Playlist: July 17, 2013

The Chambers Brothers, People Get Ready
Lester Chambers, You Give Me Love
The Slide Brothers, Praise You
Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Lickety Split
     from the new album Lickety Split
     Sun 7/21 @ The Mountain Winery

Fountain Blues Festival: July 20

John Mayall, Disconnected Line
Ruthie Foster, Welcome Home

North Richmond Music Festival: July 20

Tia Carroll, Tia's Blues
Willie G, Blues Singer
Johnny Rawls, Soul Survivor
Jimmy McCracklin, Fare-Well

Redwood City PAL Blues Festival: July 27-28

Fillmore Slim, My Friend Blue
J.C. Smith, Ballad of Robert Johnson
Steve Freund, Call My Job

Johnny Winter, Further On Up The Road
     Wed 7/24 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Little Jonny and the Giants, Kiddio
     Wed 7/24 @ Club Fox
Jolie Holland, Gold And Yellow
     Thu 7/18 @ Don Quixote's International Hall of Music
     Fri 7/19 @ The Chapel
Kelly McFarling, City Streets
     from the forthcoming album Ridgeline
     Fri 7/19 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Candye Kane, Coming Out Swingin'
     from the new album Coming Out Swingin'
     Sat 7/27 @ Pleasant Hill Blues and Brews Festival
     Sun 7/28 @ Biscuits and Blues 

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, That's It!
     from the new album That's It!
Go Van Gogh, Now We Know
     from the new album Now We Know
     Sat 7/20 @ Revolution Cafe
Booker T, Sound The Alarm
     from the new album Sound The Alarm
Buddy Guy, Justifyin'
     from the forthcoming album Rhythm & Blues
T-Model Ford, Hip Shakin' Woman
     James Lewis Carter Ford (ca.1920-1913)
Phoebe Snow, Piece Of My Heart 
Jimi Hendrix, Let Me Move You 
Desmond Dekker, 007 (Shanty Town)

Playlist: July 10, 2013

The Hound Kings, The Thang 
HowellDevine, Mellow Down Easy
     Fri 7/12 @ Boom Boom Room
     Sat 7/13 @ Club Deluxe
Meklit Hadero & Quinn DeVeaux, Elegie 
     Fri 7/12 @ SFJazz Center
Tin Cup Serenade, Limbo Jazz
     Thu 7/11 @ Cafe du Nord
Whiskerman, Fair Mind, Maker, Weeper, Babe
     Fri 7/12 @ Cafe du Nord

Special in-studio guests: Con Brio

     Fri 7/12 @ Cafe du Nord

Con Brio, Temptation's Talking
Stevie Wonder, As
Sly & The Family Stone, You Can Make It If You Try (live)
Con Brio, Give It All (in-studio)
Herbie Hancock, Hidden Shadows

Yemen Blues, Yemen Blues
     Thu-Fri 7/11-12 @ California Worldfest
     Sat 7/13 @ SFJazz Center
Vieux Farka Touré, Nouhoume Maiga
     Sat 7/13 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
     Sun 7/14 @ California Worldfest

Hayward / Russell City Blues Festival: July 13-14

Johnny Rawls, Yes
Lester Chambers, Rent Me
Bobby Rush, Ninety-Nine

John Lee Hooker Jr, You Be My Hero
     Fri 7/12 @ Biscuits and Blues
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Old News
     Sat 7/13 @ Biscuits and Blues
Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Bayview Jump
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Time Is A-Passin'
Bill Cosby, Get Out Of My Life, Woman
Mavis Staples, Holy Ghost
     from the new album One True Vine
Tesla, Down Fo' Boogie (live)

Playlist: July 3, 2013

Smiley Lewis, I Hear You Knocking
Mitch Woods, Gumbo Blues
The Hound Kings, You Gotta Move
     Wed 7/10 @ Biscuits and Blues
Bay Area Caravan of All-Stars, If You Think About Me
     Thu 7/04 @ Red White & Blues Festival
     Sun 7/07 @ East Palo Alto Blues Festival
Con Brio, The Battle of San Francisco (live)
     Wed 7/10 on Fog City Blues

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Baseball Canto

Bob Dylan, Catfish

Teddy Brannon Orchestra, Don Newcombe Really Throws That Ball

Buddy Johnson, Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?

The Treniers, Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)

Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Max the Baseball Clown

Chance Halladay, Home Run

Sam & Dave, Knock It Out Of The Park

Holmes Brothers, Rounding Third

Palmetto Jazz Quartet, Base Ball Blues

Sister Wynona Carr, The Ball Game
Mabel Scott, Baseball Boogie

Playlist: June 26, 2013

Bobby "Blue" Bland, Stormy Monday Blues
     Bobby Bland (1930-2013)
Quinn DeVeaux, Rattler
    Sat-Sun 6/29-30 @ Kate Wolf Festival
Con Brio, Ghostrider (live)
     Sat 6/29 @ Poor House Bistro
     Wed 7/10 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guests: The Hound Kings

     Wed 7/10 @ Biscuits and Blues

The Hound Kings, You Got Issues
The Hound Kings, Recession Blues (in-studio)
The Hound Kings, The Real McCoy (in-studio)
The Hound Kings, Come Go Home With Me (in-studio)
Snooks Eaglin, High Society
The Hound Kings, Drunk Honey Bee (in-studio)
The Hound Kings, SSI Blues (in-studio)
The Hound Kings, Red Light
     from the new album Unleashed

Buddy Guy, Best In Town
Buddy Guy, Meet Me In Chicago
     from the forthcoming album Rhythm & Blues
Mark Hummel, Blue Light
James Harman, Crazy Mixed Up World
Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues, Uptown Shoes / Downtown Blues
     Thu 6/27 @ Napa Valley Opera House
     Fri 6/28 @ Blue Lake Casino
     Sat 6/29 @ Arena Theatre
     Sun 6/30 @ Rancho Nicasio

Lena Horne, One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Helen Humes, All Night Long
Big Bill Broonzy, Just A Dream
Bo Carter, Rolling Blues
Clifton Chenier, Sa M'appel Fou (They Call Me Crazy)
Bob Dylan, Boogie Woogie Country Girl
     Fri 6/28 on KALW's VoiceBox: The Vocal Art of Bob Dylan
 

Playlist: June 19, 2013

The Record Company,  Goodbye Sad Eyes
The Hound Kings, SSI Blues
     Sat 6/22 @ The Lucky Horseshoe
     Wed 6/26 on Fog City Blues
Howell Devine, Howell Devine Boogie Woogie
     Sat 6/22 @ Speisekammer
     Sun 6/23 @ Revolution Cafe
     Wed 6/26 @ Biscuits and Blues
Big Blu Soul Revue, Baby I Love You
     Thu 6/20 @ Ashkenaz

Cake, I Will Survive
Taj Mahal, Slow Drag
     Sat 6/22 @ Mount Tam Jam
California Honeydrops, Just Another Day
     Sun 6/23 @ Center for the Arts
Catherine Russell, Satchel Mouth Baby
     Sat 6/22 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
     Sun 6/23 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Quinn DeVeaux, Rains
     Fri 6/21 @ Viracocha
Go Van Gogh, Uncle Fester
     Sat 6/22 @ Steampunk Masqueade Promenade
Vagabond Opera, Tough Mazel
     Thu 6/20 @ Mystic Theatre
     Fri 6/21 @ St. Joseph's Cultural Center
     Sat 6/22 @ Ashkenaz
The Plāto'nes, Bizarro World
     Sun 6/30: Philosophy Talk Live at the Marsh

Big Brother & The Holding Company, Summertime (live)
Billy Stewart, Summertime
Joe Sullivan, Summertime
Sidney Bechet, Summertime
Billie Holliday, Summertime

Charley Patton, Some Summer Day
Hubert Sumlin, Some Summer Day (live)
Those Darn Accordions, First Bratwurst of Summer
Bob Dylan, In The Summertime
Bob Dylan, Summer Days
Paul McCartney, Summer's Day Song
The Beatles, Good Day Sunshine
Lazy Lester, Lonesome Highway Blues
Jerry McCain, Crying Like A Fool

Playlist: June 12, 2013

Cyndi Lauper, Shattered Dreams
     Tue 6/18 @ Crest Theater
     Wed 6/19 @ The Mountain Winery
Gina Sicilia, It Wasn't Real
     Thu 6/13 @ Poor House Bistro
     Fri 6/14 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Sat 6/15 @ Sutter Creek Theater
Cafe R&B, Tall Grass
    Sat 6/15 @ Biscuits and Blues
Ruthie Foster, Heal Yourself (live)
     Sun 6/16 @ Rancho Nicasio

The Slide Brothers, No Cheap Seats In Heaven
The Slide Brothers, Sunday School Blues
     Fri-Sat 6/14-15 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Stooges Brass Band, Wind It Up
     Thu 6/13 @ Moe's Alley
     Fri 6/14 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, We Three Kings
     Sat 6/15 @ SFJazz Center
California Honeydrops, Carolina Peach
     Fri 6/14 @ Bergamot Alley
     Sun 6/16 @ Todd Grove Park
David Jacobs-Strain, Golden Gate
     from the forthcoming album Geneseo
     Tue 6/18 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Patrick Sweany, Terrible Years
     from the new album Close to the Floor
     Fri 6/14 @ Hotel Utah
The Record Company, Don't Let Me Get Lonely
     Wed 6/19 on Fog City Blues
Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited, Zimbabwe 
     Sat 6/15 @ Ashkenaz

John Jorgenson Quintet, Kentucky Kastrinos
     Fri-Sat 6/14-15 @ Djangofest Mill Valley
Trio Dinicu, Paganini 24 "With A Swing"
     Fri 6/14 @ Djangofest Mill Valley
Lache Cercel & The Roma Swing Ensemble, Improvisation (in-studio)
Les Doigts de l'Homme, St. James Infirmary Blues (in-studio)
Reinier Voet & Pigalle44, Minor Swing (in-studio)
Zazí, La Fée Clochette (in-studio)
Panique, Ma Première Guitare (in-studio)
Avatar Ensemble, I Can't Give You Anything But Love (in-studio)
Beso Negro, Mala Reputación (in-studio)
Django Reinhardt, Charleston

Cole Porter, Anything Goes
Clarence 'Pinetop' Simth, Pinetop's Blues
Les Paul & Mary Ford, St. Louis Blues
Howlin' Wolf, I'm The Wolf
Bhi Bhiman, She Thinks I Still Care

Playlist: June 5, 2013

Tip of the Top, One of These Mornings
     Sat 6/08 @ Darrel & Janet's House
Slim Jenkins, Black Coffee & Burnt Toast
     Sun 6/09 @ Amnesia
California Honeydrops, Got the Feeling
     Thu 6/06 @ Hopmonk Tavern
     Fri 6/07 @ The New Parish
Howell Devine, Soft Steel Piston
     Thu 6/06 @ Hopmonk Tavern
     Fri 6/07 @ The New Parish
     Sat 6/08 @ El Rio
     Sat 6/08 @ Club Deluxe
The Hound Kings, Red Light
     Thu 6/06 @ Poor House Bistro

Special guest: Jessica Fichot

     Thu 6/06 @ Amnesia
     Fri-Sat 6/07-6/08 @ Moody's Bistro
     Mon 6/10 @ Cafe Coda

Jessica Fichot, Le Secret
Jessica Fichot, Berceuse Bancale
Jessica Fichot, Bang Bang
Shoestring Trio, Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit

Karine Denike, Until the Real Thing Comes Along (in-studio)
     Thu 6/06 @ Cafe du Nord
Seth Augustus, Let's Get Henry to Drill a Hole
     Sat 6/08 @ Revolution Cafe
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, All Night Long
     Fri 6/07 @ Club Deluxe
Mitch Woods, Big Mamou
     Sat 6/08 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sun 6/09 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
     Wed 6/12 @ Pier 23

Mark Hummel et al, My Babe (live)
Mark Hummel, Blue Light (live)
     from the new album Remembering Little Walter
     Sun 6/09 @ Grand Dell Saloon
Ron Thompson, Freight Train Let Me Ride
     Tue 6/11 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Wed 6/12 @ Poor House Bistro
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Desperation Perspiration
     Thu 6/06 @ Biscuits and Blues
Curtis Salgado, Strung Out
     Wed 6/12 @ Yoshi's Oakland

Henry Townsend with Bob Corritore, Nothin' But Blues
Billy Boy Arnold, Oh Me! Oh My! Blues
     from the new album The Walter Davis Project
Walter Davis, Don't You Want To Go?
Memphis Minnie, Remember Me Blues
Jimmy Rogers, My Last Meal
The Impressions, You Must Believe Me
Tom Jones, Didn't It Rain

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
 

Playlist: April 24, 2013

Rupa & The April Fishes, Like I Do
     Sat 4/27 @ The Independent
The Record Company, Don't Let Me Get Lonely
     Fri 4/26 @ The Independent
Paul Kelly, Cold As Canada
     Sun 4/28 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Benjamin Brown, Tic Tac Toe Tag
     Fri 4/26 @ Great American Music Hall
     Wed 5/01 on Fog City Blues
The Proclaimers, (I'm Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down
     Fri 4/26 @ Great American Music Hall

Special in-studio guests: Tin Cup Serenade

     Sun 4/28 @ Red Poppy Art House

Ya Ya Blues
     from the new album Tragic Songs of Hope
I Got Lost (in-studio)
Lament for Javanette (in-studio)
Money Is King (in-studio)
Sunny Oakland Day (in-studio)
All I Can Do Is Cry (in-studio)
Fragments of You (in-studio)
Baby Brown (in-studio)
Limbo Jazz (in-studio)

4th Annual Left-Handathon

Albert King, Got To Be Some Changes Made (live)
Albert King, Born Under a Bad Sign
Otis Rush, Natural Ball
Otis Rush, Gambler's Blues (live)
Left Hand Frank, Blues Won't Let Me Be
Lefty Dizz, Where The Hell Were You When I Got Home?!
Trampled Under Foot, She's Long, She's Tall, She's Gone
Paul McCartney, Great Cock And Seagull Race
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, Peppermint Man
Elizabeth Cotten, Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Catfish Blues (live)