Saturday night blues blogging
After an enthusiastic introduction, the Downchild Blues Band are going to do a duelling harmonicas piece. After no introduction whatsoever, the Fabulous Thunderbirds are going to jump right into Rock…
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Saturday night blues blogging
If you have any suggestions, now would be the time to bring them up. This is Suggestion Blues by Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, featuring Sam Myers. I can remember…
Saturday night blues blogging
David Bromberg seems to have definite ideas about what to do on a Saturday night. Chains and Things was once a big hit for B. B. King. This is Joe…
Saturday night blues blogging
Because the world needs more blues harp. John Sebastian and Annie Raines are going to team up on an instrumental called Orange Dude Blues. This is Carey Bell performing Break…
Saturday night blues blogging
Let’s see if I can get your toe tappin’ for starters with I’m a Lowdown Viper by Those Delta Rhythm Kings. Here’s a slow instrumental by Jerry Portnoy called Blues…
Saturday night Chris Smither blogging
Chris Smither is an engaging songwriter and performer and I’m just going to turn the place over to him for the evening. This is Place In Line. This sounds like…
Saturday night blues blogging
Richie Sambora, Tommy Emmanuel and Laurence Juber got together for an enthusiastic unplugged performance of Baby What You Want Me To Do. This is Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers…
Saturday night blues blogging
Good evening. Here’s another Steve Dawson solo instrumental effort. It’s called Chunky. Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, the nucleus of Hot Tuna, are joined by Steve Kimock for Trouble in…
Saturday night blues blogging
This is Otis Rush performing at Montreux in 1986 with Gambler’s Blues. Freddie King wants to know if you can feel it. This is Goin’ Down. And a long, slow…
Saturday night blues blogging
Good evening. This is Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King performing Tired of Crying Over You at a bar in Texas. And this is Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets featuring…
Saturday night blues blogging
To begin, this is an instrumental called Kirk’s Blues from The Mannish Boys. Kirk Fletcher, the lead player on that last one, turns up in this clip, in which Joe…
Saturday night: Harps
This is the Asylum Street Spankers with Harp Rumble. This will slow things down in style. Billy Branch, Carey Bell and Phil Wiggins perform Blues Harp Blues. And this will…
Saturday night blues blogging
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl was originally recorded as Good Morning, School Girl in 1937 by Sonny Boy Williamson. This is Bob Weir with Dan Kanter. Unnecessarily Mercenary was written by…
Saturday night blues blogging
This is Nick Gravenites — singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer — performing Buried Alive in the Blues. Popa Chubby has some fun with Willie Dixon’s Back Door Man, including throwing…
Saturday night blues blogging
It felt strange to type “Saturday night blues blogging” but I’ll get used to it. Let’s open with Katie Webster on Two-fisted Mama. The video’s fuzzy but the audio’s clear…
Belated blues blogging
Guess I missed another Friday night. Sorry. Things have been a tad out of control the last couple of days (tho’ nothing serious). This is Steve Dawson with an instrumental…
Friday night: Change of pace
Be advised: these selections aren’t blues nor do they have anything in particular to do with each other aside from the fact that I thought they were interesting. The first…
Friday night blues blogging
I’m going to throw different styles together this evening, starting with a solo acoustic number by Davy Knowles called Come Home. This is Jim Byrnes with a song originally performed…
Friday night blues blogging
This is Lucky Peterson with Noel Johnston on second guitar performing at a jazz festival in Vienna in 2009. The song is Dead Cat on the Line. This one goes…
Friday night blues blogging
I wanted to note the passing of Pete Seeger earlier this week, but I thought it called for more than just taking a few minutes in the midst of a…