Tag: tunes

Say hello to Ray Wylie Hubbard. He’s originally from Oklahoma but thirty seconds into this song and you probably won’t be surprised to find he’s now based in Texas. I’m sure there’s a story behind his lead guitarist — the Les Paul he’s playing might be older than he is and it doesn’t look like a particularly old guitar. This is Down Home Country Blues….

Did you know that robocalls are the work of the devil? Please. I beg of you. Stop. Love, pogge…

I’m just going to turn the place over to Robert Cray for the evening. His band will be along later but on this one he’s backed by David Letterman’s house band. Letterman looks awfully young here, doesn’t he? As he says, this was Cray’s network television debut. The song is Smoking Gun….

I can imagine the drummer and bass player thinking to themselves "I wonder if I’ll ever get another gig quite like this again?" This is Oscar Peterson and Count Basie on Jumpin’ at the Woodside….

You don’t need no city slicker All he’ll do is try to trick you This is Big Daddy Wilson with Country Boy. There’s no extra charge for the introduction in German….

Just did a minor version upgrade and wanted to test that everything is working. So have a tune: 13 by Friday’s Child….

I didn’t realize until I had all three of these videos together that they all source back to an outfit called Music Fog. If they’re going to keep providing live performances with good production values I’ll have to pay more attention. According to the bio on his website, David Jacobs-Strain’s first love was the Delta blues. As soon as I heard the 12 string acoustic slide I thought it might get interesting. Nice harp, too. This is Hurricane Railroad….

Apparently in all the time I’ve been posting music, I’ve never posted Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks. This is Milk Shakin’ Mama….

I had two of these links stashed away for a while — kinda laid back, not really blues, but good enough to work with. When I came across a third I decided to put them all together and call it a change of pace. The first performance was recorded on Roy Rogers’ couch. I never fail to be amazed at the sound Norton Buffalo could get out of a harmonica….

You go to Banglin’ tell my boys You go to Banglin’ tell my boys What times I’m havin’ up in Illinois Illinois Blues was written by Skip James, who referred to a lumber camp in Mississippi where he worked in the early twenties as Banglin’. The Wikipedia article on James describes his fingerpicking style as "intricate" and his sound as "dark." This is Alvin Youngblood Hart….

Tonight’s offerings are all guitar instrumentals though we’ll work our way up to a good-sized band in support. This is Sonny Landreth flying solo in a television studio on Zydeco Shuffle….

JJ Cale’s going to kick things off with Mama Don’t Allow….

Anybody asks you, baby who sang this song Yes anybody asks you, baby who sang this song Tell them Little Jimmy Rushing, he’s been here and gone…

Happy Canada Day. Here’s Roy Rogers with a performance of Robert Johnson’s Terraplane Blues that he gave as Artist in Residence at Mendicino College….

Regular visitors may recall that I’m a sucker for a good horn section and this one certainly qualifies. Besides, I’m in the mood for smooth and relaxing. Incidentally, Blue Harlem aren’t from Harlem; they’re from the UK where they’ve built a reputation playing jump blues, jive and jazz. This is Angel City Blues….

Johnny Adams started out as a gospel singer but soon switched to secular music. He ended up doing R & B, jazz and blues. All at the same time. This is Body and Fender Man. Get up in his driveway and let him check your oil….

Todd Park Mohr is normally found fronting Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Here he is performing solo on Robert Johnson’s All My Love In Vain….

Good evening, everybody. Tell me how do you do Roy Rogers kick things off with King Biskit….