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.