| Time | August 20 · 6:00pm - 10:30pm |
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| Location | 701 Whaley |
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| More Info | An evening of blues-inspired music, art, and film to benefit the Nickelodeon Theatre. Featuring music by the blues duo Motherless Chillin' (Mike Nazarenko and Jeff Liberty) and Sounds Familiar Records recording artists DayClean. There will be a cash bar, silent auction, food, films, and music videos. Suggested donation: $10 at the door. Come on out and help the Nick move to its new home! |
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Kind of Blues - EVENT at 701 Whaley for the Nickelodeon Theatre
Monday, July 26, 2010
Blues Moon with Clair DeLune Radio Show Playlist (for July 27, 2010)
Blues Moon Radio Show for July 27, 2010
This show is dedicated to Phillip Walker, who died June 22, 2010. His musical artistry gave joy to us and expression to the Blues for many years and I was blessed to see, hear and meet this gentleman. He will be missed and our hearts go out to his family and dear friends, whose pain might be mitigated just knowing what he meant to his fans. Thank you, Phillip.
Phillip Walker - various cuts
Hey, Hey, Baby's Gone (from Working Girl Blues)
The Struggle (from Best of Phillip Walker)
Other cuts we will choose from for tonight's show:
LaVern Baker - Trying
Buddy Stewart's Top Notches - If I Ever
Chris Kenner - Rocket to the Moon
Eddie Lang - Easy Rockin'
Robert Johnson - Come On In My Kitchen
Eddy Clearwater - Neckbones Everyday
Lead Belly - Pigmeat
Moms Mabley and Pearl Bailey - Saturday Night Fish Fry
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson - Flippin' and Floppin'
Big Jack Johnson - Catfish Blues
Bobo Thomas and Sonny Boy Williamson - Catfish Blues
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Big Leon Brooks - Please Mr. Catfish
Koko Taylor - Bring Me Some Water
Bessie Smith and Her Band - Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
Paul Rishell and Annie Raines - Michigan Water
Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves on the Water
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1
Lonnie Johnson - Flood Water Blues
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Stormy Monday
Arnette Cobb and His Orchestra - Smooth Sailing
Big Joe Turner - Red Sails in the Sunset
Uncle Dave Macon - Sail Away Ladies
Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues
Chippie Hill - Trouble in Mind
Ishman Bracey - Trouble Hearted Blues
Lonnie Johnson - No More Troubles Blues
Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy - Love Troubles
Sister Rosetta Tharp - Trouble in Mind
Titus Turner - Got So Much Trouble
U.P. Wilson - Bad Luck and Trouble
Aron Burton - Trouble
Preston Shannon Band - Trouble
Otis Rush - Double Trouble
Chuck Carbo w/Dr. John - Drawers Trouble
Muddy Waters - Trouble No More b/w Hard Day Blues
Otis Spann - The Hard Way
Joe Stone - It's Hard Time
Little Brother Montgomery - Hard, Oh Lord
Buddy Moss - Hard Times Blues
We will finish with more Phillip Walker -
Phillip Walker (reprise of tribute - RIP) - Happy Man Blues
We did not have time for this set... sorry!
John Lee Hooker - Goin' Mad Blues
Big Joe Turner - Mad Blues
Byther Smith - I'm a Mad Man
Big Bill Broonzy - Baby, Please Don't Go
Big Jack Reynolds - Going Down Slow
This show is dedicated to Phillip Walker, who died June 22, 2010. His musical artistry gave joy to us and expression to the Blues for many years and I was blessed to see, hear and meet this gentleman. He will be missed and our hearts go out to his family and dear friends, whose pain might be mitigated just knowing what he meant to his fans. Thank you, Phillip.
Phillip Walker - various cuts
Hey, Hey, Baby's Gone (from Working Girl Blues)
The Struggle (from Best of Phillip Walker)
Other cuts we will choose from for tonight's show:
LaVern Baker - Trying
Buddy Stewart's Top Notches - If I Ever
Chris Kenner - Rocket to the Moon
Eddie Lang - Easy Rockin'
Robert Johnson - Come On In My Kitchen
Eddy Clearwater - Neckbones Everyday
Lead Belly - Pigmeat
Moms Mabley and Pearl Bailey - Saturday Night Fish Fry
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson - Flippin' and Floppin'
Big Jack Johnson - Catfish Blues
Bobo Thomas and Sonny Boy Williamson - Catfish Blues
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Big Leon Brooks - Please Mr. Catfish
Koko Taylor - Bring Me Some Water
Bessie Smith and Her Band - Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
Paul Rishell and Annie Raines - Michigan Water
Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves on the Water
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1
Lonnie Johnson - Flood Water Blues
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Stormy Monday
Arnette Cobb and His Orchestra - Smooth Sailing
Big Joe Turner - Red Sails in the Sunset
Uncle Dave Macon - Sail Away Ladies
Big Joe Williams - Sinkin' Blues
Chippie Hill - Trouble in Mind
Ishman Bracey - Trouble Hearted Blues
Lonnie Johnson - No More Troubles Blues
Alma "The Lollipop Mama" Mondy - Love Troubles
Sister Rosetta Tharp - Trouble in Mind
Titus Turner - Got So Much Trouble
U.P. Wilson - Bad Luck and Trouble
Aron Burton - Trouble
Preston Shannon Band - Trouble
Otis Rush - Double Trouble
Chuck Carbo w/Dr. John - Drawers Trouble
Muddy Waters - Trouble No More b/w Hard Day Blues
Otis Spann - The Hard Way
Joe Stone - It's Hard Time
Little Brother Montgomery - Hard, Oh Lord
Buddy Moss - Hard Times Blues
We will finish with more Phillip Walker -
Phillip Walker (reprise of tribute - RIP) - Happy Man Blues
We did not have time for this set... sorry!
John Lee Hooker - Goin' Mad Blues
Big Joe Turner - Mad Blues
Byther Smith - I'm a Mad Man
Big Bill Broonzy - Baby, Please Don't Go
Big Jack Reynolds - Going Down Slow
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Phillip Walker dies
Sharing some sad news from the Delta Groove family of musicians... Phillip Walker has passed away. I had the blessing to see Phillip Walker several times - once when the Midlands Blues Society brought him to Columbia, S.C. for a concert during which I had the opportunity to meet and chat with him for quite some time, and I've never forgotten it.
He will be missed - and there is another hole in the Blues patchwork quilt of life.
Clair DeLune
Blues Moon Radio Productions
Below is the news release from Delta Groove...
PHILLIP WALKER 1937-2010
It is with deepest sorrow that we report on the sudden and unexpected passing of legendary blues guitarist Phillip Walker. He died of apparent heart failure at 4:30 AM, early Thursday morning, July 22, 2010. He was 73 years old.
Born February 11, 1937 near Lake Charles, Louisiana, in the small town of Welsh, Phillip Walker's earliest musical influences came via the Cajun and Creole rhythms he heard as a youngster. A second cousin to Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and huge admirer of T-Bone Walker, Phillip began making a name for himself in the early 1950s with his first recording session backing pianist Roscoe Gordon. At the age of 16, Walker left home to tour with Zydeco king Clifton Chenier (who incidentally gave the young fledgling Walker his first bona fide guitar) and never looked back.
After relocating to Los Angeles in 1959, Walker cut his first side as a bandleader; the storming "Hello My Darling", produced by J.R. Fulbright for Elko Records. His first full length album didn't appear until much later though. With the help of long-time supporter and producer Bruce Bromberg, Walker cut the excellent LP "The Bottom of the Top" in 1973 for Hugh Hefner's short-lived Playboy label. Over the next three decades Walker's musical career continued to pick up steam with numerous recording projects for HighTone, Black Top, Rounder, JSP and Alligator Records.
In 2007, Randy Chortkoff signed Phillip Walker to Delta Groove Music and released the critically acclaimed CD "Going Back Home". The recording session featured the renowned guitarist going back to his roots and exploring the rich musical history of Louisiana, Texas and West Coast Blues on classic material by Lowell Fulson, Ray Charles, Lonesome Sundown, Lightnin' Hopkins, Champion Jack Dupree and Frankie Lee Sims among others. Going Back Home was later awarded Best Album of 2007 in the New Recordings / Contemporary Blues category by the Living Blues Awards Critics' Poll.
Label CEO Randy Chortkoff shared some of his fond remembrances of working with Phillip these last few years by stating "Phillip was a consummate gentleman and it was an absolute pleasure working with him over the years. It was a pleasure producing his last album "Going Back Home". We chose the music on that album based on Phillip's musical tastes and background. He especially enjoyed doing the Champion Jack Dupree song "Bad Blood". It later became a standard in his live repertoire, in addition to one I wrote for him, "Lay You Down". We also had a great time with him years ago at the Moulin Blues Festival in Holland where he performed with The Mannish Boys, and the again at Ground Zero in Clarksdale, Mississippi for our 3rd Annual Delta Groove All-Star Blues Revue. There's some great footage of him playing at Ground Zero that we hope to one day put out and share with everyone. He was definitely a one of a kind. He will be missed."
© 2010. Delta Groove Music
He will be missed - and there is another hole in the Blues patchwork quilt of life.
Clair DeLune
Blues Moon Radio Productions
Below is the news release from Delta Groove...
PHILLIP WALKER 1937-2010
It is with deepest sorrow that we report on the sudden and unexpected passing of legendary blues guitarist Phillip Walker. He died of apparent heart failure at 4:30 AM, early Thursday morning, July 22, 2010. He was 73 years old.
Born February 11, 1937 near Lake Charles, Louisiana, in the small town of Welsh, Phillip Walker's earliest musical influences came via the Cajun and Creole rhythms he heard as a youngster. A second cousin to Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and huge admirer of T-Bone Walker, Phillip began making a name for himself in the early 1950s with his first recording session backing pianist Roscoe Gordon. At the age of 16, Walker left home to tour with Zydeco king Clifton Chenier (who incidentally gave the young fledgling Walker his first bona fide guitar) and never looked back.
After relocating to Los Angeles in 1959, Walker cut his first side as a bandleader; the storming "Hello My Darling", produced by J.R. Fulbright for Elko Records. His first full length album didn't appear until much later though. With the help of long-time supporter and producer Bruce Bromberg, Walker cut the excellent LP "The Bottom of the Top" in 1973 for Hugh Hefner's short-lived Playboy label. Over the next three decades Walker's musical career continued to pick up steam with numerous recording projects for HighTone, Black Top, Rounder, JSP and Alligator Records.
In 2007, Randy Chortkoff signed Phillip Walker to Delta Groove Music and released the critically acclaimed CD "Going Back Home". The recording session featured the renowned guitarist going back to his roots and exploring the rich musical history of Louisiana, Texas and West Coast Blues on classic material by Lowell Fulson, Ray Charles, Lonesome Sundown, Lightnin' Hopkins, Champion Jack Dupree and Frankie Lee Sims among others. Going Back Home was later awarded Best Album of 2007 in the New Recordings / Contemporary Blues category by the Living Blues Awards Critics' Poll.
Label CEO Randy Chortkoff shared some of his fond remembrances of working with Phillip these last few years by stating "Phillip was a consummate gentleman and it was an absolute pleasure working with him over the years. It was a pleasure producing his last album "Going Back Home". We chose the music on that album based on Phillip's musical tastes and background. He especially enjoyed doing the Champion Jack Dupree song "Bad Blood". It later became a standard in his live repertoire, in addition to one I wrote for him, "Lay You Down". We also had a great time with him years ago at the Moulin Blues Festival in Holland where he performed with The Mannish Boys, and the again at Ground Zero in Clarksdale, Mississippi for our 3rd Annual Delta Groove All-Star Blues Revue. There's some great footage of him playing at Ground Zero that we hope to one day put out and share with everyone. He was definitely a one of a kind. He will be missed."
© 2010. Delta Groove Music
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