George Thorogood Pays Tribute to Chess Records! This isn’t George!

by Henry Cook
Thu, September 1, 2011
Tuesday Weld

So just what does this classic picture of Tuesday Weld have to do with Time for the Blues this week (9/4/11)? Well, you might have to listen to find out! Besides, as much as we love George T, we love Tuesday more!

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Time for the Blues - "Things We Got in the Mail, No. 3" - Sun, 08/28/2011

Information on the Richmond bands featured on the show:

The Moogly Blues Band: www.mooglybluesband.com
Barrelhouse: http://www.reverbnation.com/barrelhouserva

  • Ron Tanski / Marvelous Night for the Blues
  • Ghost Town Blues Band (featuring Daddy Mack Orr and Davis Coen) / One More Whiskey
  • Ghost Town Blues Band / Goin' Down
  • Dave Specter / Wash Out
  • The Andy Poxon Band / I'll Sing the Blues
  • The Andy Poxon Band / Hottest Thing in Town
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Time for the Blues - "Things We Got in the Mail, No. 2" - Sun, 08/21/2011

          

          

       

      
  • Davis Coen / Tired and Lonesome
  • Zora Young / Goin' Back to Memphis
  • Zora Young / See See Rider
  • Ed Alstrom / Out of My Name
  • Johnnie Bassett / Keep Your Hands off My Baby
  • Johnnie Bassett / Meat on Them Bones
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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Freddie King and MORE of the Goldwax Story!

        

              

          
by Henry Cook
Fri, August 12, 2011
        

                    

      

      
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - 1st LP - 1965
      
With the mid 1960s blues resurgence came many young players and new bands. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was one--following in the footsteps of the Chicago greats like Muddy Waters, Junior Wells and Buddy Guy, they created their own unique hard-driving sound! Check them out this week on Time for the Blues (8/14/11)!

        

    
 
  

  

    

              
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Time for the Blues - "5th Anniversary" - Sun, 08/07/2011

          

          

       

      
  • Charlie Musselwhite's South Side Band / Early in the Morning
  • Muddy Waters / Standing Around Crying
  • Muddy Waters / The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll
  • Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Bob Diddley / Spoonful
  • John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana / Stripped Me Naked
  • Memphis Slim / Memphis Slim U.S.A.
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Our 5th Anniversary Party! These guys won’t be there!

        

              

          
by Henry Cook
Thu, August 4, 2011
        

                    

      

      
The Rat Pack
      
Believe it or not, Time for the Blues celebrates it’s 5th Anniversary this week (8/7/2011)! We’re more surprised than you are! The Rat Pack won’t be there--but the show will be as cool as if they were!

        

    
 
  

  

    

        
“Reconsider” Lowell Fulson!

        

              

          
by Henry Cook
Thu, July 28, 2011
        

                    

      

      
Lowell Fulson: Calssic Cuts 1946-1953
      
This week on Time for the Blues (7/31/11), John and Henry “reconsider” the great songwriting talents of Lowell Fulson. He wrote the Elvis Presley classic Reconsider Baby. We'll hear some of Lowell's own recordings as well as blues greats who covered his songs!

        

    
 
  

  

    

              
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Time for the Blues - "Lowell Fulson" - Sun, 07/31/2011

          

          

       

  
B.B. King's original 1952 version of Three O'clock Blues is shown here from the definitive box set "King of the Blues" on MCA from 1992.  A lesser expensive option to get this track is the CD reissue of BB's first album "Singin' the Blues", available on Ace CDs here

    
  • Lowell Fulson / Baby Won't You Jump With Me
  • Ray Charles / Sinners Prayer
  • Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, James Cotton / Love Her with a Feeling
  • Philip Walker / Mama Bring Your Clothes Back Home
  • Lowell Fulson / I Love My Baby
  • Lowell Fulson / I've Been Mistreated
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James Cotton’s Latest and Ben Waters’s Tribute to Ian Stewart!

        

              

          
by Henry Cook
Fri, July 22, 2011
        

                    

      

      
James Cotton - Giant (CD cover)
      
What can you say about James Cotton? Plenty--one of the greatest blues harp players is now 75 and still going strong! On Time for the Blues this week (7/24/11), we’ll feature tracks from his latest release, Giant!

        

    
 
  

  

    

        
Gary Moore Tribute and the Goldwax Story, Episode 2

        

              

          
by Henry Cook
Thu, July 14, 2011
        

                    

      

      
101 Strings Play the Blues cover
      
If you ever heard Gary Moore play the blues, you never forgot it! This week on Time for the Blues (7/17/11) we'll play some of his best in tribute to a superb guitarist who left us way too soon! We'll also dive back in for more great sides from the little-known '60s Memphis-based R&B label in The Goldwax Story, Episode 2!

        

    
 
  

    

  
      
  
  
  
  
  

   


  
  



  



                    

                  

                                  

              

            

                                      

                
	


		
	
		


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