Featuring roots artist, Angela Easterling, Tuesday, April 5, 2016

 Tonight,  Blues Moon Radio is pleased to feature an interview with Angela Easterling.
Roots/Americana singer,

Easterling is a resident of South Carolina, who returned here after years of living on the West Coast and who is partnered, in music as in life, with longtime friend of the show, Brandon Turner.

Her voice puts the "angel" in Angela, and I'm sure you will enjoy listening to her sing, as well as talk about her musical influences and life philosophy.

Angela will be appearing with Brandon Turner at the UU Coffeehouse on Saturday, April 9th. Click the icon for details, or call the hotline at: 803-200-2824 to reserve advance tickets or for more information. You can also connect on Facebook at UUCoffeehouse.  Don't forget to mark your calendars for Tish Hinojosa, who will finish out the UU season on April 30th.

Following Angela's interview, we'll play some Springtime Things, Plus Tax; and will fill in with some leftover money songs from last week's fundraiser. Imagine... leftover money! What a concept.

Enjoy the show and special thanks to Angela Easterling for taking time out to be on the show.

As always we thank our underwriters, who help bring great music to the Midlands, because we could not imagine our show without their input and support:  Papa Jazz Record Shoppe, the UU Coffeehouse and California Republic Stand Up Paddleboards in Leesville near Lake Murray.

You can link to these orgs by clicking on the visuals...

Blues Moon Playlist for Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Welcome to Blues Moon Radio!

Glad you are here... we have a show filled with surprises - great interviews, Blues news and new Blues.

Thank you to Anson Funderburgh, Zac Harmon and James Goode (for setting up the interviews and writing such great songs!)... sending love and hugs to all, and to Finis Tasby, too! Wishing you all well. 

We'll post the playlist (chrono from bottom up) as we go... sit back, relax and let us bring you some great Blues... to ease your blues.

Clair DeLune and Rocky Dawg.

If the music doesn't work to raise up your Blues from Doldrums-Land, try this dessert:  http://www.elegantdessert.info/2013/04/hersheys-special-dark-truffle-brownie.html
Little Charlie and the Nightcats / Handle with Care

Jimmy Coe / After Hours Joint by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:50:52 pm

Robert Johnson / Stones in my Passway by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:47:15 pm

Charley Patton / Stone Pony Blues by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:45:23 pm

Jumpin Joe Williams / Hey Bartender by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:42:30 pm

Percy Mayfield / The Loner by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:35:48 pm

The Honeydripper / Hard Lead Pencil by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:32:48 pm

Napoleon Fletcher / She Showed it All by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:29:27 pm

Kansas City Kitty and Georgia Tom / Show Me What You've Got by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:26:21 pm

Ann Cook / Mama Cookie Blues by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:23:20 pm

Junior Parker / Sittin' Drinkin' and Thinkin' by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:19:44 pm

John's Island Singers / Shoo Turkey by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:18:39 pm

Esau Jenkins Talking by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:17:42 pm

Drink Small / Mr. Green is the Barbecue Man by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:13:27 pm

Marshall Lawrence / Mean Momma Blues by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:07:18 pm

John Hartness / Country Blues Number

Albert Collins / Collins Shuffle by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:04:12 pm

Jim Allchin / Overclocked by , Apr 30, 2013, 7:01:28 pm

Eric Gailes and Cassie Taylor / Fine Cadillac by , Apr 30, 2013, 6:58:42 pm

Arthur Crudup Please Don't Leave Me b/w I'm Leaving Town , Apr 30, 2013, 6:57:09 pm

Ruff Kutt Blues Band / That s What the Blues is About by , Apr 30, 2013, 6:42:06 pm

Ruff Kutt Blues Band / Down So Low by , Apr 30, 2013, 6:37:37 pm

Interview with Anson Funderburgh by , Apr 30, 2013, 6:33:35 pm

Ruff Kutt Blues Band / Deep Elam Blues by , Apr 30, 2013, 6:24:58 pm

Interview with Zac Harmon by , Apr 30, 2013, 6:22:06 pm

Zac Harmon / I m a Healer by , Apr 30, 2013, 6:16:36 pm

Floyd Dixon / Hey Bartender by , Apr 30, 2013, 6:09:03 pm

Toni Price / Twelve Bar Blues by , Apr 30, 2013, 6:06:09 pm

Duke Robillard / Too Hot to Handle by , Apr 30, 2013, 6:02:13 pm

Blues Moon with Clair DeLune by , Apr 30, 2013, 6:01:37 pm

Blues Moon Radio Playlist Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012

Blues Moon Radio Playlist Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012

Tonight's playlist features special guest,

Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater

 

We'll start with a song,

then an interview

and a few more songs... ...the entire playlist is below:

Eddy Clearwater w/ Lonnie Brooks - Too Old to Get Married

Blues Moon Radio Interview
with Eddy Clearwater and your host, Clair DeLune

Eddy Clearwater - The Call Me the Chief b/w A Good Leavin' Alone

Next, we'll transition from Eddy to Eddie; and later on, Eddie "Lockjaw"...

Eddie C. Campbell - All My Life b/w I Do
Franc Robert and the Boxcar Tourists - let's Go Jukin b/w Ohh Baby

Jeff Gates Band - Call Me Up
Swamp Cabbage - Little Martha
Alexis P. Suter Band - Another Fool

Bert Deivert - Rob and Steal
Satan and Adam - Pick Up the Pieces of My Life
Paul Geremia - Shake It and Break It

 

Time for some holiday flair,,,

...hand-picked for you by Clair

Damon Fowler - I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal
Ron Holden and the Thunderbirds - Who Say There Ain't No Santa Claus?
Louis Armstrong and the Commanders - Zat you Santa Claus?

Woody Herman - Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Louis Prima - What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everyone Swingin?)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Cadillac Baby Specials - Santa Came Home Drunk

Mississippi Fred McDowell w/Hunter's Chapel Singers - Jesus On the Mainline
Bull City Red - Jesus Touched Me
The Famous Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham Alabama - Sleep, Baby, Sleep

Charles Brown - Christmas in Heaven [dedicated to those whom we have lost this year; link goes to Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation on Facebook]

Don't forget tonight is the monthly Columbia Blues Mob Jam at Utopia Food and Spirits at 3830 Rosewood Drive in Columbia...

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Thanks for listening!
Clair DeLune

Rev. Marv Ward appears on tonight's Blues Moon Radio Jan. 17, 2012

Don't miss tonight's great show with the Reverend Marv Ward debuting his new CD on the airwaves - tonight, Jan. 17, 2012 between 6-8 p.m. ET/USA at www.wusc.sc.edu...



... and coming soon, SC's own Blues Doctor, Drink Small.





Also watch for updates about our interview in the near future with Roots/Soul great, Clifford Curry - Facebook: Clifford Curry!

Blues Moon Radio Interview with Roy Rogers Tuesday, July 12, 2011

I'm excited about tonight's show... we were honored to be asked to interview Roy Rogers by the fine folks at Blind Pig Records, who bring us so many great artists. Roy collaborated with The Doors' keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, for Translucent Blues, which is decidedly a departure from straight Blues, but one I think Blues and Rock fans alike will enjoy.

Roy and I chatted about his roots and early beginnings, and started our interview - off the record - talking about his name and the inevitable associations with Roy Rogers, the singing cowboy. Interestingly, my show co-host, RockyDawg-BluesDefender, who is usually silent in the recording studio, barked up a storm during our interview - in such a way that I had to decide between his "voice-over" staying on or losing some great content by Roy. The singing cowboy Roy had a German Shepherd named Bullet, and I cannot help but find the humor in the fact that the only time my German Shepherd interrupted a recording was for Roy Rogers, the Blues slide guitar legend. I probably should have distinguished the two for RockStar... :) I expect he thought he was just sayin' "howdy" to Bullet's Dad! I'll do better with my prep in the future, but enjoy the barking... and Roy's response.

The show will kick off with some music with a theme of leaving; we'll try to fit in some birthday tributes and we'll hear from Roy and from the new CD, as well as from some of his biggest influences - Bo Diddley, Robert Johnson and  John Lee Hooker (he produced four of The Hook's albums, btw, and knew him well - perhaps we can chat with him more about those experiences another time).

The show starts at 6, and the interview will air around 7 p.m. EDT/USA - in most countries that is -5 GMT.

You can tune in at http://wusc.sc.edu - then follow the link in the top left quadrant of your screen - tune in early to get a slot - sometimes we hit our streaming limit pretty early. It's an alternative station, and the show before mine has some interesting music; the show after mine features covers of famous songs done in interesting new ways so stay tuned after I sign off and make a night of it!

Blues Moon Radio Show - Jan. 18, 2011

Welcome to the Blues Moon with Clair DeLune radio show - the first show of the first set of "tweens" of the new millennium! Bring on the Bieber! No... we'll still be playing Blues and nothing but the Blues.

Interview with Toni Spearman [http://www.tonispearman.com/]
[http://www.nasswetters.de/index.php/toni-spearman.html]
songs: Toni's Groove/Boogie at Stokies/Kind of Girl

Louisiana Red - Back to Georgia b/w Midnight Rambler
Luther Allison - Will It Ever Change?
Katie Webster - Lord, I Wonder
Albert Collins - Honey Hush (Talking Woman)

J Edwards - Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog
Juke Boy Bonner - Childhood Dreams

Live in Studio with Simultaneous Groove
Yonder's Wall
Rock Me Baby
Lord Be With Me

Elmore James - Look on Yonder Wall

Thanks for tuning in... keep an eye out for these guys on America's Got Talent - 14, 15, and 19 years of age... they'll go far!

Clair DeLune

Blues Moon Radio playlist for Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010

Good evening...

Tonight's show will feature live interviews in studio with the lovely and talented Elaine Townsend and the lovely and talented Marv Ward (The REV'rend).

Each of them will be appearing at a Blues Festival near you in the next several weeks... more to come on that, but keep Oct. 1 and 2 and 7-9 open on your calendar if you want to be happy, happy, happy about all the Blues Blues Blues in the Midlands of South Carolina. Yes, indeed... it promises to fill you up, but not out.

Tonight's playlist is not firm because the interviews will lead the way and we don't know what we'll have time to play, but here is the list of cuts (non-interviewee cuts) we'll choose from.

I know two people who died this past weekend so we will start on a more sombre note than usual - our hearts go out to those who have suffered the loss of a loved one.

Bull City Red - I Feel Like Shoutin'
Charley Patton - Prayer of Death, Pt. 1
Lowell Fulson - Tollin' Bells
Louise Johnson - Long Ways from Home

Charlie Musselwhite - Where Hwy 61 Runs
Ishman Bracey - Saturday Blues
Clifton Chenier - My Soul
Otis Spann - This is the Blues
Jimmy McCracklin, Johnny Otis - Taste of the Blues

The Tune Weavers - Your Skies of Blue
Slim Saunders - Let's Have Some Fun (Honey)
Mitzi Mars - Roll 'Em
Clarence Samuels - Boogie Woogie Blues
The Five Blazes - Chicago Boogie
Rod Bernard - Pardon Mr. Gordon
Sugar Boy Crawford - Ooh Wee Sugar
Doctor Ross - Numbers Boogie
Mary "B" - Something for You Baby
Lil' Ed and the Blues Impreials - Golden Rule
Sonny Terry - Sonny's Woopin' the Doo
Insomniacs - Description Blues
Lonnie Brooks - You Know What My Body Need

Blues Moon Radio playlist for Feb. 2, 2010

Good evening!

I am glad you are tuning in for the Blues Moon Radio show... I'll be updating this page as the show progresses, so refresh regularly for the latest posts.

Big Three Trio - Violent Love
Willie Dixon - Crazy for My Baby b/w Good Advice

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - I Love You
Sarah Vaughn - Lover Man
Louis Armstrong - I'm in the Mood for Love
Jo Stafford - Make Love to Me

Appearing at the Lowcountry Blues Bash  (www.bluesbash.com) Feb 5-16
Jeff Norwood - Shake
Davis Coen - Country Girl Blues
Electrofied w/Tony Fazio  (appearing in Chas SC w/Charlie Sayles Band) - Early in the Morning
Eddie Kirkland - Love Me

Shemekia Copeland - Your Mama's Talking
Big Bill Morganfield w/ Taj Mahal - Strong Man Holler
Paul Geremia - Shuckin' Sugar Blues

Interview about Hard Knox Grill - w/ Pete (the owner)
Jeff Liberty and Mike Nazarenko - The Last Straw b/w All Your Love I Miss Lovin'
  NOTE: Jeff will be playing solo on Blues Tuesdays at the Hard Knox Grill
  NOTE: Naz will be hosting the Blues Jam on Thursdays in February
Eddie Taylor - Peach Tree Blues (for Miss Mary Anne)

Joe Liggins - Boom-Chick-A-Boogie
Phillips Louisville Jug Band - Smackin' the Sax
Tipton Sax Quartet - Yugo A Go Go - rescheduled show for Friday Feb. 5 at Dianne's on Devine
Lether McGraw - Low Down Dirty Groundhog (for Punxatawney Phil)

Questions? Comments? (please leave a comment about the show using the tab below) ... and, as always, thanks so much for listening... I do this show for you...

The Blues Moon Radio Show Tuesday, July 7, 2009

This edition of the Blues Moon with Clair DeLune is dedicated, with love, to my niece - Flair DeLune (better known to her family and friends as Annie) - who passed away July 5 after a brave fight against cancer.

I hope you hear the show, Annie... you are loved and missed, angel.

Tonight's show opens with a surprise guest, the Reverend Marv Ward. His new CD has debuted, Love Like You Never Been Burned, and is available on www.cdbaby.com. He'll be appearing this Friday at the Greenwood Blues Cruise (in Greenwood, S.C. USA). It's a weekend of Blues, BBQ and fun! Hope you can go. Here is what Shrimp City Slim has to say about it:

"9th annual GREENWOOD BLUES CRUISE
Thurs-Sat, July 9-11 Greenwood, SC
Part of the South Carolina Festival of Discovery
http://www.greenwoodbluescruise.com
Info: 864-942-8448
Blues club crawl, featuring great national and regional talent:
JOHNNY RAWLS, RANDY MCALLISTER, THE NOUVEAUX HONKIES, DRINK SMALL, LIGHTNIN' WELLS, ELLIOTT & THE UNTOUCHABLES, HITMAN, TAD WALTERS, WANDA JOHNSON & SHRIMP CITY SLIM, REV. MARV WARD, DAVIS COEN.
Also: BBQ cook-off, folk arts & crafts, kids' zone, and nearby attractions (Revolutionary War battlefields, hiking, fishing, historic district).
MAKE A WEEKEND OF IT! Real-deal blues & boogie in a small-town Southern atmosphere. Greenwood is approx one hour from Columbia, SC, two hours from Charlotte, two hours from Atlanta, three hours from Charleston."

Tonight's playlist is organic, so keep clicking your refresh button to see the updated song listings appear.

And, hey, if you love someone - let them know.
clair delune

Marv Ward Interview; then played Old Mule & Railroad Call (from new CD)

Eddie Turner - Cost of Freedom
Janiva Magness - Freedom is Just Beyond the Door
Mildred Anderson - I'm Free
Electric Flag - Killing Floor
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Billie Holiday - Summertime

Blind Lemon Jefferson - Dry Summertime Blues
Roosevelt Sykes - Third Degree Blues
Charles Brown - Let the Sunshine in my Life

J.D. Short - Slidin' Delta
Johnson's Jazzers - Down in the Delta
New Legacy Duo - Delta

Steve Freund - Jumping at Shadows
James Harman Band - Jump My Baby
Mumbles - Jumpin' Blues

Hound Dog Taylor - Sitting Here Alone
Howlin' Wolf - Sittin' On Top of the World
Matt Walsh - Sit and Wonder

Delbert McClinton - Standing on Shaky Ground
Little Joe Blue - Standing on the Threshold
Bessie Smith - Standin' in the Rain

Drink Small - I Stand Accused
Tinsley Ellis - Can't You Lie
Elvin Bishop - Can't Lie to Me
Nappy Brown - Every Shut Eye Ain't Sleepin'
Johnny Rawls - Can't Sleep at Night
Lonnie Johnson - I Can't Sleep Anymore
Lowell Fulson - Sleeper
The Paladins - Who's Been Sleepin'

Guitar Reed - Don't Say a Mumblin' Word
Ella Johnson - If You Would Only Say You're Sorry
Angela Strehli - Say It's Not So
Lightnin' Hopkins - What Did I Say

Thanks for listening to the Blues Moon with Clair DeLune, dedicated this week to little Flair DeLune. Annie, although I'll always remember you as a 12-year-old girl doing a fine job of announcing on the Blues Moon as Flair, you get on up to heaven and start talking me up... it might take a while to persuade the gatekeeps to let me slide on through, angel, and I'm looking forward to dj'ing with you again - sorry we missed our beach trip.

Lots of love,
Aunt Clair

Koko Taylor tribute

Koko Taylor tribute 20090609

Since the days the Classic Blues women of the 1920s dominated the Blues scene, few women have opted to sing the Blues, but Koko Taylor sang with most of the important Blues artists over her career and she was the envy of many a Bluesman because of her gritty, growling vocals that many aspired to emulate, but only she perfected.

Her female contemporaries in the late 1950s were the incomparable legends Big Mama Thornton and Big Maybelle, but Taylor’s career outlasted both – ranging six decades… but sadly ending June 3, 2009, with her death from complications following surgery to correct gastrointestinal bleeding.

Taylor’s signature tune, a 1966 cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Wang Dang Doodle,” penned by Chess A&R man and perennial bassist, Willie Dixon, was instantly recognizable at her concerts – and always received with bursts of wild enthusiasm.

Taylor was featured in several films and soundtracks from David Lynch’s outlandish “Wild at Heart” to the mainstream family movie, “Adventures in Babysitting.” Set in Chicago, the movie features Koko covering Howlin’ Wolf’s “Evil” just as the young heroes begin to realize they are in deep trouble with a very bad group of wrong-doers. It sets the entire tone for what is to come and weaves Chicago Blues through the movie. Both movies are highly recommended, for totally different reasons.

She also appeared in “The Blues is Alive and Well in Chicago” in 1970.

She broke ground in bringing Blues to modern TV sitcoms, as well. Her powerful voice on “I’m a Woman” is lip-synched by Rudy – the four-year-old daughter of Dr. Huxtable on “The Cosby Show.” One can only hope the spirit Koko Taylor put into that rendition had a lifetime effect on that tiny Blues Queen aspirant.

Koko Taylor is undeniably a force of nature, as one of her CDs attests, with many awards bestowed upon her.

From her Biography site (:
She’s received Grammy nominations for seven of her last eight Alligator albums, and she won a Grammy in 1984 for the live multi-artist album Blues Explosion on Atlantic Records. In 2004 she was presented with the coveted National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment For The Arts. She holds 25 Blues Music Awards (more than any other blues artist, male or female). A major feather in her cap came on March 3, 1993, when Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley honored Taylor with a Legend Of The Year Award, and declared “Koko Taylor Day” throughout Chicago. In 1998, Chicago Magazine named her “Chicagoan Of The Year,” and in 1999, Taylor was inducted into the Blues Foundation’s Hall Of Fame. “There are many kings of the blues,” said The Boston Globe, “but only one queen. Koko’s voice is still capable of pinning a listener to the back wall.”

Yes, another of Blues’ third generation of elder statesmen – or woman in this case – has gone on to that Jook Joint in heaven. Following Junior Wells, Johnny Copeland and Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Blues fans mourn the loss of another of the vanguard of the genre.

On a personal note, I learned about this in the wee wee hours of June 4. But the day before, I had sat down – I just happened to be facing West and a little North – and for some reason I envisioned the time I first interviewed Koko Taylor. It was the mid-’90s and I’d seen Koko many times, but had only been doing the Blues Moon radio show for a few years and finally got up my nerve to request an interview with her. When I arrived at Rockafella’s (a club formerly in the Five Points section of Columbia, S.C.) her manager said she would not be doing interviews because Miss Taylor was “upset.” I acceded, but inquired if I could just meet her, shake her hand and thank her for her contribution to the Blues. He was gracious and took me in the dark dressing room. She could not have been more warm and lovely. She would not hear of me leaving and we talked for nearly an hour, and as I left so she could get onstage, she insisted upon exchanging home phone numbers so we could stay in touch. I recall us talking about the loss of her long-time husband, “Pops” Taylor, and how sorely he was missed by her. That day – before I knew she had died, and now wondering what time that was – I sat thinking about how eventually the two of them would be together again in heaven.

It breaks my heart that she is gone – it is almost surreal to consider that fact – because she underpinned so many of the Blues experiences I’ve had. I’ve probably seen her live more times than anyone else by triple.

But it warms my heart to know that she sang until the end, received Traditional Female Performer of the Year at the Blues Awards (formerly the W.C. Handy Awards) this May in Memphis, her hometown. The daughter of a sharecropper ended up “owning” the capital of the Blues. Very fitting.

Koko – it goes without saying that you will be dearly missed by so many who loved you and your music.



Funeral Details (from her MySpace page): About Koko Taylor
WAKE/VISITATION AND FUNERAL SERVICESWake/Visitation (Lie in State)Thursday, June 11, 20094:00 pm - 9:00 pmRainbow Push Coalition National Headquarters930 East 50th Street at Drexel Blvd. Chicago, IL 60615Funeral ServicesFriday, June 12, 20096:00 pm(4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Visitation)Rainbow Push Coalition National Headquarters930 East 50th Street at Drexel Blvd. Chicago, IL 60615

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be directed to
The Koko Taylor Celebrity Aid Foundation

More awards (from her bio site):
2009 - Blues Music Awards: Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year.
2008 - Blues Music Awards: Traditional Blues Album of the Year - Old School, Song of the Year - Gonna Buy Me A Mule, Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year. 15th Annual Living Blues Awards Reader's Poll: Blues Artist Of The Year (Female), Blues Artist Of The Year (Female). Blues Blast: Best Female Artist
2004 - The National Endowment For The Arts (NEA) - National Heritage Fellowship, the nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts
2003 - Year of the Blues - Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
2003 - Pioneer's Award
2001 - Vision Quest - Theta Phi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
2001 - Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation
2001 - River Roads Lifetime Achievement - Mississippi Valley
2001 - Martin's International Culture Annual Music Awards
1999 - Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
1999 - Blues Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award - Etta James, Ruth Brown and Koko Taylor
1998 - Martin's International Culture Annual Music Awards
1998 - Chicagoan of the Year Award - Koko Taylor and Sammy Sosa
1997 - The National Academy of Blues - Mississippi First Reunion
1997 - Children's Brittle Bone Foundation, Outstanding Generosity
1997 - Blues Hall of Fame - Individual Inductee
1996 - Howlin' Wolf Award - exemplifies the Memphis and Chicago Blues Connection
1996 - Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
1995, 1996 - Jammin' for the Homeless
1995 - Blues Hall of Fame - Classic of Blues Recordings, MCA/Chess Records
1995 - Proclamation - Gary, IN Mayor Thomas Barnes
1994 - WSSD Jimmy Reed Blues Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding commitment to the Blues
1994 - Santa Cruz Award
1994 - Diamond Award for Excellence - Koko Taylor, Stevie Wonder, and Billy Taylor
1993 - Legend of the Year, presented by Clearly Canadian (2 Awards)
March 3, 1993 - "Koko Taylor Day" Declaration in Chicago by Mayor Richard Daley
1993 - Award for 30 years as Queen of the Blues by KCM Productions
IAAM Award (date forthcoming)
Proclamations - Buffalo, NY; Atlanta, GA (dates forthcoming)
New Music Award - New York (date forthcoming)
Discography (from http://www.myspace.com/kokotaylor):
RECORDINGS on Alligator Records

OLD SCHOOL 2007
DELUXE EDITION 2002
ROYAL BLUE 2000
FORCE OF NATURE 1993
JUMP FOR JOY 1990
LIVE FROM CHICAGO: AN AUDIENCE WITH THE QUEEN 1987
QUEEN OF THE BLUES 1985
FROM THE HEART OF A WOMAN 1981
THE EARTHSHAKER 1978
I GOT WHAT IT TAKES 1975

SOLO RECORDINGS

KOKO TAYLOR (Chess)
BASIC SOUL (Chess)
SOUTH SIDE BABY
(originally Black & Blue; reissued on Evidence)

GUEST APPEARANCES

BLUES DELUXE (XRT)
THE ALLIGATOR RECORDS
20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR (Alligator)
THE ALLIGATOR RECORDS
CHRISTMAS COLLECTION (Alligator)
BLUES EXPLOSION (Atlantic
COAST TO COAST (Paul Shaffer – Capitol)
BLUES SUMMIT (B.B. King – MCA)
BLUES DOWN DEEP: SONGS
OF JANIS JOPLIN (House Of Blues)
BLUES POWER: SONGS OF ERIC CLAPTON (House Of Blues)
Record LabelAlligator Records

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_en_mu/us_obit_taylor

Birth name Cora Walton Also known as KoKo
Born September 28, 1928
Shelby County, Tennessee Origin Memphis, Tennessee
Died June 3, 2009 (aged 80)
Chicago, Illinois
Genre(s) blues
R&B Occupation(s) Musician Instrument(s) Vocalist Years active 1960s—2009
Label(s) Alligator Records, MCA, Chess, Charly Records, Landscape Records
Website Koko Taylor.com

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Koko Taylor
Taylor at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2006
Background information
Birth name Cora Walton
Also known as KoKo
Born September 28, 1928Shelby County, Tennessee
Origin Memphis, Tennessee
Died June 3, 2009 (aged 80)Chicago, Illinois
Genre(s) bluesR&B
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Vocalist
Years active 1960s—2009
Label(s) Alligator Records, MCA, Chess, Charly Records, Landscape Records
Website Koko Taylor.com
Koko Taylor sometimes spelled KoKo Taylor (September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009)[1] was an American blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." She was known primarily for her rough powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings. In a May 2003 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, she was quoted as saying, "My life is like a train ride in fields of blue."
Life and career
Born Cora Walton in Shelby County, Tennessee, Taylor was the daughter of a sharecropper.[2] She left Memphis for Chicago, Illinois in 1952 with her husband, truck driver Robert "Pops" Taylor.[1] In the late 1950s she began singing in Chicago blues clubs. She was spotted by Willie Dixon in 1962, and this led to wider performances and her first recording contract. In 1965, Taylor was signed by Chess Records, for which her single "Wang Dang Doodle" (written by Dixon, and a hit for Howlin' Wolf five years earlier), featuring guitarist Little Walter,[3] became a major hit, reaching number four on the R&B charts in 1966, and selling a million copies.[1] Taylor recorded many versions of this Dixon-penned song over the past few decades and has added more material, both original and covers, but never repeated that initial chart success.
National touring in the late 1960s and early 1970s improved her fan base, and she became accessible to a wider record-buying public when she signed with Alligator Records in 1975. She recorded nine albums for Alligator, 8 of which were Grammy-nominated), and come to dominate the female blues singer ranks, winning twenty five W. C. Handy Awards (more than any other artist). After her recovery from a near-fatal car crash in 1989, the 1990s found Taylor in films such as Blues Brothers 2000, and she opened a blues club on Division Street in Chicago in 1994, but it closed in 1999.
Taylor influenced musicians such as Bonnie Raitt, Shemekia Copeland, Janis Joplin, Shannon Curfman, and Susan Tedeschi. In the years prior to her death, she performed over 70 concerts a year and resided just south of Chicago in Country Club Hills, Illinois.
In 2008, the Internal Revenue Service said that Taylor owed $400,000 in back taxes, penalties and interest. Her tax problems concerned 1998, 2000 and 2001; for those years combined, her adjusted gross income was $949,000.[4]
Taylor died on June 3, 2009, after complications from surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding on May 19, 2009.[5] Her final performance was at the Blues Music Awards, on May 7, 2009.
Awards
· Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album - 1985
· Howlin' Wolf Award - 1996
· Blues Hall of Fame - Inducted 1997
· Blues Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award - 1999
· NEA National Heritage Fellowship - 2004
· Blues Music Award (formerly the W. C. Handy Award) - 24 times, including the following categories:
o Contemporary Blues Female Artist
o Entertainer of the Year
o Female Artist
o Traditional Blues Female Artist
o Vocalist of the Year
· At age 76 in 2004, she appeared as a special guest with Taj Mahal on an episode of Arthur.
· At age 80 in 2008, she appeared as a special guest with Umphrey's McGee at their New Year's Eve performance at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago.
· Taylor won for best blues album in the 7th annual Independent Music Awards [6]
Discography
· Love You Like a Woman (Charly Records) - November 30, 1968
· Koko Taylor (MCA/Chess) - 1969
· Basic Soul (Chess Records) - 1972
· South Side Lady (Evidence Records) - 1973
· I Got What It Takes (Alligator)
· Southside Baby (Black and Blue Records - 1975
· The Earthshaker (Alligator) - 1978
· From The Heart Of A Woman (Alligator) - 1981
· Queen of the Blues (Alligator) - 1985
· An Audience with Koko Taylor (Alligator) - 1987
· Live from Chicago (Alligator) - 1987
· "Wang Dang Doodle" (Huub Records) - 1991
· Jump for Joy (Alligator) - 1992
· Force of Nature (Alligator) - 1993
· Royal Blue (Alligator) - 2000
· Deluxe Edition (Alligator) - 2002
· Old School (Alligator) - 2007
See also
· Chicago Blues Festival
References
1. ^ a b c Kot, Greg. "Koko Taylor 1928–2009: Chicago's legendary 'Queen of the blues'," Chicago Tribune, Thursday, June 4, 2009.
2. ^ Associated Press: Blues queen Koko Taylor dies at 80 June 3, 2009
3. ^ Lastingtribute.co.uk
4. ^ Janet Novack and William P. Barrett (June 2, 2008). "Singing Tax Blues". Forbes Magazine. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0602/036.html.
5. ^ Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed June 2009
6. ^ 7th annual IMA winners
External links
· Official website
· Hoekstra, Dave. "Chicago legend and 'Queen of the Blues' Koko Taylor dead at 80," Chicago Sun-Times, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
· Co-host of "Blues you can use", FM radio station WGVE 88.7, Gary, Indiana
· Interview with Koko Taylor on Centerstage Chicago (June 2007)
· Koko Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
· Koko Taylor at TV.com
· "Queen of the Blues: Koko Taylor Talks About Her Subjects", interview by James Plath, 1994
· Koko Taylor at Allmusic
· Wild Women Don't Have the Blues features interviews with Koko Taylor
· Koko Taylor - Daily Telegraph obituary

Christmas Blues show playlist is below for 2008 - from the bottom up... and "bottoms up" to you... but if you partake, get a designated driver... we need you back at your listening post for a cool Yule, y'all.

Super special shout out to my guest host, Miss Janet, who came to dazzle us with festive lore and was late to her dinner party so she could share with us some special traditions of the holidays (or holly-daze, depending on how one spends them) with our audience... and thanks to our callers who shared the info about where to see the best holiday lights in town... Caulk's Ferry Road off 378... go slowly... don't get rear-ended! I hear it's a big risk whilst gawking!

Thanks for standing by me during this tough year... here's to a better 2009...

This show is dedicated to Lucille, Buster and Lawdy Miss Clawdy, the Blues Doggess, with love and appreciation for their love and support through the years. You are missed...

Here's the list

Detroit Junior Christmas Day
Lynn August Christmas by the Bar-b-que
Brook Benton I've got the Christmas Spirit
Duke Ellington It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Kenny Neal Christmastime in the Country
Bobby Parker Sandy Claw took my woman
Grady Gaines and the Texas Upsetters Grady and Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Sonny Boy Williamson Santa Claus
The Voices Santa Claus Baby
Eddie Campbell Santa's Messin' with the Kid
William Clarke Please Let Me Be Your Santa Claus
Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials I'm Your Santa
Charlie Musselwhite Silent Night
Harmonizing Four Silent Night
The Gospel Clefs Mary's Boy Child
Elvin Bishop Little Drummer Boy
The Original Five Blind Boys White Christmas
Louis Armstrong Winter Wonderland
Fats Waller Swingin' Them Jingle Bells
Louis Jordan Santa Claus, Santa Claus
Anita Moore Santa Claus is coming to town
Babs Gonzales Be-Bop Santa Claus
Jimmy Dorsey Dixieland Band from Santa Claus Land
Tinsley Ellis Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'
Ralph Marterie Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Jimmy McGriff Hip Santa
Louis Prima Shake Hands with Santa Claus
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy I want my baby for Christmas
Insight Please Come Home for Christmas
Katie Webster Deck the Halls with Boogie Woogie
Texas Pete and his Houserockers Christmas Holidays
Clarence Gatemouth Brown Christmas
Ella Fitzgerald Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Lightnin' Hopkins Merry Christmas
Poppa Hop and his Orchestra Merry Christmas Darling
Koko Taylor Merry Merry Christmas
Blues Moon Radio Christmas Show

Jamie McLean Band Interview

Tonight's show featured an interview with Jamie McLean of the Jamie McLean Band , formerly the lead guitarist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

Jamie's new band is playing this evening after the Widespread Panic show down at the Five Points Pub (conveniently located in Five Points - Columbia, S.C. USA). Show starts about 10:30 and goes until...

Check out his new CD, This Time Around... he has some with him at the gig, so be sure to ask how to git yew one.

Thanks, Jamie, for taking time out to be on the Blues Moon with Clair DeLune... loved meeting you! Come back soon!