KCSB-FM 91.9
Community Service and Educational Broadcasting
Alternative, non-commercial community & college radio located on the UC Santa Barbara campus. The University of California's first station. Since 1962.
--/--/--
-:--:-- --
Views of the Blues
Sep 2, 2019 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Blues
With Sunnyland Steve
Great blues music in its historical & cultural context.
Lots of brand new blues, and songs appropriate for Labor Day
| 1:00 PM |
| Mark Hummel Billy's Boogaloo Harpbreaker Electro-Fi Records 2018 CD Harmonica ace Hummel lives in the San Francisco Bay Area
|
| 1:05 PM |
| Robben Ford and the Ford Blues band Work Song A Tribute to Paul Butterfield Blue Rock'it Records 2001 CD
|
| 1:12 PM |
| Jon Gindick I Was Born to Wail N Love at the All Night Cafe (feat. Ralph Carter, Franck Goldwasser & Pete Gallagher) Old Chimney 2019 CD Guitarist Goldwasser, also known as Paris Slim, lives in Carpinteria, CA
|
| 1:17 PM |
| Bobby Rush Get Out of Here (Dog Named Bo) N Sitting on Top of the Blues Deep Rush Records 2019 CD Yes, Rush is a good harmonica player as well as award-winning singer and entertainer; he has released over 75 albums and is still touring at age 85
|
| 1:21 PM |
| Bruce Katz Down at the Barrelhouse N Solo Ride American Showplace Music 2019 CD Keyboard maven Katz lives in New England and has appeared on innumerable albums; he used to be part of Ronnie Earl's band
|
| 1:24 PM |
| Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials Car Wash Blues Roughhousin' Alligator Records USA, www.alligator.com 1986 LP Slide guitarist Ed Williams, nephew of J.B. Hutto, did work in a car wash before succeeding in music
|
| 1:34 PM |
| Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps Here in Babylon Here in Babylon Jesi-Lu 2018 CD Grammy-nominated band headlines Santa Barbara Blues Society show on Sept. 14, 2019
|
| 1:39 PM |
| Jontavious Willis Long Winded Woman N Spectacular Class Kind Of Blue Music 2019 CD One of the bright new stars in the blues world
|
| 1:42 PM |
| Terry Hanck Howlin' for My Darlin' N I Still Get Excited TVR / VizzTone CD A Howlin' Wolf song
|
| 1:48 PM |
| Vaneese Thomas Legacy of Pain N Down Yonder Segue Records 2019 CD Vocal duet with Kevin Bacon (probably not the movie actor of the same name)
|
| 1:53 PM |
| Tommy Castro and The Painkillers She Wanted to Give It to Me N Killin' It Live (Live) Alligator Records 2019 CD They played a great show for the S.B. Blues Society in May 2019
|
| 2:02 PM |
| Jimmy Reed Big Boss Lady Down in Virginia ABC 1969 LP
|
| 2:05 PM |
| Buddy Guy Five Long Years Damn Right, I've Got the Blues Silvertone 1991 CD Classic blues song, written by Eddie Boyd; 83 year old Guy is still making fine albums and still touring; nice piano work by Pete Wingfield
|
| 2:14 PM |
| Mary Flower Meet Me in the Bottom N Livin' with the Blues Again Little Village Foundation 2019 CD Expert finger-picking guitarist Mary Flower lives in Portland, OR; bass by Kid Andersen, harmonica by Aki Kumar, piano (on the album, not this song) by Jim Pugh
|
| 2:17 PM |
| The B.B. King Blues Band Regal Blues (A Tribute to the King) N The Soul of the King Ruf Records GmbH 2019 CD B.B.'s excellent band soldiers on without him; guest vocalist and guitarist Joe Louis Walker
|
| 2:22 PM |
| Diana Rein Yes I Sing the Blues N Queen of My Castle Gulf Coast Records 2019 CD Rein was born in Communist Romania, grew up in Chicago, and lives on the West Coast
|
| 2:26 PM |
| J.P. Soars Time to Be Done N Let Go of the Reins Whiskey Bayou 2019 CD
|
| 2:32 PM |
| Mississippi John Hurt Spike Driver Blues 1928 Sessions Yazoo LP
|
| 2:35 PM |
| Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues Nobody but You N Roots and Branches: The Songs of Little Walter Alligator Records 2019 CD
|
| 2:38 PM |
| Little Walter Nobody But You Hate To See You Go MCA 1990 LP Recorded in 1957; Fred Below on drums, Willie Dixon on bass, Luther Tucker and Robert Lockwood Jr. on guitars
|
| 2:40 PM |
| Jimmy Carpenter Soul Doctor N Soul Doctor Gulf Coast 2019 CD Really good saxophone player from Tennessee
|
| 2:50 PM |
| Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps The Day the Blues Came to Call Here in Babylon Jesi-Lu 2018 CD She is originally from Texas and now lives near Los Angeles; guitar by Billy Watts
|
| 2:55 PM |
| Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters Bringing Light to a Dark Time N Beyond the Blue Door Stony Plain 2019 CD Vocal by Diane Blue; guitar (of course) by the wonderful Ronnie Earl
|
| 3:03 PM |
| Nina Simone Work Song An Anthology: The Colpix Years Rhino CD
|
| 3:06 PM |
| Roy Buchanan Can I Change My Mind Live Stock Polydor USA 1975 LP Vocal by Billy Price; Buchanan was an under-recognized but influential guitarist
|
| 3:12 PM |
| Billy Price You Gotta Leave N Dog Eat Dog Gulf Coast Records 2019 CD Price is now based in Baltimore; scintillating guitar by Kid Andersen
|
| 3:19 PM |
| Roy Buchanan Please Don't Turn Me Away That's What I Am Here For Polydor 1973 LP Vocal by Billy Price, who was with Buchanan's band for about two years
|
| 3:24 PM |
| Lead Belly John Henry Shout On V/A Smithsonian/Folkways usA 1998 CD Huddie Ledbetter was one of the great 20th. century country bluesmen; recorded in 1948, with Sonny Terry on harmonica and Brownie McGhee on guitar
|
| 3:27 PM |
| Shaun Murphy Don't Come Crying to Me N Reason to Try Vision Wall Records 2019 CD She sang with the rock, blues, and jam band Little Feat for many years
|
| 3:31 PM |
| Toronzo Cannon and the Chicago Way Ordinary Woman N The Preacher, The Politician or The Pimp Alligator CD Cannon has been a big success in the last few years, but still drives a bus in Chicago
|
| 3:35 PM |
| Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson Do I Move You Blues in My Blood Nola Blue, Inc. 2019 CD Janiva Magness also did a fine cover of this song credited to Nina Simone
|
| 3:39 PM |
| B.B. King Ten Long Years Original Greatest Hits Virgin CD
|
| 3:45 PM |
| Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps I Gotta Roll Here in Babylon Jesi-Lu 2018 CD Band bassist is Terry Wilson, drummer is Jay Bellerose; Teresa tickles the ivories as well as singing
|
| 3:49 PM |
| The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Work Song An Anthology: The Elektra Years Rhino/Elektra 1997 CD From the classic PBBB 1966 album "East-West"
|
| 3:57 PM |
| Sam Cooke Chain Gang The Man and His Music V/A rca United States, neeps.tatties@gmail.com 1986 CD One of the all-time great voices of 20th. century popular music; Cooke began as a gospel singer
|
| 4:03 PM |
| Rick Estrin & the Nightcats Root of All Evil N Contemporary Alligator Records 2019 CD One of the best existing blues bands
|
| 4:07 PM |
| Tony Campanella Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Taking It to the Street Gulf Coast Records 2019 CD
|
| 4:15 PM |
| Rick Vito World on Fire Soulshaker VizzTone 2019 CD
|
| 4:19 PM |
| Mary Flower See See Rider N Livin' with the Blues Again Little Village Foundation 2019 CD
|
| 4:24 PM |
| Jontavious Willis The Blues is Dead? N Spectacular Class Kind Of Blue Music 2019 CD
|
| 4:28 PM |
| Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps 21st Century Man Here in Babylon Jesi-Lu Records 2018 CD
|
| 4:31 PM |
| Bobby Rush Bowlegged Woman N Sitting on Top of the Blues Deep Rush Records 2019 CD
|
| 4:37 PM |
| Jon Gindick Baby's Got the Blues N Love at the All Night Cafe Old Chimney 2019 CD
|
| 4:41 PM |
| Bruce Katz Watermelon Thump N Solo Ride American Showplace Music 2019 CD
|
| 4:43 PM |
| Alberta Hunter My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More Amtrak Blues Columbia Japan 1980 LP
|
| 4:49 PM |
| Billy Price Working on Your Chain Gang N Dog Eat Dog Gulf Coast Records 2019 CD
|
| 4:55 PM |
| Mark Hummel Crazy Legs Harpbreaker Electro-Fi Records 2018 CD
|