Sunday, 9 October 2011

STAR BLUES on 2nd October 2011 at 22:00

With Lady Blue "in the house" my white tee shirt was pristine and very well behaved. Birthdays were due for past legends Albert Collins and Koko Taylor, as well as for Billy Branch and Duke Robillard (both very much still with us). Harking back to the Fifties Whiteboy James' front cover photo has him attended to by five maidens in white tee-shirts and red shorts (of course I said nothing untoward), he has an infectious retro style.

We dug out some lap-steel in response to a short piece in Blues & Rhythm magazine about Hop Wilson: thus came Otis Grand and Joe Louis Walker ass well as a sublime instrumental example of the sacred steel genre by Sonny Treadway in the gospel spot. I don't think I've included any Jimmy Blythe before on STAR BLUES but he was very welcome with his great boogie piece in the piano blues feature. The blues purists will applaud the inclusion of Tampa Red but a few of them will have listened through gritted teeth as he got out his kazoo, as he so often did when recording for RCA Bluebird. We guarantee a kazoo free zone between 10 and midnight next Sunday, hope we can spend two hours together again round your place. Until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you


Travellin' South
Albert Collins
4
Iceman
Albert Collins
POINTBLANK
Daylight At Midnight
Travis Haddix
5
Daylight At Midnight
Travis Haddix
EARWIG
Eugene Hideaway Bridges 04 Baby I Like
Eugene Hideaway Bridges
4
Rock And A Hard Place
Eugene Hideaway Bridges
ARMADILLO
Gold Brick Bar
Whiteboy James And The Blues Express
7
Extreme Makeover
Whiteboy James And The Blues Express
RIP CAT
Travelin' Alone
Eric Clapton
1
Clapton
Eric Clapton
Reprise/Warner Music Japan
Railroad Bill
Etta Baker
2
Railroad Bill
Etta Baker
MUSIC MAKER
I Stay Blue All The Time
Big Bill Broonzy
21
Four Classic Albums - Plus!
Big Bill Broonzy
AVID
Wang Dang Doodle
Koko Taylor
5
Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
MCA / CHESS
I Don't Want To Hear About Yours
Hubert Sumlin
8
Black Top Blues-A-Rama
Various Artists
BLACK TOP
Further Up The Road
Bobby 'Blue' Bland
16
The 3B Blues Boy. The Blues Years : 1952-1958
Bobby 'Blue' Bland
ACE
Where's My Money?
Billy Branch AND Sons Of Blues
1
Where's My Money?
Billy BranchSons Of Blues
EVIDENCE
Playhouse Blues
Floyd Jones / Eddie Taylor
11
Masters Of Modern Blues
Floyd JonesEddie Taylor
Shout
Hop On It
Joe Louis Walker W. Otis Grand
7
Great Guitars
Joe Louis Walker
VERVE
Mercy Mercy Mama
Duke Robillard Band, The
3
Low Down And Tore Up
Duke Robillard Band, The
STONY PLAIN
I Smell Trouble
Little Johnny Taylor
11
The Galaxy Years
Little Johnny Taylor
ACE
Big Leg Mama
Dennis Binder
2
Hole In That Jug
Dennis Binder
EARWIG
Travelin' At The Speed Of Love
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
8
Havin' The Last Word
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Alligator
Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
Maria Muldaur
11
Steady Love
Maria Muldaur
STONY PLAIN
Don't Let The Devil Ride
Sonny Treadway
1
Sacred Steel: Traditional Sacred African-American Steel Guitar Music In Florida
Various Artists
Arhoolie Records
Down To The River To Pray
Alison Krauss
6
A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
Alison Krauss
Rounder
You Got To Do Better
Tampa Red
4
Bluebird Recordings
Tampa Red
RCA
Chicago Stomps
Jimmy Blythe
2
A Porttrait Of Boogie Woogie
Various Artists
GALE
What's On Your Worried Mind?
Otis Spann
14
Live The Life
Otis Spann
Testament
Playing In The Park
Frank Goldwasser W. Phillip Walker
11
Blu Ju
Frank Goldwasser
CROSSCUT RECORDS
Love Cruiser
Super Chikan
10
Sum' Mo Chikan
Super Chikan
Chikan Howse Records

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