Doc’s Juke Joint

Back in the saddle again – Thank you to Mike Caito for opening and closing the Juke Joint last Sunday Night.

Doc’s Juke Joint 7pm Hour

Opening theme – Little Walter/Juke/Greatest Hits/Chess Records

ARTIST/SONG/ALBUM/RECORD LABEL

Piano Red

Piano Red/Doctor Feelgood/The Lost Atlanta Tapes/Landslide Records * New release of music recorded back in 1984 featuring vocal/piano legend the late great Piano Red

Charlie Musselwhite/Where HWY 61 Runs/The Well/Alligator Records *NEW

Bob Corritore and Friends/Things Have Changed/Harmonica Blues/Delta Groove **NEW – this track features Henry Gray on piano/vocals.  The CD is a collection with all sorts of blues greats over the years.

Guy Davis/Payday/Legacy/Red House Records (2004)  ***performing in Rochester at a house party in Irondequoit on September 17th at Huntington Hills – email: ricmon31@aol.com  for more info and tickets

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women/Boss of the Blues/Dave Alvin& the Guilty Women/Yep Roc *** Dave Alvin will be in Rochester at the Montage Grill on September 8th.

Watermelon Slim/Please Take This Cup/Ringers/Northernblues ** at Chenango Blues Festival next weekend – Norwich, NY

Hank III/Moonshiner’s Life/Rebel Within/Curb              *** at the Water Street Music Hall on September 14th.

John Lee Hooker Jr./Funky Funk/Live in Istanbul Turkey/Steppin Stone Records  ** also includes a DVD (NEW)

Mitch Kashmar & the Pontiax/100 Miles to Go/100 Miles to Go/Delta Groove ***New reissue *** featuring harp great Mitch Kashmar.

Dr. John

Dr. John/Them/Tribal/429 Records  **NEW featuring Mark Mullins on trombone

Monkey Junk/Give Me Time/Tiger In Your Tank/Beefy Productions  www.monkeyjunkband.com  *** NEW

Davis Coen/Cool With Me Tonight/Jukebox Classic/Soundview  ** NEW

Broken Arrow Blues Band/Flat Feets/Good Times/Independent  ** from Detroit

The Steve Miller Band/All Your Love (I Miss Loving)/Bingo!/Road Runner Records  ** NEW (Otis Rush cover)

John Nemeth/Heartbreak With A Hammer/Name The Day!/Blind Pig Records ** at Chenango Blues Fest. next weekend.

JJ Grey & Mofro/All/Georgia Warhorse/Alligator Records ***NEW

The Rolling Stones/I’m Not Signifying/Exile on Main Street ***NEW 2 CD collection featuring never released stuff and alternate takes.

David Brinston/Back On the Backstreet/Beat It Up/Ecko Records

Teeny Tucker/Make Room for Teeny/Keep The Blues Alive/TeBo Records *** at the Vermont Blues Festival at Mt. Snow on Aug. 29th.  2nd Annual.

Marc Benno and the Nightcrawlers/Love Is Turnin Green/Crawlin/Blue Skunk Music **NEW

James Day/Fish Where They Bite/Firecracker/Neon Blue Records

Steve Grills

Steve Grills/Frosty/After Hours/Independent  ***Albert Collins cover ** at the Dino BBQ this Saturday night (Aug. 21)

Defibulators/Your Hearty Laugh/Corn Money/City Salvage Records  ** New

Jack Bruce, Clem Clempson, Mark Feltham, Ronnie Leahy, Neal Wilkinson/I’ve Got News For You/This Is the Blues Volume Three/Blue Storm Music    ** Compilation

Andy Cohen/Railroad Blues/Built Right On the Ground/Earwig Music

Peter Case/House Rent Jump/Wig!/Yep Roc

Chris Beard/Gotta Find My Baby/Who I Am & What I Do/Electro Glide Records * featuring Joe Beard, Chris will be at the Water Street Music Hall on August 26th. – CD Release Party

Bettye LaVette/The Word/Interpretations:The British Rock Songbook/Anti

Doc’s Basement – Chenango Blues Festival Performers:

Marcia Ball/Watermelon Time/Peace, Love & BBQ/Alligator

Guitar Shorty/Please Mr. President/Bare Knuckle/Alligator

Los Blancos/Honky Tonk Night Time Man/Cookin With The Cats: Salt & Pepper Sessions/Independent

Paul Rishell & Annie Raines/It’ll Be Me-I’ll Be Looking For You/A Night In Woodstock/Mojo Rodeo Records

John Nemeth/Why Not Me/Name The Day!/Blind Pig Records

Stevie Ray Vaughan

NEXT WEEK FROM 7-8PM – STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN SPECIAL, THEN THE REGULAR DOC’S JUKE JOINT PROGRAMMING FROM 8-10PM.  Thank you for listening!!!!!!!!!!

7:50pm  – Late Start Tonight – sorry.

Solomon Burke – Stupidity – Home In Your Heart – The Best of Solomon Burke

Los Lobos – Burn It Down – Tin Can Trust (with Susan Tedeschi on backing vocals) (Shout Factory) ** New

8pm Hour

Albert Castiglia

Albert Castiglia – Sweet Southern Angel (with Toby Walker on dobro) – Keeping On (Blues Leaf) *** New – check the video below in our latest calendar.

Steve Grills – The Telephone Is Ringing (Pee Wee Crayton) – After Hours **New first release from Steve Grills (Ernest Lane on keyboards)

Chatham County Line – Crop Comes In – Wildwood (Yep Roc) *** New

Guitar Shorty – Please Mr. President – Bare Knuckle (Alligator) ** at the Chenengo Blues Festival and also coming to the Dino BBQ

Marcia Ball – Party Town – Peace Love & BBQ (Alligator) * at the Chenengo Blues Festival on August 21st. also at Seneca Casino on August 20th.

John Nemeth – Breakin’ Free – Name the Day! (Blind Pig Records) at the Chenengo Blues Festival

Robert Cray – Chicken in the Kitchen – This Time ** at CMAC on August 11th.

Dierks Bentley – Bad Angel (Featuring Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson) – Up On The Ridge (Capitol)

Cyril Neville – The Blues Is Here to Stay – The Essential Cyril Neville (MC Records) at Party in the Park on Aug. 5th

Los Straitjackets

Los Straitjackets – Fortune Cookie – The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets (Yep Roc) ** at Party in thePark on August 5th

9pm Hour

Galactic – Boe Money (featuring the Rebirth Brass Band) – Ya-Ka-May (Anti) at the Party In the Park on Aug. 5th.

The Steve Wiggins Band – Doin’ My Thing – Precious Cargo (www.stevewiggins.com) NEW *****

The Sadies – 10 More Songs – Darker Circles (Yep Roc) *** at Garden Vibes at the George Eastman House this Thursday.

Blind Boys of Alabama – Wade In The Water – Higher Ground

Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King – Sleeping With One Eye Open – Have Blues Will Travel (Alligator)

George Thorogood & the Destroyers – Born Lover – The Dirty Dozen *** at CMAC on Aug. 11th.

George Thorogood

Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith – Lord, Lord, Lord – Joined At the Hip (Telarc) * at the Niagara Falls Blues Festival on Sept. 11th.

Rob Stone – NoStrings Attached – Back Around Here (Earwig Records)

Grady Champion – 1-800-Blue – Love – Back in Mississippi at the 930 Blues Club featuring Eddie Cotton Jr.

Karen Lovely – Blues Ain’t Far Behind – Still the Rain (Pretty Pear Records)

The Blues Masters featuring: Big Al Carson – Hip Shakin’ Mama – 3 Phat Cats and 1 Skinny Dogg (Rabadash Records)

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Doc’s Juke Joint 7-10pm 8/2/09

Little Walter – Juke

Elvis Presley – One Night of Sin – Rockin’ Bones compilation -4 CD set of early Rockabily* Smiley Lewis tune.

Tommy Brown – House Near The Railroad Track – Rockin’ Away My Blues (Bonedog Records) * great set at the Pocono Blues Festival this past weekend, part of the Bonedog Records Review.

Barrence Whitfield – I Want Love and Affection Not Thte House of Correction – Raw, Raw, Rough! (Blood Red Records) * just played in Rochester at the Bop Fest backed by the Hi-Risers – catch the Hi-Risers this Thursday at Garden Vibes at the George Eastman House.

John Nemeth – Love Me Tonight – Love Me Tonight (www.blindpigrecords.com) * At the Dino BBQ on August 12th.

(Break)

Candye Kane – Hey Toughen Up! – Superhero www.deltagroovemusic.com

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Omar Kent Dykes – Man Down There – Big Town Playboy www.rufrecords.de

Eric Lindell continues to find his groove.  Alligator Records has found a real talented artist that bridges the gap between the young jam band fans and the good old fans of New Orleans funk grooves.  Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist  Eric Lindell’s latest offering Gulf Coast Highway (Alligator Records) is just hitting the stores nationwide.  The new CD builds and grows throughout each track concluding with a fantastic New Orleans funky instrumental called “Raw Doggin’” featuring Chris Dejohn on drums and Marc Adams on the B3.   Other favorite tracks on Eric’s latest include: “It’s A Drag” featuring Sean Carey on harmonica.  “The Look” captures the old R&B days of NOLA that reminded me of the late Tommy Ridgley.   The Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson penned “I Can Get Off On You” has some great rolling piano licks provided by Marc Adams and solid New Orleans shuffling drum rolls by Chris Dejohn.  This song is about not needing drugs or alcohol to get high, just his woman’s love.  “Country Livin’” is another favorite, featuring New Orleans drummer Stanton Moore and a great solo on the baritone sax by Jimmy Carpenter.

“I’ll be Around” rounds out my favorite Lindell compostions on the new CD.  When you listen to this track just close your eyes and your there, where else – New Orleans.  Some other great covers also help make this new Eric Lindell CD really shine.  Eric does a great job with a funky version of the Buck Owens country classic “Cryin’ Time” and a real nice version of Delbert McClinton’s “Here Come the Blues Again.”  Here comes another great CD by Eric Lindell.  Eric’s third on Alligator Records isn’t my favorite yet but I’m guessing after one more listen and it will be.

If you like screaming slide guitar that invokes the spirit of the late Elmore James, then you probably already know all about Lil’ Ed Williams. Guitarist/Vocalist/Songwriter Lil’ Ed Williams is back with a new release on his long time label Alligator Records. Full Tilt is the latest offering from Lil’ Ed And The Blues Imperials. Like its title this one cooks from its opening tune “Hold That Train” to its conclusion with the Hound Dog Taylor penned “Take Five.” Born in Chicago in 1955, Lil’ Ed came up through the blues with some help from his late uncle and blues legend, J.B. Hutto. Some blues bands are tighter than others. The Blues Imperials are both veterans of the road and the studio and have been playing with Lil’ Ed for twenty years. The Imperials can rock out the blues and also slow it down. Bass player, James “Pookie” Young penned “Every Man Needs A Good Woman” and Lil’ Ed himself added the playful “Check My Baby’s Oil.” “Don’t Call Me” is a great new song with lyrics about being flooded by too much communication – no email, no faxes or phones. Sounds pretty good come to think about it and so does this new release. For a great interview with Lil’ Ed check out this (link). If you want to see Lil’ Ed And The Blues Imperials in person, head over to Buffalo on November 8th, when they will be performing at the Tralf.

Alligator Records have been busy with two great new releases from the ladies of the blues. Marcia Ball has returned with her first studio release in four years entitled, “Peace Love & BBQ.” Marcia rattles the keys and lays down some great Gulf Coast blues that will keep you entertained, but also make you think. Highlights include: Watermelon Time, Married Life & My Heart and Soul. Dr. John, Wayne Toups & Terrance Simien all stop by to make Marcia’s latest a great return. Marcia, please don’t stay away so long next time.

With 30 years of performing and seven solo recordings under her belt, vocalist Janiva Magness is back with her first Alligator records release entitled “What Love Will Do.” I caught Janiva last year at the Chenango Blues Festival and she torn the place apart. Janiva really brings it on her new disc, which contains covers of tracks from Al Green, Ike Turner and Annie Lennox. Janiva Magness has been the winner of the 2007 & 2006 Blues Music Award for Contemporary Female Artist Of the Year. I think 2008′s award is also on the way to Ms. Magness. Run don’t walk is my recommendation on your trip to the local record store to find this one.

Are you ready for the return of Satan And Adam? I wish I was going to tell you that they have a new studio release out, but I’m not. The good news is they have a new release of a NYC street performance entitled, “Word on the Street: Harlem Recordings, 1989.” Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow, otherwise known at Satan And Adam have been out of the blues scene as a team for almost a decade. Magee (guitar, vocalist) and Gussow(harmonica) first met in Harlem in 1987. “Word On the Street” is the first live album and first new release for Satan And Adam in twelve years. The release is for download only and contains over two hours of music and interviews. The sound quality is not great, but the realness of a Maxwell Street feel and raw power of two fine blues musicians out weighs the crowd noises and muddy mix. Adam describes the new CD as, “A real look into the true sound that the duo had acquired before even stepping into a recording studio.” The release is available through ModernBluesHarmonica.com. Look for a few select reunion dates as Satan and Adam are going to be on the road promoting this release this summer. Look for a documentary out on these two soon, click here for a sample.

As I’ve mentioned on the air, my mail man has been busy. The new releases have been pouring in. When I see a new disc full of the same old Blues standards I am tempted to slip the disc to the bottom of my listening stack. I’m glad that I kept and open mind and tossed M.T. Leon’s self titled debut album into my discman. Back Door Man, Farther On Up the Road, I Smell Trouble, I’m A King Bee, I’ll Play The Blues For You, Love Her With a Feelin’, they are all here, but in a fresh style that is all Mr. Leon’s own. I really enjoyed this disc. An interesting cover on this CD was M.T.’s take on the Johnny Cash classic, “Folsom Prison Blues.” What’s wrong with the same old blues covers, nothing, when M. T. Leon is on top of them. M.T. Leon “M.T. Leon” on Armed & Dangerous Records features a great supporting cast, my favorite is Robert “Night-Hawk” Tooms on the B3 with some help from former Muddy Water’s bassist Mac Arnold. This is a great debut disc and I look forward to what the future holds for Mr. M.T. Leon.

Greg “Doc” Lefebre

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Just two shows in February down with lots of new releases. I hope you enjoyed the new offerings by Alligator Records: Eric Lindell “Low On Cash, Rich in Love” – Roomful of Blues “Rasin’ A Ruckas” – Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater “West Side Strut” & Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King “Blood Brothers.” Info: alligator.com

Brooklyn’s Floyd Lee Band returns with “Doctors, Devils & Drugs” (Amogla). Look for Floyd’s new movie “Full Moon Lightinin’” www.fullmoonlightnin.com

Sean Costello has returned with a Delta Groove Music release (www.DeltaGrooveMusic.com). Sean’s new CD is called “We Can Get Together.”

Thanks for listening!!!!!!! Doc