Friday night unplugged
It’s a low key, acoustic set this evening. The opening clip is from Peter Seeger’s Rainbow Quest — Brownie McGhee performing solo on Don’t Pity Me. Lyle Lovett takes the…
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Friday night: RIP Etta James
Etta James passed away earlier today at the age of 73. So the set orginally planned for this evening gets bumped to next week. Apparently the song that comes to…
Friday night
Tonight’s opener features the same group of musicians who held down the middle slot in last week’s episode: Lou Ann Barton and Omar Kent Dykes on vocals, James Cotton on…
Friday night
To begin, Eric Bibb teams up with some serious instrumental talent on a traditional country blues: Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad. Jimmy Reed’s Caress Me Baby features James Cotton…
Saturday night Monster Gentlemen blogging
Happy New Year.
Friday night
The opening song was recorded at Studio City Sound in Los Angeles. It seemed worth mentioning since Kara Grainger is Australian. This is Sky is Falling. This next tune is…
A brief musical interlude
It’s still not a Christmas carol but the sentiment seems appropriate. Doesn’t it? Best wishes to everyone. I’m off the grid ’til Boxing Day.
Friday night
I really hope you didn’t come here expecting Christmas carols. Welcome to another Friday night. The band on this first one is billed as Blues Caravan. As far as I…
Friday night
The opening tune is called Linda Lu and it was originally written and recorded by Ray Sharpe. It has since been covered by a number of different artists and this…
Friday night
A few months ago I posted Ray Charles covering this song but it was Louis Jordan & the Tympany Five who first made Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’…
Friday night
Tonight’s opener is an instrumental by Kenny Vaughan called Shimmy. Welcome to another Friday night. This is the Robben Ford Trio with a cover of Willie Dixon’s Spoonful. They speed…
Friday night
Tonight’s set begins with another instrumental from Roomful of Blues but this one features the horn section. This a T Bone Walker tune called Two Bones and a Pick. Welcome…
Friday night
To start us off, here’s an instrumental by the rhythm section from Roomful of Blues. Welcome to another Friday night. Duke Robillard was one of the founding members of Roomful…
Friday night Blues Brothers blogging
No reason in particular other than that they cheer me up. Welcome to another Friday night. This is "B" Movie Box Car Blues....
Friday night
This is the Memphis Slim Quartet on Wish Me Well and comes with a shout out to Moose at Classic Blues Videos. Welcome to another Friday night....
Friday night
Our theme for this evening is people going places. Welcome to another Friday night. Since the camera spends so much time on Doc Watson's hands, I have to wonder if…
Friday night
We have a bit of an automotive theme going this evening. And we're starting with a bang. This is Karen Lawrence and Blue By Nature with Cadillac Blues. Welcome to…
Friday night
I'm been hanging around the Music Fog people again. Welcome to another Friday night. In the course of introducing this song Ray Wylie Hubbard gives voice to a sentiment that…
Friday night: RIP Bert Jansch
Scottish guitarist Bert Jansch passed away on Wednesday at the age of 67. Jansch was an influential acoustic guitarist who came to prominence in the sixties playing sophisticated arrangements of…
Friday night Fabulous Thunderbirds blogging
All three of these performances are from the same show, recorded in 2003. But the first tune has been in the band's repertoire for decades. This is She's Tough. Welcome…