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
Steve Howell – Downtown Blues – Since I Saw You Last (Out of the Past Music) 2010 release featurnig guitarist/vocalist Steve Howell
The Sojourners – Nobody Can Turn Me Around – Self-Entitled Release on Black Hen Music (featuring the gospel trio of Will Sanders, Ron Small & Marcus Mosely).
Mudcat – I Want to Know – Freedom Creek (Music Maker)
Planet D Nonent- Drunk (Jimmy Liggins) – Blowin’ Away the Blues (Eastlawn Records)
R.J. Mischo – Ain’t Nothin’ New – Knowledge You Can’t Get In College (Greaseland Records) featuring harp player R.J. Mischo, produced by Mischo and Kid Anderson who also guests on guitar.
Nick Curran – Sheena’s Back – Reform School Girls (Eclecto Groove Records) guitarist Nick Curran
Ed Alstrom – Smokers Hack- Gettin’ Organized – Indedependent release www.edalstrom.com featuring Ed Alstrom on the Hammond.
Lil’ Dave Thompson – You’re Gonna Need Me -Deep in the Night (Electro-Fi Records) 2008 release. Lil Dave just passed away this week as the result of an auto accident, he was just 40 years old. www.lildavethompson.com
Downchild – What Was I Thinking – I Need A Hat (www.downchild.com) Canada’s Downchild blues band returns with a great new effort on Linus Entertainment.
Laurie Morvan Band – Skinny Chicks – Fire It Up! (Screaming Lizard Records) featuring guitarist/vocalist Laurie Morvan.
Blue Lunch – Sideswiped – Sideswiped (Wilberts Records) www.bluelunch.com
8pm Hour: Chris Duarte – Satisfy – Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, All Things Blue (Shrapnelrecords.com)
Debbie Davies – If You love Me Like You Say – Holdin’ Court (Vizztone) ** at the Dino BBQ this Wed. night.
The Doors – Back Door Man (Willie Dixon) – Live at the Felt Forum Jan. 1970 (Rhino Records)
Julius Pittman & The Revival – A Good Fool Is Hard To Find – Bucket List (Maeco Management)
Darrell Nulisch – Let a Woman Be A Woman – Just For You (Severn Records)
Tail Dragger – Baby Please Don’t Go – Live at Rooster’s Lounge (Delmark)
Downchild – El Stew (Instrumental during Live Music Calendar – I Need a Hat (new release)
Travis “Moonchild” Haddix – Getting Old, The Alternative – If I’m One, You’re One Too (Benevolent Blues)
T-Bone Walker - Alimony Blues – the Best of the Black & White and Imperial Years
Alabama Mike – Death Letter Blues (Son House) – Day To Day (JukeHouse Records)
RJ Spangler’s Blue Four – Baby Let’s Go Down To the Woods – The Bill Heid Sessions/You Know I Can’t Refuse (Eastlawn Records)
The Felix Cabrera Band – I Didn’t Know (Chester Burnett/Howlin’ Wolf) – Live At the Turning Point (Suitcase Sound Recordsings)
9pm Hour: Little Joe McLerran – Believe I’ll Make A Change – title track (www.littlejoeblues.com)
Slim Harpo – Mohair Sam – The Excello Singles Anthology
Walter Trout w/ John Mayall – Highway Song – Summertime Blues (Compilation) Walter Trout will be at the Water Street Music Hall on April 15th.
Billy Lavender – Singin’ The Blues – Memphis Livin’ (155 Productions)
Bobby Rush – Little By Little – Black Snake (Deep Rush Records)
Harrison Kennedy – Them 90′s Blues – One Dog Barkin’ (Electro-Fi Records)
Doc’s Basement 9:30pm – Featuring the Two New Releases on Alligator Records www.alligator.com
The Holmes Brothers – Put My Foot Down – Feed My Soul (Alligator Records)
Guitar Shorty – Texas Women – Bare Knuckle (Alligator Records)
The Holmes Brothers – You’re the Kind of Trouble – Feed My Soul (Alligator Records)
Guitar Shorty – Too Late – Bare Knuckle (Alligator Records)
The Holmes Brothers – Rounding Third – Feed My Soul (Alligator Records) again produced by Joan Osborne.
Guitar Shorty – Get Off – Bare Knuckle (Alligator Records)
The Holmes Brothers – Take Me Away – Feed My Soul
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