STAR BLUES on 26th June 2011 at 22:00

My regular trips to look for new items for STAR BLUES uncovered two discs of tracks used by Burlesque performers; this art form relies on the great r&b and rock-n-roll music made in the late ‘Forties and early ‘Fifties. Hence you get Big Joe Turner, Ruth Brown, Louis Jordan, Ike Turner, Link Wray and Dale Hawkins at their very best. Last night on STAR BLUES we took a very generous helping the included the delicious Big Jay McNeely’s “Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style”.

Johnny Nicholas and JP Soars brought their new projects and we included a sublime Larry Davis song (The Years Go Passing By) from 1968 believed to be done for a label setup by B B King: Virgo. King was the inspiration for the 1001 Blues feature: we played his version of “Three O’Clock Blues” a couple of weeks ago and I saw him reprise the tune in his Glastonbury set, our feature looked at the original issue by Lowell Fulson done with his brother Martin that came out on Down Town in 1948.

Lucinda Williams’ current work is outside the scope of STAR BLUES but her earliest recordings made for Smithsonian Folkways were very much on the nose and her interpretation of “Pure Religion” made it into our gospel tent. Big Joe Turner with Pete Johnson’s rippling 88s set out the stall for the piano blues spot ably aided and abetted by Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Lewis Boogie”.

Our blues chain feature will start again later in the year and I’m planning to publish a book of the music used in the “1001 Blues” feature to expand on the blog – you’ll need to be doing some STAR BLUES with me on Sundays to find out some more. I hope you’ll be along this upcoming Sunday to see how much blues and tomfoolery one man can carry in a white tee-shirt – until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you

	Track	Artist	Album
2202	Wrong Woman	Ana Popovic	[1-2]Blind For Love - Ana Popovic{- -}
2206	Mama Bring Your Clothes Home	Phillip Walker	[1-2]Going Back Home - Phillip Walker{- -}
2211	Twenty Five Lies	Guitar Slim	[1-10]The Story Of My Life - Guitar Slim{- -}
2219	Overseas Blues	Little Whitt & Big Bo	[1-5]Moody Swamp Blues - Little Whitt & Big Bo{- -}
2226	Nadine (Is It You?)	Chuck Berry	[1-13]His Best Volume 2 - Chuck Berry{- -}
2230	Three O'clock Blues	Lowell Fulson	[1-1]Three O'clock Blues - Lowell Fulson{- -}
2236	Hey Hey	Johnny Nicholas & Jimmie Vaughan	[1-1]Fiuture Blues - Johnny Nicholas{- -}
2244	Thrill On The Hill	Snooks Eaglin	[1-9]Soul's Edge - Snooks Eaglin{- -}
2247	T-Town Twist	Roy Milton & His Solid Senders	[2-6]The Very Best Of Burlesque - Various Artists{- -}
2250	Rumble	Link Wray & The Wraymen	[1-22]The Very Best Of Burlesque - Various Artists{- -}
2253	Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style	Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats	[2-21]The Very Best Of Burlesque - Various Artists{- -}
2255	Ubangi Stomp	Warren Smith	[1-18]The Very Best Of Sun Rock'n'roll - Various Artists{- -}
2301	More Bees With Honey	J P Soars	[1-1]More Bees With Honey - J P Soars{- -}
2305	If I Was Your Guitar	Pura Fe	[1-3]A Blues Night In North Carolina - Pura Fe{- -}
2310	Mama Didn't Raise No Fools	Sugar Pie Desanto	[1-6]Go Go Power • The Complete Chess Singles 1961-1966 - Sugar Pie Desanto{- -}
2314	I'll Take You There	Staple Singers	[2-4]This Time It's For Real - Various Artists{- -}
2318	W.P.A. Blues	Casey Bill Weldon	[1-20]Story Of The Blues - Various Artists{- -}
2322	M And O Blues	Willie Brown	[1-4]Pure Vintage Blues Vol. 3 : Future Blues - Various Artists{- -}
2327	Dynaflow Blues	Johnny Shines Blues Band	[3-7]Chicago / The Blues / Today! - Various Artists{- -}
2328	Roll 'Em Pete	Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson	[4-14]History Of Rhythm And Blues Part One - Various Artists{- -}
2331	Lewis Boogie	Jerry Lee Lewis	[1-4]Best Of - Jerry Lee Lewis{- -}
2334	Hacksaw Rag/Cincinnati Flow Rag	Toby Walker	[1-12]Live At The Bottleneck - Toby Walker{- -}
2342	You're Gonna Need Pure Religion	Lucinda Williams	[1-13]Ramblin' - Lucinda Williams{- -}
2349	Dallas Woman	Bob Kirkpatrick	[1-8]Drive Across Texas - Bob Kirkpatrick{- -}
2353	Rock Me Baby	B. B. King	[1-24]The Vintage Years - B. B. King{- -}