We also lost Howard Tate on Friday to a battle with Leukemia a somewhat underrated singer who got famous though the covers Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and BB Kind did of his originals. He and Jerry Ragavoy worked well together and it was ironic that Tate has gone so soon after Ragavoy. Tates stuff isn't easy to come by but will repay the effort if you try.
Big birthday celebrations for Larry Davis (our 1001 blues), Pop Staples, Little Richard, Junior Wells and the second man calling himself Sonny Boy Williamson. In January Alligator will release Joe Louis Walkers debut for them called "HellFire", on his performance during the Blues Cruise its not hard to hear why Bruce Iglauer wanted JLW on board (pun!) Robert Ealey clearly enjoyed playing blues, why he wasn't better know is one of blues mysteries...
Mojo Magazine (there are others) has a cover mount disc from the latest breed of soul singers, each doing a cover of a track from the Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers" - we went to its Naomi Shelton cut for our gospel spot a Stax horn soundalike version of "You Gotta Move" by Gary Davis / Fred McDowell (perm any one from three). Sonny Thompson did piano on an unissued side from 1947 when he was with Miracle Records in Chicago. To round out the full flavours of blues we did the title track from Seasick Steve's chart album retrospective "Walking Man" - and "Scratch My Kat" With Cedell Davis. A new approach to "Barefootin" from Joe Medwick was all we had time for my white tee-shirt - hope we get another chance to chinwag, gossip, natter and peruse on Sunday night at 10pm (GMT) until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you
| Track_Title | Track_ArtistSort | Index | Album_Title |
| Crusin' for a Bluesin' | Ray Bailey | 5 | Cruisin' for a Bluesin' |
| Hottest Thing In Town | Andy Poxon Band, The | 1 | Red Roots |
| I Got My Eyes On You (Featuring Al Blake & Alex Schultz) | Big Pete | 6 | Choice Cuts |
| Nickels & Dimes | Fiona Boyes | 1 | Blues For Hard Times |
| Walkin' Man | Seasick Steve | 2 | ...Songs For Elisabeth |
| John Henry | Pop Staples | 22 | Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair |
| House Calls | Bob Kirkpatrick | 9 | Going Back To Texas |
| Texas Flood | Larry DavisFenton Robinson | 5 | Dave's Dukes |
| Midnight In The Barrelhouse | Johnny Otis Orchestra Feat. Pete "Guitar" Lewis | 5 | The Johnny Otis Story Volume 1 Volume 1: 1945-57 Midnight At The Barrelhouse V A |
| Nothing's Impossible | Solomon Burke | 4 | Nothing's Impossible |
| Stop | Howard Tate | 25 | The Pomus And Shuman Story |
| Ain't Nobody Home | Howard Tate | 12 | This Time It's For Real |
| Barefootin' | Joe Medwick | 1 | Voice of Americana: Joe Medwick |
| It's A Shame Featuring Joe Louis Walker | Joe Louis Walker | 4 | Tommy Castro Presents The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue -- Live! |
| All My Worries | Robert Ealey | 7 | Turn Out The Lights |
| Don't Start Me Talkin' | Sonny Boy Williamson (Aka Rice Miller) | 11 | The R'n'b Hits Of 1955 |
| Slippin' And Slidin' | Little Richard | 11 | The E.P. Collection |
| Hoodoo Man | Junior Wells | 15 | Down Home Blues Classics - Chicago (1946-1954) |
| My Dog Can't Bark | Johnny Dyer | 10 | Rolling Fork Revisited |
| You Gonna Win | Mike Sanchez | 5 | Women And Cadillacs |
| Walking | Sonny Thompson | 7 | Jam Sonny Jam |
| You Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond | Hans Theessink | 11 | Jedermann Remixed - The Soundtrack |
| You Gotta move | Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens | 5 | Sticky Soul Fingers |
| Smokestack Lightnin | Howlin' Wolf | 19 | Smokestack Lightnin' |
| Keep On Snatchin It Back | Cedell Davis | 1 | All Men Are Liars |
| Barefootin' | Joe Medwick | 1 | Voice of Americana: Joe Medwick |
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