Playlist for March 27, 2018 on Blues Moon Radio

Decades ago, Blues Moon Radio's host lived in our nation's capital - a stone's throw from the magical cherry blossom trees - and was enamored with the stately beauty of the city.

Over 100 years ago today, the cherry blossom trees were gifted to the USA, so tonight, we celebrate that event from 1912 by kicking off our show with a celebration of Blues songs that feature songs with "cherry" in the title. There were more than I'd have imagined, and we did not even include all the ones I gathered up.

Other historical events connected to 3/27 include:
1829   Jackson appoints John Eaton as secretary of war and starts scandal
1912   Japanese cherry trees planted along the Potomac
1945   Germans launch last of their V-2s
1958   Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier
1964   Earthquake rocks Alaska *
*We don't happen to own one single disaster song for earthquakes, and I guess we could have gone the "shake" route, but hey - we got references to the rest of the historical dates. Interesting side note: I know ten people who were in that earthquake, and I've been in three myself - but none of that magnitude.


The main segment of Blues Moon features the following songs and artists of the week:

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Papa Jazz Artist of the Week:– John Lee Hooker - Papa Jazz brings the best in Blues to the Midlands and around the globe via support for WUSC-FM radio. The staff at Papa Jazz helps you compile the music collection of your dreams – specializing in Blues, Jazz and many other hard-to-find genres on CD and vinyl.  Papa Jazz Record Store is located at 2014 Greene Street in Five Points – Columbia South Carolina. Telephone 803-256-0095. Web link below.

Word of Mouth Productions' Artist of the Week: Nappy Brown
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South Carolina Blues Artist of the week: Nellie Florence (this song was recorded with accompaniment by Bob Hicks and his brother Charlie who left ColaSC to record it in Atlanta (according to AllMusic.com) - learn more about South Carolina Blues in the book available at the link below.

 

Of course, we're giving away another set of free passes to the April 20th Webb Wilder show at the Richland Legion 6 at Whaley and Pickens in Columbia SC - tune in for details. And it's Easter and Passover, so we have some songs titles that reference both of those holidays - spring will spring eventually (brrrr, it's still cold in our usually balmy South).

 

So, we wish you well and hope you think the show is swell. Enjoy!

 

Don't forget to love up on those who make this show possible:

WUSC-FM
Papa Jazz Record Shoppe
Word of Mouth Productions
South Carolina Blues on Arcadia Publishing

 All the best from yours truly:
"Sonny Boy Red" Jackson and me - we look forward to serving you up some red hot Blues!
Clair DeLune

 

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As always we thank our long-time underwriters, who help bring great music to the Midlands all year around, because we could not imagine our show without their input and support:  Papa Jazz Record Shoppe, Word of Mouth Productions AND South Carolina Blues.
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