Puddle Jumpin'

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - Texas/West Coast/Britain/Africa ... ?

Intro
Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Pee Wee Crayton - California Woman
Spade Cooley - Big Chief Boogie
Lightnin' Hopkins - Death Bells
ZZ Top - Fool For Your Stockings

First Break

Jesse Fuller - Where Could I Go But To the Lord? [for Uncle Milo]
T-Bone Walker - Mean Old World
Big Joe Turner - It's the Same Old Story
Johnny Winter - Mean Town Blues [for the U.S. Government Guy]
Cecil Gant - Midnight on Central Avenue
The Allman Brothers Band - Trouble No More (Live at the Fillmore) [for Elrod]
Roy Brown - Butcher Pete, Part 1
StoneRider - Bad Lovin' Never Felt So Good [for Jason]

Second Break

Led Zeppelin - I Can't Quit You Baby [for Stuuuuu]
Cream - Born Under a Bad Sign
The Rolling Stones - Parachute Woman
Jethro Tull - Stormy Monday [for Josh]
Human Instinct - Railway and Gun

Third Break

Ali Farka Toure and Corey Harris - Special Rider Blues
Mariem Hassan - La Tumchi Anni
Bob Brozman & Djeli Moussa Diawara - Maloyan Devil
Boubacar Traore - Mariama Kaba

NEXT WEEK! 2pm to 2am ... be there. We're making history.

Shoeless

Anniversary in the Piedmont

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - OUR 50th SHOW!!!

It's true. We've officially met fifty times at the Crossroads. A bit sad when you consider that there are only two left, but like we've been telling all of you, you couldn't be in better hands. That said, this week we stopped very briefly (like four songs briefly) in Memphis for a little soul blues action and proceeded to travel all up and down the east coast to hear that sweet, sweet twelve-string Piedmont sound. Here's the set:

Intro (lead-in by Tony Price)
B.B. King - 3 O'Clock Blues
Junior Wells - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Muddy Waters - The Same Things [to Uncle Paulie, from Possum]
Memphis Minnie - Lean Meat Don't Fry, Part 1
Memphis Willie B. - Mailman Blues
Guitar Nubbit - Georgia Chain Gang Blues

First Break

Blind Willie McTell - Your Southern Can Is Mine
Slim Barton - Wicked Treatin' Blues
Hambone Willie Newburn - Hambone Willie's Dreamy Eyed Woman's Blues
Cootie Stark - Metal Bottoms
Pink Anderson and Simmie Dooley - Every Day in the Week Blues
Scrapper Blackwell - Down and Out Blues
Pernell Charity - God Bless the Child
Bull City Red - Everybody Wants To Know How I Die

Second Break

The Allman Brothers Band - Stormy Monday [for Elrod]
Virgil Childers - Red River Blues
Jaybird Coleman - Mistreatin' Mama
Monkey Joe Coleman - Gonna Beat It Back To Memphis, Tennessee
Turner Foddrell - Slow Drag
Yank Rachell - Cigarette Blues
Carolina Slim - Ain't It Sad

Third Break

Lonzie Thomas - My Three Women
Blind Boy Fuller - If You Don't Give Me What I Want
Willie Trice - My Baby's Ways
Reverend Pearly Brown - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
Blind Blake - Sun To Sun
Billy Bird - Down In the Cemetary
Tarheel Slim - Some Cold Rainy Day
Big Chief Ellis, Brownie McGhee and John Cephas - Prison Bound

Next week we do some serious moving around ... ideally, we'd like to cover Texas, the west coast, Britain, and even Africa. Do we have your attention? You won't want to miss next week. Stay positive.

Shoeless

Windy City Blues

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - "Those Crossroads guys are worse than the Cubs ... !"


Intro
Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (Live at Newport 1960) [for Collin]
Johnny Shines - Mr. Cover Shaker
Brewer Phillips - Phillips' Theme
Otis Rush - I Can't Stop, Baby
The Super Super Blues Band - Goin' Down Slow [Cliff's Pick]
Lightnin' Hopkins - DC-7 [by request]


First Break


Lester "Mad Dog" Davenport - Let's Go Party
B.B. King - Sweet Little Angel [Couple's Request #1, for "her" - Rachel]
Jethro Tull - Someday the Sun Won't Shine [Couple's Request #2, for "him" - Josh]
Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials - Garfield Boogie
Golden "Big" Wheeler - Dirty Blues


Second Break


The Allman Brothers Band - Done Somebody Wrong [for Elrod]
John Brim - It Was a Dream
Buddy Guy - Broken Hearted Blues
Snooky Pryor - You Better Keep Them Arms Around Me [from P-Bone to SRV]
James Cotton - Decoration Day [from everyone in-studio to Earle]
Dusty Brown - Hey Baby [from Ryan to world peace]
Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing [from Shoeless to Magnolia]
J.B. Hutto - My Heart Is Achin' To Love You [from Blind John to Elizabeth]


Third Break


John Lee Hooker - Bluebird
Birmingham Jones - Strange City
Billy Branch - Take You Downtown
J.B. Lenoir - Voodoo Boogie
Magic Slim - Something More


Next week we travel through Memphis to the east coast, where we'll explore Memphis's soul blues and the twelve-string dexterity of the Piedmont players. Until then, stay positive.


Shoeless

The Birthplace of the Blues

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - Blues Road Trip, Week 1: M-I-S-S-I ...

Throughout the month of April, we'll be traveling to different regions that have traditionally been hotbeds of the blues, exploring fundamental differences in the sounds and styles in each place. For our first installment, it was only fitting that we devote an entire episode to the birthplace of the blues: none other than the great state of Mississippi. Tonight was a solid mix of powerful but refined acoustic playing from the Delta and raw, animal energy from the North Mississippi Hill Country juke players. What a fun way to get things started.

As a disclaimer, bear in mind that while we preferred requests to fall in line with our theme, we would happily take requests for artists from anywhere. Here's the set:

Intro
Willie Brown - Future Blues
Ishman Bracey - Left Alone Blues
Peg Leg Howell - Greasy Greens
T-Model Ford - Here Comes Papa
Son House - John the Revelator [Cliff's Pick]

First Break

Charley Patton - Moon Going Down
Elmo Williams and Hezekiah Early - Blue Jumped the Rabbit
Papa Charlie McCoy - Last Time Blues
Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider [for Elrod]
R.L. Burnside - Peach Tree Blues [for Uncle Milo and Becca]

Second Break

Mississippi Fred McDowell - Got To Move
Asie Payton - Goin' Back to the Bridge
Big Boy Spires - Murmur Low
Jessie Mae Hemphill - Standing In My Doorway Crying
Robert "Wolfman" Belfour - Done Got Old
King Solomon Hill - Whoopee Blues
Cedell Davis - If You Like Fat Women

Third Break

Mississippi John Hurt - Sliding Delta
Mississippi Joe Callicott - Down to the River Jordan
Bo Weavil Jackson - You Can't Keep No Brown
Muddy Waters - I Be's Troubled
Mississippi Bracy - You Scolded Me and Drove Me From Your Door
The Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting on Top of the World
Junior Kimbrough - I Gotta Try You Girl

Masterpiece

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

This is the set that was left in our box. See if Johnny and I ever take a week off again.

Meow Mix Intro
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations / Music for the People
New Kids on the Block - Please Don't Go Girl / Hangin' Tough
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go / Make It Big
Gary Wright - Dream Weaver / The Dream Weaver
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy / Living in the Background
Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off / Frantic Romantic
Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night / First Offense
Naked City - Bonehead / Torture Garden

First Break

Divinyls - I Touch Myself / diVINYLS
Gary Glitter - Do You Want To Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!) / Touch Me
Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight / Starland Vocal Band
Michael Bolton - Can I Touch You ... There? / Greatest Hits (1985-1995)
Tay Zonday - Chocolate Rain / "Chocolate Rain" Single
Naked City - Bonehead / Torture Garden

Second Break

Tag Team - Whoomp! There It Is / Whoomp! There It Is
69 Boyz - Tootsee Roll / 199Quad
Freak Nasty - Da Dip / Controversee... That's Life... And That's the Way It Is
Shaquille O'Neal - (I Know I Got) Skillz / Shaq Diesel
Kevin Federline - Dance With a Pimp / Playing With Fire
Tom Hanks and Dan Akroyd - Dragnet: City of Crime / Dragnet OST
B Real, Busta Rhymes, Coolio, LL Cool J, and Method Man - Hit 'Em High / Space Jam OST
Naked City - Bonehead / Torture Garden

Third Break

The Lonely Island - Ras Trent / Incredibad
Trio - Da Da Da (Ich Lieb Dich Nitch Du Liebst Mich Nicht Aha Aha Aha) / Da Da Da
The Offspring - When You're In Prison / Splinter
American Standards - My Bathroom Is a Private Kind of Place / American Standards (V/A)
DJ Darude - Sandstorm / Before the Storm
Naked City - Bonehead / Torture Garden

Things will go back to normal next week, I promise.

Shoeless