Doc’s Juke Joint

JAZZ 90.1 FM WGMC (SUNDAY NIGHTS)
Mail Address: 613 Westchester Ave. Rochester NY 14609

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THIS PLAYLIST SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE

Honorable Mentions:

Champagne Charlie/Waitin’ On Roosevelt/Independent

Roger Hurricane Wilson/Exodus/Blue Storm Records

Mr. Keith Little/Take It Off and Get Lose With It/Independent

Too Slim and the Taildraggers/The Fortune Teller/Underworld Records

Various Artists/The Future of The Blues Vol. 3-Northern Blues Sampler/NorthernBlues

Peter McGraw/Follow Me To The Blues/Blues Destiny Records

Demian Band/Devil By My Side/Independent

North Carolina is a hot bed for the blues and blues preservation. The Music Maker Relief Foundation was formed to provide assistance and recognition for struggling and relatively unknown blues musicians. At the of age 79, guitarist/vocalist John Dee Holeman can still pick and jam with the best of them. The new release by John Dee Holeman, entitled “You Got To Lose, You Can’t Win All The Time” (Music Maker), captures the true melodic Piedmont blues sound once covered by Blind Boy Fuller. Holeman demonstrates that he can also capture the Texas blues style of such artists as Lightnin’ Hopkins as he displays on his cover of the Hopkins classic “Mojo Hand.” Other favorites on John Dee’s new recording are: Early Letter Blues, One Black Rat, John Dee Jam and the title track – You Got To Lose, You Can’t Win All The Time.”

Like so many blues artists, it sometimes requires a driving force or younger guiding light to bring out the true essence and talent of a hidden blues treasure. Zeke Hutchins, drummer in Tift Merritt’s alt-country band is the producer, drummer and arranger of this new release. Tift Merrit joins Levon Helm, B.B. King and Bonnie Raitt to name a few as board members of the Music Maker Foundation.

Other musicians influenced by Holeman joined the cast to produce this solid blues recording (Tim Duffy: acoustic guitar, Cool John Ferguson: rhythm electic guitar, Jay Brown: bass & Slewfoot: harmonica). John Dee Holeman was born in Orange County, North Carolina in 1929. As well as being a blues musician he is a storyteller and dancer. Besides this latest release you can also look for “Bull Durham Blues” also on the Music Maker label. Save an artist, support the blues and upgrade your blues collection by bringing home this “winner” today.

Greg “Doc” Lefebre

JAZZ 90.1 FM WGMC (SUNDAY NIGHTS)
Mail Address: 613 Westchester Ave. Rochester NY 14609

**** NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS FOR MUSIC SERVICE, WE NEED NEW RELEASES/REISSUES ****

THIS PLAYLIST SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE

Honorable Mentions:

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band/The Whole Fam Damnily/Side One Dummy

John Hiatt/Same Old Man/New West Records

Otis Blue/Otis Blue-Otis Redding Sings Soul/Rhino

Scott Ellison/Ice Storm/Earwig Music

The Treme Brass Band/Treme Brass Band/Mardi Gras Records

Rory Block & Stefan Grossman/Country Blues Guitar/Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop

Various Artists/The Birmingham Sound: The Soul of Neal Hemphill Vol. 2/Rabbit Factory

Carl Sonny Leyland/A Chicago Session/Ventrella Records

Joel Paterson/Steel Is Real/Ventrella Records

The Nouveaux Honkies/Where Do I Go/Bluzpik

The Blue Voodoo/Back To The Shack/The Blue Voodoo

Mud Dog/River Of My Soul/Sainas Songs

Little Albert & The Blue Stars/Two Thumbs & A Finger/Pig Heaven Records

Bruce Robison/The New World/Premium Records