Playlist: November 16, 2011

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?