Playlist: February 16, 2011

Buddy Guy, Thank Me Someday 
     Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album: Living Proof
Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, Grown Up To Be A Man 
     Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album: Joined at the Hip
Trampled Under Foot, Somethin' Ain't Right
     Tue-Wed 2/22-23 @ Biscuits and Blues
Big Sam's Funky Nation, Hard To Handle
     Sat 2/19 @ Moe's Alley
     Sun 2/20 @ Harlow's
     Mon 2/21 @ Yoshi's San Francisco

Special guest: Lester Chambers

     Sundays @ George's: Lester Chambers’ Blues Revue & Jam

Chambers Brothers, Time Has Come Today
Lester Chambers, Do You Believe in Rock and Roll
Chambers Brothers, All Strung Out Over You
Lester Chambers, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

Quinn Deveaux and the Blue Beat Review, All Night Long
     Fri 2/18 @ Club Deluxe
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Catchin' Hell
     Fri 2/18 @ Biscuits and Blues
Bill Frisell, Worried Woman
     Wed-Thu 2/16-17 @ Yoshi's Oakland

Otis Blackwell, Return To Sender
Otis Blackwell, Number 000
Irma Thomas, It's Raining
Irma Thomas, I Count the Tears
Smokey Robinson, I Second That Emotion (live)
     from the new album Now & Then

Magic Sam, Sweet Home Chicago
Kokomo Arnold,  Old Original Kokomo Blues
Scrapper Blackwell, Kokomo Blues
Madlyn Davis, Kokola Blues
Walter Roland, Red Cross Blues
Robert Johnson, Sweet Home Chicago
Tommy McClennan, Baby Don't You Want To Go
Dan Pickett, Baby Don't You Want To Go
Bobo Jenkins, Baby Don't You Want To Go
Earl Hooker, Sweet Home Chicago
Taj Mahal, Sweet Home Chicago

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)