Tag: blues
Confessing The Blues #08
by admin on Mar.29, 2010, under Podcasts
00:10 Welcome to Episode #008 of Confessing the Blues!
01:50 Credits/Corrections
- “Haman Was Rotten (Purim Blues),” our last song from last month, is by Howlin’ Wasserstrom and on Youtube.
- Keith points out that James P. Johnson taught Fats Waller, not Jelly Roll Morton. Just to make it up to you, he shows you “Yellow Dog Blues” off of Classic Piano Blues from eMusic.
05:28 New Music To Check Out
- “I Got a Feelin’” by Big Maybelle and released on The Complete Okeh Sessions 1952-1955 from eMusic.
- “Hoodoo Man” from Ralph Willis, available on Greatest Blues Masters which is on eMusic.
- “Algiers Hoodoo Blues” as done by Billie and Dede Pierce on New Orleans: The Living Legends. Get it on eMusic.
- “Reconsider Baby,” performed by The Mannish Boys. It’s on Shake For Me on eMusic.
19:56 Blues Instrumentals: How Mighty They Are
In response to Kristin Buxton’s email regarding this topic, we respond with a bunch of music we like.
- “Harlem Parlor Blues” by Sammy Price, available on eMusic on Blues Routes: Heroes and Tricksters: Blues and Jazz Works Songs and Street Music.
- “The Bells” done by Memphis Slim on The Folkways Years 1959-1973 on eMusic.
- “Eddie’s Blues” by Eddie Boyd, from the Essential Blues Masters collection on eMusic.
- Johnny Otis doing “Slo Fuse,” available on Johnny Otis: The Essential Recordings on eMusic.
- “Uptown Blues” by Jimmie Lunceford on Sophisticated Lady: The Best of Jimmie Lunceford on eMusic; also available on the Quadomania box set available on Amazon.
- “Careless Love” from The Wolverines Jazz Band of Bern, released on The Wolverines of Bern at 35 which is available on eMusic.
- Gerry Hundt gave us permission to play the full track of “End of the Day Blues” off of Since Way Back which you should go pick up on cdbaby, but is also available on eMusic and Amazon.
44:07 Feedback
- Kate Bramley-Moore gets back with us again about wangling.
- Manu gets back with us about last month’s show, and has some questions about why faster blues doesn’t get played at events more frequently. We discuss it and offer up a few examples of music we like that we want to play. Also, Google translated his voice message into something…different.
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- “One Kind Favor” by Cephas & Wiggins, available on Flip, Flop, & Fly on eMusic.
- “Three in One Boogie” from Memphis Slim’s Paris Mississippi Blues on eMusic.
- “Come Back to Me Baby Blues” by T-Bone Walker, available on The Very Best Of on eMusic.
- “Sugar Sweet” by Muddy Waters, available on the Properbox King of Chicago Blues on Amazon.
- The video Keith mentioned from the Library of Congress is available here.
87:30 Thanks!
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Confessing The Blues #07
by admin on Feb.24, 2010, under Podcasts
00:13 Welcome to Episode #007 of Confessing the Blues!
01:38 Upcoming Events
- Mile High Blues is March 26-28 in Denver, CO! Twitter feed still right here.
- BluesSHOUT is LOOMING OVER YOU, stomping into Austin April 16-18 2010! *queue Blue Oyster Cult’s “Godzilla”*
- Ottawa Blues Blast erupts into Canada April 23-25!
03:24 New Music To Check Out
- “Hesitation Blues” off of James P. Johnson’s Classic Piano Blues on eMusic.
- “Nickel’s Worth of Liver” done by Edith North Johnson and Henry Brown on the Classic Blues collection on eMusic.
- “Every Night About This Time” from Magic Sam on The Essential Magic Sam: The Cobra and Chief Recordings 1957-1961, as available on eMusic.
- “Lonesome Blues” by Nathan James & Ben Hernandez, released on Make a Change Sometime, available on eMusic and cdbaby.
- “I Got a Woman” as done by Marvin & Turner Foddrell on Classic Appalachian Blues on eMusic.
- If you really, really must…”Night Time is the Right Time” by Elvin Bishop on eMusic.
20:48 The Grammy Recap
The Grammies happened. And there were winners. These are the two winning albums and a track from each of them.
- Best Traditional Blues Album: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, A Stranger Here, available on eMusic and Amazon. Our preferred track this week is “Grinnin’ In Your Face.”
- Best Contemporary Blues Album: The Derek Trucks Band, Already Free, available on Amazon. Check out “Down Don’t Bother Me” off of this.
27:53 Jelly Roll? Something Sweet for Valentine’s Day
- “Jelly Jelly” by Lowell Fulson off of Classic Cuts 1946-53, available on eMusic .
- “Jelly Roll Baker” done by Frankie Lee Sims Masterly Texas Blues and released on eMusic .
- “I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of This Jelly Roll,” version done by Lizzy Miles with Sharkey & His Kings of Dixieland on Jazzin’ the Blues 1943-1952, found on eMusic.
- “Jelly Roll Blues” from Louis Armstrong’s Butter and Eggman available on eMusic.
41:49 Work Songs
All of the samples for this section were taken off of Field Recordings vol. 6, recorded by Neil and Alan Lomax in prisons across Texas. It’s available on eMusic.
61:54 Feedback
- Wendel Ramsey offers up some positive feedback; check out his work here.
- Kristin Buxton has questions about instrumental blues. Check back with us next month, Kristin…
- Kate Bramley-Moore emailed from Sweden wanting to let us know about a workshop coming up there, with info on the event available here. The website is entirely in Swedish; Google will turn that into something almost, but not quite, entirely unlike comprehensible English. Please help us learn how to be more cruel DJs.
67:40 Thanks!
68:36 What the…
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Confessing The Blues #06
by admin on Jan.29, 2010, under Podcasts
00:08 Welcome to episode #006 of Confessing the Blues!
01:21 Upcoming Events
- Enter the Blues DIY Blues Workshop gives you control of your fate in Atlanta Feb. 19-21.
- Sweet Molasses Blues rolls through Boston Feb. 26-28!
- Steel City Blues puts you to the forge March 5-7 in Pittsburgh
- Blues Before Sunrise comes to Melbourne, Austraila in March 5-7
- Mile High Blues is next on the road March 26-28 in Denver, CO! Twitter feed still right here.
- BluesSHOUT is IMPENDING, smashing into Austin April 16-18 2010! *queue most any music from a Michael Bay movie”*
02:31 New Music To Check Out
- “Red House” by the great Jimi Hendrix on Blues, a recent addition to eMusic.
- “Times Won’t Be Hard Always” from George Smith off of Now You Can Talk About Me, eMusic-available.
- “Steamroller Blues” as done by Elvis Presley on Elvis 75, on eMusic.
- “Blues for Gamblers” by Big Joe Williams (not that one, the other one), from Have Mercy! which is, as usual, on eMusic.
- “With My Maker I Am One,” a new release from Eric Bibb from his album Booker’s Guitar from eMusic.
21:30 New Additions to eMusic: Warner Music Group
This isn’t your normal addition to an already huge library of music. Warner Music Group includes a wide selection of music that wasn’t previously available to eMusic users, and we can offer a couple of examples why you should take note.
- “Night Time is the Right Time” by Aretha Franklin from the album The Delta Meets Detroit: Aretha’s Blues.
- “Mr. Charles Blues” is from Ray Charles’s The Genius Sings the Blues.
27:53 Blues That Ain’t: Songs That Aren’t Blues That People Keep Playing
- “Glory Box” by Portishead? Why not try out a little Ike & Tina Turner, doing “I Smell Trouble” from The Soul Anthology on eMusic?
- Feel like playing “Sweat” by Popa Chubby? The kids’ll just love to hear “I Just Want to Make Love to You” by Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon off of At the Village Gate With Pete Seeger. Can be found on eMusic and Amazon.
- Does playing “Fire” by Babyface and Desiree’ get you down? Try putting Howlin’ Wolf’s “I Ain’t Superstitious” out there off of The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions, available on Amazon. The Wiki for this album can be found here.
- If playing “Sunday Morning” by Maroon 5 makes you blue, try some actual blues! “Fine and Mellow” by Ella Fitzgerald, on Bluella: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Blues. Get it on eMusic or Amazon.
63:39 Feedback
- Carter Halloran from London recommends Kenny Neal’s “Going to the Country” off of Bayou Blood, available on eMusic and Amazon.
- Stokie writes back in wanting our listeners to hear The Hottest Aussie Blues and Roots, available on eMusic or Amazon. We liked “Much Too Much” by Diamond Dave and the Doodaddies and “Little Journey” by Juzzie Smith.
75:30 Thanks!
Contact us via email at info@confessingtheblues.com or phone at 60-THE-BLUES (608-432-5837).
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