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