Playlist: May 22, 2013

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The Doors, Back Door Man
     Ray Manzarek (1939-2013)
Roosevelt Dime, Wishing Well
     Thu 5/23 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall

Special in-studio guests: Alex Pinto, David Boyce, Shaun Lowecki, Scott Brown

     Thu-Sat 5/23-25: SF Offside Festival

Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Memphis (I Am a Man)
Sonny Sharrock Experience, Promises (in-studio)
Sonny Sharrock Experience, Little Rock (in-studio)
Sonny Sharrock Experience, Many Mansions (in-studio)
Wiener Kids, For My Mother

Selections from "Live From the Fog City Blues Vol.1"

Beso Negro, If You See Kay (in-studio)
Tip of the Top, Wait Baby (in-studio)
Dennis Johnson, Radio Blues (in-studio)
Xandra Corpora, The Battle of San Francisco (in-studio)
Quinn DeVeaux, Goin' Back to Oakland (in-studio)
Meklit & Quinn, Neighborhood #1 (in-studio)
Amber Gougis, Let Me Love You (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Same Old You (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Money Is King (in-studio)
Joe Louis Walker, Soldier For Jesus (in-studio)
Saul Kaye, Two Wolves (in-studio)
Meshuggah Beach Party, Go Go Golem (in-studio)
Howell Devine, Train (in-studio)

Shorter Is Better

Guitar Shorty, We the People
Trombone Shorty, Backatown
Shorty Long, Function At The Junction
Larry Williams, Short Fat Fannie
J.D. Short, Slidin' Delta
Memphis Minnie, I Don't Want That Junk Outta You
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Go Go Power
Little Wolf & The Hellcats, The Color of the Rose
Little Willie John, All Around The World
Little Milton, Sneaking Around
Little Junior Parker, Next Time You See Me
Little Walter, Boom Boom Out Goes The Light
Guitar Slim, The Things That I Used To Do
Guitar Slim, Lonesome Home Blues
Memphis Slim, Mean Old Frisco
Fillmore Slim, The Legend Of Fillmore Slim

Playlist: May 15, 2013

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Roosevelt Dime, Simple Man
     Wed 5/22 @ The Bistro
     Thu 5/23 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Meklit & Quinn, Saving Up (in-studio)
     Sat 5/18 @ St. Cyprian's Church
Go Van Gogh, James Conn
     Sat 5/18 @ Revolution Cafe
Tip of the Top, Hard To Get
     Sun 5/19 @ The StandBy
Howell Devine, Guitar Rag
     Fri 5/17 @ Boom Boom Room
     Sat 5/18 @ The Baltic
     Sun 5/19 @ Revolution Cafe

Special in-studio guest: Bhi Bhiman

     Sat 5/18 @ St. Cyprian's Church

Walk of Life (in-studio)
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (in-studio)
Will You Be There (in-studio)
Otis Spann, T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
Highway to Hell (in-studio)
Rainbow in the Dark
     from the new EP Substitute Preacher

Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Shot Of Love
     Sat 5/18 @ Bimbo's 365 Club
The Slide Brothers, The Sky Is Crying
     from the new album Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers
James Cotton, Bonnie Blue
     from the new album Cotton Mouth Man
Homemade Jamz Blues Band, Buy One Get One Free
     from the new album Mississippi Hill Country
Cassie Taylor, Again
     from the new album Out Of My Mind
Rory Block, Everybody Loves John
     from the new album Avalon: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt
Duke Robillard, I Wouldn't-a Done That
     from the new album Independently Blue
Spin Doctors, Ben's Looking out the Window Blues
     from the new album If The River Was Whiskey
Guy Davis, That's No Way To Get Along
Taj Mahal, Mailbox Blues
     from the new album True Blues
California Honeydrops, Miss Louise (in-studio)

Playlist: May 8, 2013

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Meklit & Quinn, Sent By You
     Fri 5/10 @ Davies After Hours
Rupa & The April Fishes, Gone
     Thu 5/09 @ Palace of Fine Arts
     Sat 5/11 @ Whole Earth Festival
Ruthie Foster, Nickel And A Nail (live)
     Sat 5/11 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sun 5/12 @ Sebastapol Community Center
     Mon 5/13 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Bhi Bhiman, Walk of Life
     Sat 5/12 on West Coast Live
     Wed 5/15 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guest: Regina Carter

     Thu-Sun 5/09-12 @ SFJazz Center

Artistiya
Up South
There's A Small Hotel
Hiwumbe Awumba
Kanou
Skeeter Blues

Special in-studio guests: Carolina Chocolate Drops

     Sun 5/12 @ SFJazz Center

Boodle-De-Bum-Bum (in-studio)
West End Blues
Country Girl
Kerr's Negro Jig (Full Band Version)
Snowden's Jig [Genuine Negro Jig]
Mahalla
Daughter's Lament
George Jackson

Bob Dylan, 32-20 Blues
Muddy Waters, 32-20 Blues
Muddy Waters, Kind Hearted Woman
Robert Jr. Lockwood, Kind Hearted Woman
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, Walkin' Blues
Robert Johnson, They're Red Hot

Playlist: May 1, 2013

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Richie Havens, San Francisco Bay Blues
     Richie Havens (1941-2013)
Bob Brozman, Strange Ukelele Blues
     Bob Brozman (1954-2013)
Cowboy Junkies, The Confessions of Georgie E
     Thu 5/02 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
     Fri 5/03 @ Montalvo Arts Center
Lost Dog Found, Tear Up The Floor
     Sun 5/05 @ Russian River Brewing
Frank Bey with the Anthony Paule Band, Town Without Pity (live)
     Thu 5/02 @ Biscuits and Blues

Special in-studio guest: Benjamin Brown

Benjamin Brown, 6 Days to Sunday (in-studio)
Benjamin Brown, No Name (in-studio)
Benjamin Brown, Yours (in-studio)
Devil Said Maybe, Black & Blue
Skip James, Devil Got My Woman
Benjamin Brown, What's Left (in-studio)
Benjamin Brown, Free
     from the new album 13

Bob Dylan, Workingman's Blues #2
Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Hard Labor
T-Bone Walker, Too Lazy (To Work But Too Nervous To Steal)
Ray Charles, I'll Do Anything But Work
St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Hard Work Boogie
Lee Dorsey, Working in a Coalmine
Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Working Man
Elvin Bishop, Don't Let The Bossman Get You Down
Tom Waits, I Can't Wait To Get Off Work

Mark Hummel, My Kinda Baby
Mark Hummel et al, My Babe (live)
     from the forthcoming album Remembering Little Walter
Little Walter, Oh Baby
Willie Nelson, Sitting On Top of the World
 

Playlist: April 24, 2013

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Rupa & The April Fishes, Like I Do
     Sat 4/27 @ The Independent
The Record Company, Don't Let Me Get Lonely
     Fri 4/26 @ The Independent
Paul Kelly, Cold As Canada
     Sun 4/28 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Benjamin Brown, Tic Tac Toe Tag
     Fri 4/26 @ Great American Music Hall
     Wed 5/01 on Fog City Blues
The Proclaimers, (I'm Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down
     Fri 4/26 @ Great American Music Hall

Special in-studio guests: Tin Cup Serenade

     Sun 4/28 @ Red Poppy Art House

Ya Ya Blues
     from the new album Tragic Songs of Hope
I Got Lost (in-studio)
Lament for Javanette (in-studio)
Money Is King (in-studio)
Sunny Oakland Day (in-studio)
All I Can Do Is Cry (in-studio)
Fragments of You (in-studio)
Baby Brown (in-studio)
Limbo Jazz (in-studio)

4th Annual Left-Handathon

Albert King, Got To Be Some Changes Made (live)
Albert King, Born Under a Bad Sign
Otis Rush, Natural Ball
Otis Rush, Gambler's Blues (live)
Left Hand Frank, Blues Won't Let Me Be
Lefty Dizz, Where The Hell Were You When I Got Home?!
Trampled Under Foot, She's Long, She's Tall, She's Gone
Paul McCartney, Great Cock And Seagull Race
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, Peppermint Man
Elizabeth Cotten, Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Catfish Blues (live)

Playlist: April 17, 2013

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The California Honeydrops, Like You Mean It
     from the new album Like You Mean It
     Fri 4/19 @ Great American Music Hall
Tin Cup Serenade, Empty Pocket Waltz
     from the forthcoming album Tragic Songs of Hope
     Wed 4/24 on Fog City Blues
Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project, Gypsy Without a Song
     Thu 4/18 @ The Lucky Horseshoe
Gaucho, Linden Lullaby
     Thu 4/18 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Redwood Tango Ensemble, El Simpatico
     from the new album Cayetano
     Sun 4/21 @ Red Poppy Art House

Quinn DeVeaux, Lions On Lakes
     Wed 4/24 @ Rite Spot Cafe
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, They All Asked For You
Taj Mahal, Sweet Mama Janisse
     Sat 4/20 @ Mystic Theatre
     Sun 4/21 @ Cascade Theate
John Lee Hooker Jr, Hard Times
     Fri 4/19 @ Biscuits and Blues
Zakiya Hooker, Bit By Love (Hard Times)
     Thu 4/18 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Shemekia Copeland, Lemon Pie
     Sat 4/20 @ Biscuits and Blues
The Hound Kings, Come Go Home With Me
     Mon 4/22 @ Poor House Bistro
     Thu 4/25 @ The Lucky Horseshoe
Bill Frisell, Blues Dream
     Thu-Sun 4/18-21 @ SFJazz Center

J.B. Lenoir, Tax Payin' Blues

Fiddlin' John Carson, Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All

Bob Dylan, Workingman's Blues #2

Eddy Clearwater, I.R.S. Man

Patrick Quinn, Tax Man Max

Shuggie Otis, Wings Of Love
Shuggie Otis, Magic
     from the new album Inspiration Information / Wings Of Love
Mud Morganfield, Walkin' Thru The Park (live)
     from the forthcoming album Blues Is in My Blood
John Primer & Bob Corritore, The Clock
     from the new album Knockin' Around These Blues
Tommy Castro, I Take What I Want
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Six Levels Below Plant Life
Little Brother Montgomery, Ain't Nobody Here But Me
Bessie Smith, Careless Love

Playlist: April 10, 2013

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Molly Ringwald, Don't You Forget About Me
     from the new album Except... Sometimes
     Tue 4/16 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Karina Denike, I Never Cared
     Sun 4/14 @ Rite Spot Cafe
Benjamin Brown, 6 6 & 13
     Thu 4/11 @ Mission Community Market
     Fri 4/12 @ Vessel Gallery
     Sat 4/13 @ Fireside Lounge
Tin Cup Serenade, Sunny Oakland Day
     from the forthcoming album Tragic Songs of Hope
     Thu 4/11 @ Rite Spot Cafe
     Fri 4/12 @ Revolution Cafe

Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Driftin' Blues
Maria Muldaur, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
     Wed 4/17 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, The Rounder
     Fri 4/12 @ Center For The Arts
Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings, Ever Since I Lost You (live)
     Fri 4/12 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Lester Chambers, Clean Up Man
     Sat 4/13 @ River Theater
Meklit & Quinn, This Must Be The Place
John Brim, Humming Blues
Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters

Playlist: April 3, 2013

Tip of the Top, Rocker
Tip of the Top, Wait Baby (in-studio)
     Fri 4/05 @ Piacere's
Howell Devine, Mighty Long Time
     Sat 4/06 @ Club Deluxe
     Sun 4/07 @ Revolution Cafe
     Wed 4/10 @ Biscuits and Blues
California Honeydrops, All Day, All Night
     from the forthcoming album Like You Mean It
     Fri 4/05 @ Assembly
     Sat 4/06 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Phosphorescent, Ride On / Right On
     from the new album Muchacho
     Sat 4/06 @ The Independent

Muddy Waters, I Be's Troubled
Muddy Waters, I Can't Be Satisfied
Jeffrey Wright, I Can't Be Satisfied
Bill Frisell, I Can't Be Satisfied
Saul Kaye, Two Wolves
Muddy Waters, Long Distance Call (live)

The Plāto'nes, Science Fiction Double Feature (live)
     Sun 4/07: Philosophy Talk Live at the Marsh
Billie Holiday, Billie's Blues
James McCartney, Your True Love
     Tue 4/09 @ Cafe du Nord

Playlist: March 27, 2013

Mitch Woods, What Can I Do (live)
Mitch Woods, Caledonia's Party
     Sat 3/30 @ The Chapel
     Wed 4/03 @ Biscuits and Blues
Wendy DeWitt, 3 O'Clock Jump
     Tue 4/02 @ Yoshi's Oakland: Queens of Boogie Woogie
Rebirth Brass Band, What Goes Around Comes Around
     Fri-Sat 3/29-30 @ Mezzanine
Taarka, You're Alright
     from the new album Adventures in Vagabondia
     Thu 3/28 @ Caspar Inn
     Fri 3/29 @ Arcata Playhouse

Meshugga Beach Party, Dayenu
Saul Kaye, Moses' Blues
John Lee Hooker, Moses Smote The Water
Tom Waits, Books Of Moses
The Duhks, Moses Don't Get Lost
Jimmy Scott, Exodus
Fats Waller, Go Down, Moses
Louis Armstrong, Go Down Moses
Mavis Staples, Go Down Moses
Bob Dylan, Go Down Moses (live)

Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas
California Honeydrops, Like This, Like That
     from the forthcoming album Like You Mean It
Rebecca Ross, Casanova
Andre Karpov, NYC
     Sat 3/30 @ Viracocha
Go Van Gogh, Hope In A Gilded Age
     Sat 3/30 @ Awaken Cafe
Phil Berkowitz, Salt Pork West Virginia
     Tue 4/02 @ Biscuits and Blues

Rufus Thomas, Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
Robert Jr Lockwood, Steady Groove
Johnny Copeland, Houston
Leroy Carr, How Long, How Long Blues
Sarah Vaughan, Ain't Misbehavin'
Jeff Healey, Pennies From Heaven
Sue Foley, Big City Blues
Jimi Hendrix, Bleeding Heart
     from the new album People, Hell & Angels

Playlist: March 20, 2013

Sonny Boy Williamson, Springtime Blues
Kermit Ruffins, Bogalusa Strut
     Thu 3/21 @ The New Parish
     Fri-Sat 3/22-23 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
California Honeydrops, Here Comes Love
     from the forthcoming album Like You Mean It
     Wed 3/27 @ Humboldt Brews
Tin Cup Serenade, Limbo Jazz
     from the forthcoming album Tragic Songs of Hope
     Fri 3/22 @ Revolution Cafe
Shoestring Trio, Puttin' On The Ritz
     from the new album Shoestring Trio
     Fri 3/22 @ Ghiringhelli

John Németh, Blues in My Heart (live)
Tip of the Top, One Way Out
     Fri 3/22 @ Mojo Lounge
     Sat 3/23 @ Manghan's
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Cool Breeze
     Fri 3/22 @ Poor House Bistro
Ron Hacker, My Bad Boy (live)
     Thu 3/21 @ Poor House Bistro
Delta Wires, Saturday Night in North Beach
     from the new album Anthology
     Sat 3/23 @ Biscuits and Blues
Jimi Hendrix, Hey Gypsy Boy
     from the new album People, Hell & Angels

Tom Waits, Day After Tomorrow
Louis Jordan, G.I. Jive
Geeshie Wiley, Last Kind Words
Blind Lemon Jefferson, Wartime Blues
Blind Willie Johnson, When The War Was On
The Pogues, And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Sonny Sharrock Experience, Once Upon A Time (live)
     Sat 3/23 @ Revolution Cafe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Singing In My Soul
Son House, Preachin' Blues
Otis Spann, Been A Long, Long Time
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, It Won't Be Long
Marcia Ball, We Fell Hard
Jimmie Vaughan, Comin' & Goin'

Playlist: March 13, 2013

Lightnin' Slim, Winter Time Blues
Big Head Blues Club, Come On In My Kitchen
     Sat 3/16 @ The Fillmore
The Chop Tops, Deadly Love
Slim Jenkins, Burnt Toast & Black Coffee
     Fri 3/15 @ Slim's
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Callin' All Fools
     Fri 3/15 @ Biscuits and Blues

Special in-studio guests: Shoestring Trio

     Fri 3/15 @ Red Poppy Art House
     Tue 3/19 @ Cafe Divino
     Wed 3/20 @ The Crepe Place

I'll See You In My Dreams
Tango Papillo (in-studio)
Medley: Chtilins Con Carne / Paparazzi (in-studio)
Indifference
Puttin' On The Ritz (in-studio)
Happy Samba
     from the new album Shoestring Trio

Jesse Fuller, San Francisco Bay Blues
Jesse Fuller, Brother Low Down
Jeffrey Wright, I'm A Man
Eamon Walker, Smokestack Lightnin'
Mos Def, Promised Land
Beyoncé Knowles, I'd Rather Go Blind

Sly & The Family Stone, I Want To Take You Higher
Omar Shariff, Just A Blues
Ry Cooder, Cherry Ball Blues
Tip of the Top, Time Will Tell
Lightnin' Hopkins, Tom Moore's Farm
Yank Rachell, My Baby's Gone
Ron Hacker, Yank Told Me

Playlist: March 6, 2013

Leonard Cohen, Anyhow
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Little Too Late
     Fri 3/08 @ Bimbo's 365 Club
Los Lobos, Tin Can Trust
     Fri 3/08 @ SLO Brewing Company
     Sat-Sun 3/09-10 @ Moe's Alley
Los Lonely Boys, Friday Night

Shoestring Trio, I'll See You In My Dreams
     from the new album Shoestring Trio
     Wed 3/13 on Fog City Blues
Stéphane Wrembel, Bistro Fada
Parlor Tricks, Was I?
     Sun 3/10 @ Milk Bar
Slim Jenkins, Lookout Mountain
     Sun 3/10 @ Amnesia
Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Wild Shindig
     Thu 3/07 @ Le Colonial
     Fri 3/08 @ The Royal Cuckoo
Monophonics, In Your Brain
     Sat 3/09 @ Great American Music Hall
John Lee Hooker Jr, It Must Be the Meds
     Sat 3/09 @ Biscuits and Blues
The James Hunter Six, Chicken Switch
     Sat 3/09 @ Bimbo's 365 Club
Doug MacLeod, My Inlaws Are Outlaws
     from the forthcoming album There's A Time
     Sat 3/09 @ Armando's
Phil Berkowitz, I Want a Roof Over My Head
     Fri 3/08 @ Murphy's Law
     Sun 3/10 @ Russian River Brewing Company

Jimi Hendrix, Hear My Train A Comin'
Jimi Hendrix, Easy Blues
     from the new album People, Hell & Angels
Frank Bey & The Anthony Paule Band, Ain't That Loving You (live)
     from the new album You Don't Know Nothing
Delta Wires, Take Off Your Pajamas
     from the new album Anthology

Eric Garland's Hodge Podge Ensemble, Breakaway Snap
     Fri 3/08 @ Red Poppy Art House
Wes Montgomery, Missile Blues
J.B. Lenoir, I Had My Trouble
Furry Lewis, Furry Lewis's Careless Love
Love, Wooly Bully
Love, Forever Changes