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