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01:10 Keith’s New Music To Check Out

• “St. James Infirmary’” by The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn and released on Good Night Harry, available on both eMusic and CD Baby. Check out their website here.
• “Dream Blues” from Johnny Hodges on Essential Jazz Masters, found on eMusic.
• “Trouble Blues” by the great Sam Cooke, found on The Man Who Invented Soul on eMusic.
• “Trouble in Mind” as presented by Jimmy Rushing on Five Feet of Soul, available on eMusic.
• “Trouble in Mind” yet again, this time by Peter Carlsson and Blå Grodorna off of their self-titled album, also on eMusic.

12:31 Jonathan Speaks!  He’ll be at Emerald City Blues Festival in November!

14:50 Jonathan’s New Music to Check Out

• “Moaning and Groaning” by Johnny Young on Chicago Blues on eMusic.
• “Wee Baby Blues” from Lynwood Slim’s Last Call, available on CD Baby and eMusic.
• “Feather Brain Blues” done by Muggsy Spanier, available on Manhattan Masters 1945 on eMusic.
• “Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down” off of the Mississippi Sheiks tribute album Things About Comin’ My Way, performed by Bruce Cockburn and available on CD Baby and eMusic.

25:04 Feedback

• Christine Moser writes in to point us towards the thriving blues and jazz communities in Europe, show us a couple of new artists on the way: The Lake Village Ramblers Jazz Band and The Caldonian Blues Band.  Check out her blog here, where she gives us a mention, as well as talks about her experiences DJing and enjoying blues music.

30:43 Keith Returns…Now With More Feedback!

• Kate Bramley-Moore talks to us about the workshop Damon Stone taught in Sweden.  She wanted to point out Albert King’s “I’ll Play the Blues For You,” which is available on eMusic on the album of the same name.  The shorter version is available here.
• More audio feedback, this time from Duane Grover asking that we stem the tide of “Black Rattler” being played at dances across the country; the album is available on Amazon on The Carl Sonny Leyland Trio Meets Nathan James and Ben Hernandez (price = ouch!).  He also mentioned how truly awesome the Spankers were at Shout…you guys really did miss out, if you weren’t there.

39:40 Thanks!

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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.

87:30 Thanks!

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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!

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00:54 Upcoming Events

• Lindy Focus is Dec. 27-31 in Asheville, NC.  Blues electives in the classes.
• Lone Star Championships is near! Jan. 15-17, come compete.
• Enter the Blues DIY Blues Workshop hits Atlanta Feb. 19-21.
• Boston take shelter, Sweet Molasses Blues rolls through town Feb. 26-28!
• BluesSHOUT is STILL coming up April 16-18 2010! *queue “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”*

02:20 New Music To Check Out

• “Perpetual Blues Machine” by Keb’ Mo’, off of Live & Mo’, available on eMusic and Amazon.
  
• “Travellin Riveside,” originally by Robert Johnson, performed by Geoff Muldar & The Texas Sheiks on the album Texas Sheiks. Now on eMusic and Amazon.
  
• “Come On In My Kitchen” from Chris Thomas King’s Red Mud Sessions on eMusic and Amazon.
• “I’m Takin’ a Devil of a Chance” by Lightnin’ Hopkins, released on Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings available on Amazon or on eMusic.
• “Blues Iblis” from an Indonesian artist named Adrian Adieoteomo producing country blues.  Not available for purchase, but can be listened to on MySpace.
• A little outside what we normally provide here, but John Lee Hooker doing “Hobo Blues” at the 1965 American Folk Blues Festival is something pretty special.  Watch the video on YouTube.
  

16:14 Feedback…Feedback…and Feedback.

• Henrik from Uppsala, Sweden asks about work songs in relation to blues, and how to help derive a blues scene from an existing lindy hop scene.
• Kent from San Francisco takes us down a series of long roads into what comprises the elements of blues dances/music.  This email hijacks most of the rest of the podcast, but is great discussion material.  We play several songs through these questions to illustrate points:

1. “Feelin’ Good” by Otis Spann off of The Blues Never Die! Available on eMusic and Amazon.
2. “Egyptian Fantasy” by Sidney Bechet, available on many albums and collections, but let’s go with the Ken Burns collection on eMusic and Amazon.
3. “Summertime” by Gene Harris, off of The Best of the Concord Years on eMusic and Amazon.

• Bill Speidel from Virgina Beach wants folks to hear the Blues Empacts, which you can check out on their website.
• Finally, we get an email from Stokie in England.  He and his wife have started their own venue in Stoke-on-Trent where he wants to try to focus on traditional blues, and is asking for support from dancers not just around the country but those who might be traveling through.  Check out their website, and look at the interview they did for the BBC.  They have made the offer of free entry to anyone who mentions the podcast and shows their U.S. passport at the door, so make sure drop by!

71:41 A Little More Music

• “Love That Girl” by Raphael Saadiq, released on The Way I See It available on iTunes and Amazon.
• “Bridging the Gap” from Nas, featuring Olu Dara.  The single is available on eMusic.

74:55 Thanks!

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75:17 Shakes?

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