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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

After two insanely huge weeks, it was pretty nice to kick back and just relax a little bit. Most of the selections fared pretty well in that department, and made for great ambiance while reading. I love being in the studio, no matter how tired I am. School is really grinding away at Johnny and I (as much as or more so than we're grinding away at it), so it's as good a thing as any, as good friends, to be able to sit still for a fixed two hours every single week and stay caught up - you know, get our feet under us a little bit. So what if it's in the middle of the night?! We do this for the love of the game. Here's the set:

Intro
Champion Jack Dupree - I'm a Doctor For Women / Rum and Cola Blues
The All-Stars feat. Jeff Beck - Steelin' / Guitar Boogie
Jessie Mae Hemphill - Standing In My Doorway Crying / She-Wolf
Magic Slim - Country Girl / Highway Is My Home
Professor Louie - Some Bad News / Century of the Blues

First Break

John Lee Hooker - Crawlin' King Snake / King of the Boogie [Cliff's Pick]
Sunnyland Slim - Drinking and Clowning / Meat and Gravy From Bea and Baby
Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus / Mule Variations
Guitar Gabriel - Miss You Like the Devil / Deep In the South
Five Horse Johnson - Mississippi King / The No. 6 Dance
Jimmy Johnson - When My First Wife Quit Me / Bar Room Preacher
Wyonie Harris - Keep On Churnin' ('Til the Butter Comes) / R&B Hits 1952

Second Break

Hound Dog Taylor - Blue Guitar / Genuine Houserocking Music
Son House - Grinnin' In Your Face / The Original Delta Blues
Big Boy Spires - One of These Days / Drop Down Mama
Mark Lanegan - I'll Take Care of You / I'll Take Care of You
Algia Mae Hinton - When You Kill the Chicken Save Me the Head / Honey Babe
Jesse Fuller - Memphis Boogie / Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals, & Blues [for Uncle Milo!]
T-Model Ford - Can't Be Touched / Pee-Wee Get My Gun [for Uncle Milo again!]
The White Stripes - Your Southern Can Is Mine / De Stijl
Byther Smith - Look Over Your Shoulder / All Night Long

Third Break

The Allman Brothers Band - Hot 'Lanta / At Fillmore East [for Elrod]
Muddy Waters - Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone / The London Muddy Waters Session
Victoria Spivey - Hollywood Stomp / Moaning the Blues
T-Bone Walker - She's My Old Time Used To Be / The Complete Capitol-Black & White Recordings
B.B. King and Jimi Hendrix - It's My Own Fault / The Kings' Jam [High Note]

I'm still looking for a good place to find cheap coffee that isn't awful, and any suggestions are certainly more than welcome. Other than that, thanks for tuning in, and you know we love you. Until next week, stay positive!

Shoeless

Red, White, and Blues

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - One Nation Under the Blues

Last night was exciting ... we were part of history, after all! Here's the set:

Intro
Sunnyland Slim - Be Careful How You Vote / Be Careful How You Vote
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Things Gonna Be Alright / Honeyboy Edwards: Mississippi Delta Bluesman
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues / Eisenhower Blues
Koko Taylor - Separate or Integrate / Wang Dang Doodle
Cream - Politician / Wheels of Fire [for Pappy Mahan]
Chuck Berry - Back In the USA / Blues Berry

First Break

Magic Slim - Fannie Mae / Grand Slam
Eddie Vinson - Things Ain't What They Used To Be / Cleanhead Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon - Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough / Ain't Nobody's Business
B.B. King - Recession Blues / The King of the Blues
B.B. King - Paying the Cost To Be the Boss / Best of B.B. King: 20th Century Masters
Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me a Dime / Somebody Loan Me a Dime
Roosevelt Sykes - We Can Sell That Thing / '44' Blues
Robert Cray - When the Welfare Turns Its Back On You / Who's Been Talkin'

Second Break

Whispering Smith - It's All Over / Over Easy
Willie Dixon - Mellow Down Easy / Little Red Rooster
Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out In 1954 / Modern Chicago Blues
Taste - Railway and Gun / On the Boards
Hattie Hart - I Let My Daddy Do That / Introduction To the Blues, Volume 1
Willie Williams - Somebody Changed the Lock / Meat and Gravy From Bea and Baby
Mississippi Fred McDowell - When I Lay My Burden Down / Mississippi Blues
John Mayall - Mr. James / Looking Back
Peetie Wheatstraw - Drinking Man Blues / The Devil's Son-In-Law

Third Break

Wyonie Harris - Hurry, Hurry / Around the Clock Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson II - It's Sad To Be Alone / Nine Below Zero
Lightnin' Slim - Good Morning Heartaches / High and Low Down
Piano Red - Everyday I Have the Blues / Live and Feelin' Good
Guitar Shorty and Otis Grand - Kick Out / Blues Guitar Duels
Victoria Spivey - Hollywood Stomp / Moaning the Blues
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Constipation Blues / ... What That Is! [High Note]

Word to the wise: it's time to learn to love your fellow man. GOD BLESS AMERICA! Until next week, as always, stay positive.

Shoeless

Spook-tacular

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - Do Zombies Get the Blues?

HAPPY EARLY HALLOWEEN FROM THE CROSSROADS! We had a blast last night and we hope you did, too. Here's the set:

Intro
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You / Blues Shouter
Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash / The Original Monster Mash
Sheb Wooley - Purple People Eater / Elvira's Vinyl Macabre: Oldies but Ghoulies
Clarence Brewer - Halloween Blues / King Clarentz
B.B. King - Haunted House / One Kind Favor
Muddy Waters - Caldonia / The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album [Cliff's Pick]

First Break

Buddy Guy - I Got a Strange Feeling / Stone Crazy
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited / Highway 61 Revisited
Bobby "Blue" Bland - St. James Infirmary / Standing Pat: The St. James Infirmary Blues Appendix
Carolina Slim - Ain't It Sad / Carolina Slim
Ozella Jones - I Been a Bad, Bad Girl (Prisoner Blues) / Field Recordings, Vol. 7: Florida
Mance Lipscomb - Joe Turner Killed a Man / You Got To Reap What You Sow
Magic Slim - Something More / Highway Is My Home
Harmonica Frank Floyd - Sitting On Top of the World / The Missing Link

Second Break

Erja Lyyntinen - Dreamland Blues / Dreamland Blues
Burning Plague - A .38 / Burning Plague
Boogie Woogie Red - Blues For My Baby / Detroit After Hours, Vol. 1
Johnny Winter - Mean Town Blues / The Progressive Blues Experiment [for Steve]
Dustin Kensrue - I Believe / Please Come Home [from Blind John to Laine]
Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater - Walking Through the Park / West Side Strut

Third Break

Elvin Bishop - Yonder's Wall / The Blues Rolls On
Jeff Beck Group - I Ain't Superstitious / Truth [for the "Jeff Beck Lover" guy]
Arelean Brown - I Love My Man / Meat and Gravy From Bea and Baby
Whispering Smith - I Know You Don't Love Me / Over Easy
Fenton Robinson - Checking On My Woman / Somebody Loan Me a Dime
Pink Floyd - Just Another Twelve Bar / Smoking Blues

By the time we next meet at the Crossroads, the presidential polls will have closed ... so this is our charge to you: whether male or female, black or white, young or old, conservative or liberal, PLEASE vote. Don't get caught up in the politics (no pun intended) or the media hype ... just do some research, and vote for someone you like. It's worth standing in line, I promise. It's time for this great country of ours to come together.

Until next week ... stay positive.

Shoeless