Friday night
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…
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Dear Andrea Horwath
Did you know that robocalls are the work of the devil? Please. I beg of you. Stop. Love, pogge...
Friday night Robert Cray blogging
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…
Friday night
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…
Friday night
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…
Unscheduled musical interlude
Just did a minor version upgrade and wanted to test that everything is working. So have a tune: 13 by Friday's Child....
Friday night
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…
Friday night
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....
Friday night
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…
Friday night
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…
Friday night
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…
Friday night
JJ Cale's going to kick things off with Mama Don't Allow....
Friday night Jimmy Rushing blogging
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...
Friday night blues blogging
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....
Friday night Blue Harlem blogging
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…
Friday night Johnny Adams blogging
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…
Friday night: slow blues
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....
Friday night
Good evening, everybody. Tell me how do you do Roy Rogers kick things off with King Biskit....