Fog City Blues

Playlist: February 8, 2012

2012-02-09T07:49:00.000-08:00

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Gary Clark Jr, Like A Hound Dog
     Wed 2/15 @ Great American Music Hall
Howell Devine, The Train
     Sat 2/11 @ The Baltic
     Sun 2/12 @ Revolution Cafe
Nathan James, Wayfaring Stranger
Sun 2/12 @ Biscuits and Blues

Special in-studio guests: Con Brio

     Fri 2/10 @ Armando's
     Sat 2/11 @ The Independent
     Sun 2/12 @ Moe's Alley

Con Brio, Weigh On Me (live)
Con Brio, Glass Manifesto (in-studio)
Con Brio, The Battle of San Francisco (in-studio)
Con Brio, Jimi's Song
Brandy, Where Are You Now?
Con Brio, Thank You (in-studio)
Con Brio, Not At All (live)
     from the new album The Bay Is Burning

Eric Bibb, Wayfaring Stranger
     Mon 2/13 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Maria Muldaur, Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
     Fri 2/10 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Sun 2/12 @ Throckmorton Theatre
     Tue 2/14 @ Silo's
California Honeydrops, Cryin' Blues
     Fri 2/10 @ Hopmonk Tavern
     Sun 2/12 @ Boathouse Concerts
     Tue 2/14 @ Cafe du Nord

Special in-studio guests: Phil Berkowitz & Ben Rice

Phil Berkowitz & Ben Rice, Midnight Rooster (in-studio)
Ben Rice & Phil Berkowtiz, Ida Mae (in-studio)
Elvin Bishop, That's My Thing (live)
Phil Berkowitz & Ben Rice, High Time (in-studio)
Junior Watson, If I Had A Genie (live)

Playlist: February 1, 2012

2012-02-02T08:16:00.000-08:00

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Honey Island Swamp Band, Play the Fool
     Thu 2/02 @ Poor House Bistro
     Fri-Sat 2/03-04 @ Boom Boom Room
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Tiger In Your Tank
     Fri 2/02 @ Club Deluxe
California Honeydrops, When It Was Wrong
     Fri 2/03 @ Ashkenaz
     Sat 2/04 @ The Palms
Seth Augustus, It'll Be Me
     Fri 2/03 @ Revolution Cafe

Special in-studio guests: Joshua Howell and Pete Devine

     Sun 2/05 @ Revolution Cafe
     Wed 2/08 @ The Torch Club
     Sat 2/11 @ The Baltic

Howell Devine, Mighty Long Time
Howell Devine, Write Me A Few Lines (in-studio)
Howell Devine, Come On In My Kitchen (in-studio)
Howell Devine, The Train (in-studio)
R.L. Burnside, Rollin' and Tumblin'
Howell Devine, Guitar Rag (in-studio)
Howell Devine, Poor Boy (in-studio)
Howell Devine, You Got Me Running (in-studio)
Howell Devine, Boat's Up The River
     from the forthcoming album Delta Grooves

Otis Taylor, The Devil's Gonna Lie
      from the forthcoming album Contraband
Ruthie Foster, If I Had A Hammer
     from the new album Let It Burn
   Mon 2/06 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
     Tue 2/07 @ Humboldt State University
     Wed 2/08 @ Napa Valley Opera House
Eric Bibb, Walkin' Blues Again
   Sat 2/04 @ Montalvo Arts Center
Jimmy Reed, Take Out Some Insurance
Candye Kane, Sweet Nothin's
   Fri 2/03 @ The Palms
Carolyn Wonderland, Meet Me In The Morning
   Fri 2/02 @ The Palms
     Sat 2/03 @ Last Day Saloon
     Sun 2/04 @ Moe's Alley
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
   Sat 2/04 @Yoshi's SF: "Love You Madly" Duke Ellington Tribute
Deep Blue Organ Trio, Jesus Children Of America
   Sat 2/04 @ Yoshi's SF
Gospel Hummingbirds, Great Change
   Thu 2/02 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
John Németh, You Know
   Fri 2/03 @ George's Nightclub
     Sat 2/04 @ Riverwood Inn
Mark Hummel, I Got To Find My Baby
   from the new album Blue & Lonesome: Little Walter Tribute
Charlie Musselwhite, Good Times
   Thu 2/02 @ Cascade Theatre (w/ Mark Hummel)
Con Brio, Glass Manifesto
   from the forthcoming album The Bay Is Burning
   Wed 2/08 on Fog City Blues

Playlist: January 25, 2012

2012-01-26T08:28:00.000-08:00

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Eddie Boyd, Five Long Years
Elvin Bishop (w/ John Németh), Fooled Around And Fell In Love
   Fri 1/27 @ Great American Music Hall
Jimmy McCracklin, Think
Elvin Bishop, Rock My Soul

Buxter Hoot'n, Thought I Heard You Say
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Good News
     Sat 1/28 @ The Uptown
Big Bones & Paul Pena, Put You Down Baby
Quinn Deveaux, Last Time I Fool Around With You (in-studio)
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Some Like It Hot
   Thu 1/26 @ Biscuits and Blues
   Fri 1/27 @ Midtown Stomp
     Sat 1/28 @ Point Arena Theatre
Steve Lucky, Smack Dab in the Middle

Mark Hummel, Humblebug
   Fri-Sun 1/27-29 @ Yoshi's Oakland: Blues Harmonica Blowout
Mark Hummel, My Kind of Baby
   from the new album Blue and Lonesome: Tribute to Little Walter
Little Walter, Off The Wall
Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Wall To Wall
Charlie Musselwhite, Juke
John Németh, Hoodoo Man Blues (in-studio)

George Cole Quintet, Minor Swing (in-studio)
   Fri 1/27 @ Freight & Salvage
Panique, Swing 48 (in-studio)
   Sun 1/29 @ Freight & Salvage
Hot Club of Cowtown, Dark Eyes (in-studio)
   Sat 1/28 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sun 1/29 @ Harlow's
     Mon 1/30 @ Amnesia
Beso Negro, Mala Reputación (in-studio)
     Thu 1/26 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Etta James, Good Rockin' Daddy
Etta James, Welcome To The Jungle
   Etta James (1938-2012)
Howell Devine, Poor Boy
Wed 2/01 on Fog City Blues

Five Years of Fog City Blues

2012-01-24T22:27:00.000-08:00

Fog City Blues first went on the air on Monday, January 29, 2007 (oy, at 11 pm!). Its mandate from KALW was to provide a local forum for blues in the Bay Area. For me it was a sort of homecoming, if not part of a dream come true. I'd been working for almost a year on another KALW program, Philosophy Talk (of which I am currently Producer). I came to that show after finishing a doctorate in Linguistics at Cornell but with little formal radio experience beyond a blues show I'd had in college (at WOBC in Oberlin OH), Rags, Stomps & Blues. Fortunately the Senior Producer of Philosophy Talk was also the Producer of the House of Blues Radio Hour (with Dan Aykroyd), so the arrival of an unemployed PhD with a blues background felt like an aligning of the stars. About a year later, KALW came asking if we were interested in filling a recently-opened hole in their blues schedule, and Fog City Blues was born.

I'm told that 'radio' was my first word in life (pronounced 'beydjo'), so I never saw the jump from academia to radio as anything but fate; in fact it's kind of a miracle it didn't happen without the dissertation being finished. And it certainly helped to find an egghead program to ease the transition, keep my finger in the academic pie, and begin my life's work integrating music and language scholarship on the radio. But while Philosophy Talk is a full-team multi-pronged day-job, as it were, Fog City Blues is my full-time one-man sideshow. Of course that's a bit disingenuous: most of the great moments on the show have been brought to you by people other than me, particularly the artists and musicians who've generously stopped by the studio to talk and/or play on the air. And those moments have been anything but sideshows.

I've been privileged to spend time on the air with a few national and out-of-town acts who've passed through these parts (including a pair of Canadian bands of some renown that I followed back in the day). But it's the local Bay Area artists who give the show its real flavour, several of whom have stopped by more than once. The quality and diversity of blues-ish music in the Bay Area is staggering, and for this week's anniversary show, we'll check in with a suite of past guests who capture some of the breadth that the program aspires to: Elvin Bishop, Quinn Deveaux, Mark Hummel, and Miss Carmen Getit (of Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums). We'll also hear some past in-studio performances to help fill out the picture of what's gone down in five years of Fog City Blues.

And it certainly doesn't stop with the anniversary. Next week it's Howell Devine live in the studio, and Con Brio the following week. We are just getting started.

For now I leave you with a little blurb I wrote for a KALW event that serves as a kind of extended mission statement for Fog City Blues:

A radio program, at least the kind I'd like to host, needs to tell a story. Even when the show is made up of a set of self-contained stories -- the songs on a playlist, say -- I need there to be a story arc with a sort of narrative progression through the at least some portion of that playlist. But does a sequence of songs from blues artists with upcoming Bay Area shows create a compelling enough story? How can that sequence be punctuated with other music that both flows and keeps listeners (pleasantly) surprised? Fortunately, it's often made easier with the help of talented musicians from near and far who join me on the program. They tell the story and make the connections in real time, either through their own music or through a guest-deejay set of inspired tracks. But in either case the goal remains: to craft a sequence of music that's greater than the sum of its parts, while making sure each of those parts is illuminating and inspired. In another setting, each show would be a mix-tape designed to woo. And I do hope that Fog City Blues woos -- and surprises -- someone new each week.

Playlist: January 18, 2012

2012-01-19T09:17:00.000-08:00

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The Johnny Otis Show, Signature Tune
Lula Reed, Bump On A Log
The Johnny Otis Show, Goin' Back To L.A. (live)
Johnny Otis (1922-2012)
Howell Devine, Come On In My Kitchen
   Sat 1/21 @ Speisekammer
Con Brio, Not At All (live)
   Thu 1/19 @ University of the Pacific

Shawn Colvin, This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
   Thu 1/19 @ Yoshi's SF
Lucinda Williams, Motherless Children
   Fri 1/20 @ Uptown Theatre
   Sat 1/22 @ Center for the Arts
Ramon and Jessica, Waltz #3: in which Coffee Becomes Wine
     from the forthcoming album Fly South
     Fri 1/20 @ Community Music Center
Mari Mack, Birthday Suit
   Fri 1/20 @ The Saloon
Bill Sims, Jr. & Mark Lavoie, Blues for Breakfast
Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, EZ Rider
Joe Louis Walker, I'm On To You
   from the forthcoming album Hellfire
Veretski Pass, Tango Under the Influence
   Sun 1/22 @ The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life
The Andrews Sisters, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Merle Kessler & J. Raoul Brody, King Little King
   Sun 1/22 @ The Marsh Berkeley: Philosophy Talk Live

Elvin Bishop, Callin' All Cows (live)
Elvin Bishop, Stealin' Watermelons (live)
     Wed 1/25 on Fog City Blues
Quinn Deveaux @ The Blue Beat Review, Tiger In Your Tank
   Wed 1/25 on Fog City Blues
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Let Me In
   Wed 1/25 on Fog City Blues (Miss Carmen Getit)
Mark Hummel, One More Time
   Wed 1/25 on Fog City Blues

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Hoodoo Man Blues (live)
Muddy Waters, Trouble No More (live)
Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, You'd Better Slow Down
Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble, Romani tune (in-studio)
Reinier Voet & Pigalle44, Minor Swing (in-studio)
Les Doigts de l'Homme, Ol' Man River (in-studio)
Django Reinhardt, Night And Day
Richie Havens, San Francisco Bay Blues

Inside the National Recording Registry: Captain Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica"

2012-01-13T16:29:00.000-08:00

A radio feature I produced for PRI's Studio 360 airs nationally this weekend, featuring the voices of John French (Magic Band drummer and musical director), Mike Barnes (Beefheart biographer), and Tom Waits (you may know him):

From Studio 360's website:

Last year, the Library of Congress inducted a Captain Beefheart record into its National Recording Registry. Trout Mask Replica (1969) is part free jazz, part blues, part beat poetry. Frank Zappa (who gave singer-songwriter Don van Vliet the name Captain Beefheart) produced the album. “It sounds like it's been made up on the spot,” describes Mike Barnes, van Vliet’s biographer. “But in fact it was rigorously learned so the players would play the tracks the same way every time.”

John French was the album’s musical director and the Magic Band’s drummer. “Captain Beefheart realized the possibilities that existed in music if you looked past the rules.” That made for some grueling, 70s-cult-style recording sessions. “They had a very harsh work regime,” Barnes explains. “Beefheart would deprive people of sleep, he would keep them up all night.”

But the result was a sound that redefined the boundaries of rock. “I just had never encountered anything filled with so much abandon,” musician Tom Waits remembers. “It's so unlike anything that we all consider music to be.”

Playlist: January 11, 2012

2012-01-12T07:56:00.000-08:00

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Omar Shariff, Omar's Boogie
Omar Shariff, The Raven
   Omar Shariff (Dave Alexander) 1938-2012
Mavis Staples, I Belong To The Band
   Sun 1/15 @ Paramount Theatre
Los Lobos, When the Circus Comes
   Sat 1/14 @ Cascade Theatre
     Sun 1/15 @ The Center for the Arts
     Tue 1/17 @ LAxson Auditorium
Guitar Shorty, We The People
   Thu 1/12 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Fri 1/13 @ Palms Playhouse
     Sat 1/14 @ Riverwood Inn

Joe Louis Walker, Too Drunk To Drive Drunk
   from the forthcoming album Hellfire
Heritage Blues Orchestra, Clarksdale Moan
   from the forthcoming album And Still I Rise
Catherine Russell, He's All I Need
   from the forthcoming album Strictly Romancin'
Ramon and Jessica, Manzanita
   from the forthcoming album Fly South
   Sun 1/15 @ Subterranean Art House
Wendy DeWitt, Summertime
     from the new album Industrial Strength
     Fri 1/13 @ The Saloon
Mark Hummel, Lord Oh Lord Blues
   Fri 1/13 @ Speisekammer
     Sat 1/14 @ George's Nightclub
     Sun 1/15 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Stan Erhart, Mystery Train
   Thu 1/12 @ 7 Mile House
     Fri 1/13 @ Bluz By You
Tommy Castro, Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
   Thu 1/12 @ Downtown Brewing Company
     Fri 1/13 @ Double Tree Hotel
     Sat 1/14 @ Club Fox

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Electricity
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, China Pig
Tom Waits, Satisfied
Howlin' Wolf, Who Will Be Next
Earl Hooker, Universal Rock
The Meters, Tippi-Toes
Allen Toussaint, Singin' The Blues
Long John Baldry, Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air
Jay McShann, Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Hootie Blues
   Fri 1/13 @ Ashkenaz
     Sat 1/14 @ Speisekammer
     Sun 1/15 @ The Royal Cuckoo
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Reefer Man
   Sat 1/14 @ Livermore Valley PAC
     Sun 1/15 @ Gallo Center for the Arts
Howell Devine, You Got Me Runnin'
   Sun 1/15 @ Revolution Cafe
   Wed 2/01 on Fog City Blues
Chris Cotton, Friend In Me

Playlist: January 4, 2012

2012-01-05T08:03:00.000-08:00

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Lightnin' Hopkins, Happy New Year
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, King Of The Surf Guitar
   Fri 1/06 @ The Blank Club
     Sat 1/07 @ The Uptown
Mark Growden, Been in the Storm So Long
   Fri 1/06 @ Viracocha
     Sat 1/07 @ Subterranean Art House
Howell Devine, Write Me a Few Lines
   Sat 1/07 @ Giordano's
     Sun 1/08 @ Cafe du Nord

Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole, Na Pu'u 'Eha
   Sun 1/08 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Dori Caymmi et al, O Que É Que A Baiana Tem?
     Wed 1/04 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Maria Muldaur, Blues Go Walking
     Thu 1/05 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Come & Go
   Fri 1/06 @ Club Deluxe
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, I'm Not Evil
   Fri 1/06 @ Biscuits and Blues
Tip of the Top, She's Too Much
   Sat 1/07 @ Down Home Music
Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws, Gonna' Miss You
     Fri 1/06 @ The Saloon
David Jacobs-Strain, Rainbow Junkies (live)
   Sun 1/08 @ Hotel Utah Saloon
Seth Augustus, Buffalo Eight
   Fri 1/06 @ Revolution Cafe

Cyril Neville, Brand New Blues
Brownie McGhee, Brownie's New Blues
William Elliot Whitmore, Not Feeling Any Pain
Doug MacLeod, Dubb's Talkin' Politician Blues

Arthur Conley, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Arthur Conley, Sweet Soul Music
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Things I Forgot To Do
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Payback Time
Tampa Red, You Got To Reap What You Sow
Elvis Presley, Medley: Nothingville - Big Boss Man - Let Yourself Go - It Hurts Me - Guitar Man - Trouble - Little Egypt
Wilbert Harrison, Let's Work Together

Playlist: December 28, 2011

2011-12-29T08:18:00.000-08:00

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Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band, Wild Man Blues

Wed 12/28 @ The Regency Ballroom

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, St. James Infirmary (live)

Fri 12/30-31 @ The Fillmore

California Honeydrops, Soul Tub
   Fri 12/30 @ The Continental Club
     Sat 12/31 @ Pizzaiolo
Brass Menažeri, Čočekahedron
   Sat 12/31 @ Ashkenaz
Elvin Bishop, Fooled Around And Fell In Love (live)
     Sat 12/31 @ Last Day Saloon
John Németh, Blues in My Heart
   Thu 12/29 @ Biscuits and Blues
   Fri 12/30 @ Poor House Bistro
   Sat 12/31 @ The Torch Club
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Bound For Glory
   Sat 12/31 @ The Warfield
John Lee Hooker Jr, Doin' The Boogie (live)
   Sat 12/31 @ Biscuits and Blues
Earl Thomas, Jet Airliner
   Sun 1/01 @ Biscuits and Blues

The Orioles, What Are You Doing New Years Eve
Smokey Hogg, New Year's Eve Blues
Lil' Son Jackson, New Year's Resolution
Roy Milton Solid Senders, New Year's Resolution Blues
Tampa Red, Christmas & New Year's Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson, Happy New Year Blues
Mary Harris, Happy New Year Blues
Lonnie Johnson, Happy New Year Darling
Johnny Otis Orchestra, Happy New Year, Baby
Johnny Otis, Willie and the Hand Jive
Staples Singers, Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Bo Diddley, He's a Hell of a Man (live)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Diddy Wah Diddy
Tom Waits, New Year's Eve

Playlist: December 21, 2011

2011-12-22T00:08:00.000-08:00

Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart, Can I Interest You in Hanukkah?
Bob Dylan, The Christmas Blues
Tin Cup Serenade, Stack O'Lee Blues
   Thu 12/22 @ Revolution Cafe
   Sat 12/24 @ West Coast Live
Elvin Bishop, Slow Down (live)
     Fri 12/23 @ Biscuits and Blues
Leo Fuchs, Shalom Pardner
     from the new album Songs of the Jewish-American Jet Set: The Tikva Records Story 1950-1973

Rev. Edward Clayborn, The Wrong Way To Celebrate Xmas
The Cats & The Fiddle, Hep Cat's Holiday
Larry Darnell, Christmas Blues
Bobby Nunn, Christmas Bells
Harmon Ray, Xmas Blues
Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Swingin' Them Jingle Bells
J.B. Summers with Doc Bagby's Orchestra, I Want A Present For Christmas
Butterbeans & Susie, Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree)
Bo Carter, Santa Claus
Rev. J.M. Gates, Death Might Be Your Santa Claus
Willie Blackwell, Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Benediction
     Sat 12/24 @ Slim's

Special in-studio guests: The Christmas Jug Band

Shoot 'Em In The Pants
Plant A Santa (in-studio)
Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' (in-studio)
Carolin' (in-studio)
Santa Don't Do It (in-studio)
Santa's On The Mainline (in-studio)
Santa Lost A Ho

Meshugga Beach Party, Festival of Lights
Saul Kaye, Mao Tzur
Woody Guthrie, Hanukkah Dance
Tom Lehrer, (I'm Spending) Hanukkah In Santa Monica

Playlist: December 14, 2011

2011-12-15T08:22:00.000-08:00

The Klezmatics, Hanukkah Tree
   Thu 12/15 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sat 12/17 @ Sebastapol Community Cultural Center
Blind Boys of Alabama, Last Month of the Year
   Thu 12/15 @ Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
     Sat 12/17 @ Uptown Theatre
Christmas Jug Band, Xmas Anonymous
   Thu 12/15 @ George's Nightclub
   Fri 12/16 @ Raven Theater
     Sun 12/18 @ The Palms
     Tue 12/20 Throckmortton Theatre
Maria Muldaur, Bank Failure Blues
   Fri 12/16 Raven Theater
Beso Negro, Desde Allí
     Thu 12/15 @ George's Nightclub

Special in-studio guests: Meshugga Beach Party

     Fri 12/16 @ DNA Lounge: Hubba Hubba Chrismanukkah Revue

If I Were A Rich Man (in-studio)
Oh Hanukkah (in-studio)
Dreidl, Dreidl (in-studio)
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, Hava Nagila
Eddie & The Showmen, And the Angels Sing
Let My People Go (in-studio)
Latkes (in-studio)
Go Go Golem (in-studio)
Shleppin' and Kvetchin'
   from the new album Hot Rod Hanukkah

Elvin Bishop, Rock My Soul (live)
   Sat 12/17 @ Club Fox
Lurrie Bell, I Believe
   Fri-Sat 12/16-17 @ Biscuits and Blues
John Primer, Moanin' at Midnight
Mike Avery, Three O'Clock Blues
Phil Berkowitz, Ginger T
   Sat 12/17 @ The Union Room

Emily Anne's Delights, Times Passed
   Fri 12/16 @ Revolution Cafe
Panique, Sweet Sue (live)
     Tue 12/20 @ Revolution Cafe
Con Brio, Ghostrider
   Thu 12/15 @ Poor House Bistro
     Fri 12/16 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
California Honeydrops, Bourbon Street Parade
     Sun 12/18 @ Mystic Theatre
     Wed 12/21 @ Elbo Room
Andre Thierry, Boss Hog
   Sat 12.17 @ Don Quixote's Internation Hall of Music
     Wed 12/21 @ Elbo Room
James Booker, All Around the World
Mark Hummel, Let Me Go
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Help Me
Frank Sinatra, Lonesome Road

Playlist: December 7, 2011

2011-12-08T08:44:00.000-08:00

Hubert Sumlin, I Love
Howlin' Wolf, Down In The Bottom
   Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011)
Quinn Deveaux, Walls
   Sun 12/11 @ The Lost Church
California Honeydrops, Miss Louise
     Fri 12/09 @ Boom Boom Room
     Sun 12/11 @ Viracocha
Tip of the Top, Rocker
      Fri 12/09 @ Main Street Brewery
     Sat 12/10 @ Grand Deli Saloon
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
     Thu 12/08 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Catherine Russell, Whatcha Gonna Do When There Ain't No Swing?
     from the forthcoming album Strictly Romancin'

Meshuggah Beach Party, Hot Rod Hanukkah
     Wed 12/14 on Fog City Blues
Miriam Kressyn and Seymour Rexite, It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House
   from the new album Songs for the Jewish-American Jet Set
Christmas Jug Band, Jolly Ol' Soul
   Wed 12/14 @ Freight & Salvage
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Cool Yule
   Thu 12/08 @ Throckmorton Theatre
   Sun 12/11 @ Center for the Arts
Hot Club of San Francisco, March of the Toys
   Thu 12/08 @ Kuumbwa Jazz
Mitch Woods, Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man
   Sat 12/10 @ Souther Pacific Smokehouse
Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws, Meet Me In The Bottom
   Fri 12/09 @ Poor House Bistro
   Sat 12/10 @ The Saloom
Bombino, Ahoulaguine Akaline (I Greet My Country)
   Fri 12/09 @ Mezzanine

Louis Prima, Sing, Sing, Sing
Louis Prima, Eleanor
Tom Waits, The One That Got Away
Tom Waits, Gun Street Girl
Tom Waits, Chicago
   from the new album Bad As Me

Gregg Allman, Rolling Stone
J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton, Missing Person
Little Richard, Miss Ann
Guitar Slim, The Things That I Used To Do
Lee Dorsey, Get Out of My Life, Woman
Coco Robichaux, Ten Commandments of the Blues
Junior Wells, Got My Mojo Workin' (live)
Sonny Boy Williamson, Fattening Frogs For Snakes

Playlist: November 30, 2011

2011-12-01T00:33:00.000-08:00

Michael Bloomfield, I'm Glad I'm Jewish
Elvin Bishop, Fat & Sassy
Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Oop Pop A Dah
   Thu-Sat 12/01-03 @ Brick & Mortar (New Orleans Suspects)
Bay Area Caravan of All-Stars, Caldonia
     Wed 12/07 @ Freight & Salvage
Johnny Mathis, Kol Nidre
   Fri 12/02 @ Paramount Theatre

Special in-studio guest: David Katznelson of the Idelsohn Society

     Tikva Records Pop-Up Store: Dec.1-28 in San Francisco

Leo Fuld, Mazzel
Leo Fuchs, Yiddish Twist
Marty Levitt and Harriet Kane, I'm a Litvak – He's a Galitz
Dave Tarras, Freilach #11
Martha Schlamme, Eingmachts
Avram Grobard, Orcha Bamidbar
Leo Fuld, Zigany Melody
Bernie Knee, Orthodox, Conservative, or Reformed
     from the new album Songs of the Jewish-American Jet Set: The Tikva Records Story 1950-1973

Keb' Mo', Shopping On Christmas Eve
   Thu 12/01 @ Regency Ballroom
     Fri 12/02 @ CSU Chico
Hot Club of San Francisco, Djingle Bells
     Fri 12/02 @ Palms Playhouse
Beso Negro, If You See Kay (in-studio)
     Fri 12/02 @ 50 Mason Social House
Maria Muldaur, I'll Be Glad
     Fri 12/02 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sat 12/03 @ Palms Playhouse

Roy Rogers & Ray Manzarek, Tension
   Fri 12/02 @ Mystic Theatre
Rick Estrin, You're Gonna Need My Help
   Fri 12/02 @ Biscuits and Blues
Kim Wilson, Trying to Make a Living
     Wed-Thu 12/07-08 Biscuits and Blues
Tommy Castro, Wake Up Call (live)
   Sun 12/04 @ Biscuits and Blues
Shuggie Otis, Bottle Cooler
Brownie McGhee, The Killin' Floor
Robert Nighthawk, Juke Medley
John Mayall, The Laws Must Change

Playlist: November 23, 2011

2011-11-23T23:10:00.000-08:00

B.B. King, Alexis' Boogie
Big Cat Tolefree, Thrill Is Gone
Meklit Hadero, Abbay Mado
   Wed 11/30 @ Don Quixote's International Hall of Music
Earl Thomas, Broken Hearted
   Sat 11/26 @ Biscuits and Blues
Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws, I'm Goin' Away Baby
     Sat 11/26 @ The Saloon
     Wed 11/30 @ Biscuits and Blues
Orgone, The Big Escape
     Sat 11/26 @ Great American Music Hall
     Sun 11/27 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Tin Cup Serenade, All I Can Do Is Cry
     Fri 11/25 @ Revolution Cafe

R.L. Burnside, Criminal Inside Me
Eddie South, Rhapsody in Blue
Hoagy Carmichael, Stardust
Willie 'The Lion' Smith, Passionette
Eddie Boyd, I Got The Blues
Dr. John, Tipitina
Ike and Tina Turner, I Idolize You
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Lover Man (live)

The Robins, The Turkey Hop, Part 1
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Hungry Man

Cab Calloway, Everybody Eats When They Come To My House

Memphis Minnie, Keep On Eatin'

Andre Williams, Pass The Biscuits Please

Big Three Trio, No More Sweet Potatoes

Elvin Bishop, Sweet Potato

Jim Jackson, I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop

Carolina Chocolate Drops, Cornbread And Butterbeans

California Honeydrops, Pumpkin Pie

Wed 11/30 @ The Cheeseboard

Norton Buffalo & The Knockouts, Sweet Little Pumpkin

Blind Boy Fuller, I Want Some Of Your Pie

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Honey Pie

Fri 11/25 @ Biscuits and Blues
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Where's My Gravy
Sat 11/26 @ Ashkenaz
Zu Zu Bollin, Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?

Harold Burrage, You Eat Too Much

Hop Wilson, Chicken Stuff

The Robins, The Turkey Hop, Part 2

Playlist: November 16, 2011

2011-11-17T00:47:00.000-08:00

Meshugga Beach Party, Shleppin' and Kvetchin'
   Fri 11/18 @ The Parkside
     Wed 12/14 on Fog City Blues
The Sabras, Ho Yaldonet
   from the forthcoming album Songs of the Jewish-American Jet Set: The Tikva Records Story 1950-1973
Gaucho, Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schoen
   Mon 11/21 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project, Blue Creek Hop
   from the new album Seriously
Tom Waits, Get Lost
   from the new album Bad As Me

Lucinda Williams, Stop Breakin' Down
   Sat-Sun 11/19-20 @ The Fillmore
Candye Kane, Love Insurance
   Mon 11/21 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
John Németh, Fuel For Your Fire
   Thu 11/17 @ Poor House Bistro
   Fri 11/18 @ Biscuits and Blues
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Ain't It Hard
   Thu 11/17 @ Uptown Theatre
   Fri 11/18 @ Rio Theatre
Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Dink's Blues
   Sat 11/19 @ Club Deluxe
Robert Cray Band, Back Door Slam (live)
   Fri 11/18 @ Veteran's Memorial Building
   Sat 11/19 @ Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
Yo-Yo Ma et al, Quarter Chicken Dark
     from the new album The Goat Rodeo Sessions

Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues
Chuck Berry, St. Louis Blues
Howlin' Wolf, Everybody's In The Mood
Howlin' Wolf, The Big House
Howlin' Wolf, Smokestack Lightning
Muddy Waters, She Moves Me (live)
Muddy Waters, She's Into Something
Little Willie John, Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, The Twist
Lonnie Johnson, Blues Stay Away From Me
Carey & Lurrie Bell, Stop Running 'Round
Carey Bell, Carey Bell's Blues Harp
Lurrie Bell, Got To Leave Chi-Town
Buckwheat Zydeco, Madame Pitre

Playlist: November 9, 2011

2011-11-10T00:35:00.000-08:00

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Elvin Bishop, Whole Lotta Lovin'
   Fri 11/11 @ State Theater
     Sat 11/12 @ Uptown Theater
The Blues Broads, Oh Happy Day
     Thu 11/10 @ Kuumbwa Jaz
     Sat 11/12 @ Uptown Theater
California Honeydrops, Hell Yes, I Cheated
   Fri 11/11 @ Moe's Alley
     Sat 11/12 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Glory Glory
   Fri 11/11 @ Moe's Alley
Dorado Schmitt, Just a Gigolo
   Sun 11/13 @ Herbst Theatre
Beso Negro, C'est La Vie
   Fri 11/11 @ The Independent

Special in-studio guests: Tip of the Top

Mean Ol' Frisco (in-studio)
Trying to Make a Living (in-studio)
Teenage Beat (in-studio)
Let Bygones Be Bygones (in-studio)
The Last Time (in-studio)
Slidin' Home
     from the new album From Memphis to Greaseland

Delta Wires, Big Legged Woman
David Landon Band, The Biggest Fool
   Sun 11/13 @ Biscuits and Blues
Sugaray, You Upset Me Baby
   Sat 11/12 @ Biscuits and Blues
Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne, Fantasy Meets Reality
   Fri 11/11 @ Biscuits and Blues
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Mustang Ranch
   Sat 11/12 @ Fulton 55
     Mon 11/14 @ The Fillmore

Etta James, Groove Me
   from the new album The Dreamer
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, With My Man
   Thu 11/10 @ Yoshi's San Francisco: Crazy in Love with Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline, Walkin' After Midnight
Bonnie Raitt, I Feel The Same
Chris Smither, Miner's Blues
Mose Allison, Modest Proposal
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, I'm Mad
   from the forthcoming Collector's Edition Box Set

Playlist: November 2, 2011

2011-11-03T00:44:00.000-07:00

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John Lee Hooker, Strike Blues
Willy Porter, How To Rob A Bank
   Tue 11/08 @ The Crepe Place
     Wed 11/09 @ Freight & Salvage
The Blues Broads, Living the Blues
   Fri 11/04 @ Throckmorton Theatre
     Sat 11/05 @ Harrah's Lake Tahoe
     Sun 11/06 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Tracy Nelson, I Know It's A Sin
Gaucho, Some of These Days
   Tuesdays @ Bottle Cap: Gypsy Jazz & Swing Jam Session
Kally Price, Spreading Rhythm
   Sun 11/06 @ Amnesia
Tip of the Top, One Way Out
   Fri 11/04 @ Sheba Piano Lounge
   Sat 11/05 @ Armando's
     Wed 1/09 on Fog City Blues

Hot 8 Brass Band, Sexual Healing
Hot 8 Brass Band, E Flat Blues
   Mon 11/07 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
The Panhandlers, Minor Swing
Brass Menazeri, Opa Cupa Fly
   Thu 11/03 @ El Valenciano
Brass Monkey Brass Band, Elbo Rumba
Seth Augustus, Trickeries of the Great Emptiness
   Fri 11/04 @ Revolution Café

Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm, Rocket 88
Ike Turner, After Hours
Ike Turner, Carson Oliver, and Little Ann, Boxtop
Ike Turner, I'm Gonna Forget About You
Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm, Steel Guitar Rag
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats, Rocket 88
Ike & Tina Turner, Three O'Clock Blues

Sippie Wallace, Suitcase Blues
Ethel Waters, I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues
Treasa Levasseur, God's Song
     from the forthcoming album Broad
Savoy Brown, Shake Em On Down
Savoy Brown, Look At The Sun
     from the forthcoming album Voodoo Moon
Sonny Rhodes, The Highway Is Like a Woman
     Sat 11/05 @ Biscuits and Blues
Paul Geremia, See See Rider
     from the new album Love My Stuff

Playlist: October 26, 2011

2011-10-27T00:39:00.000-07:00

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Joe Dean, I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today
Eddie Lang, Midnight Call Blues
Quinn Deveaux and the Blue Beat Review, Lil' 45
   Sat 10/29 @ Amnesia: Soul Goblins of Transylvania
California Honeydrops, Candy Man
Cake, Federal Funding
   Sun 10/30 @ Fox Oakland: Unlimited Sunshine

Special guest: Frank DeRose

Tip of the Top, I Ain't Worried
   from the new album From Memphis to Greaseland
Tip of the Top, The Night Is Young
Tip of the Top, Mean Ol' Frisco
   Fri 10/28 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sat 10/29 @ The Union Room
   Wed 11/09 on Fog City Blues

7 Walkers, New Orleans Crawl
   Thu 10/27 @ Napa Valley Opera House
     Sat 10/29 @ El Dorado County Fairgrounds
     Sun-Mon 10/30-31 @ Great American Music Hall
Brass Monkey Brass Band, Mission Shuffle
   Sun 10/30 @ St. Mary's Candlelight Concerts
Brass Menazeri, Doppio Macchiato
     Fri 10/28 @ Vitus

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Feast of the Mau Mau
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
Tom Waits, $29.00
Tom Waits, She Stole The Blush
   from the new album Bad As Me

Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues, Pizzicato Blue
Sonny Terry, Telephone Blues
Brownie McGhee, Trouble In Mind
Mark Hummel, Learned My Lesson (Changed My Ways)
Bill Sims, Jr. & Mark Lavoie, Corn Bread Beans and Molasses
Mahalia Jackson, Nobody Knows
Weird Al Yankovic, Generic Blues
   Sun 11/06 @ Fox Oakland
Bo Diddley, Bo Meets The Monster

Playlist: October 19, 2011

2011-10-20T00:22:00.000-07:00

Chuck Berry, San Francisco Dues
Chuck Berry, My Babe
Chuck Berry, The Things I Used To Do
Chuck Berry, I Just Want To Make Love To You
Chuck Berry, 21 Blues
Chuck Berry, Dust My Broom

Special guest: James H. Thornton III

Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Bayview Jump
John Lee Hooker, Boom Boom
Charles Unger Experience, Place Pigalle
   Sat 10/22 @ Bayview BBQ & Blues Festival
Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton, Joliet Bound
   from the new album Play The Blues
Butterfield Blues Band, Driftin' And Driftin'
Elvin Bishop, Dyin' Flu

Lionel Young Band, Defense Blues
Lionel Young, I Won't Be Back No More
   Thu 10/20 @ Biscuits and Blues
Tom Rigney and Flambeau, The Clown and the Stripper
   from the new album Don't Fight It
   Sat 10/22 @ Ashkenaz
Go Van Gogh, Cuckoo Clock Strut
   Sat 10/22 @ Revolution Cafe
Hot Club of San Francisco, Cool Yule
     Tue 10/25 @ Yoshi's San Francisco

Emily Anne's Delights, It Don't Mean a Thing
     Fri 10/21 @ Revolution Cafe
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Walk Right In, Walk Right Out
   Fri 10/21 @ Biscuits and Blues
Hugh Laurie, Winin' Boy Blues
   from the new album Let Them Talk
Johnny Winter, T-Bone Shuffle
   from the new album Roots
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Killing Floor
   from the new boxed set Winterland
Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws, Evil
   Fri 10/21 @ Mojo Lounge
Tom Waits, Satisfied
   from the forthcoming album Bad As Me

Playlist: October 12, 2011

2011-10-13T00:44:00.000-07:00

Cowboy Junkies, Late Night Radio
   from the forthcoming album Sing in My Meadow
Tom Waits, Bad As Me
   from the forthcoming album Bad As Me
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton, Layla
   from the new album Play The Blues

Nathan James, No Baby Don't (in-studio)
   Thu 10/13 @ Palms Playhouse
   Fri 10/14 @ Poor House Bistro
Tip of the Top, Hate To See You Go
   Fri 10/14 @ Sheba Piano Lounge
Terry Hanck, You Give Me Nothing But The Blues
   Fri 10/14 @ Biscuits and Blues
   Sat 10/15 @ The Torch Club
   Sun 10/16 @ Moe's Alley
Phil Berkowitz, A Dollar Down
   Fri 10/14 @ The Union Room
Café R&B, My Tears
   Sat 10/15 @ Biscuits and Blues
Mitch Woods, Too Many Drivers
   Fri 10/14 @ Half Moon Baby Brewing Company
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Beat Girl
   Sat 10/15 @ Monroe Hall
Panique, Swing 48
     Tue 10/18 @ Revolution Cafe

Thelonious Monk, Epistrophy
Art Tatum, Tiger Rag
Art Tatum, Tiger Rag
Victoria Spivey, No. 12 Let Me Roam
Nappy Brown, Lemon Squeezin' Daddy
Kenny Neal, Blind, Cripped, or Crazy
Mojo Buford, In My Younger Days
Junior Wells, I Ain't Stranded
     from the new re-issue Hoodoo Man Blues
Magic Sam, Feelin' Good
   from the new re-issue West Side Soul
Muddy Waters, Thirteen Highway
Paul Simon, Rewrite
Lionel Young Band, Blues & Boogie Woogie
   Thu 10/20 @ Biscuits and Blues

Playlist: October 5, 2011

2011-10-06T01:26:00.000-07:00

Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble, Moldavian Swing
Beso Negro, Joseph, Joseph
   Fri 10/07 @ Starry Plough
Seth Augustus, Let's Get Henry to Drill a Hole
     Fri 10/07 @ Revolution Cafe
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Packin' Up
     Fri 10/07 @ Club Deluxe
Nathan James, Undecided Woman Blues
     Wed 10/12 @ Biscuits and Blues
Saul Kaye, Shaul
     Wed 10/12 @ Temple Or Rishon

Rebirth Brass Band, Let's Go Get 'Em
     Fri-Sat 10/07-08 @ The Independent
Nick Lowe, Changing All Those Changes
   Mon 10/10 @ Great American Music Hall
Mark Hummel, Shake Your Boogie
     Fri 10/07 @ Armando's
     Sun 10/09 @ San Francisco Zoo
Rod Piazza and the All Mighty Flyers, Almighty Dollar
     Sat 10/08 @ Biscuits and Blues
Janiva Magness, Everything Gonna Be Alright
   Fri 10/07 @ Palms Playhouse
     Sun 10/09 @ Biscuits and Blues
George Cole Quintet, Riverside Drive
   Sat 10/08 @ Freight & Salvage
Charlie Byrd, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Merle Kessler & J. Raoul Brody, Thank You For Watching
     Philosophy Talk Live at the Marsh – Sunday Oct.9

Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws, Bad Bay
     Sat 10/08 @ The Saloon's 150th Anniversary
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Earthquake
Duke Robillard, Quicksand
Billy Branch, Yonder Wall
Keb' Mo', A Letter To Tracy
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Stang's Swang

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton, Ice Cream
   from the new album Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
Hugh Laurie, They're Red Hot
Hugh Laurie, St. James Infirmary
   from the new album Let Them Talk
Eric Lindell, West County Drifter
   from the new album West County Drifter
Cash Box Kings, Tribute to the Black Lone Ranger
     from the new album Holler & Stomp
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Little Wing
   from the new boxed set Winterland
Vasti Jackson, My Computer Turned On Me

Playlist: September 28, 2011

2011-09-29T00:58:00.000-07:00

Meshugga Beach Party, Bashana Haba'a
Geoff Berner, Wealthy Poet
   Sat 10/01 @ The Starry Plough
     Sun 10/02 @ The Layover
Meklit Hadero & Quinn Deveaux, Bring In On Home
     Thu 9/28 @ New Parish
Alvin Youngblood Hart, Big Mama's Door
   Sun 10/02 @ Biscuits and Blues
Ry Cooder, Lord Tell Me Why
   from the new album Pull Up Some Dust & Sit Down
     Wed 10/05 @ Herbst Theatre

Special in-studio guests: Lache Cercel and the Roma Swing Ensemble

     Thu 9/29 @ Casa Romana
     Fri 9/30 @ Throckmorton Theatre
     Sun 10/02 @ Starry Plough
     Mon 10/03 @ The Crepe Place
     Tue 10/04 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
     Wed 10/05 @ Ashkenaz

Medley (in-studio)
Improvisation (in-studio)
Accordion tune (in-studio)
Vocal tune (in-studio)
Django tune (in-studio)
Egyptian Girl

Hardly Strictly Blue(gras)s: Sept. 30 - Oct. 2

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Rich Woman
David Bromberg (feat. Levon Helm), Bring It With You When You Come
Dr. John and The Lower 911, Feel Good Music
Irma Thomas (w/ Dr. John), Be You
Ruthie Foster, Runaway Soul
South Memphis String Band, Bootlegger's Blues
Charlie Musselwhite (w/ Blind Boys of Alabama), I Had Trouble
Blind Boys of Alabama (w/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Across the Bridge

Lazy Lester, Raining in My Heart
   Sat 10/01 @ Mystic Theatre
   Sun 10/02 @ Firehouse Arts Center
Johnny Mathis, Kol Nidre
Johnny Otis Orchestra, Happy New Year, Baby

Playlist: September 21, 2011

2011-09-22T01:46:00.000-07:00

Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, When I Left
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, Dark and Stormy Night
   Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith (1936-2011)
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Green River Blues
   Thu 9/22 @ Bottom of the Hill
Tip of the Top, Wishy Washy Woman
     Sat 9/24 @ Club Fox
Panique, Double Whiskey (in-studio)
     Mon 9/26 @ Yoshi's San Francisco: Django By The Bay

Special in-studio guests: Bill Sims Jr. & Mark Lavoie

Black Mare (in-studio)
Hard Times (in-studio)
Going Uptown (in-studio)
Old Jabo (in-studio)
Hesitation Blues

Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, Take My Hand, Precious Lord
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, A Poor Man's Plea
Buddy Guy & B.B. King, Stay Around A Little Longer
   Mon 9/26 @ Masonic Center
Eric Clapton & B.B. King, Riding With The King
Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton, Kidman Blues
     from the new album Play The Blues
Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

Tampa Red & Georgia Tom, Dead Cats On The Line
Leroy Car & Scrapper Blackwell, Papa's On The House Top
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe, What's The Matter With The Mill?
Rufus & Carla Thomas, We're Gonna Make It
Hillstomp, Jumper on the Line
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm, My Sweetheart
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Bill Sims Jr. & Mark Lavoie, Diggin' My Potatoes

Playlist: September 14, 2011

2011-09-22T01:44:00.000-07:00

Jackie Greene, Subterranean Homesick Blues
J. Geils Band, First I Look At The Purse
B.B. King, Caldonia
Buddy Guy, 74 Years Young
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Hear My Train A Comin'

Bill Sims Jr. & Mark Lavoie, Hesitation Blues
Commander Cody, Seeds & Stems Again Blues
Commander Cody, Stealing At Seven Eleven
Commander Cody, Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar)
Bill Sims Jr. & Mark Lavoie, Going Down That Road Feeling Bad
Janiva Magness, The Devil Is An Angel Too
Charlie Musselwhite, Sad And Beautiful World

Little Walter, My Babe
Ana Popovic, Fearless
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Sugar Ray, I Like What You Got

Keb' Mo', Soon As I Get Paid
Ray Charles, It Should've Been Me
Bill Sims Jr. & Mark Lavoie, Big Leg Woman
Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers, Fives and Ones
Gina Sicilia, Addicted
Eric Bibb, New Home
Jeff Golub Band, Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Trampled Under Foot, Wrong Side Of The Blues
Joe Louis Walker, Lover's Holiday

Playlist: September 7, 2011

2011-09-07T23:00:00.000-07:00

Blues Hits of '41

Muddy Waters, I Be's Troubled
Champion Jack Dupree, Junker's Blues
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra, Take The 'A' Train
Glenn Miller Orchestra, Chattanooga Choo Choo
William Gillespie, Blues In The Night
Woody Herman & His Orchestra, Blues In The Night

Generation '41

Doug Sahm (w/ Bob Dylan), Blues Stay Away From Me
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes, I Do
The Animals, House Of The Rising Sun
Long John Baldry, Black Girl
The Beatles, Three Cool Cats
Isley Brothers, Twist And Shout
Otis Redding, Respect
Barrett Strong, You Knows What To Do
Marvin Gaye, Can I Get A Witness
Peetie Wheatstraw, Peetie Wheatstraw
Blind Boy Fuller, Truckin' My Blues Away

The Bay Area in Blues Song

Buddy Guy, Hello San Francisco
Dough Sahm, San Francisco FM Blues
Floyd Dixon, San Francisco Blues
Chuck Berry, San Francisco Dues
Tommy Castro, Calling San Francisco

Lowell Fulson, Market Street Blues
Lowell Fulson, Fillmore Mess Around
Omar Shariff, Fillmore Street Boogie
Fillmore Slim, Playboy
Mitch Woods and His Rockets 88s, Golden Gate Jump
Lightnin' Hopkins, Up On Telegraph Avenue
Quinn Deveaux, Oakland Blues (in-studio)
Rodger Collins, Foxy Girls In Oakland
Freddie King, San-Ho-Zay
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup, Mean Old Frisco Blues
Omar Shariff, San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Place
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Hello San Francisco Part 2

Playlist: August 31, 2011

2011-09-01T00:38:00.000-07:00

David "Honeyboy" Edwards (1915-2011)

Country Boy
Sweet Home Chicago
The Army Blues
Low Down Dog
Sweet Home Chicago (feat. Charlie Musselwhite)

Bryan Lee, Katrina Was Her Name
Tom Waits, Goodnight Irene
Ry Cooder, No Banker Left Behind
     from the new album Pull Up Some Dust & Sit Down
     Thu 9/01 @ Great American Music Hall
J.J. Grey & Mofro, Dirtfloorcracker
     from the forthcoming album Brighter Days
     Fri 9/09 @ The Fillmore
Maria Muldaur, Why Are People Like That?
     from the forthcoming album Steady Love
     Sat 9/03 @ Mendocino Botanical Gardens
Shane Dwight, She Struts 22
   from the new album A Hundred White Lies
     Fri 9/02 @ Biscuits and Blues
Joe Louis Walker, You're Gonna Make Me Cry (live)
     Sun 9/04 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Mon 9/05 @ Marin City Blues Jazz & Soul Party

Don Byron, Wedding Dance
Prince La La, Gettin' Married Soon
Django Reinhardt, Anniversary Song
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra, Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day

Eartha Kitt, Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell
Etta James, Stop The Wedding
Ann Cole, Don't Stop The Wedding
Lloyd Price, Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day?)
Roy Brown, Fannie Brown Got Married
Big Joe Turner, Married Woman
Blind Willie McTell, A Married Man's Fool

Fats Waller, I'll Dance at Your Wedding
The California Honeydrops, I Found A Love
     Sat 9/03 @ Strawberry Music Festival
     Fri 9/09 @ Rickshaw Stop
Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums, Rumpus Room Honeymoon
   Fri 9/02 @ Biscuits and Blues
Lloyd Price, I'm Gonna Get Married
Dave Edmunds, I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock And Roll)
Blue Rodeo, Andrea
Zero Mostel, Do You Love Me?

Playlist: August 24, 2011

2011-08-24T22:54:00.000-07:00

Ry Cooder, John Lee Hooker for President
   from the forthcoming album Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
     Wed-Thu 8/31-9/01 @ Great American Music Hall
Rupa & The April Fishes, C'est Pas d'l'amour
     Fri 8/26 @ The New Parish
     Sat 8/27 @ The Independent
Michael McClure & Ray Manzarek, Love Lion Blues
     Tue 8/30 @ Yoshi's Oakland

Special in-studio guest: Pascal Bokar Thiam

Son House, Camp Hollers
Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Touré, Ai Du
John Lee Hooker, Hobo Blues
Bassekou Kouyate, Jamana Be Diya
Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Touré, Bonde
John Lee Hooker, Boom Boom

Special guest: Josh Kun of the Idelsohn Society

     Black Sabbath: The Secret Musical History of Black-Jewish Relations at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

Aretha Franklin, Swanee
Billie Holiday, My Yiddishe Mama
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra, Utt-Da-Zay
Libby Holman with Josh White, Baby, Baby
Alberta Hunter, Ich Hob Dich Tzufil Lieba
Lena Horne, Now!
Slim Gaillard Quartet, Dunkin' Bagel
The Temptations, Fiddler On The Roof Medley

Big Mama Thornton, Hound Dog

Playlist: August 17, 2011

2011-08-18T07:56:00.000-07:00

Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, That Mellow Saxophone
Hammond Cheese Combo, Wild Shindig
   Scott 'Edawg' Petersen (1956-2011)
Duke Robillard, Train Fare Home
     from the forthcoming album Low Down & Tore Up
   Sat 8/20 @ Moe's Alley
     Sun 8/21 @ Biscuits and Blues

Special in-studio guest: Samuel James

Nineteen
Blaze's Blues (in-studio)
Path of Ashes (in-studio)
The Water's Always Changing, But The River... (in-studio)
Tower of Song (in-studio)

Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine

Billy Branch et al., Mellow Down Easy / Bo Diddley
Buddy Guy et al., First Time I Met the Blues
Shemekia Copeland, Big Brand New Religion
     Fri 8/19 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Sat 8/20 @ Marilyn's On K
Fillmore Slim, The Legend of Fillmore Slim
     Tue 8/23 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Emily Anne's Delights, Times Passed
     Fri 8/19 @ Revolution Cafe

Candye Kane, I Love to Love You
     from the new album Sister Vagabond
Lightnin' Malcolm, Stop Fightin' Over Me
     from the new album Renegade
Moreland & Arbuckle, Heartattack And Vine
     from the forthcoming album Just A Dream
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Jesus Is a Dying-Bed Maker
     from the new album Peyton On Patton
Eric Bibb, Troubadour (live)
Luther Allison, Cancel My Check (live)
Colin James and the Little Big Band, The Train Kept A-Rollin'
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats, My Real Gone Rocket

Playlist: August 10, 2011

2011-08-11T00:37:00.000-07:00

Jimmy McCracklin, The Walk
Jimmy McCracklin, Love For You
     Sat 8/13 @ Biscuits and Blues: 90th Birthday Bash
Ronnie Baker Brooks, Make These Blues Survive
     Mon 8/15 @ Biscuits and Blues
Keb' Mo', Just Lookin'
     from the new album The Reflection
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, 'Deed I Do
     Fri 8/12 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Sat 8/13 @ Speisekammer
     Sun 8/14 @ Dunsmuir House

Special in-studio guests: L. Peter Callender, Marc Damon Johnson, and Tobie Windham

     Seven Guitars: August 11 - September 4

Jimmy Rogers, That's All Right
Maggie Jones, Anybody Here Want to Try My Cabbage?
Muddy Waters, I Can't Be Satisfied
Howlin' Wolf, Red Rooster
Jimmy Rogers, Walking By Myself

Samuel James, Sunrise Blues
     Wed 8/17 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Wed 8/17 on Fog City Blues
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Calloway Boogie

Outside Lands: August 12-14

New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, Naftuna Melt
Orgone, Overtime
Mavis Staples, Wrote a Song for Everyone

San Jose Jazz Summerfest: August 12-14

Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws, Champagne and Reefer
Gino Matteo, I've Been Thinkin'
Trombone Shorty, In the 6th
Lazy Lester, Jambalaya (live)
Mark Hummel, Rollercoaster (live)
Kirby Sewell Band, Come On Into My Kitchen

Red Elvises, El Nino
     Thu 8/11 @ Last Day Saloon
     Fri 8/12 @ Rockit Room
Jimmie Vaughan, Greenbacks
     from the new album Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites
     Leo Fender b. 8/10/1909

Playlist: August 3, 2011

2011-08-04T07:16:00.000-07:00

Aaron Neville, Over You
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, They All Asked For You
   Sun 8/07 @ Stern Grove Festival
California Honeydrops, Cry For Me
     Fri 8/05 @ Ashkenaz
     Wed 8/10 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Seth Augustus, To the Pouring Rain
     Thu 8/04 @ Arts Market SF
     Fri 8/05 @ Revolution Cafe
Nick Moss, Bolognious Funk
     Mon-Tue 8/08-09 @ Biscuits and Blues
Grady Champion, My Rooster Is King
     Wed 8/10 @ Biscuits and Blues

Special in-studio guest: Yoav Potash

   Crime After Crime opens August 5 at The Roxie in San Francisco, the Elmwood in Berkeley, and the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.

Special in-studio guest: Rick Estrin

Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, P.A. Slim Is Back
Lowell Fulson, Blues Pain
Z.Z. Hill, Don't Make Me Pay For His Mistakes
Rodger Collins, She's Looking Good
Fillmore Slim, Playboy
Johnnie Morisette, A Brick Baby
Jimmy McCracklin, Think
Travis Phillips, Eyes Like a Cat
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, Bigfoot
     Fri-Sat 8/05-06 @ Biscuits and Blues

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, I'll Take You Back
Rodger Collins, Foxy Girls In Oakland
Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Love Her With A Feeling
David Landon Band, Ducks In a Row
     Sun 8/07 @ Bluz By You: International Blues Challenge

Playlist: July 27, 2011

2011-07-28T00:18:00.000-07:00

Avatar Ensemble, Flight of the Giniker
     Sat 7/30 @ Amnesia (w/ Les Trois Petits Oiseaux)
Kenny Burrell, Stormy Monday / Blues for the Count
   Thu-Sun 7/28-31 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Guy Davis, Slow Motion Daddy
     Thu 7/28 @ Biscuits and Blues
Mark Growden, Old Lady From Brewster

Special in-studio guest: Ron Hacker

     Sat 7/30 @ The Saloon

Ron Hacker, Dark Was The Night (in-studio)
Ron Hacker, You Gotta Move (in-studio)
Ron Hacker and the Hacksaws, You Gotta Move, Part 1
Yank Rachell, Bye Bye Baby
Tom Waits, LowDown
Ron Hacker, Death Letter Blues (in-studio)
Ron Hacker and the Hacksaws, Filthy Animal
     from the new album Filthy Animal

Ravid Kahalani, Yemen Blues
   Mon 8/01 @ The Independent
Ana Popovic, Fearless Blues
   from the forthcoming album Unconditional
Keb' Mo', The Reflection (I See Myself In You)
     from the forthcoming album The Reflection
Jimmie Vaughan, I Ain't Never
     from the new album Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites
George 'Harmonica' Smith, Juke (live)
     from the new album Teardrops Are Falling

Michael Bloomfield, It Takes Time (live)
Roy Rogers & Ray Manzarek, Blues in My Shoes
Rolling Stones, The Spider and the Fly
Buddy Guy, I Hope You Come Back Home
Junior Kimbrough, Done Got Old
Holmes Brothers, I'll Be Back
Buddy Guy, 74 Years Young
Charlie Christian, Stardust (live)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Twisted

Playlist: July 20, 2011

2011-07-21T00:30:00.000-07:00

LaTosha Brown, I Know I've Been Changed
Mark Growden, John Hardy
Beso Negro, C'est La Vie
     Fri 7/22 @ Amnesia: Baxtalo Drom
     Sun 7/24 @ Angel Island Summer Concert Series
Little Wolf & The Hellcats, Sittin' On Top of the World
   Sat 7/23 @ High Street Station
Phil Berkowitz, I Want a Roof Over My Head
     Sat 7/23 @ The Union Room
Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws, Burnin'
   Fri 7/22 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sat 7/23 @ Redwood City PAL Blues Festival
     Wed 7/27 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guest: Nathan James

     Thu 7/21 @ Poor House Bistro
     Fri 7/22 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sat 7/23 @ Redwood City PAL Blues Festival
     Sun 7/24 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company

Make Your Own Mind (in-studio)
No Baby Don't (in-studio)
I'd Rather Be Bit By A Rattlesnake Than Let You Jive Me, Woman (in-studio)
Slave To You (in-studio)
No One To Love (in-studio)
I Don't Know It

James Harman, Old Man Eyes
Mark Hummel, Love In Vain
Tip of the Top, Evans Shuffle
Alabama Mike, Eddie Lee
Earl Thomas, Jet Airliner
Johnny Rawls, Burning Bridges
     Sat 7/23 @ Redwood City PAL Blues Festival

Bombino, Tar Hani (My Love)
     Tue 7/26 @ Slim's
Guy Davis, Words to My Mama's Song
     Wed-Thu 7/27-28 @ Biscuits and Blues
Laurie Morvan Band, Back Up the Train
Ana Popovic, Putting Out The APB
     Mon 7/25 @ Biscuits and Blues
Maria Muldaur, As An Eagle Stirreth In Her Nest
     from the forthcoming album Steady Love
Steve Freund, Jesse James
   Fri 7/22 @ The Saloon
     Sat 7/23 @ Armando's
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Feast of the Mau-Mau

Playlist: July 13, 2011

2011-07-14T00:37:00.000-07:00

Count Basie & His Orchestra, One O'Clock Jump
   Thu 7/14 @ Amnesia: Fil Lorenz Orchestra Play Count Basie
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Going to Chicago Blues
   Fri 7/15 @ Biscuits and Blues
Gaucho & Tamar Korn, Avalon
     Thu 7/14 @ Mechanic's Institute Library
Nathan James, Walk With Your Maker
     Tue 7/19 @ Todos Santos Plaza
     Wed 7/20 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guest: Quinn Deveaux

     Sat 7/16 @ The Independent: "Under Covers" CD Release Party

Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Tiger In Your Tank
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Good News
John Lee Hooker, Huckle Up Baby
Charley Patton, Shake It & Break It (But Don't Let It Fall, Mama)
Billie Holiday, Everything A Good Man Needs
Mahalia Jackson, Speak Lord Jesus
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Glory Glory
Hasil Adkins, Goin' Home Tomorrow
Richie Havens, San Francisco Bay Blues
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, They All Asked For You

Bob Dylan, It's All Good
   Thu 7/14 @ Santa Barbara Bowl
     Fri 7/15 @ The Pacific Amphitheatre
Johnny Rawls, Feel So Good
Deitra Farr, It Really Doesn't Matter
Demetria Taylor, Bad Girl
Jimmy Reed, Honest I Do
Kickin' The Mule, Big Boss Man
   Sat 7/16 @ Cafe Van Kleef
     Sun 7/17 @ Poor House Bistro
Bill Cosby, Bright Lights, Big City

Mavis Staples, Step Into The Light
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Give Me My Coat and Shoes
Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Right Around the Corner
Louis Jordan, Barnacle Bill The Sailor
The Mumlers, Tangled Up With You

Playlist: July 6, 2011

2011-07-07T00:42:00.000-07:00

Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Come And Go
     Wed 7/13 on the Fog City Blues
Beso Negro, Desde Allí
     Fri 7/08 @ Arlene Francis Center
     Sat 7/09 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
The Soul of John Black, I Love It
     Fri 7/08 @ The Union Room
     Sat 7/09 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Roomful of Blues, Hook, Line & Sinker
     Thu 7/07 @ Yoshi's Oakland
     Sat 7/09 @ Metro Fountain Blues Festival
Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, Con-Vo-Looted
     from the new album Almighty Dollar
   Sat 7/09 @ Hayward Russell City Blues Festival
     Sat 7/09 @ Biscuits and Blues

Special in-studio guests: Bob Goss, Scott Pearson, Ronnie Stewart, and Johnny Rawls

     Sat-Sun 7/09-10: Hayward Russell City Blues Festival

Pee Wee Crayton, Git To Gittin'
Lafayette Thomas (w/ Jimmy McCracklin), Take A Chance
Johnny Fuller, First Stage of the Blues
Jimmy Reed, The End
Wylie Trass, Tin Pan Alley
Lowell Fulson, Prison Bound
Billy Dunn and Bluesway, You Can Turn Around (And Walk)
Big Mama Thornton (w/ Billy Dunn), Tall Daddy (live)
Big Mama Thornton (w/ Billy Dunn), Hound Dog (live)
Big Mama Thornton (w/ Lafayette Thomas), Tom Cat
Jimmy McCracklin, Savoy Jump
Jimmy Wilson & The Blues Blasters, Blues In The Alley
Fillmore Slim, The Game

Playlist: June 29, 2011

2011-06-30T00:00:00.000-07:00

Special in-studio guests: Chris Strachwitz and Adam Machado

Skip James, No Special Lover
Big Joe Williams, Sloppy Drunk Blues
Treme Brass Band, Sweet Georgia Brown
Creole Belles, Medley Carrière
Big Mama Thornton, Hound Dog
Barbara Dane, Deportees
Savoy Family Band, Sugar Bee
Sonny Boy Williamson, She Brought Life Back to the Dead

Special guest: Her Majesty's Dominion of Canada

Downchild, You Don't Love Me (feat. Colin Linden & Dan Aykroyd)
Northern Pikes, She Ain't Pretty
Cowboy Junkies, Shining Moon
Jeff Healey, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

Colin Linden, From the Water
Colin James, Please Baby
Steve Dawson, Somebody's Got to Help You
Ndidi Onukwulu, Move Together
The Duhks, Death Came a Knockin'
Po' Girl, Abilene

Fathead, Where's the Blues Taking Me
Long John Baldry, Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King of Rock 'n Roll
Neil Young, This Note's for You
Oscar Peterson Trio, Blues of the Prairies

Playlist: June 22, 2011

2011-06-23T00:11:00.000-07:00

Big Brother & The Holding Company, Summertime
Tin Cup Serenade, Put 'Em Down Blues (in-studio)
     Saturdays @ "B" Restaurant
Jazz Gitan, Minor Swing
     Sat 6/25 @ High Street Station
Hot Tuna, Mourning Interrupted
     Thu 6/23 @ The Fillmore
     Sat 6/25 @ Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival
Meklit Hadero, Soleil Soleil
     Thu 6/23 @ The Independent

Monterey Bay Blues Festival: June 24-26

Ruthie Foster, Up Above My Head (I Hear Music In The Air)
     from the new album Ruthie Foster Live At Antones
Mavis Staples, Wade In The Water
Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Black Tornado
Larry McCray, Four Nickels
Lester Chambers, Five Long Years

Joe Louis Walker, It's A Shame
     Sun 6/26 @ Horseman's Club
     Mon 6/27 @ Biscuits and Blues
James Harman, My Secret Escapade
     Fri 6/24 @ Biscuits and Blues

Big Bill Broonzy, In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down
Big Bill Broonzy, All By Myself
Muddy Waters, Lonesome Road Blues
Big Bill Morganfield, Too Late Brother
James Cotton, Rocket 88
     from the new album Chicago Blues: A Living History - The (R)Evolution Continues
James Cotton, Tramp
     Fri-Sun 7/01-03 @ Yoshi's Oakland

Lazy Lester, They Call Me Lazy
Honeyboy Edwards, Riding the Rails
Skip James, Sea Walking Jesus
Clifton Chenier, Mr. Charlie
The 24th Street Wailers, Standley
   from the new album Dirty Little Young'uns
Monkeyjunk, You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
   from the new album To Behold
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit, Dance With Delilah
   from the new album Strictly Whatever
The Kinks, The Last of the Steam-Powered Trains

Playlist: June 15, 2011

2011-06-16T00:21:00.000-07:00

Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Farther Up The Road
     Sat 6/18 @ Yoshi's SF
Kim Nalley, My Baby Just Cares for Me
     6/14 - 7/17 @ The Rrazz Room
Asylum Street Spankers, Song With No Words
     Sun 6/19 @ Red Devil Lounge (Christina Marrs)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, I Learned the Hard Way
     Sun 6/19 @ Stern Grove Festival

Special in-studio guests: Beso Negro

     Sun 6/19 @ Amnesia

Beso Negro, Desde Allí (in-studio)
Beso Negro, If You See Kay (in-studio)
Beso Negro, Mala Reputación (in-studio)
Pete Anderson, Working Class
Beso Negro, Cobblestone Shore (in-studio)
Beso Negro, Joseph, Joseph (in-studio)
Beso Negro, C'est La Vie
     from the forthcoming EP Somos

Thelonious Monk, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Merle Kessler & J. Raoul Brody, Magic Lamp
   Sun 6/19: Philosophy Talk Live at the Marsh
Emily Anne Reed (w/ Quinn Deveaux), My Dying Day
   Fri 6/17 @ Revolution Cafe
     Mon 6/20 @ Rickhouse
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Tiger In Your Tank
     Fri 6/17 @ Club Deluxe
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Blow Me A Fat Note
     Thu 6/16 @ SFJazz Summerfest
     Fri 6/17 @ Biscuits and Blues
California Honeydrops, Same Ol', Same Ol'
     Sat 6/18 @ Wisteria Ways
     Sat 6/18 @ Bicycle Music Festival

Ron Hacker, Watch What You Say
     Sun 6/19 @ Biscuits and Blues
Terry Hanck, Here It Comes
     from the forthcoming album, Look Out!
Elvin Bishop (w/ Terry Hanck), Cryin' Fool
     from the new album Raisin' Hell Revue
Paul McCartney, Nobody Knows
     from the new re-release McCartney II
The Detroit Cobras, Heartbeat
Nick Lowe, Changing All Those Changes
     from the forthcoming album Rave On Buddy Holly
Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers, Those Hits Just Keep On Comin'
     from the new album Translucent Blues
Watermelon Slim & Super Chikan, The Trip
     from the new album Okiesippi Blues

Playlist: June 8, 2011

2011-06-09T00:43:00.000-07:00

Extra Action Marching Band, A K S
     Fri 6/10 @ Rickshaw Stop
     Sat 6/11 @ The Uptown
Jazz Gitan, Blue Drag
Lollo Meier, Brazil
Hot Club of Detroit, Sacré Bleu
John Jorgenson Quintet, Hungaria

Special in-studio guests: Les Doigts de l'Homme

   Thu 6/09 @ 142 Throckmorton Theatre: Djangofest SF

Les Doigts de l'Homne, Blue Skies (in-studio)
Les Doigts de l'Homne, Camping Sauvage à Auschwitz (in-studio)
Les Doigts de l'Homne, Joseph, Joseph (in-studio)
Django Reinhardt, After You've Gone
Les Doigts de l'Homne, St. James Infirmary Blues (in-studio)
Les Doigts de l'Homne, Ol' Man River (in-studio)
Les Doigts de l'Homne, 1910

Howlin' Wolf, Smokestack Lightnin'
Howlin' Wolf, Crying At Daybreak
Hubert Sumlin, Hidden Charms
Freddie King, How Many More Years
Albert King, Howlin' for My Darling
R.L. Burnside, My Baby Caught The Train (Who's Been Talkin')
The Allman Joys, Spoonful
Colin James, Down In The Bottom
The Upholsterers, I Ain't Superstitious

Tracy Nelson, You'll Be Mine
   from the new album Victim Of The Blues
Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne, Searching For My Baby
   from the forthcoming album An Old Rock on a Roll
Monkeyjunk, Mother's Crying
   from the forthcoming album To Behold
David Gogo, Please Find My Baby
   from the forthcoming album Soul Bender
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Come See About Me
   from the new album Revelator
Tom Jones, What Good Am I?

Playlist: June 1, 2011

2011-06-02T00:33:00.000-07:00

Mark Growden, Star Spangled Benz / Molly Rose Waltz
Mark Growden, Everybody Holds a Piece of the Sun
     Thu-Sat 6/02-04 @ Porto Franco Art Parlor
Harvey Mandel, Snake
     Sun 6/05 @ Biscuits and Blues
Chicago Blues Reunion, New Truck
Doni Harvey, Blue & Eazy
Les Doigts de l'Homme, Ol' Man River
     Wed 6/08 @ Fog City Blues

Sugar Thieves, This Little Light of Mine (live)
     Sat 6/04 @ Coloma Blues Live
Taj Mahal, Cake Walk Into Town (live)
   Fri 6/03 @ Rio Theatre
     Sat 6/04 @ Coloma Blues Live
Tommy Castro, Painkiller (live)
     Sat 6/04 @ Coloma Blues Live
   Sun 6/05 @ Marin Home & Garden Expo
John Németh (w/ Elvin Bishop), Bye Bye Baby (live)
     Sat 6/04 @ Coloma Blues Live
Roy Rogers & Ray Manzarek, An Organ, a Guitar and a Chicken Wing
     from the new album Translucent Blues
Watermelon Slim & Super Chikan, Northwest Regional Medical Center Blues
   from the forthcoming album Okiesippi Blues
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit, Little Ukelele
     from the new album Strictly Whatever

Paul McCartney, It's So Easy
The Black Keys, Dearest
     from the forthcoming album Rave On Buddy Holly
Jimmy Rogers, Today, Today Blues
Muddy Waters, Young Fashioned Ways
Jimmy Rogers All Stars, Trouble No More
Rolling Stones, Mannish Boy (live)

Memphis Minnie, When The Levee Breaks
Led Zeppelin, When The Levee Breaks
John Campbell, When The Levee Breaks
Magic Slim, James Cotton & Billy Branch, When The Levee Breaks
Bob Dylan, The Levee's Gonna Break
Panique, Ma Première Guitare (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, This Rainy May
     Fri 6/02 @ Era Art Bar

Playlist: May 25, 2011

2011-05-26T00:10:00.000-07:00

California Honeydrops, Judgment Day
     Fri 5/27 @ New Parish
     Sat 5/28 @ Red Poppy Art House
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Good News
     Fri 5/27 @ Cafe du Nord
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Adam's Rib
     Fri 5/27 @ Pacheco Plaza
     Sat 5/28 @ Sacramento Jazz Jubilee
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, What's The Matter
     Sat 5/28 @ 50 Mason Social House
     Sun 5/29 @ Larkspur Flower & Food Festival
     Sun 5/29 @ The Makeout Room
Tracy Nelson, Victim Of The Blues
     Tue 5/31 @ Yoshi's San Francisco: The Blues Broads

Special guest: Dennis Juarez

     Sun 5/29 @ Slim's: A Celebration of the Life of Johnny Nitro

Johnny Nitro and the Door Slammers, Cross Cut Saw
Johnny Nitro and the Door Slammers, Little Girl
Johnny Nitro, Tommy Castro and Kevin Russell, Nobody Else's Arms
Cathy Lemons and Johnny Ace, I'm Not The Woman I Used To Be
Johnny Nitro and the Door Slammers, So Sharp

Santa Cruz Blues Festival: May 28-29

Jim Hendrix, Hear My Train A Comin'
North Mississippi Allstars, Big Mama's Door
Dave Alvin, Blind Love
Trombone Shorty, Backatown
Tommy Castro, Gotta Serve Somebody
from the forthcoming album The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue - Live!

Elvin Bishop, Down In Virginia
     from the new album Raisin' Hell Revue
Fillmore Slim, Street Walker
   Mon 5/30 @ California Blues Festival
T-Bone Walker, Wichita Falls Blues
Junior Parker, Mystery Train
Levon Helm, Back To Memphis
     from the new album Ramble at the Ryman
Bob Dylan, & The Band, House of the Rising Sun
Bob Dylan, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (alt)
Lightnin' Hopkins, Automobile

Palylist: May 18, 2011

2011-05-19T09:40:00.000-07:00

Elvin Bishop, Callin' All Cows (live)
Elvin Bishop, The Night Time Is The Right Time (live)
   from the new album Raisin' Hell Revue
Junior Watson, Spring Roll
Tip of the Top, Stranger Blues
Phil Berkowitz, Beach Bar Boogie
     Sun 5/22 @ Servino: West Coast Blues For A Cure
Big Bill Broonzy, Southern Flood Blues

Special guest: David Roche

Funky Meters, Too Funky (live)
   Fri 5/20 @ Bimbo's 365 Club: Blue Bear Live VI
The Meters, Look-Ka Py Py

Johnny Nitro and the Door Slammers, Tramp (live)
Bob Dylan, Poor Boy Blues

Special guest: Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop, It Hurts Me Too (live)
Elvin Bishop, Blues Cruise

Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
Chuck Berry, Too Much Monkey Business
Memphis Minnie, Me And My Chauffeur Blues
Bob Dylan, Obviously Five Believers
Louis Armstrong, St. James Infirmary
Blind Willie McTell, Dying Crapshooter's Blues
Bob Dylan, Blind Willie McTell
Billie Holiday, Having Myself A Time
Bob Dylan, Bye And Bye
Muddy Waters, I Just Want To Make Love To You
Bob Dylan, My Wife's Home Town
Bob Dylan, Sign On The Cross

Playlist: May 11, 2011

2011-05-19T09:38:00.000-07:00

Muddy Waters, Hey Hey
Big Bill Morganfield, High Gas Prices
Lucky Peterson, I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
   Sun-Mon 5/15-16 @ Biscuits and Blues
Charlie Musselwhite, The Well
   Fri 5/13 @ Biscuits and Blues
Corey Harris, Money on My Mind
     Fri 5/13 @ The Union Room

Special guest: Bob Riesman - The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy

Big Bill Broonzy, Key To The Highway
Big Bill Broonzy, Eagle Ridin' Papa
Big Bill Broonzy, Just A Dream
Lil Green, Why Don't You Do Right
Big Bill Broonzy, I Feel So Good
Big Bill Broonzy, Black, Brown and White
Big Bill Broonzy, Hey Hey

Quinn Sullivan, Buddy's Blues
Buddy Guy, Living Proof
Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, I Feel So Good
Robin Rogers, I Know I Done Wrong
Matt Hill, I Tried To Love A Crazy Woman

Elvin Bishop, What the Hell Is Goin' On (live)
   from the forthcoming album Raisin' Hell Revue
Guy Davis, House of the Rising Sun
     from the forthcoming album A Nod to Bob 2: An Artists Tribute to Bob Dylan on his 70th Birthday
Arthur Alexander, Anna
Larry Williams, Short Fat Fannie
Kansas Joe McCoy, Pile Driver Blues
Memphis Minnie, Joe Louis Strut
Alberta Hunter, He's Got A Punch Like Joe Louis
The Dixieaires, Joe Louis Is A Fighting Man
Big Bill Broonzy, Big Bill Blues

Playlist: May 4, 2011

2011-05-05T00:49:00.000-07:00

Seth Augustus, It'll Be Me
     Fri 5/06 @ Revolution Cafe
     Sun 5/08 @ Kaleidoscope
Cathy Lemons & Johnny Ace, Love Like A Fire
     Wed 5/11 @ Club Fox
Ty Curtis Band, Crying The Blues
   Thu 5/05 @ Biscuits and Blues
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, Someone Somewhere
     Sat 5/07 @ Biscuits and Blues
Tip of the Top, Wait Baby
     Fri 5/06 @ The Union Room
     Sat 5/07 @ Silo's

Gaucho, Little Sweetie
     Sat 5/07 @ Starry Plough: Gypsy Jazz from Around the Bay
Avatar Ensemble, I Can't Give You Anything But Love (in-studio)
     Sat 5/07 @ Cafe Royale
The Manhattan Transfer, Java Jive
     Thu 5/05 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Steve Lucy & The Rhumba Bums, Bye Bye Baby
     Fri 5/06 @ Ashkenaz
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Miss Brown To You
     Fri 5/06 @ Biscuits and Blues
Quinn Deveaux & The Blue Beat Review, Leave My Woman Alone
   Sat 5/07 @ The Crepe Place
     Sun 5/08 @ Restoration Workshop
James Brown, Tell Me What I Did Wrong
Johnnie Taylor, Cheaper To Keep Her
Little Walter, Mean Old Frisco (Alternate)
Link Wray and His Ray Men, Rumble

Robert Johnson Centennial: May 8, 2011

Robert Johnson, Stop Breakin' Down Blues
The Rolling Stones, Stop Breaking Down
The White Stripes, Stop Breaking Down
Eric Clapton, Stop Breakin' Down Blues
Cream, Four Until Late

Muddy Waters, Walkin' Blues
Elmore James, I Believe
Homesick James, Crossroads
Robert Lockwood Jr, Steady Rollin' Man
Robert Lockwood Jr, Little Queen of Spades
Chris Thomas King, Ramblin' On My Mind
Rory Block, Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
Big Todd Blues Club, All My Love's In Vain
Dennis Johnson, Terraplane Blues
Honeyboy Edwards, Sweet Home Chicago
Bob Dylan, Milkcow's Calf Blues
Robert Johnson, They're Red Hot