RIBS TPTD: “Blues Month”, part 3 – King, Hooker, Vaughan & More…
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Finally getting a chance to post installment #3 of our “October is Blues Month” series here on RIBS. Sorry for the delay.
Whew! Sometimes it takes a long time to get a dish just right here in the RIBS kitchen. This was one of those times. No matter how I mixed and matched the ingredients it just didn’t seem to “taste” quite right right in the end and I’d scrap it and start all over again. But, after numerous false starts I think I’ve finally gotten today’s entree up to the quality standard you expect from RIBS.
This week’s mix features a lot of guitar blues anchored around 3 of my favorite bluesmen:
So… let’s jump right into the music and continue down the tracks heading towards the crossroads as we present to you…
RIBS TPTD: Blues Month, part 3 – King, Hooker, Vaughan & More…
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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])
- Into the Night - B.B. King - King Of The Blues [4:14]
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker - King Of The Boogie [2:29]
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes - John Hammond - Frogs For Snakes [2:15]
- Stop Leading Me On - B.B. King - King Of The Blues [2:24]
- Everybody Wants To Know Why I Sing The Blues - B.B. King and Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland - Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, B.B. King Together Again, Live [6:17]
- First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-A Musical Journey [2:18]
- I Pity The Fool (Live) - Robert Cray & Shemekia - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-A Musical Journey [3:40]
- I’ll Play The Blues For You - Albert King - I’ll Play The Blues For You [7:19]
- Your Funeral And My Trial - John Hammond - Frogs For Snakes [2:53]
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker - Free Beer and Chicken [3:31]
- Gone Home - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Soul To Soul [3:07]
- Sittin’ On A Poor Man’s Throne - Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland - Reflections In Blue [3:56]
- Recession Blues - B.B. King - King Of The Blues [2:23]
- Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood [5:22]
- Blues In The Night - Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland - Ask Me ‘Bout Nothing (But The Blues) [3:33]
- The Blues Don’t Care - Etta James - Stickin’ To My Guns [3:44]
- Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City - Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland - Dreamer [3:46]
- Things That I Used To Do - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn’t Stand The Weather [4:54]
- Everybody’s Had The Blues - B.B. King - Blues Summit [4:36]
- Dust My Broom - Etta James - Blues To The Bone [3:35]
- Bank Robbery - John Lee Hooker & Miles Davis - The Hot Spot (Blues Soundtrack) [4:36]
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: "Blues Month", part 2 – Blues Women…
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OK, time for part 2 of our journey through the blues here on RIBS!
Hopefully you were by here last week and know that I’ve designated October "Blues Month" around here. Last week’s mix featured a variety of some of my favorite blues songs and/or singers. This week I wanted to shine the spotlight on the women of blues and let you experience the blues through their eyes.
I was speaking to one of my co-workers a while ago asking them if they liked and/or knew anything about the blues. I remember them saying, "Not really, except that it’s mostly all sad." Well, nothing could be further from the truth and I’m going to prove it with this mix. AAMOF, I started to subtitle this mix…
LET THE JUKE JOINT JUMP!
…because if you are not tempted to get out of your seat while listening to this collection of ladies ’sang’, well, I just don’t know what is wrong with ya!
The blues ladies I’m gracing you with today are:
- Etta James (still going strong)
- Koko Taylor (R.I.P., d. June 3, 2009)
- Denise LaSalle (love her sassy lyrics and singing)
- Shemekia Copeland (daughter of Texas blues guitarist and singer Johnny Copeland)
- Ruth Brown
- Francine Reed
- Big Mama Thornton (She was the first to record the hit song "Hound Dog" in 1952)
- Susan Tedeschi (reminds me of an edgier version of Bonnie Raitt)
Alright. Are you ready? These ladies have big hearts, big voices and tales of love’s heartache and happiness that can only be described as… "the blues". Time to taste the music and satisfy your soul as we present to you…
RIBS TPTD: Blues Month, part 2 – Blues Women…
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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])
- Shakey Ground – Etta James – Seven Year itch [3:18]
- Big Brand New Religion – Shemekia Copeland – Never Going back [3:55]
- Blues Is My Business – Etta James – Let’s Roll[3:33]
- Let The Juke Joint Jump – Koko Taylor – The Best [6:14]
- Little By Little – Susan Tedeschi - The Best of Susan Tedeschi [3:48]
- Bump And Grind – Denise LaSalle – Right Place, Right Time [3:37]
- Ice Water In Your Veins – Ruth Brown – Good Day For The Blues [3:36]
- One Monkey (Don’t Stop No Show) – Francine Reed – Essential Women In Blues, Disk 2 [3:43]
- Hey Bartender – Koko Taylor – The Earthshaker [2:54]
- Strongest Weakness – Etta James – Let’s Roll [4:53]
- Treat Your Man Like A Baby – Denise LaSalle – Right Place, Right Time [4:10]
- River’s Invitation – Shemekia Copeland – Never Going Back [3:40]
- Standing On The Corner – Ruth Brown – Miss Rhythm [3:13]
- A Man Size Job – Denise LaSalle – On The Loose[2:50]
- Old Weakness – Etta James – Let’s Roll [3:12]
- Hangin’ By A Shoestring – Ruth Brown – Good Day For The Blues [3:14]
- I Don’t Want No Leftovers – Koko Taylor – Jump For Joy [3:59]
- Don’t Mess With My Man – Denise LaSalle – A Lady In The Street [4:43]
- Better Not Touch – Shemekia Copeland – The Soul Truth [3:24]
- I’m Feeling Alright – Big Mama Thornton – Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band [3:01]
- Married To The Blues – Shemekia Copeland – Turn The Heat Up! [7:12]
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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RIBS TPTD: October is "Blues Month", part 1…
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Well… it’s October. Summer has come and gone (what little bit of a summer we had this year). The days are getting shorter (daylight wise)… and life (while far from bad) has been knocking me around like a pinball machine.
{sigh} In short… I’ve got "the blues".
Only one thing I can figure out to do at this point, and that is to declare October "Blues Month" here on RIBS!
For the next four weeks (yes, there *are* 5 Thursdays in October this year but the last Thursday of every month is "Duos & Duets" day around here. Remember? {smile}) we’ll be exploring various aspects of this great and unique American art form.
Now, while I would love to pass myself off as a blues expert and say that if you check out RIBS over the the next few weeks you will be more than well versed in this music genre… well, THAT is so far removed from the truth that even I wouldn’t believe it {smile}. At best I am a fan of the Blues and have a basic knowledge of it’s history and many variations. It sounds good to me and there are a great many Blues artists/songs that I like and will be presenting to you over the next month. If you are already a Blues fan, these mixes are something I hope you’ll enjoy and add to your collection. If you are not yet a Blues fan, I hope that you’ll hear something during this month that may move you to investigate the music further.
For part 1 of our journey I have selected a variety of artists and songs that are some of my favorites to get us moving down that long, lonesome highway towards the crossroads. BUT, don’t make the mistake (that a lot of people make) and think that Blues music is all sad and melancholy. The Blues can make you jump up out of your seat and "shake a leg" (as Daddy Grundy likes to say) just as well as it can make you walk the floor all night long pining an unrequited love. The Blues can do it all!
Well, as I said at the beginning, I’ve got the blues… and I’m gonna share it with you all month long. Let’s get started, as RIBS and October present to you…
RIBS TPTD: Blues Month, part 1…
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Playlist: (song – artist – album [time])
- Down Home Blues – Z.Z. Hill - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-A Musical Journey [3:59]
- Hoochie Coochie Man – Muddy Waters – Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-A Musical Journey [2:51]
- Tuff Enuff – The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-A Musical Journey [3:22]
- Juke – Little Walter – Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-A Musical Journey [2:46]
- Good Day For The Blues – Ruth Brown - Good Day For The Blues [2:24]
- Hound Dog – Big Mama Thornton – Ball N’ Chain [3:53]
- Mean Old World – Lou Rawls – Best of Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions [4:41]
- Dyin’ Flu – Albert Collins and The Icebreakers - Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection [10:34]
- Feel Like Breakin’ Up Somebody’s Home – Etta James – Seven Year Itch [4:13]
- Double Crossing Blues – Johnny Otis Quintette w/Little Esther & The Robins - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-A Musical Journey [2:46]
- Fever – Little Willie John – Fever [2:44]
- Goin’ To Chicago Blues - Lou Rawls – Best of Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions [2:53]
- I Can’t Quit You Baby – Otis Rush – Blues Masters Vol 06, Blues Originals [2:55]
- Call It Stormy Monday – T-Bone Walker - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-A Musical Journey [3:02]
- Turn Up The Heat – Shemekia Copeland - Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection [5:06]
- Your Husband Is Cheating On Us – Denise LaSalle - Right Place, Right Time [4:36]
- If Walls Could Talk – Little Milton - Blues Masters Vol 01, Great Blues Performers [3:11]
- Let The Good Times Roll – Koko Taylor – The Earthshaker [3:03]
- Born Under A Bad Sign – Albert King - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-A Musical Journey [2:46]
- I’m A Man – Bo Diddley - Blues Masters Vol 06, Blues Originals [3:03]
- I’ve Got A Mind To Give Up Livin’ – Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues-A Musical Journey [4:58]
- I’d Rather Go Blind – Etta James – Tell Mama [2:36]
Have you missed any of the RIBS mixes we’ve posted? If you have there is now an easy way to catch up on what we’ve been up to. Just go check out the new RIBS Archives Page to see a very easy to read listing of every post (and music mix) we’ve uploaded to the site.
Enjoy!
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