Posted by Leslie Keros
on May 21, 2013 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment
Tonight’s show looks ahead to Memorial Day with songs of remembrance for all who have gone before us, military heroes and otherwise.
| Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
| Midnight |
I Am the Blues |
Big Daddy Kinsey |
I Am the Blues |
| |
War Time Blues |
Jazz Gillum |
Jazz Gillum - The Essential |
| |
War News Blues |
Lightnin' Hopkins |
Jake Head Boogie |
| |
Yancey's Bugle Call |
Jimmy Yancey |
Chicago Piano, Vol. 1 |
| |
Flying Home |
Charlie Christian |
The Original Guitar Hero |
| |
United States March (Soldier's Drill) |
Reverend Gary Davis |
The Guitar & Banjo of Reverend Gary Davis |
| |
Bullet Rag |
Michael Bloomfield |
Michael Bloomfield |
| |
In the Army Now |
Big Bill Broonzy |
The War and Post War Years 1940-51 |
| |
Army Man in Vietnam |
Big Joe Williams |
Shake Your Boogie |
| |
Young Men |
Popa Chubby |
Peace, Love and Respect |
| |
Death Has No Mercy |
Henry Butler |
Blues After Sunset |
| |
Death Letter |
Son House |
Father of the Delta Blues: Complete 1965 Sess. |
| |
Decoration Day |
Sunnyland Slim |
Slim's Shout |
| |
Let There Be Peace on Earth |
Candye Kane |
White Trash Girl |
| |
Gates of Heaven |
Eddie Kirkland |
We Got the Blues |
Posted by Leslie Keros
on May 7, 2013 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment
With Mother’s Day around the corner, this week’s show pays tribute to (and has some fun at the expense of) mothers.
| Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
| Midnight |
I Am the Blues |
Big Daddy Kinsey |
I Am the Blues |
| |
A Mother's Blues |
Debbie Davies |
Loose Tonight |
| |
Mother's Place |
Johnny Shines |
Mr. Cover Shaker |
| |
If I Could Hear My Mother Pray |
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry |
Just a Closer Walk with Thee |
| |
Mother-in-Law Blues |
Willie Kent |
Live at B.L.U.E.S. in Chicago |
| |
Mother-in-Law |
Edward Gates White |
Long Man Blues |
| |
I'm Gonna Marry My Mother-In-Law |
Artie "Blues Boy" White |
Different Shades of Blue |
| |
Gotta See Mama Every Night |
DeFord Bailey |
The Legendary DeFord Bailey |
| |
Sad Old Sunday (Mother's Day) |
Sunnyland Slim |
House Rent Party |
| |
Mother Told Me Not to Go |
Earl King |
Earl's Pearls |
| |
Gone Mother Blues |
Robert McCoy |
Bye Bye Baby |
| |
My Mother |
Buddy Guy |
The Complete Chess Studio Sess. |
| |
Mother Blues |
Son Seals |
Live: Spontaneous Combustion |
| |
What My Mama Told Me |
Carey & Lurrie Bell |
Gettin' Up (Live) |
| |
Mama Don't Allow No Low Down Hangin' Around |
Paul Geremia |
Love My Stuff |
Posted by Leslie Keros
on April 30, 2013 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment
Yet another Chicago luminary has presented himself at the pearly gates: singer Artie “Blues Boy” White, who was known for telling it like it is. We’ll spin a few of his tunes from the ’80s and ’90s. Also on tonight’s playbill: Deanna Bogart, Mary Flower, Johnny Winter, Doug Quattlebaum, James Hunter with Van Morrison, Big Joe Maher, Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows, Demetria Taylor, and Jimmie Vaughan.
| Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
| Midnight |
I Am the Blues |
Big Daddy Kinsey |
I Am the Blues |
| |
Mr. Mailman |
Artie White |
Hit & Run |
| |
What Pleases You, Pleases Me |
Artie "Blues Boy" White |
Blues Boy |
| |
I Love the Life I Live |
Deanna Bogart |
Pianoland |
| |
Death Letter Blues |
Mary Flower |
Misery Loves Company |
| |
Hideway |
Johnny Winter |
Live in NYC '97 |
| |
Come Back, Baby |
Doug Quattlebaum |
If You've Ever Been Mistreated |
| |
Turn on Your Love Light |
James Hunter |
...Believe What I Say [Ace] |
| |
Goodbye Baby |
Big Joe Maher |
Mojo |
| |
Nobody Wants to Lose |
Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows |
Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows |
| |
When You Leave, Don't Take Nothing |
Demetria Taylor |
Bad Girl |
| |
Comin' & Goin' |
Jimmie Vaughan |
Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites |
| |
Nothing But the Blues |
Artie White |
Hit & Run |
Posted by Leslie Keros
on April 23, 2013 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment
Tonight we pay tribute to Chicago blues legend Jimmy Dawkins, who recently passed away at the age of 76. Dawkins was a hero of West Side Chicago blues, developing a taut electric style that made him an influential and sought-after guitarist. We begin with a trio of recordings featuring him as a leader, then follow that up with a large helping of his work as a sideman and producer.
| Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
| Midnight |
I Am the Blues |
Big Daddy Kinsey |
I Am the Blues |
| |
Triple Trebles |
Jimmy Dawkins |
Fast Fingers |
| |
Night Rock |
Jimmy Dawkins |
Fast Fingers |
| |
Jammin' With Otis |
Jimmy Dawkins |
All for Business |
| |
Gittar Rapp |
Jimmy Dawkins |
Kant Sheck These Blues |
| |
Got My Mojo Working |
Shirley King |
Jump Through My Keyhole |
| |
She Gives Me a Thrill |
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup |
Sunny Road |
| |
The Chicken and the Hawk |
Cousin Joe |
Bad Luck Blues |
| |
Miss Sallie Mae |
Mad Dog Lester Davenport |
I Smell a Rat |
| |
Love Me Mama |
Luther Allison |
Love Me Mama |
| |
Drinking Straight Whiskey |
Johnny Young |
Chicago Blues |
| |
Ain't Gonna Worry About Tomorrow |
Little Johnny Christian |
Jimmy Dawkins Presents Leric Story |
| |
Special Kind Of Love |
Big Mojo Elem |
Leric Story |
Posted by Leslie Keros
on April 16, 2013 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment
Tonight we remember the great Chicago bluesman Magic Slim, who passed away in February at the age of 75. We’ll enjoy a generous dose of recordings he made over the decades, plus a conversation with former bandmate Steve Cushing and a reminiscence by guitarist John Primer.
| Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
| Midnight |
I Am the Blues |
Big Daddy Kinsey |
I Am the Blues |
| |
1823 South Michigan Avenue |
Magic Slim |
Grand Slam |
| |
She Belongs To Me |
Magic Slim |
Zoo Bar Collection , vol. 5: Highway Is My Home |
| |
Bring Your Fine Self Home |
Magic Slim |
From West Helena to Chicago |
| |
Why Does a Woman Treat a Good Man So Bad |
Magic Slim & the Teardrops |
A Celebration of Blues: Great Guitarists , Vol. 1 |
| |
The Man You Need |
Magic Slim & the Teardrops |
Snakebite |
| |
Teardrop |
Magic Slim & the Teardrops |
N/A |
| |
Walkin' Cane |
Magic Slim & the Teardrops |
Zoo Bar Collection, Vol. 4: Spider in My Stew |
| |
Let Me Love You Baby |
Magic Slim & the Teardrops |
Zoo Bar Collection , vol. 5: Highway Is My Home |
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Cummins Prison Farm |
Magic Slim & the Teardrops |
That Ain't Right |
| |
Matchbox Blues |
Magic Slim & the Teardrops |
Bad Boy |
Posted by Leslie Keros
on April 8, 2013 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment
Tonight, Blues Edition presents the second of a two-part West Side blues and soul revue. We’ll hear classics from Fenton Robinson, Hound Dog Taylor, Jimmy Burns, Jimmy and Syl Johnson, Eddie Shaw with Magic Sam, and others who cut their teeth on Chicago’s West Side.
| Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
| Midnight |
I Am the Blues |
Big Daddy Kinsey |
I Am the Blues |
| |
West Side Baby |
Fenton Robinson |
I Hear Some Blues Downstairs |
| |
I Don't Care Who Knows |
Harold Burrage |
The Cobra Records Story |
| |
Blues for a Living |
Eddy Clearwater |
The Chief |
| |
Sen-Sa-Shun |
Hound Dog Taylor |
Release the Hound |
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She Belongs to Me |
Magic Slim |
Zoo Bar Collection, vol. 5: Highway Is My Home |
| |
Get Up and Go |
Luther |
Slammin' on the West Side |
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A Man and His Blues |
Willie Kent |
Live in Chicago at BluesFest |
| |
Honey Don't |
Peaches Staten |
Red Hot Mamas |
| |
No Rollin' Blues |
Barkin' Bill |
Gotcha! |
| |
All About My Woman |
Jimmy Burns |
Back to the Delta |
| |
When My First Wife Quit Me |
Jimmy Johnson |
Bar Room Preacher |
| |
Take Me to the River |
Syl Johnson |
The Best of Syl Johnson: The Hi Records Years |
| |
Blues for the West Side |
Eddie Shaw |
Sweet Home Chicago |
Posted by Leslie Keros
on March 25, 2013 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment
Tonight and next week, Blues Edition presents a West Side blues and soul revue. In part 1, we’ll hear classics from Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Eddy C. Campbell, Jimmy Dawkins, Luther Allison, Earl Hooker, and others who honed their chops on Chicago’s West Side.
| Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
| Midnight |
I Am the Blues |
Big Daddy Kinsey |
I Am the Blues |
| |
I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) |
Magic Sam |
West Side Soul |
| |
You Can't Take Out |
Mary Lane |
Chicago's Finest Blues Ladies |
| |
West Side Blues Harp |
Mad Dog Lester Davenport |
I Smell a Rat |
| |
Hey, the Blues Is All Right |
Eddie C. Campbell |
That's When I Know |
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Fast Life |
Bonnie Lee with Johnny B. Moore |
Acoustic Blue Chicago |
| |
Sweet Little Angel |
Otis Rush |
All Your Love (I Miss Loving) |
| |
All Your Love (I Miss Loving) |
Melvin Taylor |
Melvin Taylor & the Slack Band |
| |
Triple Trebles |
Jimmy Dawkins |
Fast Fingers |
| |
Let's Have a Little Talk |
Luther Allison |
Luther's Blues |
| |
Last $2 |
Larry Taylor |
They Were in This House |
| |
Blue Guitar |
Earl Hooker |
Blue Guitar |
| |
I Got to Find My Baby |
Little Arthur Duncan |
Live at Rosa's Blues Lounge |
Posted by Leslie Keros
on March 12, 2013 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment
| Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
| Midnight |
I Am the Blues |
Big Daddy Kinsey |
I Am the Blues |
| |
Don't Be Confused |
Bernard Allison |
Times Are Changing |
| |
Bad Girl |
Demetria Taylor |
Bad Girl |
| |
Do You Hear? |
Carey Bell |
Second Nature |
| |
Sweet Fine Angel |
Gary Primich with Omar Dykes |
Just a Little Bit More |
| |
Ida B |
Pinetop Perkins |
Heaven |
| |
That's No Way to Get Along |
Johnny B. Moore |
911 Blues |
| |
Cadillac Blues |
Johnnie Bassett |
Cadillac Blues |
| |
Let Me Go Home, Whiskey |
Ann Rabson |
Struttin' My Stuff |
| |
My Babe |
Hank Crawford |
After Dark |
| |
Wisefool Express |
Mighty Joe Young |
Bluesy Josephine |
Posted by Leslie Keros
on March 5, 2013 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment
| Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
| Midnight |
I Am the Blues |
Big Daddy Kinsey |
I Am the Blues |
| |
Tramp |
Magic Slim |
Don't Tell Me About Your Troubles |
| |
Low Society |
Lowell Fulson |
The Complete Chess Masters |
| |
You're Gonna Miss Me |
Lowell Fulson |
The Swingtime Records Story Disc 1 |
| |
Lucille |
B.B. King |
Lucille |
| |
Champagne & Reefer |
Muddy Waters |
Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live [Deluxe] |
| |
My Mother |
Buddy Guy |
Complete Chess Studio Recordings |
| |
Midnight Creeper |
James Cotton |
It Was a Very Good Year |
| |
C-Boy's Blues |
The Fabulous Thunderbirds |
The Essential |
| |
Baby Bee |
Billy Branch |
Double Take |
| |
Father and Son Boogie |
Mr. B's Joybox Express Quartet |
Live! |
| |
The Torch of the Blues |
Ronnie Baker Brooks |
The Torch |
Posted by Leslie Keros
on February 26, 2013 @ 12:00 am | Post a comment
| Time |
Song |
Artist |
Album |
| Midnight |
I Am the Blues |
Big Daddy Kinsey |
I Am the Blues |
| |
Watermelon Time |
Marcia Ball |
Peace, Love & BBQ |
| |
Blue Stew |
Barry Levenson |
Heart to Hand |
| |
Come on in This House |
Byther Smith |
Hold That Train |
| |
Down the Road a Piece |
Amos Milburn |
Jump with a Shuffle |
| |
Bobby Sox Blues |
T-Bone Walker |
Blues Masters: Very Best of T-Bone Walker |
| |
San Antonio Blues |
Billy Boy Arnold |
Billy Boy Arnold Sings Big Bill Broonzy |
| |
Do You Know |
Aretha Franklin |
Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul |
| |
Pass Out |
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson |
Bosses of the Blues, Vol. 2 |
| |
Kiko |
Jimmy McGriff |
Jimmy McGriff at the Organ |
| |
Sugar Plum |
Lightnin' Slim |
Rooster Blues |
| |
San-Ho-Zay |
Magic Sam |
Black Magic |
| |
On the Q-Tee |
Willie Tee |
Keep It Rollin': The Blues Piano Collection |
| |
100 Tompkins Ave. |
Steve Freund |
Lonesome Flight |
| |
Humming Bird |
Big Jack Johnson & Kim Wilson |
Memphis Barbecue Sessions |