| track.title | track.artistsort | index | album.title | album.artistsort | label |
| crossroads | cream | 1 | cream of clapton (sampler) | eric clapton | misc. |
| Dance For Me Baby | Billy Boy Arnold | 12 | The Blues Soul Of Billy Boy Arnold | Billy Boy Arnold | STONY PLAIN |
| Too Much Voodoo | Kevin SelfeRobert Cray | 8 | Long Walk Home | Kevin Selfe | Delta Groove Productions |
| Too Much Weekend | Blinddog Smokin', Bobby Rush | 10 | Decisions | Bobby Rush With Blinddog Smokin' | |
| Too Old A Cat | Iceman Robinson | 3 | I've Never Been Loved | Iceman Robinson | FEDORA |
| My Dog Can't Bark | Kim Wilson, Mud Morganfield | 2 | For Pops | Mud Morganfield | |
| when the gateswings open | soul stirrers | 1-23 | get your soul right | various artists | fantastic voyage |
| Two-Fisted Mama | Katie Webster | 19 | Katie Webster On Alligator | Katie Webster | Alligator |
| Pinetop | Johnny Jenkins & The Pinetoppers | 25 | Right Now: Atlantic Club Soul And Deep Cuts | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| Good Time Woman | Memphis Eddie | 5 | No More Doggin': The Rpm Records Story Volume 1 1950-53 | Various Artists | ACE |
| Trouble And Heartaches | Ike Turner | 5 | No More Doggin': The Rpm Records Story Volume 1 1950-53 | Various Artists | ACE |
| It Might Not Be Right | William Bell, Ruthie Foster | 7 | Promise Of A Brand New Day | Ruthie Foster | |
| Old Fashioned Justice | Travis Haddix | 5 | Ring On Her Finder, Rope Around My Neck | Travis Haddix | |
| I'm Gonna Stop You From Givin' Me The Blues | Z. Z. Hill | 8 | Bluesmaster | Z. Z. Hill | MALACO |
| life is a struggle | johnny adams | 2 | ric and ron vol. 2 | Various Artists | ace |
| Teasin' You | Willie Tee | 18 | Cracking The Cosimo Code • 60S New Orleans R&b And Soul | Various Artists | ACE |
| My Baby's Comin' Back Home | Champion Jack Dupree | 18 | Just For A Day: The Apollo Records Story | Various Artists | one day |
| Gray's Bounce | Henry Gray | 15 | Swamp Blues | Various Artists | ACE |
| I Wanna Hug Ya, Kiss Ya, Squeeze Ya | Bull Moose Jackson | 4 | The Last Shout | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| Fool Mule | Dossie Terry | 25 | The Last Shout | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| Thirty Days | Clyde McPhatter | 15 | Right Now: Atlantic Club Soul And Deep Cuts | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| Should I Ever Love Again ? | Wynona Carr | 20 | Chills & Fever | Various Artists | Jasmine Records |
| Hully Gully Callin Time The Jive Five | the jive five | 2-8 | Doo Wop | Various Artists | Jasmine |
| hide and go seek | bunker hill | 1 | Chills & Fever | Various Artists | Jasmine Records |
| has anyone seen spider | arnold brussard | 18 | boppin by the bayou | various artists | ace |
| It Isn't Right | Clarence Garlow | 18 | Bluesin' By The Bayou - Rough 'N' Tough | Various Artists | ACE |
| Gambling Woman | Rod Piazza And The Mighty Flyers | 1 | Emergency Situation | Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers |
Sunday, 26 October 2014
STAR BLUES on 26th October 2014 at 22:00 saying farewell to British Summer Time
With sad local news that Jack Bruce has died, we hear him at his pliant best on bass for Cream's memorable cover of "Crossroads" - he was a fine jazz musician who acted as catalyst for many fellow travellers.
Created: 26/10/2014 23:47:28
Monday, 20 October 2014
STAR BLUES on 19th October 2014
Our planned celebration of 50th year since Sonny Boy Williamson's final UK visit on the AFBF tour had to be postponed until later this year. All being well I'll be back in the starting blocks again next Sunday at 10pm (BST), until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you
Sunday, 12 October 2014
STAR BLUES on 12th October 2014 at 22:00 Beware! Mississippi Critters on the trail
The newly delivered bumper sized edition of Living Blues has a list of a dozen blues themed on animals from Mississippi. As the entries covered a range of blues styles we put the selections at the heart of our vinyl hour. Pick of the crop was probably Sonny Boy Nelson's go at "Pony Blues" and as far as I'm aware we've never played anything by William Harris. Neither Jessie Mae Hemphill nor Big Lucky Carter get played enough hereabouts but we hope to put things right after their critters came out to play on STAR BLUES.
Sleepy John Estes had a wire thin voice and Honeyboy Edwards positively growled in comparison. John Lee Hooker's step-father did "Crawlin' Kingsnake" (though the date shown in the Living Blues list seemed later (1951) than the first cover attributed to the Hook? (1950))
The central theme for hour number one was the song "Walkin' Blues". It's best known since 1960 in its guise on Robert Johnson's big selling album "King of the Delta Blues Singers". That album had the 1936 version of something done six years earlier by Son House - though Robert did change some of the words. No matter because House inserted whole stanzas into his own re-interpretation in a band setting captured by Lomax and Work in 1941. The legendary Willie Brown got a name check at the session. Robert Lockwood Jr used the song to kick off his 1995 project on Verve, the time signature suited his jazz tinged playing.
Though Eric Clapton's Unplugged rendition easily out sold them all combined, our stellar piece was Muddy Waters' stinging slide he cut solo. We intended closing the show with Robert Johnson's version but technology conspred against us - at least it proves STAR BLUES is done live. as it will be again this upcoming Sunday when we review the 1964 AFBF tour that came to these shores exactly 50 years ago. Until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you.
Created: 12/10/2014 23:52:23
Sleepy John Estes had a wire thin voice and Honeyboy Edwards positively growled in comparison. John Lee Hooker's step-father did "Crawlin' Kingsnake" (though the date shown in the Living Blues list seemed later (1951) than the first cover attributed to the Hook? (1950))
The central theme for hour number one was the song "Walkin' Blues". It's best known since 1960 in its guise on Robert Johnson's big selling album "King of the Delta Blues Singers". That album had the 1936 version of something done six years earlier by Son House - though Robert did change some of the words. No matter because House inserted whole stanzas into his own re-interpretation in a band setting captured by Lomax and Work in 1941. The legendary Willie Brown got a name check at the session. Robert Lockwood Jr used the song to kick off his 1995 project on Verve, the time signature suited his jazz tinged playing.
Though Eric Clapton's Unplugged rendition easily out sold them all combined, our stellar piece was Muddy Waters' stinging slide he cut solo. We intended closing the show with Robert Johnson's version but technology conspred against us - at least it proves STAR BLUES is done live. as it will be again this upcoming Sunday when we review the 1964 AFBF tour that came to these shores exactly 50 years ago. Until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you.
| track.title | track.artistsort | index | album.title | album.artistsort | label |
| Low Down And Dirty | Luther Allison | 1 | Crucial Chicago Blues | Various Artists | Alligator |
| Walkin' Blues | Eric Clapton | 9 | Mtv - Unplugged | Eric Clapton | REPRISE |
| blues at sunrise | albert king | 3-6 | deep feeling | various artists | fantastic voyage |
| Chicago Bound | Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith | 11 | Blues From The Heart | Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith | Juke Joint Records |
| Damper | Johnnie Morisette | 1-11 | soul city - los angeles | Various Artists | fantastic voyage |
| lookin back | Johnny guitar Watson | 2-6 | soul city - los angeles | Various Artists | fantastic voyage |
| You Can Run But You Can't Hide | Solomon Burke | 8 | This Is It | Solomon Burke | SHOUT! |
| i'm bamboozled | sister monica parker | 1 | live in europe | sister monica | |
| i'm wise | mike sanchez | 10 | babes and buicks | mike sanchez | doopin |
| Chic-A-Boo | Lloyd Glenn | 7 | Blues For The People | Various Artists | FATBOY |
| Walkin' Blues | Muddy Waters | 27 | Baby Please Don't Go | Muddy Waters | INDIGO |
| Walkin' Blues | Robert Lockwood Jr. | 1 | I Got To Find Me A Woman | Robert Lockwood Jr. | VERVE |
| Rooster Blues | Lightnin' Slim | 13 | Rollin' Stone | Lightnin' Slim | FLYRIGHT |
| Bad Luck And Trouble | Jimmy McCracklin | 5 | The Cava-Tone Story | Various Artists | |
| Roomin' House Boogie | Amos Milburn | 16 | Booze Babes Blues And Boogie - Essential | Amos Milburn | INDIGO |
| Working Man's Blues (Bonus Track) | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee | 17 | Cripple Creek | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee | NOT Music |
| She-Wolf | Jessie Mae Hemphill | 5 | She-Wolf | Jessie Mae Hemphill | High Water Music |
| Booga Bear | Bobby Rush | 2 | Lovin' A Big Fat Woman | Bobby Rush | WALDOXY |
| Shaggy Hound | Jimmy "Duck" Holmes | 6 | Get Old Someday | Jimmy Duck Holmes | |
| Bull Cow Blues | David 'Honeyboy' Edwards | 8 | Crawling Kingsnake | David 'Honeyboy' Edwards | |
| Pony Blues | Sonny Boy Nelson | 37 | Mississippi Blues | Various Artists | CATFISH |
| Bumble Bee | Memphis Minnie | 22 | Let Me Tell You About The Blues: Memphis | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| Walking Blues (rec. 1941) | Son House | 5 | Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: [Son House] | Son House | Columbia Legacy |
| Crawlin' King Snake | Tony Hollins | 35 | Down Home Blues Classics | Various Artists | BOULEVARD VINTAGE |
| Diving Duck Blues | Sleepy John Estes | 12 | Drop Down Mama | Sleepy John Estes | ORBIS BLUES COLLECTION |
| Bull Frog Blues | William Harris | 24 | Guitar Blues | Various Artists | ABM |
| Black Panther | Johnny Shines Band, The | 9 | Masters of Modern Blues | Johnny Shines Band, The | Testament |
| Monkey Tongue | Big Lucky Carter | 6 | Lucky 13 | Big Lucky Carter | WESTSIDE |
| they call me lazy | lazy lester | 3 | lazy lester | lazy lester | flyright |
| Walking Blues | robert johnson | 1 | Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: [Son House] | robert johnson | Columbia Legacy |
Sunday, 5 October 2014
STAR BLUES on 5th October 2014 at 22:00 new music, birthdays and a whopping great helping of West Coast Blues
We also had chance to send positive thoughts to B B King whose recent illness has meant he's had to cancel some gigs - almost unheard of from a man whose dedication is legendary. We chose the first band off his 1990 album to go with our best wishes.
Billy Branch showed off his control for the instrumental piece off his new project and Albert Collins' confident solos marked what would have been his 81st birthday. Duke Robillard is supremely gifted in the swing and grace departments and his new album is already pencilled in for most folks best-of-year reviews. Grady Champion is on Malaco these days, with all that entails, on listening to his new project he will be a worthy addition to the roster. Otis Clay is from a different era, he exudes warmth across all the songs on "Truth Is". The remaining new release is the live set from Eddie "the Chief" Clearwater.
Our other guests either came from the West Coast or had very close ties to the Bay Area scene and so on. We dipped out on a gospel piece (though Joe Louis Walker's first group was The Spiritual Corinthians) but all being well there were enough gems to make up for it: Little Willie Littlefield and Floyd Dixon on piano, Helen Humes and Fluffy Hunter on vox, Saunders King, Lowell Fulson and Johnny Fuller on guitars. Johnny Heartsmen was typical of the big sound and Eddie Vinson and Roy Milton brought class to our party.
The two hours were over far too quickly, our show next Sunday brings back the feature "You Me and 1001 Blues" which lets us look in depth at a forgotten blues song or artist. Until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you
Created: 05/10/2014 23:38:22
Billy Branch showed off his control for the instrumental piece off his new project and Albert Collins' confident solos marked what would have been his 81st birthday. Duke Robillard is supremely gifted in the swing and grace departments and his new album is already pencilled in for most folks best-of-year reviews. Grady Champion is on Malaco these days, with all that entails, on listening to his new project he will be a worthy addition to the roster. Otis Clay is from a different era, he exudes warmth across all the songs on "Truth Is". The remaining new release is the live set from Eddie "the Chief" Clearwater.
Our other guests either came from the West Coast or had very close ties to the Bay Area scene and so on. We dipped out on a gospel piece (though Joe Louis Walker's first group was The Spiritual Corinthians) but all being well there were enough gems to make up for it: Little Willie Littlefield and Floyd Dixon on piano, Helen Humes and Fluffy Hunter on vox, Saunders King, Lowell Fulson and Johnny Fuller on guitars. Johnny Heartsmen was typical of the big sound and Eddie Vinson and Roy Milton brought class to our party.
The two hours were over far too quickly, our show next Sunday brings back the feature "You Me and 1001 Blues" which lets us look in depth at a forgotten blues song or artist. Until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you
| track.title | track.artistsort | index | album.title | album.artistsort | label |
| Back Alley Cat | Billy Branch | 7 | Blues Shock | Branch & The Sons Of Blues, Billy | Blind Pig |
| brick | albert collins | 1 | iceman cometh | albert collins | music club |
| movin' on | b b king | 1 | there is always one more time | b b king | mca |
| Blues Beyond the Call of Duty | Duke Robillard Band, The | 4 | Calling All Blues | Duke Robillard Band, The | STONY PLAIN |
| even when i win | otis clay | 8 | truth is | otis clay | echo records |
| Slow Down G T O | Joe Louis Walker | 1 | $He's My Money Maker | Joe Louis Walker | JSP Records |
| Too Old To Get Married | Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater | 10 | soul funky | Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater | |
| Don't Waste My Time | Grady Champion | 3 | Bootleg Whiskey | Grady Champion | Malaco Records |
| What's The Matter With Thev Mill | Olga | 5 | Now Is The Time | Olga | 219 Records |
| shake hake mama | Toby Walker | 1 | Shake Shake Mama | Toby Walker | ltw |
| Livin's Too Close To The Edge | Sonny Rhodes | 1 | Livin' Too Close To The Edge | Sonny Rhodes | Wild Dog |
| Endless | Johnny Heartsman | 13 | The Touch | Johnny Heartsman | Alligator |
| Bad Luck Overtook Me | Johnny Fuller | 8 | Jimmy Norman; Lee Shot Williams; Johnny Fuller And More | Various Artists | Gary-Blue |
| My Love Is Real | Litle Johnny Taylor | 17 | Diggin' Gold - A Galaxy Of West Coast Blues | Various Artists | ACE |
| It’s Midnight (No Place To Go) | Little Willie Littlefield | 8 | Let Me Tell You About The Blues: West Coast | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| Sad Journey Blues | Floyd Dixon | 24 | Let The Good Times Roll - The Aladdin Story | Various Artists | One Day Music |
| Whats The Reason | Joe Liggins | 36 | Shuffle Boogie King | Joe Liggins | PROPER |
| Be-Baba-Leba | Helen Humes | 8 | California Blues | Various Artists | ACROBAT |
| Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers) | Sugar Pie Desanto | 5 | Go Go Power • The Complete Chess Singles 1961-1966 | Sugar Pie Desanto | Kent |
| The Walkin’ Blues | Fluffy Hunter | 25 | Let Me Tell You About The Blues: West Coast | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| New Worried Life Blues | Jack McVea | 12 | California Blues | Various Artists | ACROBAT |
| Stinkin’ Drunk | Gene Phillips | 16 | Let Me Tell You About The Blues: West Coast | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| Every Day I Have The Blues | Lowell Fulson | 21 | Let Me Tell You About The Blues: West Coast | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| S. K. Blues | Saunders King | 13 | Diggin' Gold - A Galaxy Of West Coast Blues | Various Artists | ACE |
| Louisiana Hop | Pete 'Guitar' Lewis | 2 | Let Me Tell You About The Blues: West Coast | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| Gold Digging Man | Joe Johnson | 19 | Diggin' Gold - A Galaxy Of West Coast Blues | Various Artists | ACE |
| Groovy Blues | Roy Milton & His Solid Senders With Camille Howard | 12 | Let Me Tell You About The Blues: West Coast | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| Old Maid Boogie | Eddie Vinson | 4 | The R'n'b Years 1947: 100 Hot Rhythm And Blues Tunes From 1947 | Various Artists | BOULEVARD VINTAGE |
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