Muddy Waters and Leonard Chess Tribute Oct. 9, 2012

As an educational station, WUSC tries to bring you music you might not be aware of... but every Blues Moon, I find a reason to go all Chess on ya. Here is a bit of history that prompts me to spend some in-depth time at Chess Records this Tuesday. It cannot help but be a fantastic show - all thanks to the artists, none due to me. Guaranteed to be one you Chicago Blues fans and Blues-Rock fans will want to mark your calendars for... Blues Moon Radio thanks you!

 

Artist(s) of the week for Tuesday, Oct. 9 from 6-8 p.m. ET (-5 GMT - and yes, we stream around the world as well as broadcast and HD cast at WUSC-FM 90.5 and HD1 Columbia (S.C.): Muddy Waters and his Chess Records pals... in Mid-October 1969, Muddy was involved in a terrible head-on automobile collision that killed his driver and left him hospitalized for two months; a week later, Leonard Chess - just after selling Chess Records - suffered a heart attack behind the wheel and died in the resulting crash.

 

Here is a site with an excerpt of a Chess Biography:
http://www.blues-finland.com/english/muddy_waters_biography_3.html

 

We will pay tribute to the wondrous contributions of the artists at that amazing set of labels, with special attention to McKinley Morganfield himself - and many of his label-mates and band-mates.

 

Tune in to Blues Moon Radio's stream at WUSC-FM www.wusc.sc.edu for a tour de force of Chess music. Tuesday, Oct. 9 from 6-8 p.m. E.T. (-5 GMT - and yes, we stream around the world as well as broadcast and HD cast at WUSC-FM 90.5 and HD1 Columbia S.C.).

 

And please ... drive defensively - work hard to become a type B driver... this is one time in life you don't want to be a A.

 

Trust me, dear hearts. "Mama" is right about this.

 

Check back... more to come!
Clair DeLune and RockyDawg, Blues Defender!

Blues Moon Radio Playlist for Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012

Blues Moon Radio Playlist for Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012
Good evening - thanks for tuning in... we have a great show featuring many of the acts who will be appearing at the Carolina Downhome Blues Festival in Camden this Thursday through Saturday (www.camden.bluesbash.com).


Luckyman Beall - Five Dollars an Hour
Peter Karp and Sue Foley - Scared
Jeff Liberty and Mike Nazarenko - All Your Love I Miss Loving (LINK to Otis Rush)
Robert Lighthouse - Talk To Me Baby
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Shrimp City Slim - Gnat Bite  (LINK _ how to avoid) -
Wanda Johnson - Drop in the Bucket
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ above appearing at the Camden fest ~~~~
Arthur Big Boy Crudup - Chicago Blues
Etta James - Got My Mojo Working (LINK = what is a mojo)
Houston Stackhouse - Boogie  (LINK _ Blues Marker news story)
Robert Nighthawk - Back Off Jam
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Big Walter Horton - Relaxin'
Big Joe Turner and Pete Turner - Johnson and Turner Blues
Keb' Mo' - Dirty Low Down and Bad b/w She Just wants to dance
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Omar and the Howlers -  Conversation Mambo
Gary Smith - Minor Mambo (YouTube Link)
Big Maybelle - New Kind of Mambo
Charlie Byrd with Woody Herman - Bamba Samba
Roy Carrier - If You Want to Dance... you gotta shake...

We have some more surprises with the little bit of time left...
Some Bill Miller Band (Charlotte) and the Mobros (Camden SC)

See you at the Jam at Utopia 8:30 to 11:30 tonight (3830 Rosewood Drive, Columbia, SC
(803) 782-8522) and at the Carolina Downhome Blues Fest this Thursday through Saturday...

Stay cool and keep Blues!
clair delune (and RockyDawg, Blues Defender)