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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Opening Theme – Little Walter/Juke/Best of /Chess

The Best of 2010

Pinetop Perkins & Willie Big Eyes Smith/Cut That Out/Joined At the Hip/Telarc

Robin Rogers/The Plan/Back In the Fire/Blind Pig  * RIP, Robin lost her battle to her recent sickness and passed away in December.

Mark Hummel/Honey Bee Blues/Retro-Active/Electro-Fi Records

Taildragger/Wander (w/Jimmy Dawkins)/Live at Rooster’s Lounge/Delmark

James Cotton/Find Yourself Another Fool/Giant/Alligator

Mavis Staples/We’re Gonna Make It/You Are Not Alone/Anti

Solomon Burke/Everything About You/Nothing’s Impossible/One World  *RIP, Solomon passed away in 2010, The Bishop of Soul will be missed.

Duke Robillard/Text Me/Passport To The Blues/Stony Plain

John Nemeth/Do You Really Want That Woman/Name the Day!/Blind Pig   *great release and great performance in 2010 at the Chenengo Blues Festival

Chris James & Patrick Rynn/Life Couldn’t Be Sweeter/Gonna Boogie Anyway/Earwig Records

Matt Hill/I Tried To Love A Crazy Woman (w/Bob Margolin)/On The Floor/Vizztone

8pm Hour

Travis “Moonchild:” Haddix/No No No/A Dozen Times  * Hot live disc with a few new studio cuts

Alabama Mike/Ghetto Life/Tailor Made Blues/JukeHouse Records  *Disc #2 from the West Coast truck driver, sounding great!!!

The Chris O’Leary Band/Tshoupitoulas/Mr. Used To Be/Vizztone   *former Levon Helm frontman breaks out with some help from Bruce Katz and Bob Margolin.

Cash Box Kings/Country Boy/I-94 Blues/Blue Bella Records  **Nick Moss’ record label, featuring Billy Flynn and Barrelhouse  Chuck andSteve Freund as guests.

Rob Stone/Can’t Turn Back The Clock/Back Around Here/Earwig Music  *Great Chicago Blues from this Harp Master

Steve Grills/Cuban Getaway (Ike Turner)/After Hours **Finally local guitarist Steve Grills give us his long awaited studio recording.  Worth the wait, special guests include Ernest Lane (Ike Turner band) and Joe Beard.

Alabama Slim/Old Folks Boogie/Blues & Lonesome/MusicMaker.org  *great disc from blues living legend

Ray Bailey/Did You/Resurrection/Tonedef   **Comeback CD of the year with guitarist/vocalist Ray Bailey knocking down some West Coast Blues.

Ron Hacker and the Hacksaws/Welfare Store (Sonny Boy Williamson)/Blue Skunk  *Guitarist Ron Hacker cuts up some nice blues covers and originals.

Downchild/Time To Say Goodbye/I Need A Hat/Linus  **Canadian Blues Legends bring it on with one of their best releases to date in their long career.

Piano Red/The Right String (But The Wrong Yo Yo)/The Lost Atlanta Tapes/Landslide Records  **from our best reissues or compilations of 2010, this is a blues buried treasure just release in 2010 of some of Piano Red’s famous live recordings.

Hosea Hargrove/If You Love Me Like You Say/Tex Golden Nuggest/Dialtone Records

Bryan Lee/Imatation of Love (Doc Pomus/Mac Rebennack)/My Lade Don’t Love My Lady/Justin Time

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Doc’s Juke Joint 7pm Hour

Artist/Title/Album/Label

Little Walter/Juke/Best of/ Chess

Dr. John/My Indian Red/Treme Soundstrack/Geffen Records

The Homemade Jamz Blues Band/Washing Clothes/The Game/Independent  ***NEW

Jessie Lege’& Edward Poullard/New Crowley Two Step/Live! at the Isleton Crawdad Festival ***Catch Jessie Lege’ at the Harmony House this Friday Night.

Boo Boo Davis/Alligator Blues/Undercover Blues/Crossroads ***NEW IMPORT

The Delta Flyers/61 Highway Blues/Sixteen Bars/Soulbilly Records  ***NEW www.deltaflyers.com

The National Debonaires/Uh Oh/Words Are Like Bullets/Blue Edge Records ***NEW

Tas Cru/My GPS Mama/Jus’ Desserts/Crustee Tees Records  **New

Whitey Morgan & Th 78′s/Buick City/Whitey Morgan & the 78′sBloodshot Records  **at Abilene this FridayNight

Slim Fatz/Evil/Everybody Loves Slim/Aladdin Entertainment Recordings ***NEW

Johnny Rawls/Gasoline On the Fire/Ace of Spades  ***Lots of Upstate NY dates coming in December ****

Mavis Staples/We’re Gonna Make It/You Are Not Alone/Anti

The Norman Sylvester Quartet/Frog Hair/Live/Boogie Cat Productions *NEW

Jay Gaunt/Greensleeves/Harmonicopia/JBG Music

Bob Corritore and Friends/I Need To Be  Be’d With (w/Carol Fran vocals)/Harmonica Blues/Delta Groove

Red Horse/If These Walls Could Talk (John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson, Lucy Kaplansky)/Red Horse/Red House Records **at the Smith Opera House in Geneva on Thursday night.

Charlie Musselwhite/The Well/The Well/Alligator Records

Leyla Fences/Upside Blues/Liars Cheats & Fools/Indepedent

Chris James Patrick Rynn/Little Girl/Gonna Boogie Anyway/Earwig Music

Robin Rogers/Second Time Around/Back In The Fire/Blind Pig

Alabama Mike/Stop Putting Me On/Tailor Made Blues/JukeHouse Records

Rockin Jason D. Williams/Like Jerry Lee/Killer Instincs/RockabillyRecords

Deb Callahan/I Feel The Spirit/Tell It Like It Is/Blue Pearl Records

Matt Hill/Hellz Bellz/On The Floor/Vizztone

9pm – Jimi Hendrix: West Coast Seattle Boy – 1 hr. Special, celebrating the new boxset.

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Doc’s Juke Joint – 7pm Hour

Artist/Title/Album/Label

Little Walter/Juke/Best of /Chess

Paul Oscher/Wee Baby Blues/Bet On the Blues Limited Edition/Blues Fidelity  ***NEW, former Muddy Waters sideman, featured solo on piano on this track recorded live (I believe at the Pocono Blues Festival)

The Dynamites featuring: Charles Walker/Burn It Down/Burn It Down/Outta Sight Records **NEW

Eden Brent/Let’s Boogie Woogie/Ain’t Got No Troubles/Yellow Dog Records ***NEW (featuring George Porter, Jr. & John Cleary on her new release).

Whiteboy James and the Blues Express/Have Your Way Baby/Last Time Was the Last Time/Independent  **NEW from vocalist/harp player and West Coast rocker.

Buddy Guy/Thank Me Someday/Living Proof/Silvertone **NEW  *74 years old and still going strong with this new release.

The Blues Masters featuring Big Al Carson/Black Cat Bone/Rabadash Records

Big Daddy “O”/Better Off  With The Blues/Used Blues/Rabadash Records

Slim Harpo/Buzz Me Baby/The Excello Singles Anthology/Excello

Debbie Davies/If You Love Me Like You Say/Holdin’ Court ** at the Dino BBQ on Dec. 1st

Tinsley Ellis/I Take What I Want/Moment of Truth/Alligator Records ***At Club 86 in Geneva on November 16th.

Li’l Anne and the Hot Cayenne/How You Gonna Do That?/How You Gonna Do That?/Independent **at the Harmony House – November 20th (Saturday)

Joe Bonamassa & Robert Cray/Give Me One Reason/off Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory/Concord Music ***Joe Bonamassa will be at the Auditorium Theatre on November 16th.

8pm Hour

Roy Book Binder/Statesboro Blues/Live Book Don’t Start Me Talkin’  **Roy will be at the Harmony House on November 14th

Koko Taylor/Born Under A Bad Sign/Deluxe Edition/Alligator  (the late Queen of the Blues) w/Buddy Guy

Justin Townes Earle/Harlem River Blues/Harlem River Blues  (son of Steve Earle)

Robin Rogers/What We Are Worth/Back In The Fire/Blind Pig    ***suffering from inoperable liver cancer since August.

Dave Specter/The Funky Hunky/Spectrified/Independent  **guitarist Dave Specter’s latest cd.

Chrissie O’Dell/Forecast Calls For Change/If I Had A Dime/Dime Time Productions

Rob Stone/Can’t Turn Back The Clock/Back Around Here/Earwig

Mavis Staples/We’re Gonna Make It/You Are Not Alone/Anti

The Derek Trucks Band/Down In the Flood/Roadsongs/Sony

Kenny Neal/Down In The Swamp/Hooked On Your Love/Blind Pig Records

9pm Hour

Piano Red/St. Louis Blues/The Lost Atlanta Tapes/Landslide Records

Mitch Kashmar & The Pontiax/Lip Service/100 Miles To Go/Delta Groove Music

Johnny Adams/Come Rain or Come Shine/Good Morning Heartache/Rounder

Hosea Hargrove/Nine Pounds of Steel/Tex Golden Nuggest/Dialtone Records

Alvin Youngblood Hart/Mama Don’t Allow/Warren Haynes Presents The Benefit Concert Vol. 3/Evil Teen

Bob Corritore and Friends/That’s My Baby(w/Eddie Clearwater)/Harmonica Blues/Delta Groove

James Day/Power Down/Firecracker/Neon Blues Records

Chris James Patrick Rynn/You Can’t Trust Nobody/Gonna Boogie Anyway/Earwig Records

Alabama Slim/Fannie Mae/Blues & Lonesome/Music Maker

Lil Queenie & The Percolators/My Darlin New Orleans/Treme – soundtrack from the HBO Series

Dr. John/Big Gap/Tribal/429 Records

Kermit Ruffins/Ain’t That Good News/Happy Talk/Basin Street Records

Thank you for listening to Doc’s Juke Joint!!!!!!!!!!

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Doc’s Juke Joint – Opening Theme

Little Walter

Little Walter – Juke

Commander Cody – Semi Truck – Dopers, Drunks and Everday Losers (Blind Pig)

Mudcrutch – Six Days On the Road – Mudcrutch (featuring Tom Petty) ** two performances at Darien Lake this summer.

Smokin’ Joe Kubeck and Bnois King – Payday In America – Have Blues Will Travel (Alligator)

Steve Earle  – Oxycotin Blues  – Washington Square Serenade ** at Water Street Music Hall with Electric Hot Tuna on July 28th.

Alabama Slim – Has Anybody Seen My Baby – Blue & Lonesome (MusicMaker.org)

Lee “Shot” Williams – You’re Welcome To The Club – I’m The Man For The Job (CDS Records)

Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith – Take Your Eyes Off My Woman – Joined At the Hip (Telarc)

**Happy Birthday Pinetop Perkins – look for a performance from Pinetop in Niagara Falls in September.

Pinetop Perkins

Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans – Can’t Stand to See You Go (Jimmy Reed) – Stuck With the Blues (independent)

Big Daddy-O – Better Off With The Blues – Used Blues (Rabadash) ***NEW

Watermelon Slim – End of The Line – Ringers (NorthernBlues) ** at the Chenengo Blues Festival

Walter Trout – Hudson Had Help – Common Ground (Provogue)  ** New

8pm Hour

Jack Bruce/Dick Heckstall-Smith/Clem Clempson/Ronnie Leahy/Neal Wilkinson – Send For Me – This Is The Blues Volume 2 (Blue Storm Music)

Ghost Town Blues Band – Baby Please Don’t Go – Dust The Dust (Inside Sound)

Jimmy Dawkins – Luv Sumbody (Featuring: Little Johnny Christian) – The Leric Story (Delmark Records) ** sampler of some of the music recordedon Jimmy Dawkins own record label – Leric Records from the 1980′s.  Featuring Guitarist Jimmy Dawkins

Ann Savoy

Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights – Black Coffee – Black Coffee (Merless Records) ** NEW

Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory – Am I Wrong (featuring Keb’ Mo’ & Taj Mahal) – Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory (Concord Records)

Peter Wolf – Thick As Thieves – Midnight Souvenirs **NEW – Yes that Peter Wolf from the J. Geils Band.

Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Born Bred Corn Fed – The Wages *** at Darien Lake part of the Warped Tour on Wed.

Cyril Neville – New Orleans Cookin’ – The Essential Cyril Neville 1994-2007 (MC Records) *** at the Downtown Festival Site Party in the Park on August 5th with Galactic and Los Staitjackests.

Chris James & Patrick Rynn – Little Girl – Gonna Boogie Anyway -(Earwig Music)

Bobbie Henrie & The Goners – Rock All Over Town – Gone Guitar ** at the Dino BBQ this Tuesday night.

Peter Karp & Sue Foley – So Far So Fast – He Said She Said *** at the Earlville Opera House on Aug. 7th.

The Kilborn Alley Blues Band – Foolsville – Better Off Now (Blue Bella)

Stringbean – Lay Low – Layin’ Low (Blues Leaf)

9pm Hour

Travis “Moonchild” Hadix – No No No – A Dozen Times (Benevolent Blues)

Dady Mack Blues Band – You Got My Money – Bluesfinger (Inside Sounds)

Marshall Lawrence – Going Down To Louisiana – Blues Intervention www.doctorblues.com

Troy Turner – Foolin’ Yourself – Whole Lotta Blues (Evidence)

Mississippi Heat -Peace Train – Let’s Live It Up! (Delmark Records)

Solomon Burke – Oh What A Feeling – Nothing’s Impossible (One World)

Peter Parcek – Get Right With God – The Mathematics of Love (Vizztone)

9:30pm – Doc’s Basement – Tonight – Artists coming to Town or the area.

Bill Kirchen – I Don’t Work That Cheap (featuring Commander Cody) – Word To The Wise ** at Lovin Cup on July 21st.

The Derek Trucks Band – Don’t Miss Me – Roadsongs (Sony) ** In town on Friday at Downtown Festival Site

Tarbox Ramblers – Stewball – Tarbox Ramblers ** at Bop Fest 4 on this Saturday at the Village Gate

Sauce Boss – All That Meat and No Potatoes – Raw ** at the Dino BBQ on Thursday night

Nick Curran and the Lowlifes – Sheena’s Back – Reform School Girl *** at Bop Fest 4 on Sunday

Deadstring Brothers – Sao’ Paulo – Sau Paulo (Bloodshot Records) *** at Bop Fest 4 on Saturday

Merle Haggard – How Did You Find Me Here – I Am What I Am ** at the Grassroots Festival on Thurs. July 22

Thank you for listening to Doc’s Juke Joint!!!!!!!!!!!

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Doc’s Juke Joint – Opening Theme – Juke by Little Walter

Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez- Love Make You Do Stupid Things (with Eric “Roscoe” Ambel) ww.ChristineOhlman.net

Christine Ohlman

Chris Beard – Gotta Find My Baby – Who I Am & What I Do (Electro Glide Records) featuring Joe Beard on vocals, Mark Kackmaryk on piano **NEW

Big Al Carson – Don’t Look Any Further – 3 Phat Catz and 1 Skinny Dog (Rabadash Records) NEW***

Booker T – She Breaks – Potato (Anti) Booker T and the MG’s at the Jazz Festival Saturday Night!!!!!!

Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Ain’t Nothin’ But A Party – Medicated Magic (2002) *** at the Westcott Theatre in Syracuse on this Thursday night****

Koko Taylor – I Got What It Takes (Live duet with Muddy Waters) – The Chess Years (Expanded Edition) Geffen ***NEW

Elvin Bishop – Get Your Hand Out of My Pocket – Red Dog Speaks (Delta Groove) **NEW

Peter Case – Dig What You’re Pittin’ Down – Wig!  (YEP ROC)  *** New

Thersa James and the Rhythm Tramps – Hug Yourself – You Know You Love It (JesiLu Records)

Jim Stuhler & Monkey Beat – Border Rock – Tijuana Bible (Rounder) ** At the Dino BBQ on Wed. June 23rd.

8pm Hour

Gonestermachers – John The Revelator – The Crushing Gift (featuring Curtis Waterman)

Mitch Woods – Gumbo Blues – Gumbo Blues – A Tribute to Smiley Lewis and the pioneers of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues (Club 88 Records) featuring: Herb Hardesty – sax *****NEW

Chris James & Patrick Rynn – Money Don’t Like Me – Gonna Boogie Anyway (Earwig) www.earwigmusic.com

Warren Haynes featuring: Alvin Youngblood Hart – Mama Don’t Allow – Warren Haynes Presents the Benefit Concert (Vol. 3) 2 CD Set (Evil Teen) www.evilteen.com

Janiva Magness – Your Love Made A U-Turn – The Devil Is an Angel Too (Alligator)

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John Prine – This Guitar Is For Sale – Twistable Turntable Man: A Musical Tribute to the songs of Shel Silverstein (sugarhillrecords.com)

Nick Curran & the Lowlifes – Kill My Baby -Reform School Girl (Eclecto Groove) *** at the Bop Fest in Rochester at the Village Gate on July 18th.

Willie May – Geraldine – Grand Mal Indigo (www.WillieMayMusic.com) from Buffalo

Earl Gaines – I Just Don’t Know Anymore – Good To Me (Ecko Records) last studio CD from the blues legend that just passed away at the beginning of this year. ***NEW

Floyd Lee – Ridin’ On Empty – Full Moon Lightnin’ SOUNDTRACK

Fathead – Freedom Day – Where’s The Blues Taking Me (Electro-Fi Records)

9pm Hour

Jeff Healey – Some of These Days – Last Call

Ed Alstrom – Smokers Hack – Gettin’ Organized

The Mannish Boys – Mona/Willie and the Hand Jive – Shake For Me (Delta Groove)

Susan Tedeshi – You Got The Silver – Hope and Desire ***at the Rochester Festival Site with Derek Trucks and Old Crow Medicine Show on July 16th.

Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin’ Daddies! – NeighborTend To Your Business – Big Rockin’ Boogie

John Nemeth – Heartbreak With A Hammer – Name  Day! (Blind Pig) * at Chenengo Blues Festival in August down in Norwich, NY

9:30pm – Doc’s Basement – Performers still coming up at this years – Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival

www.rochesterjazz.com

Walter “Wolfman” Washington – Just Like That (featuring Trombone Shorty on trumpet) – Doin’ The Funky Thing

Rosie Ledet – Do That Thing – Now’s the Time (Maison de Soul)

Bryan Lee – Imitation of Love – My Lady Don’t Love My Lady (Justin Time)  www.justin-time.com

Trombone Shorty – On Your Way Down – Backatown

James Hunter – Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – the Hard Way

Bryan Lee – Key To The Highway (Little Walter) – Live at the Old Absithe House

Thank you for listening to Doc’s Juke Joint !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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