The Grand Finale

Tuesday, May 5 / Wednesday May 6, 2009 - Blind and Shoeless Say Farewell

We went out with a bang. Twelve hours. 98 songs. One big party. We enjoyed throwing you a bunch of curveballs, because, let's be honest, that's our style. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Here's the full set:

FIRST SET: On-air at 2 PM
Intro
The Champs - Tequila [¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo!]
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Freddie King - Going Down
T-Model Ford - Jack Daniel Time
Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers - Wild About You, Baby
Fleetwood Mac - Cold Black Night
Garfield Akers - Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues
Jimmy Liggins - Drunk

Break - 2:30 PM

Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
Bullmoose Jackson with Tiny Bradshaw's Orchestra - Big Ten-Inch Record
Magic Slim - Highway Is My Home
Sonny Boy Williamson I - Blues That Made Me Drunk
Bobby "Blue" Bland - I'll Take Care of You
Eagles of Death Metal - Anything 'Cept the Truth

Break - 3:00 PM

Howlin' Wolf - Forty-Four
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You
Junior Kimbrough - Tramp
Rube Lacy - Mississippi Jail House Groan
John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat - Meet Me In the Bottoms
Tom Waits - Lucinda

Break - 3:30 PM

Clutch - Electric Worry
Johnny Winter - Can't You Feel It [for Doug]
Leadbelly - On a Monday
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You, Baby
Buckethead - Conveyor Belt Blues
Son House - Death Letter
Entrance and Cat Power - Do the Romp

Break - 4:00 PM

The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
Fenton Robinson - Going to Chicago [for Sal Paradise]
Mark Lanegan - All Night Long
R.L. Burnside - Nightmare Blues
John Kosco - Reefer Headed Woman
B.B. King - 3 O'Clock Blues
Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way

Break - 4:30 PM

Beck - Go It Alone [for Scarlett O'Sara]
Spinal Tap - Gimme Some Money [also for Scarlett O'Sara]
Hot Tuna - Death Don't Have No Mercy [by request]
The Stooges - Slide (Slidin' the Blues) (Take 1)
Eagles of Death Metal - Chase the Devil
Tall Paul Hankins - Red Hot

Break - 5 PM

Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues
The Reatards - Memphis Blues
Labi Siffre - I Got the Blues
Wally Gonzales - Wally's Blues
Grails - Reincarnation Blues
Mark Lanegan - Methamphetamine Blues

Break - 5:45 PM - GSU Baseball vs. Samford

SECOND SET: Back on-air at 9 PM
Intro
Dax Riggs - Radiation Blues
Angel'in Heavy Syrup - Crazy Blues
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Black Waters Blowed/Engine Broke Blues
Boris - Me and the Devil Blues
Harvey Milk - Goodbye Blues

Break - 10 PM

Entrance - Grim Reaper Blues
Entombed - Wolverine Blues
Cavity - Marginal Man Blues
Lords - Obstructionist Blues
Kyoaku No Intention - Kyoaku Blues II
Rivers Cuomo - Harvard Blues
The Arcade Fire - Antichrist Television Blues
Fatso Jetson - Stranger Blues
Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso UFO - Dark Star Blues
Esquival - Limehouse Blues
Foghat - Terraplane Blues

Break - 11 PM

Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos
Jerry Reed - East Bound and Down
Waylon Jennings - Dukes of Hazzard Theme
White Shafer - All My Ex's Live in Texas
David Allan Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name
Hank Williams, Jr. - Family Tradition
Merle Haggard - Swingin' Doors

Break - 11:30 PM

Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
Lynn Anderson - (I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden
Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin'
Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson - Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
Patsy Cline - In Care of the Blues
George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today
Jan and Kjeld - Banjo Boy

Break - 12 AM

OFFICIAL CROSSROADS TIME BEGINS!

Intro
Buddy Guy - Baby Please Don't Leave Me
Muddy Waters - 40 Days and 40 Nights
Bo Carter - What Kind of Scent Is This?
The Black Crowes - Walk Believer Walk
Hound Dog Taylor - Sadie
The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider [for Elrod]
Left Lane Cruiser - Amy's In the Kitchen
Jimi Hendrix - Red House (Live)
Son House - Grinnin' In Your Face
Janis Joplin - Ball and Chain

Break - 1 AM

StoneRider - Pale Horse [first time ever heard anywhere ... a true Crossroads exclusive!]
Eagles of Death Metal - Bag o' Miracles
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love Medley: Boogie Chillun/Fixin' To Die/That's Alright (Live)
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Roosevelt Sykes - Thanks, but No Thanks
ZZ Top - Jesus Just Left Chicago
Blind Boy Fuller - Sweet Honey Hole
Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus
T-Bone Walker - Heartache
AC/DC - It's a Long Way to the Top [from Shoeless and Blind to P-Bone and Low Stool]
B.B. King - Sweet Sixteen, Parts 1 and 2 [the first song we ever played!]

I know I speak for Johnny when I say that it has truly been an honor and a privilege getting to share this experience with you guys for the past year - one that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Keep the blues in your soul and never forget the good times you had kicking back and crackin' open a cold one with Shoeless Kay Staps and Blind John Johnson at the helm. I know we won't.

Until we meet again, friends ... stay positive.

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

Hey Girl Hey

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - Women's History Month Celebration, Week 3: The Finale

All songs from the V/A Blues Women Anthology, unless otherwise noted.

Intro
Doctor Oakroot - Happy Birthday / Happy Birthday [for Shoeless, Scarlett O'Sara, AND Hardcore Kid Nick]
Big Maybelle - Pitiful
Nancy Sinatra - Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad
Big Mama Thornton - Ball and Chain
Julie London - Blues In the Night
Memphis Minnie - Fashion Plate Daddy
Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz

First Break

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Rock Me
Clara Smith - Don't Advertise Your Man
Carmen McRae and Dave Brubeck - Travellin' Blues (Live)
Karin Rudefelt and Dr. Blues - Pick Your Battles
Irma Thomas - Sufferin' With the Blues [for the U.S. Government Guy]
Jessie May Hemphill - Standing In My Doorway Crying
Louise Hoffsten - I Pity the Fool

Second Break

Dana Gillespie - Below the Belt
Betty Davis - 70s Blues
Bettye Lavette - It Ain't Easy
Lou Ann Barton and Stevie Ray Vaughan - You Can Have My Husband
Marva Wright - Members Only / Bluesiana Mama [for Uncle Milo]
Bonnie and Delany Bramlett feat. Duane Allman - Come On In My Kitchen
Doris Troy - What You Will Blues

Third Break

Erja Lyyntinen - Skinny Blues
Maria Muldaur - It's a Blessing
Wendy Saddington - Blues In A (Live)
Elvi Thomas and Geechie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues

Hey Ladies

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - Women's History Month Celebration, Week 2 (Subtitle: Luck Be a Lady Tonight)

Happy Irish People Day! All songs from the V/A Blues Women Anthology, unless otherwise noted.

Intro
Etta James - I Just Want To Make Love To You
Billie Holiday and B.B. King - Stormy Blues
Sarah Vaughan - No 'Count Blues
Rosetta Crawford - I'm Tired of Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes
Carmen Maki and Blues Creation - Mean Old Boogie
Dana Gillespie - Long Lean Baby

First Break

Ana Popovic - How'd You Learn To Shake It Like That?
Angela Strehli - Deja Blue
Sammy Price - I Love To Georgia Brown So Slow
Janis Joplin - Turtle Blues (Live)
Clara Smith - For Sale (Hannah Johnson's Big Jack Ass)
Rory Block - Statesboro Blues / Confessions of a Blues Singer [for Elrod]
Eve Monsees - Lonely Lonely Nights
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog

Second Break

Eva Cassidy - Stormy Monday (Live)
Aretha Franklin - Today I Sing the Blues
Roxanne Potvin - Say It
Jolie Holland - Old Fashion Morphine
Dianne Schuur - I'm Not Ashamed To Sing the Blues

Third Break

Lucille Bogan - Pay Roll Blues
Bessie Smith - Take It Right Back
Irene Scruggs - The Voice of the Blues
Dinah Washington - It's a Mean Old Man's World
Madeleine Peyroux - Reckless Blues
Jo Anne Kelly - The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair
Maggie Bell and Stone the Crows - The Touch of Your Loving Hand

See you next week ... stay positive!

Shoeless

'Sup Girl

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - Women's History Month Celebration, Week 1

This needs no explaining ... March is Women's History Month. We love the ladies. Therefore, we play only female artists all month. Two and two, y'know? I have to shout out this amazing box set Johnny and I dug up called The Blues Women Anthology ... it's a whopping nine discs, featuring all the classic ladies you know, some you don't, some from here, some from there. It's great, so all selections are from that unless otherwise noted.

Also, I have to give a shout to our boy Jason from StoneRider (who we've all come to know and love here at the 'Roads) for offering us our first official Crossroads-specific drop. We can't officially give our opinions about bands on the air, but I personally love the music these dudes make, and you as ATLiens are all fortunate - they're locals. Check their site and GO SEE THEM LIVE. If you don't like their music, well, to be honest ... you're tuning in to the wrong show.

Here's the set.

Intro
Big Mama Thornton - Sweet Little Angel
Koko Taylor - What Kind of Man Is This?
Irma Thomas - I Need Your Love So Bad
Big Time Sarah - Hoochie Coochie Woman
Alberta Hunter - I've Got a Mind To Ramble / Amtrak Blues [for Uncle Milo]

First Break

Marva Wright - Driving Wheel [for Uncle Milo]
Genya Ravan - Whipping Post / Goldie Zelkowitz [for Elrod]
Big Maybelle - Maybelle's Blues
Trixie Smith - My Daddy Rocks Me
Tina Turner - Night Time Is the Right Time
Bessie Smith - In the House Blues [for Becca]
Algia Mae Hinton - Whatcha Gonna Do When Your Good Girl Turns You Down? / Honey Babe

Second Break

Precious Bryant - Don't Jump My Pony / The Truth
Memphis Minnie - Killer Diller Blues
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins - You Make Me Feel So Good
Janiva Magness - I'm Leaving You
Jessie Mae Hemphill - Streamline Train
Bonnie Tyler - Need Your Love So Bad

Third Break

Ma Rainey - Runaway Blues
Janis Joplin - Summertime
Odetta - Another Man Done Gone
Maria Viana Blues Band - Basin Street Blues (Live)
Mattie Delaney - Down the Big Road Blues
Claudia Bettinaglio - $29
Ella Fitzgerald - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea / The Best of the Song Books [for Tyler]

Until next week, be good to your women ... and stay positive.

Shoeless

Spring Break Blues

Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - [Insert Tacky Spring Break Reference Here]

Shoeless goes solo again. That Blind John sure does love to vacation.

Intro
Love Sculpture - Don't Answer the Door / Blues Helping
John Lee Hooker - I Met the Grindin' Man / Blues
Katherine Whalen - My Baby Just Cares For Me / Katherine Whalen's Jazz Squad [for Uncle Milo]
Memphis Jug Band - Gator Wobble / The Story of the Blues (V/A)
Clifton Chenier - When You Going To Sing For Me? / Frenchin' the Blues
Dinah Washington - Send Me To the 'Lectric Chair / The Bessie Smith Songbook
J.B. Hutto - Leave Your Love In Greater Hands / Pet Cream Man

First Break

Cedell Davis - Keep Your Mouth Closed Baby / The Best of Cedell Davis
Jethro Tull - Some Day the Sun Won't Shine / This Was ... Jethro Tull [for Josh]
Sam Collins - Dark Cloudy Blues / Jailhouse Blues
Skip James - Keep Your Lamp / Hard Time
Robert Jr. Lockwood - You've Got To Stop This Mess / Johnny Shines & Robert Lockwood
George "Harmonica" Smith - Times Won't Be Hard Always / Now You Can Talk About Me
Asie Payton - Please Tell Me You Love Me / Not the Same Old Blues Crap II (V/A, Fat Possum Records)
Big Joe Williams - That Thing's In Town / Blues On Highway 49

Second Break

The Allman Brothers Band - Hot 'Lanta / At Fillmore East [for Elrod]
Smokey Wilson - You Know What My Body Needs / 88th Street Blues
Taj Mahal - She Caught the Katy and Left Me the Mule / The Story of the Blues (V/A)
Hop Wilson and His Chickens - Chicken Stuff / Blues Masters Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics (V/A)
T-Bone Walker - Evening / T-Bone Blues (Atlantic)
Ten Years After - Turned Off T.V. Blues / Rock & Roll Music To the World

Third Break

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - Don't Dog Your Woman / Walk On
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Rainy Day, Dream Away / Electric Ladyland
Marsha Raven and Bernie Marsden - Loved Another Woman / Blues Women Anthology, Vol. 7 (V/A)
Lizzie Miles - I Hate a Man Like You / Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1928-39)
Johnny Adams - One Foot In the Blues / One Foot In the Blues

The "No-Y-Chromosome" Festival begins next week ... I told you we love the ladies.

Shoeless

Beads, Booze, and Blues

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - Mercredi Gras

Intro
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone / Muddy Waters: The Essential Collection
Clifton Chenier - Jambalaya / Frenchin' the Blues
Blind Blake - Night and Day Blues / 16 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920s, Vol. 6 (V/A)
Big John Wrencher - Telephone Blues / Big John's Boogie Plus
Pabst Blue Ribbon Jingle (1958)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Boy Friend Blues / Rock Me Mama

First Break

James Brown - It's a Man's Man's Man's World / 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!
Champion Jack Dupree - Bad Health Blues / Junker's Blues
Steppenwolf - Hoochie Coochie Man / Steppenwolf
Jimmy Reed - Take Out Some Insurance / You Don't Have To Go
Big Bill Broonzy - Out With the Wrong Woman / Whiskey & Good Time Blues
Big Joe Turner - I Got a Gal For Every Day In the Week / Roll 'Em
The Allman Brothers Band - Pony Boy / Brothers and Sisters [for Elrod]

Second Break

Booker T. Laury - Early In the Morning / Blues Routes (V/A)
B.B. King - Waiting For Your Call / One Kind Favor [for Milo, because it's the 5th track on the album]
Leroy Washington - Wild Cherry / Best of Excello, Vol. 1: Sound of the Swamp (V/A)
Big Maceo - Without You My Life Don't Mean a Thing / Worried Life Blues
Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited / Second Winter
Hammie Nixon - New York City Blues / This Is the Blues Harmonica (V/A)

Third Break

Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues In the Bottle / Blues In the Bottle [Cliff's Pick]
Lavina Turner - How Can I Be Your Sweet Mamma When You Are Daddy To Someone Else? / Prewar Blues Vol. 2 (V/A)
Homesick James and Snooky Pryor - No More Loving / Sad & Lonesome
Delilah Why - How Was I / Steps On It
Dock Boggs - Will Sweethearts Know Each Other There? / Country Blues (1927-1929)
Son House - Levee Camp Moan / The Original Delta Blues

Stay positive.

Shoeless

No Love Lost

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - The Post-Valentine's Day Massacre

We had (and still have) lots of leftovers from last week's beauty of a Love/Infidelity Day show. Therefore, we created this week's show according to the following formula:



Yeah ... pretty much. Turns out Microsoft Word 2007 has a handy formula function, which helps greatly. Crossroads is rocket science, after all. Here's' the set:

Intro
Led Zeppelin - Since I'm Been Loving You / Led Zeppelin III [for Magnolia <3]
Sunnyland Slim - Workin' Two Jobs / Be Careful How You Vote
Freddie King - Can't Trust Your Neighbor / King of the Blues
R.L. Burnside - Sat Down On My Bed and Cried / My Black Name A-Ringin'
Truth and Janey - Straight Eight Pontiac / No Rest For the Wicked
The Black Ace - No Good Woman / I'm the Boss Card In Your Hand

First Break

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Ain't That Just Like a Woman / Just Got Lucky
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Somewhere Between Right and Wrong / Years of Tears [for Ellen]
Furry Lewis and Frank Stokes - Mistreatin' Mama / Beale Street Blues
Slim Barton - Wicked Treatin' Blues / Georgia Blues 1928-1933
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Crow Jane / Murder Ballads

Second Break

Roy Book Binder - Palm Trees Shakin' In the Night / Polk City Ramble
Jethro Tull - Stormy Monday / This Was ... Jethro Tull [for Josh]
Coot Venson - Thinkin' About Your Apples / Down Home Harp (V/A Testament Records)
John Mooney - Take a Walk Around the Corner / Prime Chops, Vol. 2 (V/A Blind Pig Records)
Moose John - Wrong Doin' Woman / Dig These Blues: The Legendary Dig Masters (V/A)
Billy Gayles - I'm Tired of Being Dogged Around / Rhythm Rockin' Blues: Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm (V/A)
T-Bone Walker - Evil-Hearted Woman / The Complete Imperial Recordings 1940-1954
Tom Waits - Lucinda / Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards

Third Break

Albert King and Otis Rush - Murder / Door To Door
Leadbelly - Black Betty / Leadbelly's Last Sessions [for Tyler]
The Black Keys - I Cry Alone / thickfreakness
Boogaloo Ames - After Hours / From Mississippi To Chicago (V/A)
Willie Cobbs - Reconsider Baby / Jukin'
Bongzilla - Champagne and Reefer / Amerijuanican

March and April are big months for the Crossroads ... we have a theme that runs through each month. You're not even ready, we promise. Send us your requests! Until next week, as always, stay positive.

Shoeless

No Love, No Shoes, No Problems

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - The Obligatory Valentine's Day Show In the Genre That Hates Love the Most of Them All (Oh, and the Return of Shoeless Kay Staps)

Boy, was this ever a fun one.

Intro
Valentine's Day Promo
Bobby "Blue" Bland - How Does a Cheatin' Woman Feel? / Ask Me 'Bout Nothin' (But the Blues)
Tom Waits - Lie To Me / Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards
Slim Green and the Cats From Fresno - My Woman Done Quit Me / Johnny Otis Presents: Some Old Folks' Boogie (V/A)
Sugarcane and His Violin - Elim Stole My Baby (Boo Hoo) / Dig These Blues: The Legendary Dig Masters (V/A)
Alberta Hunter - Downhearted Blues / Classic Alberta Hunter: Thirties [for Uncle Milo]
B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get? / Live In Cook County Jail [Cliff's Pick]

First Break

Howlin' Wolf - Back Door Man / I Am the Blues
ZZ Top - Just Got Back From Baby's / ZZ Top's First Album
Blind Willie McTell - Three Women Blues / Statesboro Blues
John Lee Hooker - Four Women In My Life / King of the Boogie
Pink Anderson - Thousand Woman Blues / Carolina Bluesman, Vol. 1
Brownie McGhee - Million Lonesome Women / The Story of the Blues (V/A)

Second Break

The Allman Brothers Band - Black Hearted Woman / The Allman Brothers Band [for Elrod]
Lightnin' Hopkins - I've Been Buked and Scorned / Lightnin' Hopkins (Everest Records)
The Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now / 12 x 5 [for Bo from Covington]
Magic Slim and the Teardrops - Why Does a Woman Treat a Good Man So Bad? / Raw Magic [for Pappy Mahan]
Fats Domino - Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except Me and My Monkey) / Sweet Patootie: The Complete Reprise Recordings [for Uncle Milo]
Dock Boggs - Pretty Polly / Country Blues: The Complete Early Recordings of Dock Boggs
Every Time I Die - I Used To Love Her / Bring You To Your Knees: A Tribute To Guns 'n Roses

Third Break

Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Men Don't Forget Your Wives For Your Sweethearts / The Complete Recorded Works
Ike and Tina Turner - Three o'Clock In the Morning Blues / Ike and Tina Turner Sing the Blues
Junior Kimbrough - Tramp / God Knows I Tried
T-Bone Walker - She's the No-Sleepin'est Woman / The Complete Recordings 1940-1954
Lonnie Johnson - Let All Married Women Alone / The Original Guitar Wizard
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post / The Allman Brothers Band [for Pappy Mahan]

You guys made it great to be back. More great stuff headed your way in the coming weeks ... stick around! Until next week, stay positive.

Solo Flytes

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - Blind John Goes It Alone Again / As Free As a Bird

This week we mourned the passing of one of the finest blues pianists never to be truly recognized as such. With that, Shoeless's favorite band is down one more original member, with only two surviving, and only one remaining in the current touring lineup. Rest in peace, Billy Powell ... Freebird will never sound the same without you.

Intro
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird (Live at the Fox) / One More From the Road
Willie Dixon and the Big Three Trio - 88 Boogie / The Big Three Trio
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - She Put the Wammee On Me / Screamin' the Blues

First Break

Robert Junior Lockwood - Dust My Broom / Delta Crossroads [for Jason of STONERIDER]
Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster / The London Sessions
Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A-Comin' (Acoustic) / Blues [by request]
Lightnin' Hopkins - Hello Central (Give Me Central) / Hello Central: The Best of Lightnin' Hopkins
Fats Domino - What a Price / Be My Guest
Blind Boy Fuller - Big Leg Woman Gets My Pay / East Coast Piedmont Style
B.B. King - I've Always Been Lonely / Take It Home

Second Break

ZZ Top - Blue Jean Blues / Fandango!
Janis Joplin - One Good Man / I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
Louisiana Red - Freight Train/Where Is My Friend? / Louisiana Red Sings the Blues
Buddy Guy - Don't Answer the Door / Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1979
Sonny Boy Williamson II - Born Blind / Nine Below Zero

Third Break

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Fever / Ask Me 'Bout Nothing (But the Blues)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Guess Who / Blues Shouter
Robert Nighthawk and Forrest City Joe - Lonesome Day Blues / Robert Nighthawk and Forrest City Joe
Muddy Waters - I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love / Muddy Waters: The Essential Blues Collection
Mance Lipscomb - Alabama Jubilee / Songster
Little Richard - Keep-a Knockin' / Long Tall Sally
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me the Breeze / Second Helping [for the "Jeff Beck Guy"]
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Mean Old Frisco Blues / Rock Me Mama


William Norris Powell
June 3, 1952 - January 28, 2009

Alone In the Dark

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - Blind John's Blind Run

Intro
Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers - Hawaiian Boogie / Natural Boogie
Honeyboy Edwards - Black Cat / Delta Bluesman
Magic Sam's Blues Band - Easy, Baby / Black Magic
Lazy Lester - Bloodstains on the Wall / Harp and Soul
Chippie Hill - Trouble In Mind / Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes (V/A)
Chicken Shack - Apple Tart / Accept Chicken Shack
T-Model Ford - To the Left, To the Right / You Better Keep Still
Lightnin' Hopkins - Tell Me Pretty Mama / Lightnin' Hopkins Sings the Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Hot Dogs / The Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson
Big Joe Williams - Jump Baby Jump / Absolutely the Best (Fuel 2000 Recordings) [for Uncle Milo]
Howlin' Wolf - I'll Learn You / Moanin' In the Moonlight
Pinetop Perkins - View From the Top / Sweet Black Angel
Muddy Waters - Blind Man Blues / The London Muddy Waters Sessions [from Justin to Uncle Paulie]
The Underdogs - It Hurts Me Too / Blues Band and Beyond
Little Richard - Hurry Sundown / Get Down On It: The Okeh Sessions
Lonnie Johnson - She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight / Steppin' on the Blues
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Two Little Fish and Five Loaves of Bread / Spread the Good Word!
B.B. King - No Money, No Luck / Lucille
Silas Hogan - You're Too Late, Baby / Louisiana
The Sacred Mushroom - All Good Things Must Have An End / The Sacred Mushroom
Otis Spann - Monkey Face Woman / My Home In the Delta
Homesick James and Snooky Pryor - I Believe I'll Get Married / Sad and Lonesome
Buddy Guy - I've Got a Right To Love My Woman / Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1979
Ry Cooder - Blue Suede Shoes / The Slide Area

Forty-Four[th President] Blues

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - The Inaguration Celebration

Intro
Jesse Fuller - Take This Hammer / Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Blues
Earl Hooker and Junior Wells - Come On In This House / Earl Hooker and Junior Wells
Lonesome Sundown - Lonesome Lonely Blues / I'm a Mojo Man
Willie Dixon and the Big Three Trio - If the Sea Was Whiskey / The Big Three Trio
Slim Whitman - I Remember You / House of 1000 Corpses OST
Son House - Preachin' Blues / The Original Delta Blues [Cliff's Pick]
Sidney Maiden - Hand Me Down Baby / Dig These Blues (V/A)

First Break

Charles Bevel - Porcupine Meat / "Sally B. White" 7"
J.B. Hutto - Lone Wolf / Pet Cream Man
Robert Cray - The Score / Who's Been Talkin'
Patsy Cline - Hungry For Love / The Complete Patsy Cline Collection
Sleepy John Estes - Al Rawls / Broke and Hungry
Charlie Sayles - Atlanta Boogie / The Raw Harmonica Blues

Second Break

George Thorogood and the Destroyers - One Way Ticket / More George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Peppermint Harris - I'd Rather Be Hurt / Being Black Twice
Eddie Kirkland and the Italian-American Blues Band - I'm Going To Wait For You / The Devil (And Other Blues Demons)
Pinetop Perkins - Rain / Sweet Black Angel
Sailor Boy - Country Home / Dig These Blues (V/A)
Otis Rush - Double Trouble / I Can't Quit You, Baby

Third Break

Leon Redbone - If Someone Would Only Love Me / Champagne Charlie [for Bo from Covington]
Bumble Bee Slim - I'm Needing Someone / Rock 'n Roll, Vol. 1: 1927-1938 (V/A)
Mercy Dee Walton - Five Card Hand / A Pity and a Shame
The Misunderstood - You Don't Have To Go / The Gold Star Album
Blind Lemon Jefferson - I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart / The Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson
Van Halen - Ice Cream Man / Van Halen
Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Bo Diddley - The Red Rooster / The Super Super Blues Band

Stay positive!

Shoeless

Firsts

Wednesday, January 14, 2008 - For the People, By the People

This week was full of firsts for us:

• First show of 2009 with both Blind and Shoeless
• First time we played a song inspired by Crossroads
• First time we played a song on a not-yet-released album
• First time we had a live performance in the studio (not on-air)
  

Needless to say, it was a pretty exciting night. It's amazing to see a direct relationship between our hard work and the reward of your satisfaction with our format. Hopefully in the coming months, we can bring you the best stuff yet. Here's the set:

Intro
Long John Baldry - Let's Burn Down the Cornfield / It Ain't Easy
Arthur "Mudcat" Thomas - Sugar Bee / Backwater Blues
Lowell Fulson - Let's Go Get Stoned / The Final Kent Years
R.L. Burnside - Poor Boy / A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey
Blind Willie McTell - On the Cooling Board / Atlanta Twelve String [for Uncle Milo]
Bessie Smith - He's Got Me Going / Classic Blues [for Becca]
Moose John - Wrong Doin' Woman / Dig These Blues

First Break

T-Bone Walker - I'll Always Be In Love With You / The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940-1954 [for Magnolia <3]
Stick McGhee and His Buddies - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee / Let's Get Drunk Again (V/A)
Bo Diddley - Hong Kong Mississippi / Bo Diddley Is a Lover
Ike and Tina Turner and the Ikettes - Evil Man / Come Together
Junior Kimbrough - Keep On Braggin' / God Knows I Tried
T-Model Ford - Hi-Heel Sneakers / Jack Daniel Time
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Cry Cry Cry / Ask Me 'Bout Nothing (But the Blues)

Second Break

Alex O'Reilly - Snow / Unreleased [A Crossroads exclusive!!!]
Johnny Shines - Blood Ran Like Wine / Ramblin' Blues
Freddie King - Ain't Nobody's Business What We Do / My Feeling For the Blues
Albert King - Roadhouse Blues / Blues At Sunrise

Third Break

Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1
Junior Well's Chicago Blues Band - Ships On the Ocean / Hoodoo Man Blues
Prince Albert Hunt - Blues In a Bottle / Let's Get Drunk Again (V/A)
Peg Leg Sam - Who's That Left Here 'While Ago / Kickin' It
Elmo Williams and Hezekiah Early - Mother's Dead / Takes One To Know One
The Second Creation - Blues / The Second Creation

Send us your requests for next week! Until next week, stay positive.

Shoeless

Blue Suede Shoes

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - You Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog: A Tribute To the Life and Times of Elvis

Elvis Presley, our fair king of rock 'n roll, would've celebrated his seventy-fourth birthday this year on this day (January 8th). Scarlett O'Sara and I thought it would be appropriate to celebrate the legacy he left us in both country and blues music (and music as a whole, for that matter). With that, we brought you four solid hours of the King's finest. Hope you enjoyed it.


Rest In Peace | Elvis Aaron Presley
January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977

All songs performed, of course, by Elvis Presley, unless otherwise noted.

Crossroads Intro
Heartbreak Hotel
Reconsider Baby
Trouble
Mean Woman Blues
Let Yourself Go
Hi-Heel Sneakers
Maybellene
A Mess of Blues
Rip It Up
First Break

Baby What You Want Me To Do
See See Rider (with Jerry Lee Lewis)
I Got a Woman
That's All Right
Stranger In My Own Home Town
One Night of Sin
When It Rains, It Really Pours
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
Guitarman
So Glad You're Mine

Second Break

Blue Suede Shoes [by request - "to Cokernut, from Possum"]
Merry Christmas, Baby
My Baby Left Me
Big Boss Man (Live)
Carl Perkins and Eric Clapton - Mean Woman Blues (Live in New York) [by request]
Third Break

Steamroller Blues (Live in Hawaii)
Jethro Tull - Stormy Monday (Live BBC Sessions Version) [by request]
Harbor Lights
Blueberry Hill
That's When Your Heartaches Begin
Too Much
Led Zeppelin - You Shook Me (Live BBC Sessions Version) [for Ben]

See You Later '08, I'm Gone

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - Out With the Old, In With the Blues

Lonnie Johnson - Happy New Year Darling
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Happy New Year Blues
The Rolling Stones - Rip This Joint
The Johnny Otis Orchestra - Happy New Year, Baby
Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers - Ain't Got Nobody
Left Lane Cruiser - Amy's In the Kitchen
Jimmy Witherspoon - Drinkin' Beer
Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys - Crawling King Snake [Cliff's Pick]

First Break

The Allman Brothers Band - One Way Out (Live)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy New Year
T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday Blues [for Elrod]
Mary Harris - Happy New Year Blues
Little Bill Gaither - Moonshine By the Keg
Tom Waits - Gin Soaked Boy
Casey Bill Weldon - Give Me Another Shot

Second Break

StoneRider - Ramble Down
Detroit Junior - What Am I Living For?
B.B. King - Sweet Sixteen, Parts I and II [by request]
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man [by the same guy's request]
Magic Slim and the Teardrops - I'm Tore Up
Roy Milton and His Solid Senders - New Year's Resolution Blues
ZZ Top - Down Brownie

Third Break

Big Bill Broonzy - When I Been Drinking
Eagles of Death Metal - Bag O' Miracles
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Gettin' Drunk
Free - Moonshine
Lewis Black - Corn Liquor Blues
Smokey Hogg - New Year's Eve Blues
Peetie Wheetstraw - More Good Whiskey Blues
T-Model Ford - Red's Houseparty

Ho, Ho, Ho

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - Oh, What a Christmas To Have the Blues ...

Intro
Elvis Presley - Merry Christmas, Baby
Mack Rice - Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'
Lightnin' Hopkins - Santa
Eddie Campbell - Santa's Messin' With the Kid
Big Joe Williams - Christmas Blues
Lemmy Kilmister, Billy Gibbons, and Dave Grohl - Run Rudolph Run

First Break

Louis Jordan - Santa Claus, Santa Claus
Amos Milburn - Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby
Louis Armstrong and Friends - Christmas In New Orleans
Robert Goulet - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Kay Martin and Her Body Guards - I Know What You Want For Christmas
Jimmy Butler - Trim Your Tree
Earl King - Santa Don't Let Me Down
Canned Heat - Christmas Boogie (The Chipmunk Song)

Second Break

Leadbelly - On a Christmas Day
Bumble Bee Slim - Christmas and No Santa Claus
Lowell Fulson - Lonesome Christmas, Parts I and II
B.B. King - Christmas Celebration
Charles Brown - Christmas Present Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Christmas Blues
Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas

Third Break

John Lee Hooker - Blues For Christmas
Leroy Carr - Christmas In Jail (Ain't That a Pain)
Foghat - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns - All I Want For Christmas (Is a Little Bit of Music)
Texas Pete Mayes - Christmas Holidays
Sonny Boy Williamson - Sonny Boy's Christmas
The Black Ace - Christmas Time (Beggin' Santa Claus)
Roosevelt Sykes - Let Me Hang Your Stockings In Your Christmas Tree
Seymour Swine and the Squealers - Blue Christmas

Whooooooo

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - Just Killin' Time

Good times. Here's the set:

Intro
Mississippi Joe Callicott - Good Time Blues / Ain't-a Gonna Lie To You
Elmore James - Mean Mistreatin' Mama / Greatest Hits (Cleo Records)
Skip James - Look At the People Standing At the Judgment / Devil Got My Woman [for Jethro]
Son House - Am I Right or Wrong / Complete Library of Congress Recordings 1941-1942
Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page - Tribute To Elmore / Strictly the Blues
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Bad Whiskey & Cocaine / Delta Bluesman
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post / The Allman Brothers Band [Cliff's Pick]

First Break

Pink Anderson - I Had My Fun / Carolina Bluesman, Vol. 1
Louisiana Red - Rollin' Stone / Louisiana Red Sings the Blues
Stackwaddy - Country Line Special / Bugger Off!
Jimmy Reed - Cold & Lonesome / T'aint No Big Thing but He Is ... Jimmy Reed
B.B. King - The Beginning of the End / Take It Home
Elvis Presley - Steamroller Blues (Live) / Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite
Lightnin' Hopkins - Glory Be / Houston Bound

Second Break

Billy Boy Arnold - Too Many Old Flames / Eldorado Cadillac
Robert Johnson - Last Fair Deal Gone Down / King of the Delta Blues Singers
Francine Reed - One Monkey (Don't Stop No Show) / I Got a Right! ... To Some of My Best
Eddy Clearwater - Tore Up All the Time / Boogie My Blues Away
Catfish Keith - Come Back, Old Devil / Jitterbug Swing
Magic Slim and the Teardrops - I Can't Trust My Woman / Black Tornado

Third Break

George "Wild Child" Butler - I Just Can't Please Her / Stranger
John Lee Hooker - I'm Bad Like Jesse James / Boom Boom [for Lukas]
Cephas and Wiggins - Crow Jane / Richmond Blues
Slim Harpo - Baby Scratch My Back / Tuesday's Just As Bad (V/A)
Sonny Landreth - Pinegrove Blues / Slide Guitar Blues (V/A - Icehouse Records)
J.B. Lenoir - I've Been Down For So Long / Eisenhower Blues
Blue Cheer - Rock Me Baby / Vincebus Eruptum

Very special holiday celebration coming up next week! Until then, stay positive.

Shoeless

Checkmate

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - Celebrating Chess Records

So last Friday, a little ol' movie about a little ol' label that played some little ol' soul blues came out in theaters ... and they called it Cadillac Records. (The actual label, of course, is the world-famous Chess Records). Since opportunities like this don't arise very often (meaning ever), we decided to celebrate the occasion (as we have a way of doing). We picked up a copy of the soundtrack and played it more or less in its entirety - hopefully you were able to catch it. Cadillac Records is in theaters now - go check it out and enjoy an education in the finest in 50's and 60's blues! Well, that and the ever-beautiful Beyoncé Knowles flexing her vocal muscle in what was likely one of the most daunting roles to undertake in cinematic history (other than Jesus, James Bond, or Johnny Cash) - the legendary Etta James.



With the exception of this week's Cliff's Pick, all songs from the first two sets are from the two-disc deluxe edition of the Cadillac Records OST. Here's the set:

Intro
Buddy Guy - Forty Days and Forty Nights
Jefferey Wright (as Muddy Waters) and Bill Simms, Jr. - Country Blues
Beyoncé Knowles (as Etta James) - All I Could Do Is Cry
Mos Def (as Chuck Berry) - No Particular Place To Go
Eamonn Walker (as Howlin' Wolf) - Smokestack Lightnin'
Jefferey Wright (as Muddy Waters) - I'm a Man
Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Ain't Got No Home / Ain't Got No Home: The Best of Clarence "Frogman" Henry [Cliff's Pick]

First Break

Beyoncé Knowles (as Etta James) - At Last
Terrence Blanchard - Radio Station
Columbus Short (as Little Walter) - My Babe
Jefferey Wright (as Muddy Waters) - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Elvis Presley - My Babe
Mos Def (as Chuck Berry) - Maybellene
Soul 7 and Kim Wilson - Juke
Little Walter - Last Night

Second Break

Howlin' Wolf - Forty Four / Moanin' In the Moonlight [from Farmer Ted to J.Weezy]
Little Milton - Blues Get Off My Shoulder / If Walls Could Talk
John Lee Hooker - In the Mood / The Real Folk Blues
Willie Mabon - Seventh Son / Mr. I-Don't-Know Man
Pigmeat Markham - Here Comes the Judge / Here Comes the Judge
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby / The Devil's Rejects OST
Jimmy McCracklin - Hurt Me / Jimmy McCracklin Sings
Jody Williams - What Kind of Gal Is That? /Chess Blues Guitar, Vol. 1 (V/A)

Third Break

Bo Diddley - Look At My Baby / Road Runner: The Chess Masters 1959-1960
Blue Smitty - Date Bait / House Rockin' Blues (V/A)
Jimmy Witherspoon - When I Been Drinkin' / Jazz Me Blues: The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon
Hound Dog Taylor - Watch Out / The Hound
Sugar Pie DeSanto - Blues Hall of Fame / Refined Sugar
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone / The Ultimate Collection

You know the business ... send us your requests. Until next week ... stay positive.

Shoeless