Playlist: February 9, 2011

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Voo-It
     Allen Smith 1925-2011
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Daddy
     Mon 2/14 @ Biscuits and Blues
Tip of the Top, She Told Me
     Fri 2/11 @ Viva
     Sat 2/12 @ Back Forty Texas BBQ
     Sun 2/13 @ The Standby
Phil Berkowitz, Straight Up
     Fri 2/11 @ SF Indiefest at Cellspace
     Sat 2/12 @ Bluz By You
     Sun 2/13 @ The Rockit Room

Special in-studio guests: The Tin Cup Serenade

     Saturdays @ "B" Restaurant & Bar

Tin Cup Serenade, Is It Love? (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Kissing Bug (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, I Got Lost In You (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Put 'Em Down Blues (in-studio)
Rosetta Tharpe, My Man And I
Tin Cup Serenade, Same Old You (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Rocks In My Bed (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Norma Knew

Lester Chambers, Fried Neck Bones & Some Home Fries
     Sun 2/13 @ George's Nightclub
Chambers Brothers, Uptown
Pryor Baird & The Deacons, Little Red Wagon
     Wed 2/16 @ Biscuits and Blues
Maria Muldaur, Decent Woman Blues
     Fri 2/11 @ George's Nightclub
     Sat 2/12 @ Palms Playhouse
     Sun 2/13 @ Rrazz Room

2011 Grammy Nominees

Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, Take My Hand, Precious Lord
     from the album Joined at the Hip
James Cotton, With The Quickness
     from the album Giant
Charlie Musselwhite, Hoodoo Queen
     from the album The Well
Cyndi Lauper, Mother Earth
     from the album Memphis Blues
Dr. John & The Lower 911, Jinky Jinx
     from the album Tribal
Buddy Guy, Let The Door Knob Hit Ya
     from the album Living Proof
Solomon Burke, I'm Leavin'
     from the album Nothing's Impossible

Tom Waits, Blue Valentines

Playlist: Febraury 2, 2011

Groundhogs, Groundhog
Lightnin' Hopkins, Up On Telegraph Avenue
     from the new box set Hear Me Howling! Blues, Ballads, & Beyond
Claudette King, Boogie Some
     Fri 2/04 @ Biscuits and Blues
Fathead, Shame On You
     Juno Award Nominee for Best Blues Album

Special in-studio guest: Quinn Deveaux & Matty MaGillivray

Quinn Deveaux and the Blue Beat Review, Come and Go
Quinn Deveaux and the Blue Beat Review, Packin' Up
Quinn Deveaux and the Blue Beat Review, Good News
The Miracles, Nobody
Quinn Deveaux and the Blue Beat Review, Tiger
Quinn Deveaux and the Blue Beat Review, I'm In Love Again
Quinn Deveaux and the Blue Beat Review, They All Asked For You
     from the forthcoming album Under Covers

California Honeydrops, Miss Louise (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Aunt Hagar's Blues (in-studio)
Panique, Dinette (in-studio)
Hot Club of Cowtown, Cabiria (in-studio)
Trio Zazí, Pretty Fly (in-studio)
Christmas Jug Band, Plant A Santa (in-studio)
Kugelplex, Sweet Georgia Brown (in-studio)
Saul Kaye, Two Wolves (in-studio)
Samuel James, The Water's Always Changing, but the River... (in-studio)
Cowboy Junkies, Stranger Here (in-studio)
Mark Hummel, Living With The Blues (in-studio)
John Németh, Late Night Boogie (in-studio)

Big Bones and Paul Pena, Put You Down Baby (live)
Muddy Waters, Honey Bee (live)
Albert King, I Get Evil (live)
Chuck Berry, My Ding-A-Ling (live)
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Killing Floor (live)
Elvin Bishop & Little Smokey Smothers, That's My Partner (live)
Otis Rush, Cross Cut Saw (live)
Clifton Chenier, Clifton's Zydeco (live)
Butterfield Blues Band, Born In Chicago (live)
Jimmy Rogers, Can't Keep From Worrying (live)
Bob Dylan, Baby Let Me Follow You Down (live)

Playlist: January 26, 2011

Special in-studio guests: Chris Strachwitz and Adam Machado

     Fri-Sun 1/04-06 @ Freight & Salvage: Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration

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

Jimmy McCracklin, Savoy's Jump
Big Mama Thornton, Big Mama's Coming Home
Jimmy Wilson & The Blues Blasters, Oh Red
Jimmy Wilson & The Blues Blasters, Blues In The Alley
Jimmy McCracklin, Beer Tavern Girl
Jimmy McCracklin, My Love For You
Big Mama Thornton, Don't Talk Back

Johnny Fuller, First Stage Of The Blues
Johnny Fuller, Weeping And Mourning
Johnny Fuller, Strange Land
Johnny Fuller, No More
Juke Boy Bonner, Well Baby
Juke Boy Bonner, Rock With Me Baby
Jimmy McCracklin, You're The One
Jimmy McCracklin, I'm The One
Jimmy McCracklin, I Wanna Make Love To You
Jimmy McCracklin, Fare-Well
Jimmy McCracklin, Take A Chance

Rodger Collins, Foxy Girls In Oakland

Playlist: January 19, 2011

Asylum Street Spankers, If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
Asylum Street Spankers, It Ain't Necessarily So
     Sat 1/22 @ Great American Music Hall
     Tue 1/25 @ Don Quixote's International Hall of Music
Quinn Deveaux and the Blue Beat Review, Packin' Up
     Fri 1/21 @ Club Deluxe
     Sun 1/23 @ Lush Life Gallery
Sugaray, Overnight Sensation
     Fri 1/21 @ Holbrooke Hotel
     Sat 1/22 @ Biscuits and Blues
Dennis Johnson, East St. Louis
     Thu 1/20 @ 50 Mason Social House

Special in-studio guests: Seth Augustus and Lemon DeGeorge

     Sat 1/22 @ Kaleidoscope: Genghis Blues Review

Paul Pena, What You Talkin About?
Paul Pena, Kaldak Hamar
Paul Pena, Kargyraa Moan
Charley Patton, Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
Kongar-ol Ondar, Alash Hem (The Alash River)
Seth Augustus, Convolution Blues
Kongar-ol Ondar, Sünezin Yry (Soul's Song)

Big Bones and Paul Pena, Hellhound on My Trail (live)

Special in-studio guest: Big Bones

     Sun 1/23 @ Lush Life Gallery: Big Bones Bona-Fide All Star Blues Bash Rent Party

Paul Pena, TBA
Paul Pena, TBA
Paul Pena, Big Bones & Alvin Youngblood Hart, Sittin' On Top of the World
Big Bones, Summertime (in-studio)
Big Bones, Howlin' Wolf Shuffle (in-studio)
Big Bones, The Work Song (in-studio)