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Blues in the Night
Apr 29, 2022 4:00 PM ā 7:00 PM
Music
With East Side Slim
Art Dwyer brings you blues, R&B, jazz and soul for your soul - "None of the hits, all of the time" since 88.1 KDHX's very first day on the air.
4:00 PM |
| Jeremy Baum Oasis Jam Lost River Jams Flying Yak Records 2002 It's blues in the night, so that must mean an organ jam, an Oasis Jam, should start the show. I've heard oasis jam goes really well on Hawaiian bread, lightly toasted.
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4:06 PM |
| Lee Oskar BLT Lee Oskar Avenue Records 1975 Lee Oskar's first foray apart from the band War. Oskar has always been a special sort of harp player, all about tone and taste.
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4:10 PM |
| Buddy Rich Nik-Nik The Bull/Nik-Nik single Groove Merchant 1975 From the mid-60s well into the '70s Buddy Rich explored all shades of funk and released some really terrific albums, and singles, too as this is a single.
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4:15 PM |
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4:17 PM |
| Mississippi Heat Uninvited Guest (feat. Lurrie Bell & Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith N Madeleine Van Der Linden Recordings 2022 Brand new music out of Chicago from Pierre Lacocque's long running revue/band. Lurrie Bell steppping up front on this one, vocally and on guitar.
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4:23 PM |
| Keith Doder and the Blue City Band Big Changes L Blue to Bright Spider Blue Productions 2000 A song about truth...but then, blues is truth. Rich McDonough on guitar, who worked with Keith on/off for years. For those not in the know, Keith Doder was probably the finest harp player to have ever come out of St. Louis, and one of the most skilled blues players anywhere during his time on this Earth.
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4:30 PM |
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4:32 PM |
| HowellDevine East St. Louis N Strange Time Blues DynaPhonic Records 2022 San Fran's avante-jug-bluesters covering MS Fred McDowell right here, in their own unique and ultra-cool manner. Good stuff alert, right here!
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4:38 PM |
| Tim Gartland Cloudy with a Chance of the Blues N Truth Tim Gartland 2022 This guy is groovy, bass voice and all. Really nice regional blues out of the Nashville area, with great songs and tasty harp playing.
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4:41 PM |
| William Clarke Dimples featuring Smokey Wilson L.A. Blues Party Watch Dog Records 2022 The album is subtitled West Coast Blues 1980-91, and was just released. It is a compilation of tracks from a Smokey Wilson album (backed by the Wm Clarke Band) and an all but impossible to find LA blues var artists compilation.
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4:46 PM |
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4:48 PM |
| The 3B's Saint Louis Blues Soothin' n Groovin' With The 3B's self-released 1993 Funky jazzy goodness from Bob Cunningham, Bross Townsend and Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, along with folks like Houston Person, Bucky Pizzarelli and many others.
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4:53 PM |
| Raphael Wressnig & Igor Prado Kissing My Love Groove & Good Times PepperCake 2021 One of 2021's top blues/soul albums, this thing cooks from beginning to end. Austrian B3 masters Wressnig, Brazilian guitar virtuoso Prado.
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4:58 PM |
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5:02 PM |
| Grant Green Work Song Iron City (feat. Ben Dixon & Big John Patton) Savoy Jazz 2003 Originally released on Savoy Records in 1966. As many of you know, Grant Green was born in St. Louis, year 1931. A very lyrical player, he didn't really listen to other guitarist for inspiration. Instead, he dug horn players.
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5:08 PM |
| Brother Jack McDuff One O'Clock Jump The Classic Albums 1960-1963 Enlightenment 2020 Brother Jack released at least 8 LPs between 1960 and 1963, and they are gathered in this set. Oh man! 1 O'clock Jump come off his 1963 LP Screamin', w/ Leo Wright on Sax, Kenny Burrell on guitar, Joe Dukes on drums.
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5:16 PM |
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5:16 PM |
| Trudy Lynn Golden Girl Blues N Golden Girl Nola Blue Records 2022 A song composed by Trudy, celebrating the achievement of a golden age... and of still being able to absolutely kick it!
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5:21 PM |
| Diunna Greenleaf Running Like the Red Cross (feat. Walter Morgan, James Morgan & Dwayne Morgan) N I Ain't Playin' Little Village 2022 This album is fantastic, and will be high among my top ten for the year. Good blues for what ails ya, babies.
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5:25 PM |
| Tia Carroll Mama Told Me You Gotta Have It Little Village 2021 The ladies ruled this set, with Tia Carroll's tremendous break out album from 2021 closing out the set. If you dug this song, there are 10 more on the cd for you to savor.
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5:28 PM |
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5:33 PM |
| Edgar Winter Iām Yours and Iām Hers (feat. Billy Gibbons & Derek Trucks) N Brother Johnny Quarto Valley Records 2022 This is a wonderful tribute from one brother to another. At times during Edgar's vocals on the album he sounds eerily like Johnny. On this one, though, Billy Gibbons sings it and Derek Trucks handles the slide work.
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5:38 PM |
| Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters Dave's Groove N Mercy Me Stony Plain Records 2022 All Ronnie Earl does is keep producing tremendously soulful and tasteful blues albums, tinged with jazz. I'm thinking Earl should be officially named a National Treasure.
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5:47 PM |
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5:48 PM |
| Billy Larkin and The Delegates Foxy Little Ghoul Organ Grooves and Soul Brothers - The Best of Billy Larkin and the Delegates EMI 2005 A band composition from 1964 on World Pacific Records. Billy Larkin on organ, Hank Swarn on guitar.
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5:51 PM |
| Little Charlie And Organ Grinder Swing Receita de Samba Skronky Tonk Ellersoul Records 2017 Little Charlie Baty's final full album, exploring all those swinging jazz sounds you knew he so dearly loved. A trio record with 1 current and 1 former Nightcat.
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5:54 PM |
| Jimmy Smith You Get 'Cha Eighteen Classic Albums Real Gone Jazz 2012 Truly, budget set contains 18 albums by Jimmy Smith. "Get 'Cha" is from 1956's A New Sound, A New Star Volume 1.
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6:00 PM |
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6:02 PM |
| Gil Scott-Heron The Vulture The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters Ace Records 2012 The poet of jazzy funk and social soul, Gil Scott-Heron. This is a must-have set, containing all the existing music he made for Flying Dutchmen and in depth liner notes.
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6:06 PM |
| Bill Withers Ain't No Sunshine R Just As I Am Columbia/Legacy 2005 1971
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6:09 PM |
| Ronnie Foster Kentucky Fried Chicken Two Headed Freap Blue Note Records 1995 Originally released in 1972, Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. Foster began as a traditional B3 player, but as the '70s dawned he moved into more avante garde leaning.
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6:14 PM |
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6:16 PM |
| Brother Jefferson Hey Hey Pretty Mama L Reflections Blue Lotus Recordings 2019 Let's give it up for one of St. Louis' finest vocalists, also a talented songwriter and all around good guy - Jeff Chapman and his Brother Jefferson outfit.
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6:21 PM |
| James Harman Band Do Not Disturb N Sparks Flying: Live in 1992 JSP 2022 This is a brand new release of prime time Harman band recorded at a festival gig in Belgium. Sound is actually pretty good, and it captures Harman playing loads of harmonica throughout - something he didn't always choose to do (but he was very good at it!)
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6:25 PM |
| The Nighthawks West Memphis N Established 1972 VizzTone 2022 As hard as it might be to face your own calendar, yes, this album marks the 50th Anniversary of the band, and they celebrate with a a raucous roadhouse album - tough stuff, babies.
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6:30 PM |
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6:32 PM |
| Larry McCray Roadhouse Blues N Blues Without You KTBA Records/Larry McCray 2022 Larry McCray is back after a too-long absence with perhaps the finest album of his career. If you love the music of Michael Burks, this is for you. BTW: Larry and Michael were real-life cousins.
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6:39 PM |
| Marty D. Spikener's On Call Band Good Blues L Help! I Need Some Good Blues! On Call Band 2016 Marty is telling you the truth - there's blues of every flavor, just as in other genres of music. May you all find some good blues, musically and otherwise, this late April weekend.
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6:46 PM |
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6:47 PM |
| Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens Higher Ground (Live at the Apollo) The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live at the Apollo Daptone Records 2021 One from my favorite Daptone artist, Naomi Shelton and her Gospel Queens featuring Cliff Driver. To my ears, they nearly stole this show...tough band to follow!
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6:51 PM |
| Menahan Street Band Make the Road By Walking (Live at the Apollo) The Daptone Super Soul Revue Live at the Apollo Daptone Records 2021
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6:53 PM |
| The Jacksons Enjoy Yourself Love Train: The Sound Of Philadelphia Sony 2008 A Gamble and Huff composition, released by Epic & Philadelphia Intl in 1976, and a big post-Motown hit for the Jacksons.
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