Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Blues Moon Radio Show Playlist for Tuesday May 12, 2008

Today's show features two distinct themes... one is tied to some events in history that would make a person feel the Blues...

... the other is in tribute to Mother's Day and those mama's we love and who love us so.

Keep refreshing your screen for updates and additional tidbits through the show.

You can e-mail me at bluesgoddess@gmail.com or comment via the station Web pages at http://wusc.sc.edu then surf to the schedule page and find my section (Tuesdays 6-9 p.m.).

Summer hours are in force = an extra hour of Blues for youse.

Enjoy! clair delune

20090512_BluesMoon_Today in History

Things that could give anyone a case of the Blues

SET 1 ~~~~~ In memorium of the China Earthquake last year
The Dixieland Jug Blowers_Boodle Am Shake_Ruckus Juice & Chitlins, Vol. 2- The Great Jug Bands
Lillian Glinn_Shake It Down_The Story of the Blues [Sony] Disc 1
The Dixieland Jug Blowers_Memphis Shake_Ruckus Juice & Chitlins, Vol. 2- The Great Jug Bands
Billy Boy Arnold_Shake the Boogie_Crucial Harmonica Blues

SET 2 ~~~~~ Tornado blows through Florida, narrowly missing Miami in 1997
Big Joe Turner_Howlin’ Winds_Classic Hits 1938-52 Disc 2
Roy Brown_Let the Four Winds Blow_Best of the Blues, Vol. 1
Dinah Washington_Blow Top Blues_Men Are Like Street Cars- Women Blues Singers 1928-1969 Disc 1
William Clarke_Blowin’ Like Hell_Crucial Harmonica Blues
Little Milton’s Jook Band_Blow It Down_Big Road Blues- The Real Thing from Mississippi

SET 3 ~~~~~ Commerce Dept decides hurricanes can be named after the fellas, too (1978)
Kentucky Jug Band_Walkin’ Cane Stomp_Ruckus Juice & Chitlins, Vol. 2- The Great Jug Bands
Putney Dandridge_A High Hat, a Piccolo and a Cane_Tribute to Black Entertainers Disc 1

~~~~ Bob Dylan walks off the Ed Sullivan Show (1963)
Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown_Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right_A Long Way Home

SET 4 ~~~~ 1951 1st H-Bomb test; on Enewetak Atoll
H-Bomb Ferguson_Leavin’ You Tomorrow_Earwig 20th Anniversary Collection Disc 1

~~~~~ Goofy introduced as "Dippy Dawg" and appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney in 1932
Little Brother Brown_Goof Boogie_The OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957 Disc 2
Lonnie Johnson w-Jim McHarg’s Metro Stompers_Dippermouth Blues_Stompin’ at the Penny


SET 5 ~~~~ 1921 National Hospital Day first observed

Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy_Wish Me Well_Rollin' & Tumblin'
Doctor Ross_Come Back Baby_Big Bad Blues
Johnny Shines_Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues_Testament Records Sampler

SET 6 ~~~~~~ 1780 Charleston, South Carolina falls to British (Revolutionary War)
Drink Small_Charleston Women Blues_Live and Outrageous
Shrimp City Slim_Charleston_Blues on the Beach
Shrimp City Slim_Say Goodbye to Charleston_Dark Road Piano

~~~~~1777 First ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks_Pet Cream Man_Testament Records Sampler

Mid-show break...

Tribute to Mom(s), Mama, Momma, Mommie or just Mother...
SET 7 ~~~~~~
Junior Wells_What My Momma Told Me_Monster Blues
Sue Foley_Mother_New Used Car
Coco Montoya_Mother and Daughter_Monster Blues
Wanda Johnson_Mama’s Recipe_Natural Resource

SET 8 ~~~~~~
Big Joe Turner_Lovin’ Mama Blues_Classic Hits 1938-52 Disc 1
Art Tatum_Rock Me Mama_Classic Hits 1938-52 Disc 1
Eddie Kirkland_Sugar Mama_Where You Get Your Sugar
Elmore James_TV Mama_The Sky Is Crying- The History of Elmore James

SET 9 ~~~~~~
Robert Lighthouse_Red Hot Mama_Deep Down in the Mud
Robert Lighthouse_Red Hot Mama (v.2)_Deep Down in the Mud
HWY 61_Sugar Mama_I’m a Man of My Word
HWY 61_Your Mama’s Always on My Mind_I’m a Man of My Word
William Clarke_Lollipop Mama_Alligator Records 35X35 Disc 2
Andrew ‘Jr. Boy’ Jones_Hoochie Mama_Lone Star Blues

SET 10 ~~~~~~
Furry Lewis_Mistreatin’ Mama_Canned Heat Blues- Masters of the Delta Blues
Pink Anderson_Mama Where Did You Stay Last Night-_Carolina Blues Man, Vol. 1
Ishman Bracey_Brown Mama Blues_Canned Heat Blues- Masters of the Delta Blues
Uncle Bud Walker_Look Here Mama Blues_Going Away Blues

Looks like we won't have time to play the rest I had set aside for your listening pleasure... tune in next week for another festive edition of the Blues Moon with Clair DeLune and in the meantime, your "homework" is to study these songs we didn't get to hear in "class" today. Enjoy⁄ and give your mama a big old hug - or toss her a kiss up to heaven - whichever applies! :)

Sorry we didn't hear these:
Lightnin’ Hopkins_Mama and Papa Hopkins_A Taste of Tradition
Various Artists_Midnight Mama_The Golden Years In Digital Stereo- The Blues, 1923 to 1933
Dinah Washington_Fast Movin’ Mama_Ladies Sing the Blues 1945-1957 Disc 2
Big Mama Thornton_Life Goes On_THE BLUES LIVES ON! Disc 3