STAR BLUES on 6th September 2015 at 22:00 - Jimmy Reed would have been 90 today

... and Little Milton's birth date is 7th September. Plenty of great songs available to choose from too.

We started in Texas and stayed there for three of its finest sons. Not sure why Zuzu hasn't been played much around these parts, his tough guitar also swings in T-Bone style. We've written about Mr. Collins at length here before - his sound is unique and endlessly engaging. Roy is still a fine practitioner of the dark arts of guitar and on the evidence of his early-period instrumental, he always was.

Shawn Holt proves the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and his fit as leader of the Teardrops is tight - its his birthday too. Jasmine has an interesting collection including blues and r&b at the dawn of the soul era and it has a couple of established names in unfamiliar settings, though Isaac Hayes sounded more comfortable with blues than Roy Brown did with soul. The same label has also two essential Bobby Bland vinyl albums packaged as one cd - together with 5 bonus tracks first out as singles. What's not to like?

The same can be unexpectedly laid at John Mayall's door with his new album. It continues in the same way as his last album "Special Life" - and that one got plenty of critical kudos. The Fleetwood Mac track found its way onto our playlist to sate an unquenchable urge to hear some unfussy gut bucket slide (even if the original album does have a topless Mick F on the gatefold sleeve - its not for the faint hearted and once seen ...

Our Jimmy Reed feature was a struggle with the gremlins who wanted to eat everything I tried to play, but we won in the end and we heard what it was about his Vee-Jay recordings that made him so special and a huge influence on Yardbirds and Rolling Stones.

Little Milton was the real deal in every department from every era of his career canon; he did excellent work for Sun, Checker, Stax, Malaco and Telarc. We were proud to have one of each on our show. Our ladies didn't let us down either: Vicky Lee and Honey Brown. Meade Lux Lewis has a birthday book entry  and he was joined in the piano tent by Roosevelt Sykes. His "Driving Wheel" was something covered by Junior Parker who'd already been in the lineup. See how this stuff fits together? The other thing that makes us so different - Britain's Other Blues Show after all - is our love of blues in all its forms. In the category of not often heard elsewhere were Memphis Jog Band, Richard Hacksaw Harney and Jack Owens / Bud Spires. Nuff said!

Our STAR BLUES next Sunday is a two-fer celebration: 40 years of reissues on the Ace label *PLUS* 90th anniversary of birth of B.B.King. We'll have a raft of music on that label which will include those earliest sides B did for Modern. 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	duration	writercredit
travellin' south	Albert Collins	4	iceman	albert collins	pointblank	[ 5 mins 2 secs ]	Albert Collins
Headlight Blues	Zuzu Bollin	7	Texas Bluesman	Zuzu Bollin	Antone's / Irond	[ 2 mins 56 secs ]	Zuzu Bollin
Gainesville	Roy Gaines	4	Rock-A-Billy: Boogie Woogie Blues Man	Roy Gaines		[ 3 mins 1 secs ]	Roy Gaines
Mean Little Woman	Shawn Holt And The Teardrops	7	Daddy Told Me	Shawn Holt And The Teardrops	Blind Pig	[ 3 mins 48 secs ]	Shawn Holt And The Teardrops
Doctor Brown	Fleetwood Mac	6	Fleetwood Mac / Mr. Wonderful	Fleetwood Mac	COLUMBIA	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Fleetwood Mac
Crazy Lady	John Mayall	12	Find a Way to Care	John Mayall	Forty Below	[ 3 mins 33 secs ]	John Mayall
Message To My Woman	Walter Rhodes	24	Sanctified Soul	Various Artists	Kent (U.K.)	[ 2 mins 35 secs ]	Walter Rhodes
Ain't That Lovin' You Baby	Jimmy Reed	1-6	The Anthology	Jimmy Reed	NOT NOW	[ 2 mins 20 secs ]	Jimmy Reed
i'm goin upside your head	Jimmy Reed	22	rockin with reed	Jimmy Reed	charly	[ 2 mins 20 secs ]	Jimmy Reed
take out some insurance	Jimmy Reed	2-17	The Anthology	Jimmy Reed	NOT NOW	[ 2 mins 20 secs ]	Jimmy Reed
shame shame shame	Jimmy Reed	16	you dont have to go	Jimmy Reed	orbis blues collection	[ 2 mins 20 secs ]	Jimmy Reed
C.C.RIDER	Isaac Hayes	24	Going Home	Various Artists	Jasmine	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Isaac Hayes
SUGAR BABY	Roy Brown	17	Going Home	Various Artists	Jasmine	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Roy Brown
oh red	Richard 'Hacksaw' Harney	9	Sweet Man	Richard 'Hacksaw' Harney	EDSEL	[ 3 mins 15 secs ]
Kokomo	Memphis Jug Band, The	1-19	Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook	Various Artists	Rounder	[ 2 mins 55 secs ]	Memphis Jug Band, The
cherry ball blues	jack owens and bud sp[ires	1-3	Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook	Various Artists	Rounder	[ 2 mins 55 secs ]	jack owens
Scratchin' (Vim 521)	Wild Jimmy Spruill	8	Slabs Of Humdingers Vol. 2	Various Artists	vee-tone	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Wild Jimmy Spruill
Fussin’ And Fightin’ Blues	Little Junior Parker	5	Ride With Me, Baby: The Singles 1952-1961	Little Junior Parker	Fantastic Voyage	[ 3 mins 1 secs ]	Little Junior Parker
Night Time Is The Right Time	Ray Charles	15	Ray Charles: Eight Classic Albums	Ray Charles	IODA	[ 4 mins 4 secs ]	Ray Charles
I've Been Wrong so Long	Bobby Bland	12	That's the Way Love Is	Bobby Bland	Jasmine Records	[ 2 mins 18 secs ]	Bobby Bland
Stepping High	Edgar Blanchard	19	Cosimo Matassa Story	Various Artists	Proper Box	[ 2 mins 38 secs ]	Edgar Blanchard
Country Boy	Dave BartholomewErnest McLean	3	The History Of Rhythm And Blues Volume Two 1942-1952	Various Artists	Rhythm and Blues Records	[ 3 mins 7 secs ]	Dave BartholomewErnest McLean
I Wanna Be The Only One	Kip Anderson	13	Where Southern Soul Began: 2	Various Artists	HISTORY OF SOUL	[ 2 mins 50 secs ]	Kip Anderson
we're gonna make it	Little Milton	1	we're gonna make it	Little Milton	trace	[ 2 mins 39 secs ]	Little Milton
same old blues	Little Milton	18	chicago blues and soul	Little Milton	jasmine	[ 3 mins 59 secs ]	Little Milton
little bluebird	Little Milton	8	greatest hits	Little Milton	MALACO	[ 3 mins 59 secs ]	Little Milton
You're Givin' Me the Blues	Little Milton	10	Feel it	Little Milton	MALACO	[ 3 mins 59 secs ]	Little Milton
Little By Little	Nappy Brown	21	The Influences Behind The Rolling Stones	Various Artists	Hoodoo Records	[ 2 mins 36 secs ]	Nappy Brown
Goin' Back Home To Mama	Vicky Lee	11	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females	Various Artists	Fantastic Voyage	[ 2 mins 2 secs ]	Vicky Lee
Rockin' And Jumpin'	Honey Brown	28	I'm A Bad Bad Girl	Various Artists	INDIGO	[ 2 mins 56 secs ]	Honey Brown
Driving Wheel	Roosevelt Sykes	8	Let Me Tell You About The Blues: New York	Various Artists	Fantastic Voyage	[ 3 mins 6 secs ]	Roosevelt Sykes
Bear Cat Crawl	Meade Lux Lewis	15	The Best Of Boogie Woogie	Various Artists	DOCUMENTS	[ 2 mins 22 secs ]	Meade Lux Lewis

Created: 06/09/2015 23:55:57