STAR BLUES on 8th November 2015 at 22:00 (GMT) and the first 50 years of Bobby Rush records

... ahead of his birthday on Tuesday 10th. He is still making challenging blues using rap, zydeco and soul tinges - sometimes lush horn charts, others pared back. Our chosen handful of songs was intended to prompt you into delving further.

track.title	track.artistsort	index	album.title	album.artistsort	label	duration	writercredit
Country Girl	Otis Grand Anson Funderburgh & Debbie Davies	11	Grand Union	Otis Grand Anson Funderburgh & Debbie Davies	WESTSIDE	[ 6 mins 53 secs ]	Otis GrandAnson FunderburghDebbie Davies
i got the blues	Otis Rush	4	Any Place I'm Going	Otis Rush	HOUSE OF BLUES	[ 5 mins 0 secs ]	Otis Rush
What's Good for the Goose	Bobby Rush	5	The Essential Recordings - Vol.2	Bobby Rush	DEEP Rush	[ 4 mins 11 secs ]	Bobby Rush
Don't Throw Your Love on Me Too Strong	Johnnie Morisette	22	Sar Records Story 1959-1965	Various Artists	ABKCO	[ 2 mins 42 secs ]	Johnnie Morisette
Need My Baby	Walter Horton	17	Chicago Blues Harmonicas	Various Artists	FLYRIGHT	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Walter Horton
Now She's Gone	J.B. & His Hawks	15	Down Home Blues Classics - Chicago (1946-1954)	Various Artists	BOULEVARD VINTAGE	[ 3 mins 14 secs ]	J.B. & His Hawks
knockin' on lula mae's doot	john lee henley	8	Chicago Blues Harmonicas	Various Artists	FLYRIGHT	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Walter Horton
Richland Woman Blues	Bonnie Raitt	13	The Lost Broadcast: Philadelphia 1972	Bonnie Raitt	Left Field Media	[ 2 mins 56 secs ]	Bonnie Raitt
Cc Rider	Drink Small & Cootie Stark	58	Music Maker.org			[ 4 mins 21 secs ]	Drink Small & Cootie Stark
November Nights	Super Chikan	6	Sum' Mo Chikan	Super Chikan	Chikan Howse Records	[ 4 mins 48 secs ]	Super Chikan
show you a good time	Bobby Rush	1	show you a good time	Bobby Rush	DEEP Rush	[ 3 mins 1 secs ]	Bobby Rush
i'm tired	Bobby Rush	1	raw	Bobby Rush	DEEP Rush	[ 3 mins 1 secs ]	Bobby Rush
Hungry Man	Titus Turner	17	The Last Shout	Various Artists	Fantastic Voyage	[ 2 mins 25 secs ]	Titus Turner
Shorty	Vernon Dilworth	18	Jukebox Jam!	Various Artists		[ 2 mins 23 secs ]	Vernon Dilworth
I Want to Live So That God Can Use Me	Brother Willie Eason	21	Rare and Red Hot Gospel	Various Artists	CATFISH	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Brother Willie Eason
Pleading Blues	Little Brother Montgomery	7	The Bluesville Years. Vol 4: in the Key of Blues	Various Artists	PRESTIGE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Little Brother Montgomery
down the road	freddie slack	6	The Best of Boogie Woogie	Various Artists	DOCUMENTS	[ 2 mins 52 secs ]	Harlem Hamfats, The
Madison Blues	Elmore James	7	Chess Blues Classics 1957-1964	Various Artists	MCA/CHESS	[ 2 mins 25 secs ]	Elmore James
Now Darling	John Littleton & The Capistranos	1-17	I Pity the Fool - The Duke Records Story	Various Artists	One Day Music	[ 2 mins 19 secs ]	John Littleton & The Capistranos
annie get your yo-yo	little junior parker	2-1	I Pity the Fool - The Duke Records Story	Various Artists	One Day Music	[ 2 mins 19 secs ]	John Littleton & The Capistranos
Sonny Boy Williamson 13 Mr. Downchild	Sonny Boy Williamson	13	King Biscuit Time	Sonny Boy Williamson	ARHOOLIE	[ 2 mins 31 secs ]	Sonny Boy Williamson
Have You Ever Had the Blues	Adolphus Bell	90	Music Maker.org			[ 2 mins 12 secs ]	Adolphus Bell
Red's Ride	Red Boyd	24	The Modern Downhome Blues Sessions Vol. 1	Various Artists	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Red Boyd
Those Lonely, Lonely Nights	Vernon & Jewel	4	I Made My Own World	Vernon Garrett	Kent	[ 2 mins 55 secs ]	Vernon & Jewel
ninety nine	Bobby Rush	3	folk funk	Bobby Rush	DEEP Rush	[ 3 mins 14 secs ]	Bobby Rush
down in louisiana	Bobby Rush	1	deep in louisiana	Bobby Rush	deep rush	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Bobby Rush
Don't Answer the Door Prt 2 (Magnum 719)	Jimmy Johnson	6	45's Collection Prt 050	Various Artists		[ 2 mins 10 secs ]	Jimmy Johnson
Don't Make Me Cry	Frankie Lee	8	Where Southern Soul Began: 3 1957-1963	Various Artists	HISTORY OF SOUL	[ 2 mins 37 secs ]	Frankie Lee
if you love me	willie mays	8	Where Southern Soul Began: 3 1957-1963	Various Artists	HISTORY OF SOUL	[ 2 mins 35 secs ]	Joe Tex

Created: 08/11/2015 23:54:26