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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