Playlist: June 27, 2012

The Blues Brothers, Soul Man (live)
     Fri-Sat 6/29-30 @ Yoshi's San Francisco: The Blues Brothers Revue
The Blues Brothers, Shake A Tail Feather
     Fri 6/29 @ Paramount Theatre: The Blues Brothers Movie
Vieux Farka Touré, Lakkal (Watch Out)
     Mon 7/02 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Go Van Gogh, Thirteen
     Sat 6/30 @ Disco Volante
     Sun 7/01 @ The Lake Chalet

Bay Area Caravan of Allstars, Tin Pan Alley
     Sun 7/01 @ Downtown Vacaville Blues Festival
     Wed 7/04 @ Red, White & Blues Festival
Grady Champion, Lady Luck
     Sun 7/01 @ Powerhouse Pub
     Wed 7/04 @ Red, White & Blues Festival
Earl Thomas, All Talk No Action
     Sat 6/30 @ Biscuits and Blues
John Lee Hooker Jr, One Eye Opened (live)
     Thu 6/28 @ Biscuits and Blues
Hot Club of San Francisco, C'est Si Bon
     Fri 6/29 @ Speisekammer
     from the new album Live at Yoshi's San Francisco
Clifton Chenier, Cher Catin (live)
Bob Dylan, Boogie Woogie Country Girl
Lena Horne, Now!

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

Bo Carter, I Get The Blues
Honeyboy Edwards, When I Came In
James Cotton, 'Fatuation
Willie Dixon, The Seventh Son
Dan Aykroyd & Jim Belushi, Greenbacks
Canadian Scottish Regiment Pipes and Drums, O Canada

Playlist: June 20, 2012

Billie Holliday, Summertime 
Sidney Bechet, Summertime 
Billy Stewart, Summertime
Big Brother and the Holding Company, Summertime (live)
The Who, Summertime Blues (live)

Monterey Blues Festival: June 22-24

Grady Champion, I'm Smilin' Again
Sista Monica, Tears
Kenny Neal, Old Friends
JJ Grey & Mofro, Ho Cake (live)

Howell Devine, Devil Got My Woman
     Thu 6/21 @ Cafe du Nord
     Fri 6/22 @ Fort Mason
     Sun 6/24 @ Revolution Cafe
The Panhandlers, St. James Infirmary Blues
     Thu 6/21 @ Cafe du Nord
Hot Club of San Francisco, It's Alright With Me
     Fri 6/22 @ Rhythmix

The Beatles, Birthday
Paul McCartney, San Francisco Bay Blues
The Beatles, She's A Woman
Paul McCartney, Bogey Music
Paul McCartney, We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)

Jerry McCain, That's What They Want
Lazy Lester, A Real Combination For Love
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, D.O.G.
     from the forthcoming album One Wrong Turn
Lazy Lester, Raining In My Heart
Skip James, Peace In The Valley
Skip James, Devil Got My Woman  
Deodato, Also Sprach Zarathustra
Sarah Vaughan, Summertime

Playlist: June 13, 2012

Hot Club of San Francisco, R-26
     from the new album Live at Yoshi's San Francisco
     Sat 6/16 @ Rancho Nicasio
Duo Gadjo and Their Hot Friends, La Foule
     Thu 6/14 @ Armando's
     Sun 6/17 @ Restaurant Chevalier
Go Van Gogh, Romski Kocik
     Thu 6/14 @ Bottom of the Hill
Monophonics, Thinking Black
     Fri 6/15 @ Great American Music Hall

The Soul Rebels, Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
Jon Cleary, Let's Get Low Down
Dr. John,  Locked Down
     Fri 6/15 @ Paramount Theatre: Another Night in Treme
Mitch Woods, Big Easy Boogie
     Sat 6/16 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sun 6/17 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Ray Charles, Laughin' and Clownin'
     Fri 6/15 @ Throckmorton Theatre: The Ray Charles Project
Shovelman, Navigate
     Thu 6/14 @ Starry Plough
Howell Devine, Long Haired Doney
     Sat 6/16 @ The Baltic
     Sun 6/17 @ Revolution Cafe
Lee Rocker, Come Together
     Sun 6/17 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Volker Strifler, Let the Music Rise
     Sat 6/16 @ Last Day Saloon

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
Howlin' Wolf, 300 Pounds of Joy (live)

Samantha Fish, Runaway
     Wed 6/20 @ Biscuits and Blues
Carolyn Wonderland, Only God Knows When
     Thu 6/14 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Nice Guy Trio, Tiny Gods (Waking Music)
     Thu 6/14 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Bobby Freeman, Big Fat Woman

Playlist: June 6, 2012

Django Reinhardt, Sweet Georgia Brown
The Rosenberg Trio, Minor Blues (live)
     Sat 6/09 @ Throckmorton Theatre: Djangofest Mill Valley
Gonzalo Bergara Quartet, B-612
     Thu 6/07 @ Throckmorton Theatre: Djangofest Mill Valley
The Lost Fingers, Pump Up the Jam
     Fri 6/08 @ Throckmorton Theatre: Djangofest Mill Valley

Special in-studio guest: Jimmy Luttrell

     Sun 6/10 @ Throckmorton Theatre: Djangofest Mill Valley

Gypsy Jive (in-studio)
Lutrell Paradise (in-studio)
Lutrellology (in-studio)
Merle Travis, I'll See You In My Dreams
I'll See You In My Dreams (in-studio)
Ain't Misbehavin' (in-studio)
Bye Bye Blues (in-studio)
Spade Cooley, Fidoodlin'
Spade Cooley, Devil's Dream
Georgine (in-studio)
Runaway Gypsies

California Honeydrops, When It Was Wrong (live)
Jackie Greene, Messin' With The Kid
     Sat 6/09 @ Coloma Blues Festival
Chris Pierce, Play With Me
Arian Saleh, Better in Blue
Balcony Players, Skelephant
     Sun 6/10 @ Viracocha
Kabbalah, Elephant Mentsch
     Fri 6/08 @ Ashkenaz
Whiskerman, Fair Mind, Maker, Weeper, Babe
     Fri 6/08 @ Cafe du Nord
Tom Jones, Run On
Jimmy Rogers, Money, Marbles And Chalk
Memphis Minnie, Dirty Mother For You
Les Paul & Mary Ford, Walkin' and Whistlin' Blues
Cole Porter, Be Like The Bluebird

Playlist: May 30, 2012

Doc Watson, White House Blues
Bob Dylan, Lone Pilgrim
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, Subterranean Homesick Blues
     Wed-Thu 6/06-07 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Johnny Cash, Train Of Love
     Cash'd Out – Thu 5/31 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Devine's Jug Band, The Lindberg Hop
     Fri 6/01 @ 50 Mason Social House
Tip of the Top, Fattening Frogs for Snakes
     Fri 6/01 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
     Sat 6/02 @ The Iron Gate

Curtis Salgado, He Played His Harmonica
Curtis Salgado, What You Gonna Do?
     Mon 6/02 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Phantom Blues Band, I Can't Stand It
     from the new album Inside Out
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Rollin' and Tumblin'
     from the new album Everybody's Talkin'
Mannish Boys, That Dood It
    from the new album Double Dynamite
South Memphis String Band, Turnip Greens
     from the new album Old Times There
Jim Dickinson and North Mississippi Allstars, Down in Mississippi
     from the forthcoming album I'm Just Dead I'm Not Gone
Jack White, Trash Tongue Talker
     from the new album Blunderbuss
Dr. John, Revolution
     from the new album Locked Down

Meshugga Beach Party, Bubbie's Kitchen
     Sun 6/03 @ Hotel Utah
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Barbary Blues
     Fri 6/01 @ Marilyn's On K
     Mon 6/04 @ Lagunitas Brewery
     Tue 6/05 @ Rickshaw Stop
Shovelman, This Little Pig
     Fri 6/01 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Whiskerman, Blind Saint
     Fri 6/01 @ La Pena Cultural Center
     Sat 6/02 @ Amnesia
Seth Augustus, It'll Be Me
     Fri 6/01 @ Revolution Cafe
Wendy DeWitt, Don't Tell Me You Love Me
     Thu 5/31 @ Grand Deli Saloon
     Sun 6/03 @ Armando's: Delta Blues Festival Benefit
Big Cat Tolefree, Jinky Woman
     Sun 6/03 @ Armando's: Delta Blues Festival Benefit
     Sun 6/03 @ Winterhawk Winery: Blues in the Vineyard
Bay Area Caravan of All-Stars, Why I Sing The Blues
     Sun 6/03 @ Winterhawk Winery: Blues in the Vineyard
T-Bone Walker, They Call It Stormy Monday
T-Bone Walker, Why My Baby
Duke Robillard, T-Bone Shuffle
Benny Goodman, Old Man Harlem
Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited, Yarira Ngoma
     Wed 6/06 @ Yoshi's San Francisco

Playlist: May 23, 2012

Sly & The Family Stone, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Sam & Dave, I Thank You
Xandra Corpora, Thank You (in-studio)
Con Brio, How Many Days?
     Thu 5/24 @ Great American Music Hall

Santa Cruz Blues Festival: Saturday May 26 

Big Sam's Funky Nation, Funky Donkey
James Cotton, Elvin Bishop et al., Three Harp Boogie
Joan Osborne, Bring It On Home
Holmes Brothers, Man Of Peace
Los Lobos, Billy 1

Sacramento Music Festival: Fri-Mon May 25-28 

Contino, Rotgut Run
Big Joe & The Dynaflows, You Can't Keep A Big Man Down
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, P.A. Slim Is Back
Sista Monica Parker, Hug Me Like You Love Me 

Bob Dylan, Gotta Serve Somebody
Woody Guthrie, Little Black Train
Johnnie & Jack, Uncle John's Bongos
Bob Dylan, Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
Charley Patton, Poor Me
Bob Dylan, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

Levon Helm, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (live)
Bob Dylan, Levon Helm & Rick Danko, The Weight (live)
Bob Dylan, Minstrel Boy
Bob Dylan, It Ain't Me Babe (live)
Levon Helm, False Hearted Lover Blues
The Band, Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan, I Don't Wanna Be Your Partner

Playlist: May 16, 2012

Dennis Johnson, Radio Blues (in-studio)
Howell Devine, Railroad Stomp (in-studio)
Xandra Corpora, The Battle of San Francisco (in-studio)
California Honeydrops, Miss Louise (in-studio)

Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, All Night Long
Tin Cup Serenade, Tin Cup Blues
     Thu 5/17 @ Viracocha: Fog City Blues 5th Anniversary Revue
Go Van Gogh, Sirens (in-studio)
     Sat 5/19 @ Revolution Cafe
Shovelman, Moonshine (in-studio)
     Sun 5/20 @ Maker Faire
     Sun 5/20 @ Lagunitas Beer Circus
Panique, Swing 48 (in-studio)
     Thu 5/17 @ Viracocha: Fog City Blues 5th Anniversary Revue
Hot Club of Cowtown, Dark Eyes (in-studio)
Carolina Chocolate Drops, No Man's Mama (in-studio)
Cowboy Junkies, Stranger Here (in-studio)
Blue Rodeo, Are You Ready For The Country (in-studio)

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, U B U
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Walk All Day
Irma Thomas, Same Old Blues
     Sun 5/20 @ Yoshi's SF: West Coast Blues For A Cure
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Back From The Dead
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, One Wrong Turn
     from the forthcoming album One Wrong Turn
Phiil Berkowitz, Midnight Rooster (in-studio)
Tip of the Top, Wait Baby (in-studio)
Joe Louis Walker, Too Drunk To Drive Drunk (in-studio)
Chris Cotton, Blues For Big Bill (in-studio)
Quinn DeVeaux, Bo Diddley Song (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Same Old You (in-studio)
Taj Mahal, Fishing Blues

Playlist: May 9, 2012

Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Mint Julep
     Mon 5/14 @ Club Deluxe
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, They All Asked For You
Tin Cup Serenade, Manitoba
Panique, Minor Swing
     Thu 5/17 @ Viracocha: Fog City Blues 5th Anniversary Revue

California Honeydrops, Bubble Gum (in-studio)
Chris Cotton, The Gambler / The Angels (in-studio)
Amber Gougis, Let Me Love You (in-studio)
John Németh, Late Night Boogie (in-studio)
Meshugga Beach Party, Go Go Golem (in-studio)
Christmas Jug Band, Plant A Santa (in-studio)
Beso Negro, If You See Kay (in-studio)
Little Wolf & The Hellcats, Built For Comfort (in-studio)
Blue Rodeo, Joker's Wild (in-studio)

Robert Johnson, They're Red Hot
Robert Lowery, Crossroads Blues
Roy Rogers, Stones In My Passway
Dennis Johnson, 32-20 Blues
Howell Devine, When You Got A Good Friend
Hot Tuna, Walkin' Blues

Rick Estrin, My Next Ex-Wife
Tommy Castro, Make It Back To Memphis
Joe Louis Walker, Soldier For Jesus (in-studio)
Kenny Neal, Baby Bee (in-studio)
Quinn DeVeaux, Goin' Back To Oakland (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Aunt Hagar's Blues (in-studio)
Panique, Ma Première Guitare (in-studio)

Playlist: May 2, 2012

Howell Devine, You Got Me Runnin'
     Sat 5/05 @ 50 Mason Social House
     Sun 5/06 @ Revolution Cafe
Rupa & The April Fishes, Build
     from the forthcoming album Build
     Sat 5/05 @ Center for the Arts
Amber Gougis, Oh Boy
     Sat 5/05 @ Viracocha
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, Leave My Woman Alone
     Fri 5/04 @ Club Deluxe
Seth Augustus, Let's Get Henry to Drill a Hole
     Thu 5/03 @ The Torch Club
     Fri 5/04 @ Revolution Cafe

Special in-studio guest: Shovelman

Riding High (in-studio)
Sound of the Train (in-studio)
The Tracks (in-studio)
Tom Waits, 2:19
On The Run (in-studio)
Moonshine (in-studio)
The Dirty West

Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Dink's Blues
Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Dig That
     Mon 5/07 @ Club Deluxe
Pinetop Perkins, Willow Weep For Me
     from the new album Heaven
Chuck Leavell, No Special Rider
     from the new album Back to the Woods
Dr. John, Big Shot
     from the new album Locked Down

James Brown, Why Do You Do Me
Little Walter, Teenage Beat
Mark Hummel, Evans Shuffle
Rev. Gary Davis, Floor Sweepin' Rag
Rory Block, I Belong to the Band
     from the forthcoming album I Belong to the Band: A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis

Playlist: April 25, 2012

The Plāto'nes, Cult Leader Blues
     Sun 4/29 @ The Marsh Berkeley: Philosophy Talk Live
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, Packin' Up
     Fri 4/27 @ Bottom of the Hill
Wendy DeWitt, Jungle Boogie
Lara Price,  Voodoo Woman
Xandra Corpora, Thank You (in-studio)
     Fri 4/27 @ College of San Mateo Theatre: Ladies of the Blues

Special in-studio guests: Go Van Gogh

     Fri 4/27 @ Vitus

Go Van Gogh, Uncle Fester (in-studio)
Go Van Gogh, Hollywood 20 (in-studio)
Go Van Gogh, Romeo's Lament (in-studio)
Wganda Kenya, El Lobo
Go Van Gogh, Thirteen (in-studio)
Go Van Gogh, Sirens (in-studio)
Roger & The Gypsies, Pass The Hatchet

3rd Annual Left-Hand-a-thon

Albert King, Watermelon Man / Why You Treat Me So Mean
Otis Rush, Right Place, Wrong Time
Lefty Dizz, R.M. Blues
Johnny Jenkins, Help Me to Understand
Phil Guy, Last Time
Trampled Under Foot, Get It Straight
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, The Victor
Elizabeth Cotten, Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Sunshine Of Your Love (live)

Playlist: April 18, 2012

Curtis Salgado, A Woman Or The Blues
     from the new album Soul Shot
     Thu 4/19 @ Biscuits and Blues
California Honeydrops, Pardon Me Love (live)
     from the new album Honeydrops Live
     Sat 4/21 @ Monroe Hall
Mr. Lonesome & The Bluebelles, Too Much of a Little Bit
     Fri 4/20 @ Cafe Bravado
Go Van Gogh, Romeo's Lament
     Thu 4/19 @ Roots Division
     Wed 4/25 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guests: Carolina Chocolate Drops

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
     from the new album Leaving Eden (Deluxe Version)

Chocolate Drops 4/18 and the FCB Five-Year Revue 5/17

I'm in Oregon, about to put on Philosophy Talk live on three college campuses on three consecutive nights -- what we've dubbed the "Have Thought, Will Travel: Oregon Trail 2012 Tour." But I digress.

What I'm really excited about is this week's Fog City Blues. Since I'm away, it'll be a pre-recorded program I produced after interviewing one of my favorite groups of late, the Carolina Chocolate Drops -- a multi-instrumental string band blending old and new in some seriously infectious ways.

Fun fact: one member of the band and I share an alma mater in Oberlin College (along with a couple of members of our own California Honeydrops -- what's up with Obies and their band names?). In any case, the Chocolate Drops played a couple of their bluesier tunes live in the studio (one of which we played on the air last week), talked about some other songs on their new album Leaving Eden, and generally made it a terrific way (for me) to spend a Sunday morning in between their Bay Area gigs. Tune in Wednesday at 9pm to hear the band and their music, or check it out after the broadcast at KALW's Local Music Player.

Speaking of local music, earlier this year the program celebrated five years on the air, and next month we're taking that anniversary to the stage. On Thursday May 17 it's a Fog City Blues 5th Anniversary Revue at Viracocha in San Francisco, featuring live music form some great friends of the show: Tin Cup Serenade, Panique Gypsy Jazz, and the Quinn DeVeaux Trio.

 

This is a kind of event I've been thinking about for some time (the initial spark coming from my wife Andrea). It's a great way to bring the show out from behind the radio microphone. Local Bay Area musicians have been a major inspiration in putting together the show each week, not least when they come perform live on the air -- a pure privilege for me to enjoy from right across the control board. So I hope you and yours will join us at a great San Francisco venue for an evening of some of the best Fog City Blues.