STAR BLUES on 29th May 2011 at 22:00

It seemed fitting that STAR BLUES had a chance to look to this years Glastonbury Festival on a Bank Holiday Sunday.

There'll be a special blues stage (Bourbon Street) to showcase jazz and blues artists. Connie Lush will be on twice and a drum heavy version of "Nobody's Fault" is a good indication of her powerful onstage presence. Dave Kelly will be in duet with Maggie Bell and we sampled wares from earlier in their careers. Paddy Milner went to a Dave Brubek piece for some piano wizardry (if I hadn't seen the video Id swear one pair of hands couldn't play that fast). We've long held Brooks Williams as a favourite and his cover of "Grinning In Your Face" showed why.

Though Eric Bibb isn't on the Bourbon Street stage, he'll be there as well and he did the modern half of a back to back feature with Blind Willie Johnson's last recording: "You'll Need Somebody On your Bond". Chrissi Poland has an awesome voice and her debut album was a late arrival that we were happy to make space for on STAR BLUES. Mike Vernon produced an album by Lazy Lester in 1985 and Ace has just reissued it with 9 bonus tracks; while the subsidiary label BGP anthologises the blues club platters spun every week by Andy Smith - his eclectic selection let us have Young Jessie.

My own eclectic contributions to the history of radio will be on tomorrow night (Bank Holiday Monday) so the white tee shirt gets a break but I can't guarantee anything else sensible will happen in the three hours from 7pm (BST). I'm planning Billie Holiday, Gil Scott Heron, the Chieftains, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Bob Marley and Bruce Springsteen.Or something completely different. Hope you can be there, until then take care of your selves and take care of those that take care of you.

Gary Blue

Num	Track	Artist	Album
1	Move Over	Janis Joplin	[1-2]Ultimate Collection - Janis Joplin{- -}
2	Gloria	Van Morrison With John Lee Hooker	[1-1]Gloria - Van Morrison{- -}
3	You're A Dog	Cookie Mc & Gee	[1-6]Right Place - Cookie McGee{- -}
4	Restless Feelin's	Bobby 'Blue' Bland	[1-4]Blues You Can Use - Bobby 'Blue' Bland{- -}
5	Jack Of Diamonds	Davis Coen	[1-3]Blues Lights For Yours And Mine - Davis Coen{- -}
6	Coffee Grinder Blues	Jaybird Coleman	[2-11]Let Me Tell You About The Blues: Atlanta - Various Artists{- -}
7	You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond	Eric Bibb	[1-9]Spirit And Blues - Eric Bibb{- -}
8	You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond	Blind Willie Johnson	[2-10]Let Me Tell You About The Blues: Atlanta - Various Artists{- -}
9	The Duisberg Blues	Dave Kelly	[1-2]When The Blues Comes To Call - Dave Kelly{- -}
10	As The Years Go Passing By	Maggie Bell	[1-2]Best Of - Maggie Bell{- -}
11	Nobody's Fault	Connie Lush	[1-10]Send Me No Flowers - Connie Lush{- -}
12	Jack The Ripper	Link Wray	[1-15]Ace 30: Doo Wop And Rock'n'roll - Various Artists{- -}
13	Checkin' On My Baby	Barcodes	[1-4]Be Cool - Barcodes
14	Grinnin' In Your Face	Brooks Williams	[1-2]Baby O! - Brooks Williams{- -}
15	Come By Here	James 'Thunderbird' Davis	[1-12]Black Top Blues-A-Rama - Various Artists{- -}
16	Blackjack	Ray Charles	[4-1]The History Of Rhythm & Blues
17	Hard Road	Debbie Davies & Mick Taylor	[1-3]Key To Love - Debbie Davies{- -}
18	Unsquare Dance	Paddy Milner	[1-1]Unsquare Dance - Paddy Milner{- -}
19	Confessin' The Blues	Jay Mc & Shann	[4-19]History Of Rhythm And Blues Part One - Various Artists{- -}
20	Angel Weep For Me	Chrissi Poland	[1-5]Songs From The Concrete - Chrissi Poland{- -}
21	Don't Happen No More	Young Jessie	[1-14]Dj Andy Smith's Jam Up Twist - Smith
22	The Same Thing Could Happen To You (take 2)	Lazy Lester	[1-3]Rides Again - Lazy Lester{- -}
23	Lucy Mae Blues	Frankie Lee Sims	[3-11]Specialty Story - Various Artists{- -}
24	Let's Work Together	Canned Heat	[1-13]The Very Best Of Canned Heat - Canned Heat{- -}