls Barclay hit song.

We promised a round two dozen items and we could've easily done two dozen more in various styles including leading exponents of boogie-woogie and barrelhouse styles. However the finest piece you're likely to hear anytime anywhere ahead of next Sunday's show came courtesy of Charles Brown: classy skills interwoven with deft picking from Johnny Moore. Their collaboration was the exact opposite of rough and ready pounding from the bawdy houses of New Orleans. Cosimo Matassa ran J&M studios there and we chose a couple off a recent four-disc survey of his work (including the much missed and underrated Lee Dorsey).

We're back next Sunday at 10pm if you'll have us, until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you

track.title	track.artistsort	index	album.title	album.artistsort	label
Memphis	Lonnie Mack	30	Teen Beat: 30 Great Rockin' Instrumentals	Various Artists	ACE
You Left Me in the Dark	Jody Williams	1	You Left Me In The Dark	Jody Williams	EVIDENCE
Gallows Pole	Alvin Youngblood Hart	10	True Blues	Various Artists	TELARC
mr highway man	Howlin' Wolf	16	Sun Blues Box : 1950-1958	Various Artists	CHARLY
I'd Rather Go Blind	Etta James	2	The Best Of Etta James	Etta James	SPECTRUM
crazy	bettye lavette	6	tankful and thoughtful	bettye lavette	anti
blues overtook me	charlie musselwhite	4	comin home to the blues	various artists	music club
Treat Me Mean And Evil	Joe Hill Louis	5	The Sun Story - Vol.1	Various Artists	INSTANT
Every Day Every Night	Professor Longhair	12	Blues From The Heart	Various Artists	FAB-14
Two fisted Mama	Katie Webster	4	Two-Fisted Mama!	Katie Webster	Alligator
Real Gone	Amos Milburn	15	Blues Barrelhouse And Boogie - The Best Of	Amos Milburn	Capitol
Vicksburg Blues	Little Brother Montgomery	15	The Prestige/Bluesville Story	Various Artists	NOT NOW
At The Window	Jimmy Yancey	13	The Blues Box	Various Artists	METRO
do-re-mi	lee dorsey	24	Cosimo Matassa Story vol 2	Various Artists	Proper Box
Reeling And Rocking	Fats Domino	11	Cosimo Matassa Story	Various Artists	Proper Box
Junker Blues	Champion Jack Dupree	16	New Orleans Barrelhouse Boogie	Champion Jack Dupree	COLUMBIA
Everybody's Whalin'	Huey 'Piano' Smith	3	The Ace Story - Volume 3	Various Artists	ACE
Strut That Thing	'cripple' Clarence Lofton	12	Broke Black And Blue	Various Artists	PROPER
Johnny's Boogie	Charles Brown	8	Roll 'Em Pete : 25 Years Of Piano Blues And Boogie	Various Artists	INDIGO
Monday Woman	Willie Mabon	7	Willie's Blues - The Greatest Hits 1952 - 1957	Willie Mabon	Jasmine Records
You Got To Help Me Some	Memphis Slim	19	You Got To Help Me Some	Memphis Slim	BLUES ENCORE
fine and brown	roosevelt sykes	7	Roll 'Em Pete : 25 Years Of Piano Blues And Boogie	Various Artists	INDIGO
Climbin' And Screamin'	Pete Johnson	17	The Best Of Boogie Woogie	Various Artists	DOCUMENTS
Indiana Avenue Stomp	Montana Taylor	18	The Best Of Boogie Woogie	Various Artists	DOCUMENTS
parrish street jive	little brother montgomery	19	The Best Of Boogie Woogie	Various Artists	DOCUMENTS
boogie woogie blues	albert ammons	4	The Best Of Boogie Woogie	Various Artists	DOCUMENTS
Rehearsing The Boogie	Hadda Brooks	25	Modern Music: 1945	Various Artists	ACE
Midnight Steppers	Big Bill BroonzyJoshua Altheimer	16	The Southern Blues	Big Bill Broonzy	CHARLY
Tired Of Crying Over You	Morris Pejoe feat. Henry Gray	25	Chicago Bound: Chess Blues, R&b And Rock 'N' Roll	Various Artists	Fantastic Voyage
We're Gonna Rock	Gunter Lee Carr (Aka Cecil Gant)	21	Roll 'Em Pete : 25 Years Of Piano Blues And Boogie	Various Artists	INDIGO
kidman blues	big maceo	2	The Best Of Boogie Woogie	Various Artists	DOCUMENTS
cow cow boogie	cow cow davenport	4	The Best Of Boogie Woogie	Various Artists	DOCUMENTS

 Created: 01/02/2015 23:55:59