The Bird's the Word

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - "Was that the Black Lips you just played ... ?"

I'll keep it brief: thanks for letting us have so much fun week in and week out. We love you guys. Here's the set:

Intro
The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird / Surfin' Bird
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met the Blues / First Time I Met the Blues
Algia Mae Hinton - Going Down This Road / Honey Babe
Big Joe Williams - Stack O' Dollars / Baby Please Don't Go
Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan - Ask Me No Questions / In Session [Cliff's Pick]
Otis Spann - I Came From Clarksdale / The Blues of Otis Spann

First Break

The Black Keys - The Breaks/Run Me Down / The Big Come Up [for Million Mile Matt]
Henry Thomas - Old Country Stomp / Ragtime Texas: Complete Recorded Works 1927 to 1929
The Allman Brothers Band - It's Not My Cross To Bear / The Allman Brothers Band [from Elrod to Stephanie]
Robert Cray - If You're Thinkin' What I'm Thinkin' / Who's Been Talkin' [for Chuck]
Muddy Waters - The Same Thing / Electric Mud

Second Break

Brownie McGhee - Million Lonesome Women / The Complete Brownie McGhee
Steppenwolf - Hoochie Coochie Man / Steppenwolf
Mercy Dee Walton - After the Fight / A Pity and a Shame
Howlin' Wolf - Streamline Woman / The Wolf
Janis Joplin - Maybe / Greatest Hits (1973) [for Pappy Mahan]
Sonny Boy Williamson - Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson
Victoria Spivey - Dirty TB Blues / Moaning the Blues
Five Horse Johnson - Hollerin' / The No. 6 Dance

Third Break

Peg Leg Howell - Broke and Hungry Blues
The White Stripes - Sugar Never Tasted So Good / The White Stripes
Whispering Smith - Mojo Hand / Over Easy
John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat - Whiskey & Wimmin /Hooker 'n Heat
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Red House (Extended Version) / Blues Giants: The Essential Songbook

Send us your requests for next week! With the cold coming on, it's high time for the blues. Until we meet again at the Crossroads, my friends, stay positive.

Shoeless