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Views of the Blues

Aug 19, 2019 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Blues

With Sunnyland Steve

Great blues music in its historical & cultural context.

Music from blues performers who died since 2011, and who died way too young.

Views of the Blues
1:00 PM
Mark Hummel - Billy's Boogaloo
Mark Hummel Billy's Boogaloo
Harpbreaker Electro-Fi Records 2018 CAE411701386
1:05 PM
Etta James - Otis Redding Medley
Etta James Otis Redding Medley
Live from San Francisco Private Music 1994 USPM19401067
The wonderful singer died in 2012 at age 73
1:15 PM
Magic Slim & The Teardrops - Please Don't Dog Me
Magic Slim & The Teardrops Please Don't Dog Me
Snakebite BLIND PIG RECORDS 2000 USBP10306003
Morris Holt died at age 75 in 2013
1:23 PM
Robert Cray - I Shiver
Robert Cray I Shiver R
Shame + A Sin Polygram 1993 CD
1:23 PM
David Maxwell - Cryin' the Blues
David Maxwell Cryin' the Blues
Blues In Other Colors David Maxwell 2012 CD USHM91214166
Boston-based pianist Maxwell died in 2015 at the age of 71; guitar by Troy Gonyea
1:32 PM
Honeyboy Edwards - Who May Your Regular Be
Honeyboy Edwards Who May Your Regular Be
Delta Blues Man Earwig USA CD
The great country bluesman died in 2011 at the age of 96
1:35 PM
Johnny Winter - Love, Life & Money
Johnny Winter Love, Life & Money
3rd Degree Alligator Records USA, www.alligator.com 1986 LP USARL8674802
He died on a European tour in 2014 at the age of 70
1:48 PM
Chuck Berry - Lady B. Goode
Chuck Berry Lady B. Goode
Chuck Dualtone Music Group, Inc. 2017 CAK471700606
Seminal rock-and-roller Berry died in 2017 when 90 years old
1:52 PM
Nick Moss Band - Fare Thee Well (feat. Michael Ledbetter)
Nick Moss Band Fare Thee Well (feat. Michael Ledbetter)
Time Ain't Free Blue Bella Records 2014 CD QMBZ91415893
Wonderful singer and second guitarist Michael Ledbetter died in 2019 at the age of 33
2:02 PM
Eddie Taylor Jr. - I Feel So Bad
Eddie Taylor Jr. I Feel So Bad
Worried About My Baby Wolf Records 2000 CD ATW161481107
Son of Jimmy Reed's guitarist Eddie Taylor, guitarist-singer Jr. die in 2019; he was 46 years old
2:06 PM
Sista Monica - Amazing Grace/Motherless Child
Sista Monica Amazing Grace/Motherless Child
Sista Monica Mo Muscle 1997 CD
Santa Cruz-based singer Monica Parker died in 2014 at age 58
2:09 PM
Jimmy Dawkins - Mean O' Blues
Jimmy Dawkins Mean O' Blues
Tell Me Baby Fedora Records 2004 USFED0403204
Guitarist Dawkins was also known as "Fast Fingers"; he died in 2013 at the age of 76
2:12 PM
Jody Williams - Henpecked and Happy
Jody Williams Henpecked and Happy
Return of a Legend Evidence Music usa 2001 CD USZG60200013
Joseph Leon Williams died in 2018 at the age of 83; he was Howlin' Wolf's guitarist briefly, and then a highly regarded session guitarist
2:15 PM
The Johnny Otis Show - C.C. Rider
The Johnny Otis Show C.C. Rider
Cold Shot BYG LP
2:19 PM
Dr. John - Iko Iko
Dr. John Iko Iko
The Very Best of Dr. John V/A Rhino USA 1995 CD
Pianist-singer-arranger Mac Rebennac died in 2019 at age 77
2:23 PM
Phillip Walker - My Baby's Gonna Wash Me Down
Phillip Walker My Baby's Gonna Wash Me Down
Working Girl Blues BlackTop CD
Walker was 73 when he died in 2010; he used to be guitarist for Clifton Chenier
2:27 PM
Denise LaSalle - (I'm A) 24-Hour Woman
Denise LaSalle (I'm A) 24-Hour Woman
24 Hour Woman Malaco Records 2010 CD USMR51071259
Raunchy singer LaSalle was 78 when she died in 2018
2:32 PM
James Cotton - Feelin' Good
James Cotton Feelin' Good
Late Night Blues Just A Memory Records usa 1998 CD GBQRF1022108
Recorded in 1967; song made famous by Magic Sam; Cotton died in 2017 at age 81
2:37 PM
Paul deLay Band - Fourteen Dollars in the Bank
Paul deLay Band Fourteen Dollars in the Bank R
Nice & Strong Evidence usa 1998 CD
2:45 PM
Hubert Sumlin - Sitting On Top of the World
Hubert Sumlin Sitting On Top of the World
Heart & Soul BLIND PIG RECORDS USA, www.blindpigrecords.com 1989 LP USBP10373303
2:48 PM
Fats Domino - The Fat Man
Fats Domino The Fat Man R
Piano Blues V/A Sony USA, Japanese Issue 2003 CD USCGJ0836941
2:56 PM
Hollywood Fats - Rock This House
Hollywood Fats Rock This House
Rock This House Black Top USA 1993 CD
Recorded in 1979; he was 89 when he died in 2017
3:03 PM
John Mayall - Room to Move
John Mayall Room to Move R
The Turning Point Polydor France/UK, https://www.polydor.co.uk/ 1969 LP USF066900110
British bluesman and multi-instrumentalist Mayall has lived in Los Angeles for many years and is still touring at age 85
3:11 PM
Jimmy Reed - Ain´t That Lovin´ You Baby
Jimmy Reed Ain´t That Lovin´ You Baby R
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed Rhino 2000 CD
Recorded in 1955; guitar by Eddie Taylor
3:14 PM
Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - Minor Blues
Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Minor Blues
Joined At the Hip - Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Telarc USA 2010 CD
Alumni of the Muddy Waters Band, pianist Perkins and drummer/harmonicat Smith both died in 2011, Perkins at age 97 and Smith at 75
3:16 PM
Magic Sam - That's All I Need
Magic Sam That's All I Need
West Side Soul Delmark usa 1969 LP US4B90577306
Sam Maghett died of a heart attack at age 32
3:20 PM
William Clarke - Letter from Home
William Clarke Letter from Home R
The Hard Way Alligator Records 1996 USHM80849029
3:25 PM
Henry Butler - Let 'Em Roll
Henry Butler Let 'Em Roll
PiaNOLA Live Basin Street 2008 USBAS0800105
Excellent pianist Butler died in 2018; he was 69
3:30 PM
B.B. King - Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore
B.B. King Ain't Gonna Worry My Life Anymore
Indianola Mississippi Seeds ABC USA 1970 LP USMC10001473
3:38 PM
The Doors - Back Door Man
The Doors Back Door Man
The Doors Elektra 1967 LP
A Willie Dixon song; singer Morrison died in 1971 at the age of 27
3:41 PM
Andy T Nick Nixon Band - Blue Monday
Andy T Nick Nixon Band Blue Monday
Numbers Man Blind Pig USA, www.blindpigrecords.com 2015 CD
Singer Nixon died in 2018 at age 77
3:48 PM
Eddie C. Campbell - Playing Around These Blues
Eddie C. Campbell Playing Around These Blues
Spider Eating Preacher Delmark 2012 CD US4B91281915
Chicago bluesman died in 2018; he was 79
3:51 PM
Jimi Hendrix - Red House
Jimi Hendrix Red House
Blues V/A MCA USA 1994 CD USQX90900781
Recorded in 1966; highly influential guitarist died in 1970 at the age of 27
3:55 PM
Otis Rush & Friends - Right Place, Wrong Time
Otis Rush & Friends Right Place, Wrong Time R
Live at Montreux 1986 Eagle Records 2006 CD
Fantastic guitarist Rush died last year at 84; he hadn't been able to play for over 10 years after suffering a stroke
4:06 PM
Bobby Bland - I'll Be Your Fool Once More
Bobby Bland I'll Be Your Fool Once More
Reflections in Blue ABC 1977 LP
4:09 PM
The Preston Shannon Band - I Got Somebody
The Preston Shannon Band I Got Somebody
Break The Ice New Rounder 1994 CD USBU19454510
Memphis bluesman Shannon died last year at 70
4:13 PM
Cedell Davis - Ridin' in My '74
Cedell Davis Ridin' in My '74
Last Man Standing Sunyata Records 2015 CD QM6MZ1480143
He died in 2017 at age 91
4:16 PM
Big Jay McNeely - Barrel House Stomp
Big Jay McNeely Barrel House Stomp
The Deacon, Unabridged 1948-1950 V/A Swingin' CD
Recorded in 1948 by the tenor saxophonist who played almost until his death in 2018 at the age of 91
4:19 PM
Lonnie Brooks - Hoodoo She Do
Lonnie Brooks Hoodoo She Do
Roadhouse Rules Alligator Records USA, www.alligator.com 1996 CD USARL9684301
Chicago guitarist Brooks, born Lee Baker Jr., died 2 years ago at 83; sons Ronnie Baker and Wayne Baker Brooks are both contemporary guitarist-singers
4:24 PM
Otis Clay - You're the One I Choose
Otis Clay You're the One I Choose
This Time Around New Rounder 1998 CD USBU19859001
Soul blues singer Clay died in 2016 at the age of 73
4:29 PM
Gregg Allman - Statesboro Blues
Gregg Allman Statesboro Blues R
Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA New Rounder USA 2015 CD USRO21500406
4:37 PM
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint - I'm Louisiana Red
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint I'm Louisiana Red
Back To The Black Bayou Ruf Records 2009 CD DEFR10900048
He died in 2012 at the age of 79
4:40 PM
Smokey Wilson - 44 Blues
Smokey Wilson 44 Blues
The Man From Mars Bullseye Blues 1997 CD USBU19758104
Robert Lee Wilson died in 2015 at the age of 79
4:45 PM
Finis Tasby - Rocking with the Blues
Finis Tasby Rocking with the Blues
People Don't Care Shanachie USA 1995 CD US7SF1355259
Excellent singer Tasby, based in Los Angeles, died in 2014 at the age of 75
4:48 PM
Janis Joplin - Buried Alive In the Blues
Janis Joplin Buried Alive In the Blues
Pearl Sony 1999 CD USSM17000788
Originally released in 1971; the great rock and blues singer died at the age of 27 in 1970; this is her band only
4:51 PM
Mojo Buford - Mo's Boogie
Mojo Buford Mo's Boogie
Home Is Where the Harp Is Blue Loon 1998 CD
George Buford died at the age of 81 in 2011; he was one of Muddy Waters's many terrific harmonica players
4:57 AM
Chick Willis - I Want to Play With Your Poodle
Chick Willis I Want to Play With Your Poodle
Now! Ichiban 1988 LP
He died in 2013 at the age of 79