STAR BLUES on 27th September 2015 at 22:00 with second part of Ace Records

survey marking 40 years of being world's leading blues reissue label.

track.title	track.artistsort	index	album.title	album.artistsort	label	duration	writercredit
Every Dog’s Got His Day	Johnny Copeland	11	Slow 'N' Moody, Black & Bluesy	Various Artists	Kent	[ 2 mins 59 secs ]	Johnny Copeland
The Things That I Used To Do	Little Sonny	1	Blue Monday - The Stax Blues Masters	Various Artists	STAX	[ 4 mins 10 secs ]	Little Sonny
Barefootin'	Robert Parker	19	Cracking The Cosimo Code • 60S New Orleans R&b And Soul	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 36 secs ]	Robert Parker
Sister Pitiful	Judy Clay	2	Hard To Handle: Black America Sings Otis Redding	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 26 secs ]	Judy Clay
Fool About The Man I Love	Ursula Reed	6	Old Town Blues - The Uptown Sides	Various Artists	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Ursula Reed
Goin Away Baby (Round Like An Apple)	Smokey Wilson	6	Round Like An Apple: Big Town Sessions 1977-1978	Smokey Wilson	ACE	[ 5 mins 7 secs ]	Smokey Wilson
Lord You Know	Fairfield Four, The	13	Across The Tracks: Vol. 2	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 19 secs ]	Fairfield Four, The
i thank him	christine kittrell	14	Across The Tracks: Vol. 2	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 29 secs ]
I'm The Fixer	Willie Mabon	5	Uk Sue Label Story, Vol. 2: Sue's Rock 'N' Blues	Various Artists	ACE	[ 3 mins 4 secs ]	Willie Mabon
number 9 train	tarheel slim	9	all aboard	various artists	ace	[ 3 mins 05 secs ]	wilson
Quit Hangin' Around	Saunders King	12	Blues Around Midnight	Various Artists	ACE	[ 3 mins 7 secs ]	Saunders King
playboy blues	Roy Milton & His Solid Senders	5	Specialty	Various Artists	Specialty	[ 2 mins 49 secs ]	Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Let The Four Winds Blow	Roy Brown	10	The Big Beat: The Dave Bartholomew Songbook	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 3 secs ]	Roy Brown
Your Money Ain't Long Enough	Del Graham With Que Martyn's Orchestra	2	The Music City Story (3Cd)	Various Artists	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Del Graham With Que Martyn's Orchestra
Fannie Mae	Buster Brown	6	The Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll - Volume 9	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 59 secs ]	Buster Brown
X-Temporaneous Boogie	Camille Howard	13	Specialty Story	Various Artists	Specialty	[ 2 mins 5 secs ]	Camille Howard
Ride On, Ride On	Kid Thomas	8	Chicago Blues From Federal Records	Various Artists	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Kid Thomas
Dealing With The Devil	Eddie Burns	9	Battle Of Hastings Street	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 59 secs ]	Eddie Burns
Cadillac Funeral	Peppermint Harris	16	Toast Of The Coast, 1950's R&b From Dolphin's Of Hollywood - Vol. 2	Various Artists	ACE	[ 1 mins 56 secs ]	Peppermint Harris
A Fool (For Hiding My Love From You)	Harold Burrage	11	Foxy R&b	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 45 secs ]	Harold Burrage
Shtiggy Boom	Joe Houston	7	Great Googly Moo & More Undisputed Truths	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 34 secs ]	Joe Houston
WoojamacOoja	Helen Humes & Her Orchestra	6	Great Googly Moo & More Undisputed Truths	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 42 secs ]	Helen Humes & Her Orchestra
The Hunch	Paul Gayten	13	The Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll - Volume 10	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 47 secs ]	Paul Gayten
Unlock The Lock	Jimmy Nelson	3	Unlock The Lock - The Us Kent Records Story	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 43 secs ]	Jimmy Nelson
Well Goodbye Baby	Frankie Lee Sims	7	The Ace Story - Volume 5	Various Artists	ACE	[ 3 mins 16 secs ]	Frankie Lee Sims
please be on that 5:19	Lonesome Sundown	9	genuine excello r&b	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 42 secs ]	Lonesome Sundown
I Walk All Night	Johnny Fuller	9	Wow, Wow, Baby! 1950S R&b, Blues And Gospel From Dolphin's Of Hollywood	Various Artists	Ace Records	[ 2 mins 25 secs ]	Johnny Fuller
Walk Right In	Gus Cannon	8	Stax: We'll Play The Blues For You	Various Artists	STAX	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Gus Cannon
Don't Take Ev'rybody To Be Your Friend	Sister Rosetta Tharpe With Sam Price Trio	21	Theme Time Radio Hour	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 27 secs ]	Sister Rosetta Tharpe With Sam Price Trio
Pouring Water On A Drowning Man	James Carr	23	Theme Time Radio Hour	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 41 secs ]	James Carr
Hambone Blues	Edna Broughton	8	Blues Belles With Attitude	Various Artists	ACE	[ 3 mins 15 secs ]	Edna Broughton
brand new cadillac	vince taylor	5	rock on	Various Artists	ACE	[ 3 mins 2 secs ]	Earl Gaines

Created: 27/09/2015 23:53:59

Sorry no STAR BLUES tonight (20th Sep 2015), however socks this week ...

.. are the preserve of Johnny Copeland. His magnificent song "Down On Bended Knee" was done for Rounder records and unless you hear something better than this before our return those socks are safe.

All being well I'll be able to make it round your place next Sunday, until then take care of yourselves and take care of those  that take care of you.

STAR BLUES on 13th September 2015 at 22:00 celebrating 40 years of the Ace label + B.B.King birth 90 years ago

What better way than taking tracks from the Modern/Crown reissue series Ace started ten years ago. We are happy to include some alternate takes and unissued songs (as well as a few of the better known ones).

Needless to say everything on the show started life in a vinyl format, and still sounds as fresh today as it did then. The dozen or so B B King items are a case in point, all came from the period in his career when he was contracted to the Bihari brothers who hit upon the idea of a budget price imprint to get more mileage out of stuff King had already had out on various singles. I think they were aiming at supermarkets not record stores and each vinyl album had a front cover photo with the rear given over to advertising more in the Crown series (so no liner notes or details on tracks). The remastering done by Ace brings out the caustic edge in B's guitar sound; many sessions were directed by Maxwell Davis with Orchestra, Lucille's tone cuts deep into the arrangements.

Elsewhere the Modern catalogue was a fascinating source for several other artists last night, including Hadda Brooks, Jimmy Witherspoon and Howlin"g" Wolf. Other licencing deals throughout the 40 years have given them rights to the most creative of the independent labels like Stax, Specialty, Duke and King. Our survey could barely do it all justice inside two hours. We plan to go to the various artist themed collections in our next STAR BLUES - showing the flavours down by the bayou or in gospel and so on. You can expect more from Ace (Ms.), Excello, Goldband and more.

If you're interested in finding out our "socks-challenge" for the next seven days, find me on Facebook. Until we can get together again round your place, take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you

track.title	track.artistsort	index	album.title	album.artistsort	label	duration	writercredit
Mean And Evil	Elmore James	14	Lets Cut It	Elmore James	ACE	[ 2 mins 13 secs ]	Elmore James
One Room Country Shack	Buddy Guy	4	Complete Vanguard Recordings	Buddy Guy	VANGUARD	[ 5 mins 38 secs ]	Buddy Guy
Hustler's Game	Lowell Fulson	23	Black Nights	Lowell Fulson	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Lowell Fulson
Black Night	Arthur Alexander	21	The Greatest	Arthur Alexander	ACE	[ 2 mins 11 secs ]	Arthur Alexander
Why Do Everything Happen To Me	B. B. King	1	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 10 : The Blues	B. B. King	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	B. B. King
Mr Pawnbroker	B. B. King	2	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 1 : My Kind Of Blues	B. B. King	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	B. B. King
I Wonder Why	B. B. King	18	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 7 : More B. B.. King	B. B. King	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	B. B. King
Take Out Some Insurance	Etta James	2	Who's Blue? Rare Chess Recordings From The 60S And 70S	Etta James	Kent	[ 3 mins 2 secs ]	Etta James
have mercy someone	z. z. hill	3	downhome soul	z. z. hill	Kent	[ 3 mins 2 secs ]	hill
Talk To Me, Talk To Me	Little Willie John	25	The King Sessions 1958-1960	Little Willie John	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Little Willie John
Sad Life Blues	Jimmy Witherspoon	11	Sings The Blues Sessions	Jimmy Witherspoon	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Jimmy Witherspoon
You're Real Gone	Hadda Brooks	13	That's Where I Came In	Hadda Brooks	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Hadda Brooks
You Never Miss A Good Woman Till She's Gone	Little Willie Littlefield	3	Kat On The Keys	Little Willie Littlefield	ACE	[ 2 mins 36 secs ]	Little Willie Littlefield
Miss Ann	Little Richard	3	Specialty Sessions	Little Richard	ACE	[ 2 mins 19 secs ]	Little Richard
Beer Drinkin' Woman	Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters	3	The Modern Recordings 1948-1950	Jimmy McCracklin	ACE	[ 3 mins 2 secs ]	Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters
I Think I'm Drowning On Dry Land	Albert King	7	Years Gone By - Plus!	Albert King	STAX	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Albert King
Woke Up Screaming	Bobby 'Blue' BlandClarence Hollimon	9	The 3B Blues Boy. The Blues Years : 1952-1958	Bobby 'Blue' Bland	ACE	[ 2 mins 47 secs ]	Bobby 'Blue' BlandClarence Hollimon
Downhearted	B. B. King	9	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 5 : Blues In My Heart	B. B. King	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	B. B. King
Trouble In Mind	B. B. King	13	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 9 : The Great B. B. King	B. B. King	ACE	[ 3 mins 19 secs ]	B. B. King
Shoutin' The Blues	B. B. King	9	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 6 : Easy Listening Blues	B. B. King	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	B. B. King
Jesus Gave Me Water	B. B. King	6	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 11: Sings Spirituals	B. B. King	ACE	[ 3 mins 4 secs ]	B. B. King
long walk to dc	staple singers	4	best of	staple singers	stax
Cool Little Car	John Lee Hooker	14	Original Folk Blues ... Plus	John Lee Hooker	ACE	[ 3 mins 14 secs ]	John Lee Hooker
Riding In The Moonlight	Howlin' Wolf	1	Howling Wolf Sings The Blues	Howlin' Wolf	ACE	[ 3 mins 6 secs ]	Howlin' Wolf
Double Crossing Blues	Johnny Otis Quintette, The Robins & Little Esther	4	The Johnny Otis Story Volume 1 Volume 1: 1945-57 Midnight At The Barrelhouse V A	Johnny Otis & His Orchestra	ACE	[ 2 mins 48 secs ]	Johnny Otis Quintette, The Robins & Little Esther
Cuttin' In	Johnny 'Guitar' Watson	14	Untouchable! The Classic 1959-1966 Recordings	Johnny 'Guitar' Watson	ACE	[ 3 mins 15 secs ]	Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
Eyesight To The Blind	B. B. King	12	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 4 : B. B. King	B. B. King	ACE	[ 2 mins 32 secs ]	B. B. King
blue and lonesome (prev. unissued)	B. B. King	13	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 4 : B. B. King	B. B. King	ACE	[ 2 mins 32 secs ]	B. B. King
Good Man Gone Bad	B. B. King	6	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 3 : King Of The Blues	B. B. King	ACE	[ 2 mins 47 secs ]	B. B. King
New Deal Blues	Tampa Red	1	Dynamite! The Unsung King Of The Blues	Tampa Red	ACE	[ 3 mins 15 secs ]	Tampa Red

Created: 14/09/2015 00:02:20

The first 15 years

I have just realized that 2nd September was the 15th anniversary of my first weekly blues show on commercial radio here in Britain. I am constantly surprised at my good fortune to do this and at your kind invitation to bring armfuls of my blues discs round your place.

None of this would have happened without the amazing patience and support of dozens of folks who've done the business on my behalf behind the scenes. I hope we've been able to be different to every other blues show; not because we arrogantly believe we're better but because we want to complement rather than copy what they already do so well.

There are hundreds of blues artists still playing our music in the good old fashioned way, I'm both proud and privileged to be able to turn the spotlight on as many of them as I can. Two hours will never be enough.

STAR BLUES is available on FM, online and now via DAB. We celebrate 90 years of BB King and 40 years of Ace Records this Sunday night at 10pm (BST). None of this is possible without you.

Thanks for the first 15 years. Yhe first track I played was Sonny Boy Williamson's "Don't Start Me Talkin" ...

STAR BLUES on 6th September 2015 at 22:00 - Jimmy Reed would have been 90 today

... and Little Milton's birth date is 7th September. Plenty of great songs available to choose from too.

We started in Texas and stayed there for three of its finest sons. Not sure why Zuzu hasn't been played much around these parts, his tough guitar also swings in T-Bone style. We've written about Mr. Collins at length here before - his sound is unique and endlessly engaging. Roy is still a fine practitioner of the dark arts of guitar and on the evidence of his early-period instrumental, he always was.

Shawn Holt proves the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and his fit as leader of the Teardrops is tight - its his birthday too. Jasmine has an interesting collection including blues and r&b at the dawn of the soul era and it has a couple of established names in unfamiliar settings, though Isaac Hayes sounded more comfortable with blues than Roy Brown did with soul. The same label has also two essential Bobby Bland vinyl albums packaged as one cd - together with 5 bonus tracks first out as singles. What's not to like?

The same can be unexpectedly laid at John Mayall's door with his new album. It continues in the same way as his last album "Special Life" - and that one got plenty of critical kudos. The Fleetwood Mac track found its way onto our playlist to sate an unquenchable urge to hear some unfussy gut bucket slide (even if the original album does have a topless Mick F on the gatefold sleeve - its not for the faint hearted and once seen ...

Our Jimmy Reed feature was a struggle with the gremlins who wanted to eat everything I tried to play, but we won in the end and we heard what it was about his Vee-Jay recordings that made him so special and a huge influence on Yardbirds and Rolling Stones.

Little Milton was the real deal in every department from every era of his career canon; he did excellent work for Sun, Checker, Stax, Malaco and Telarc. We were proud to have one of each on our show. Our ladies didn't let us down either: Vicky Lee and Honey Brown. Meade Lux Lewis has a birthday book entry  and he was joined in the piano tent by Roosevelt Sykes. His "Driving Wheel" was something covered by Junior Parker who'd already been in the lineup. See how this stuff fits together? The other thing that makes us so different - Britain's Other Blues Show after all - is our love of blues in all its forms. In the category of not often heard elsewhere were Memphis Jog Band, Richard Hacksaw Harney and Jack Owens / Bud Spires. Nuff said!

Our STAR BLUES next Sunday is a two-fer celebration: 40 years of reissues on the Ace label *PLUS* 90th anniversary of birth of B.B.King. We'll have a raft of music on that label which will include those earliest sides B did for Modern. 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	duration	writercredit
travellin' south	Albert Collins	4	iceman	albert collins	pointblank	[ 5 mins 2 secs ]	Albert Collins
Headlight Blues	Zuzu Bollin	7	Texas Bluesman	Zuzu Bollin	Antone's / Irond	[ 2 mins 56 secs ]	Zuzu Bollin
Gainesville	Roy Gaines	4	Rock-A-Billy: Boogie Woogie Blues Man	Roy Gaines		[ 3 mins 1 secs ]	Roy Gaines
Mean Little Woman	Shawn Holt And The Teardrops	7	Daddy Told Me	Shawn Holt And The Teardrops	Blind Pig	[ 3 mins 48 secs ]	Shawn Holt And The Teardrops
Doctor Brown	Fleetwood Mac	6	Fleetwood Mac / Mr. Wonderful	Fleetwood Mac	COLUMBIA	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Fleetwood Mac
Crazy Lady	John Mayall	12	Find a Way to Care	John Mayall	Forty Below	[ 3 mins 33 secs ]	John Mayall
Message To My Woman	Walter Rhodes	24	Sanctified Soul	Various Artists	Kent (U.K.)	[ 2 mins 35 secs ]	Walter Rhodes
Ain't That Lovin' You Baby	Jimmy Reed	1-6	The Anthology	Jimmy Reed	NOT NOW	[ 2 mins 20 secs ]	Jimmy Reed
i'm goin upside your head	Jimmy Reed	22	rockin with reed	Jimmy Reed	charly	[ 2 mins 20 secs ]	Jimmy Reed
take out some insurance	Jimmy Reed	2-17	The Anthology	Jimmy Reed	NOT NOW	[ 2 mins 20 secs ]	Jimmy Reed
shame shame shame	Jimmy Reed	16	you dont have to go	Jimmy Reed	orbis blues collection	[ 2 mins 20 secs ]	Jimmy Reed
C.C.RIDER	Isaac Hayes	24	Going Home	Various Artists	Jasmine	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Isaac Hayes
SUGAR BABY	Roy Brown	17	Going Home	Various Artists	Jasmine	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Roy Brown
oh red	Richard 'Hacksaw' Harney	9	Sweet Man	Richard 'Hacksaw' Harney	EDSEL	[ 3 mins 15 secs ]
Kokomo	Memphis Jug Band, The	1-19	Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook	Various Artists	Rounder	[ 2 mins 55 secs ]	Memphis Jug Band, The
cherry ball blues	jack owens and bud sp[ires	1-3	Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook	Various Artists	Rounder	[ 2 mins 55 secs ]	jack owens
Scratchin' (Vim 521)	Wild Jimmy Spruill	8	Slabs Of Humdingers Vol. 2	Various Artists	vee-tone	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Wild Jimmy Spruill
Fussin’ And Fightin’ Blues	Little Junior Parker	5	Ride With Me, Baby: The Singles 1952-1961	Little Junior Parker	Fantastic Voyage	[ 3 mins 1 secs ]	Little Junior Parker
Night Time Is The Right Time	Ray Charles	15	Ray Charles: Eight Classic Albums	Ray Charles	IODA	[ 4 mins 4 secs ]	Ray Charles
I've Been Wrong so Long	Bobby Bland	12	That's the Way Love Is	Bobby Bland	Jasmine Records	[ 2 mins 18 secs ]	Bobby Bland
Stepping High	Edgar Blanchard	19	Cosimo Matassa Story	Various Artists	Proper Box	[ 2 mins 38 secs ]	Edgar Blanchard
Country Boy	Dave BartholomewErnest McLean	3	The History Of Rhythm And Blues Volume Two 1942-1952	Various Artists	Rhythm and Blues Records	[ 3 mins 7 secs ]	Dave BartholomewErnest McLean
I Wanna Be The Only One	Kip Anderson	13	Where Southern Soul Began: 2	Various Artists	HISTORY OF SOUL	[ 2 mins 50 secs ]	Kip Anderson
we're gonna make it	Little Milton	1	we're gonna make it	Little Milton	trace	[ 2 mins 39 secs ]	Little Milton
same old blues	Little Milton	18	chicago blues and soul	Little Milton	jasmine	[ 3 mins 59 secs ]	Little Milton
little bluebird	Little Milton	8	greatest hits	Little Milton	MALACO	[ 3 mins 59 secs ]	Little Milton
You're Givin' Me the Blues	Little Milton	10	Feel it	Little Milton	MALACO	[ 3 mins 59 secs ]	Little Milton
Little By Little	Nappy Brown	21	The Influences Behind The Rolling Stones	Various Artists	Hoodoo Records	[ 2 mins 36 secs ]	Nappy Brown
Goin' Back Home To Mama	Vicky Lee	11	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females	Various Artists	Fantastic Voyage	[ 2 mins 2 secs ]	Vicky Lee
Rockin' And Jumpin'	Honey Brown	28	I'm A Bad Bad Girl	Various Artists	INDIGO	[ 2 mins 56 secs ]	Honey Brown
Driving Wheel	Roosevelt Sykes	8	Let Me Tell You About The Blues: New York	Various Artists	Fantastic Voyage	[ 3 mins 6 secs ]	Roosevelt Sykes
Bear Cat Crawl	Meade Lux Lewis	15	The Best Of Boogie Woogie	Various Artists	DOCUMENTS	[ 2 mins 22 secs ]	Meade Lux Lewis

Created: 06/09/2015 23:55:57