The Delaware Destroyer, George Thorogood, will be in town on Thursday 21st and STAR BLUES had a pair of tickets to give away, so the first hour of the show included a question on George's stadium theme song. That set the tone with plenty of uptempo stuff, including a debut for youngster Tas Cru with "Money Talks" - his own song about the pay to play practice prevalent for young bands in the States. His booklet artwork looked a bid dodgy - more in keeping with a rapper than a bluesman - but the content is far better than those first impressions suggest. Why is it bands don't put more effort into presentation, and why not put your best track as #1 in the sequence?
In that first sixty, we had vintage performances from Gene Phillips on Modern and the Wailers who have no connection with Bob Marley and the Chess remake of Tommy McLennan's "Bluebird" done by Howlin' Wolf. Robert Plant shared his song-title with those Wailers but entirely different pieces, his voice has aged gracefully with more timbre to his tone now than in his Zeppelin days. Buddy Guy continued the rambunctious feel into Hour-2 with his career-enhancing cut from 1991 that sparked the Blues boom of that decade: "Damn Right I've Got The Blues". No argument from me. Seasick Steve and Eli-Paperboy-Reed are up for awards from Mojo magazine, STAR BLUES celebrated this further penetration into the mainstrream with tracks from both guys.
On the awards front, this is OSCARS time in the blues world and you can expect a special show in a fortnight (Bank Holiday Sunday) with all the runners and riders. Closer than that, next weeks playlist will have something from Seth Walker's new album and a first play of one from Alex Dixon both come with glowing reviews from the States; find out why next week on line at http://www.star107.co.uk/ or on FM, at the home of the 9-5 no repeat workday, Star Radio. Until we get chance to spend more time together at ten next Sunday, take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you
Gary Blue
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