It's Music for Moolah at WUSC this week: Tuesday, March 28, 2017

WUSC fundraisers used to be called Moolah for Music, because we'd play songs you requested if you pledged. Well, this week we will have a twist on the old school pledge drive with Music about Moolah - and we hope you will give to our station because we are an educational station that has a shoestring budget, volunteer djs and we serve up the best music you never knew you loves... obscure, rare, and either so old or so new it squeaks (really - isn't that funny? Same outcome on both sides of the spectrum - just proves life is really a 360 deal, eh?).

So please mail your checks to:
WUSC-FM Fundraiser (notation: bc Blues Moon w/Clair DeLune)
 RHUU Rm 343
1400 Greene St.
Columbia, SC 29208

And if you want to include a note that you gave because you love Blues Moon with Clair DeLune (or insert your even more favorite show and dj so they'll get the pat on the back and keep their show slot for another term) it helps management get the idea of whom to bring back and feature in the prime time slots.

We love that you listen, we want to spend time on the music and info about the artists, so we won't stop out to take requests... we'll show our love for you showing your love by staying on the air another term. How's that for fair?

Thanks so much!

Here is Tuesday's playlist (with some surprises from an old moolah playlist from 2009 - I might trot some of those out).

Playlist:

Keep me aboard for Year 28 with your contributions... we're not doing the online fundraiser this time, so if you can send a check, or call the Student Media business office to donate by credit card, I guess that's how we'll win this horse race. We cannot do it without you and my fans are the best... you always keep the grooves going around and the jook joint swingin'!

Rocky and I luvs ya lots!
Clair and RockyDawg

The Walkin' Has Begun on tonight's Blues Moon Radio Jan. 24, 2017

As your host, Clair DeLune, always says, "Tuesday is Bluesday!"

We have a great show lined up for tonight and it kicks off with a great song "The Talkin' Is Over - the Walkin' Has Begun," by the growly and gritty Johnny Sansone.

Got some big leaps to make to get past the grip of evil, so the rest of the theme is to inspire everyone in their efforts to "be nice, and do right" and jump over evil so as not to let it "gitcha!" Evil comes in large AND small ways you know. The Blues will teach you that you cannot close your eyes to evil or it grows unfettered.

We are also celebrating our Artist of the Week, Etta James, with thanks to our segment underwriter, WordofMouthProductions.org, who bring great music to the Midlands!

And a tip of the felt Tam to SC's own NEA Heritage Fellow, Drink Small, whose 84th birthday takes place on 1/28!  The link is to an interview I set up between him and the NEA two years ago, and was asked to transcribe... it was 10,000 words and in Drink's deeply Southern drawl, so I linked to the transcription for you non-Suthnuhs. You are welcome!


NEA interview with Drink Small, the Blues Doctor
(2015 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow)
at his home in Columbia, S.C. July 2015
Photo by: Clair DeLune, all rights reserved 2015

 

In addition to the playlist below, we'll hear tribute cuts to two SC Blues artists, Drink Small; another Jan 28th birthday celebrant, Juke Joint Johnny*, and Charleston's own Shrimp City Slim, who appears at Foxfield Friday night...

*Due to unforeseen circumstances that took place after this was first published, Juke Joint Johnny will no longer be featured on Blues Moon Radio.
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We always love to remind you that there are some great concerts coming your way:

Foxfield:
Shrimp City Slim - Friday Jan. 27
Parker Connor - Friday Feb. 10

Blue Moon Concert Series
Ultrafaux – Gypsy Jazz – Saturday January 28^th
Harpeth Rising – from Nashville – Saturday Feb. 18^th

The above are part of the Blue Moon Concert series at the UU Coffeehouse, 2701 Heyward, Columbia, SC; at the corner of Heyward and Woodrow in the heart of ShandonUnitarian Universalist Congregation, 2701 Heyward, Columbia, SC. Tickets are $20. Reserve your tickets through the UU Hotline, (803) 200-2824. Doors open at 7:00, show starts at 8:00.. Reserve your tickets through the UU Hotline, (803) 200-2824. Doors open at 7:00, shows at 8:00.  Tickets and info for those are available via Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/UUCoffeehouse/

And please remember that gift giving is easy for your music lovers - www.papajazz.com has all your music needs and a few first-edition signed copies of my photographic essay, South Carolina Blues. If they sell out, or you live far away, you can find it at https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467114721/South-Carolina-Blues

 May 2017 bring all good things!
Clair DeLune and RockyDawg

An art poster (11x/17) of the front cover of "South Carolina Blues" is available for sale by your host, Clair DeLune.

 Copies of the book, South Carolina Blues are available from the publisher, and wherever books are sold - in Columbia, signed copies are available from our favorite record shop, Papa Jazz on Greene Street for the cover price of $22 plus tax. And, as always, mail order signed first-editions are available from the author directly by sending a check or money order for $28 dollars to Clair DeLune at POB 5591 Columbia, SC, 29250; which includes price of book, tax and $4 S/H. Please indicate to whom you would like the book inscribed (please print clearly). A perfect gift for any Sandlapper, or music or history buff - or all three!

The print is available for $25, including postage and handling in the continental U.S.



 See you on the air - wusc.sc.edu - then click LISTEN

Clair DeLune and RawkyDawg, Blues Defender

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; California Republic Stand Up Paddleboards in Leesville near Lake Murray (closed for the season); and Word of Mouth Productions. You can link to these orgs by clicking on the visuals...

 

http://www.californiarepublicsup.com/

 

Blue Moon Concerts

 
This blog is brought to you  in part by:
South Carolina Blues:
500 years of roots and blues music history in S.C.
by Clair DeLune
on Arcadia Publishing

Something Wrong In the World 1/17/2017 Blues Moon Radio Show

Something Wrong In the World
1/17/2017 Blues Moon Radio Show

Creative Commons usage permitted/Bing

Every now and again, it seems the world just takes a break from fostering humanity. This show has stood as a stalwart champion of humanity, with a focus on studying what gives humans the blues (depression/sadness) and attempting to cure it with music (The Blues, which is an antidote to the blues).

Lately, we seem to be heading back to a time when hurtful things are acceptable. My protest against that is this show with the theme, "Something Wrong In This World."

My motto is "Be Nice, Do Right."

Drink Small, who was my pro bono PR client for almost 20 years, has a signature song called "Never Too Late to Do Right" and we'll include that.

Be nice to yourselves and each other, dear ones. It hardly takes any energy to do right and a whole lot to do wrong and have to fix it later. Sometimes things cannot be made right. Better to do it well the first time.

Love from the sunny RockyDawg and Miss Clair...

Main playlist (we might pick some unadvertised gems to add!):

We always love to remind you that there are some great concerts coming your way:

Blue Moon Concert Series
Ultrafaux – Gypsy Jazz – Saturday January 28^th
Harpeth Rising – from Nashville – Saturday Feb. 18^th

The above are part of the Blue Moon Concert series at the UU Coffeehouse, 2701 Heyward, Columbia, SC; at the corner of Heyward and Woodrow in the heart of ShandonUnitarian Universalist Congregation, 2701 Heyward, Columbia, SC. Tickets are $20. Reserve your tickets through the UU Hotline, (803) 200-2824. Doors open at 7:00, show starts at 8:00.. Reserve your tickets through the UU Hotline, (803) 200-2824. Doors open at 7:00, shows at 8:00.  Tickets and info for those are available via Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/UUCoffeehouse/

And please remember that gift giving is easy for your music lovers - www.papajazz.com has all your music needs and a few first-edition signed copies of my photographic essay, South Carolina Blues. If they sell out, or you live far away, you can find it at https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467114721/South-Carolina-Blues

 May 2017 bring all good things!
Clair DeLune and RockyDawg

An art poster (11x/17) of the front cover of "South Carolina Blues" is available for sale by your host, Clair DeLune.

 Copies of the book, South Carolina Blues are available from the publisher, and wherever books are sold - in Columbia, signed copies are available from our favorite record shop, Papa Jazz on Greene Street for the cover price of $22 plus tax. And, as always, mail order signed first-editions are available from the author directly by sending a check or money order for $28 dollars to Clair DeLune at POB 5591 Columbia, SC, 29250; which includes price of book, tax and $4 S/H. Please indicate to whom you would like the book inscribed (please print clearly). A perfect gift for any Sandlapper, or music or history buff - or all three!

The print is available for $25, including postage and handling in the continental U.S.



 See you on the air - wusc.sc.edu - then click LISTEN

Clair DeLune and RawkyDawg, Blues Defender

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; California Republic Stand Up Paddleboards in Leesville near Lake Murray (closed for the season); and Word of Mouth Productions. You can link to these orgs by clicking on the visuals...

 

http://www.californiarepublicsup.com/

 

Blues Moon Concerts

 

and
This blog is brought to you  in part by:
South Carolina Blues:
500 years of roots and blues music history in S.C.
by Clair DeLune
on Arcadia Publishing

Tribute to Pres. Kennedy and a Thanksgiving feast 11/22/16 on Blues Moon Radio

We will pay tribute to JFK on the 53rd anniversary of his tragic death via a collection of Blues songs compiled on that topic.

We have lost the widow of Willie Dixon - a wonderful woman who fought and won rights to his royalties - quite a difficult feat - and who passed away this past weekend.

The Sandlapper State has lost one of its own, our dear Will Salley, who left us after a valiant fight against ALS. Our hearts are broken and we send deepest love and sympathy to his wife, his many dear friends, colleagues and fans.

Some music to celebrate live concerts coming to the area are on tap:

11/29: Wes Mackey, who adorns the cover of Ben Franklin's book, Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians, will do an in-store appearance next Tuesday from 4-5 at Papa Jazz Record Shoppe on Greene Street in Columbia SC (just up the hill from Harden St.) and appear on Blues Moon Radio that evening.

12/3: Alejandro Escovedo will appear at CMFA / 914 Pulaski St Columbia 29201 (near the Amtrak station) / Saturday December 3, 2016 / Doors at 7P - Show at 8P. Tickets are $30.00 /available through Word of Mouth Productions face page / event site soon or local 708-4500.

Alejandro is on tour in support of his new album “Burn Something Beautiful.” He was named the "'No Depression' Artist of the Decade" in 1998 and received Americana Music’s “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2006. A new local group “Grand Republic” with former band mates of Danielle Howle will open.

 12/10: The new Blue Moon Concert series (formerly UU Coffeehouse) will open its four-concert series on Saturday, Dec. 10th featuring Johnny Irion with Tim Bluhm.  Also on the bill that night will be Columbia's Prairie Willows. The location is the UU Church at Woodrow and Heyward. 803-200-2824 - you can reserve tickets there (steep student discount).

Because there is always something to give thanks for, we give thanks for our listeners and friends around the world and dedicate our Thanksgiving Feast segment of the show to you... our playlists follow.

As always, we feature an artist from Word of Mouth Productions' Blues Festival roster though the years, and tonight it is another upcountry Palmetto State alumni, Mac Arnold - he'll tell you how he began playing his famous gas can guitar.

Thanks for tuning in - the show is jam-packed, and jelly tight! We'll even finish up with some jelly roll songs for a sweet touch...

 

Enjoy your holiday, Americans! And feast on something great, everyone across the world - sending light and love and hope to all!

We are especially grateful to have our co-host Rocky still with us after a near drowning Saturday night - much too cold for a midnight swim, young man! Glad he is safe and with us for this show about giving thanks - and hopefully many more shows to come!

Clair DeLune and RockyDawg

An art poster (11x/17) of the front cover of "South Carolina Blues" is available for sale by your host, Clair DeLune.

 Copies of the book, South Carolina Blues are available from the publisher, and wherever books are sold - in Columbia, signed copies are available from our favorite record shop, Papa Jazz on Greene Street for the cover price of $22 plus tax. And, as always, mail order signed first-editions are available from the author directly by sending a check or money order for $28 dollars to Clair DeLune at POB 5591 Columbia, SC, 29250; which includes price of book, tax and $4 S/H. Please indicate to whom you would like the book inscribed (please print clearly). A perfect gift for any Sandlapper, or music or history buff - or all three!

The print is available for $25, including P&H in the continental U.S.



 See you on the air - wusc.sc.edu - then click LISTEN

Clair DeLune and RawkyDawg, Blues Defender

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; California Republic Stand Up Paddleboards in Leesville near Lake Murray (closed for the season); and Word of Mouth Productions. You can link to these orgs by clicking on the visuals...

 

http://www.californiarepublicsup.com/

 

Blues Moon Concerts

 

and
This blog is brought to you  in part by:
South Carolina Blues:
500 years of roots and blues music history in S.C.
by Clair DeLune
on Arcadia Publishing

Blues Moon Radio playlist March 15, 2016

Good evening and welcome to Blues Moon Radio


Tonight we will combine some music with some commemorations...

Yesterday was international Pi Day, so we'll combine that with Blues Moon and have some Moon Pi music.

Then we'll segue into some Women's history month songs - with the date being the Ides of March, we'll call it Ides of Ida Cox and friends...

Enjoy!

Tonight we thank our longtime underwriter and supporter of great music in the Midlands, Papa Jazz Record Shoppe while we also welcome two new underwriters, 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 Radio playlist March 15, 2016

Blues Moon Radio Playlist Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 Devil & the Doctor Blues

Blues Moon Radio Playlist
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015

Devil and the Doctor Blues

Drink Small, pictured here at his 80th birthday
celebration at Music of the Carolinas class in the Institute
for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina

Happy to celebrate the 82nd birthday of our beloved, iconic, legendary Bluesman, Drink Small.

He'll be featured in tonight's show and will appear on his birthday at the Mousetrap in Middleburg Mall off Forest Drive in Columbia SC for a happy hour show starting at 4 p.m. Wednesday, January 28, 2015.

For a taste of what you will hear, click on this video from Sunday's show.



Tonight's show will correct the devilish technology error that prevented our playing the second half of last week's show, Gamblin' with the Devil. And we'll feature lots of tribute songs to doctors in honor of The Blues Doctor, Drink Small.

We also feature another play from local jug band, The Runaway Jug Band, with their title cut.

Enjoy the show! And please give Drink a shout out on his FB page (please click LIKE) at: Drink Small, the Blues Doctor.

Thanks!
Your host...
Clair DeLune

Playlist: 

Blues Moon Radio playlist: Titanic and Reptiles -- Tuesday, April 15, 2014

On last week's Blues Moon Radio show we featured a couple of songs that mentioned the Titanic Disaster; and this week, April 15th, 2014, we will bookend the tribute to those who lost their lives when that great ship went down with several more songs dedicated to the tragic event, which remains in our hearts and minds over a century later.

Snake Oil: proven NOT to cure what
ails you, but some good music might
make you feel fine. No snakes were
harmed in the posting of this photo,
which is available royalty-free, per
BING, at:  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/
3386/5752865198_a5dea07992.jpg

To take our minds off a certain taxing situation and to denote the onset of the slithery season, with your host having already uncovered her first frog and snake of the season in her garden (THAT will get one's blood going!), we will play songs with a reptilian/amphibian theme... and as a special bonus, we'll focus on alligators, too. Sorry turtles. Perhaps next time you will make the cut... you were a little slow on the uptake. Yes, I know... not your fault at all, dears. I completely understand. Let's hope I can avoid a "tort"oise lawsuit ... ahem. 

Not trying to act like a snake oil salesman, but Blues Moon Radio has the music that could just cure (Disclaimer: or mitigate... or do nothing at ALL for) your ailments... just tune in to WUSC-FM via the stream at www.wusc.sc.edu between 6-8 p.m. ET/USA each Tuesday (look for the playlist and "listen" button) and wait for the good feelings to pour all over you. Might help if you exercised regularly, ate better and dang it... when ARE you going to make that doctor's appointment you've been whining about, eh? I cannot do it all, you know. LOL!

In addition to our customary tribute to Drink Small (this week's cut will be announced on air), here is a list of  some of the music we'll feature:

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Our birthday tributes will include the legendary Bessie Smith and one of the Jelly Roll Kings, Frank Frost: 

Thanks as always for tuning in... your hosts, RockyDawg-BluesDefender and I, welcome you to LIKE us on Facebook at @Blues Moon Radio and follow us on Twitter at BluesMoonRadio - don't forget to LIKE "Drink Small, the Blues Doctor" on his official page on Facebook, as well.

We hope you enjoy the show... and don't get snakebit on April 15th! Remember to sign and send those tax forms!

Clair DeLune

Blues Moon Radio returns from Summer hiatus tonight at 6 p.m.

Welcome to the start of our 24th year of Blues Moon Radio!

The Blues Moon with Clair deLune.

We'll begin the "new year" leading into the quarter of a century mark with a bang...

 

...tune in at 6 p.m. ET for the best in Blues and Roots music.  

HOW TO TUNE: WUSC-FM 90.5 and HD-1 Columbia or stream it globally at: www.wusc.sc.edu at -5 GMT; you can also connect through iTunes, college radio.

Streams are limited - be sure to tune in early - or keep trying if you can't connect right away.

Happy New Year 2013 from Blues Moon Radio_Playlist for 1/1/2013

Happy New Year, Y'all!

We want to thank you for a wonderful year of listenership and fellowship in 2012... and tell you "don't be scairt of a little thing like triskedekaphilia... fear of the number 13... because 2013 is going to be fantastic! We hope you get lots of black-eyed peas and collard greens for luck and good fortune!"



Best wishes from Clair DeLune and RockyDawg, Blues Defender.



“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance.
The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,
as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied
a single moment in all your life.

You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.”
Arnold Bennett

Tonight's theme is NEWs... all songs with "new" in the title. Here's the show lineup to get you in the mood for some good leaf-turning... some surprises might sneak in, but below is what is "in the bag:

Lightnin' Hopkins - Happy New Year
Charles Brown - Bringing in a Brand New Year
Joe Hill Louis - Got Me a New Woman
Sonny Boy Williamson - New Early in the Morning
Willie Dixon - New Way of Lovin'
Jimmy Nelson - New Shack Lover
B.B. King - A New Way of Driving
Tommy McClennan - New Highway 51
Sue Foley - New Used Car
The Paladins - Brand New Heart
J Edwards - New Shoes
Kenny Neal - New Lease on Life
Robert Wilkins - New Stock Yard Blues
Michael "Hawkeye" Herman - New Crossroads
Bernie Pearl - New Hollow Log Blues
Jon Shain - Something New
Jason Ricci - I'm a New Man
Eddie Turner - New Day
Geoff Achison - News

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

Blues Moon Radio Playlist for Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012

Leftovers...

...a term that often evokes turned-up noses... except right after Thanksgiving when they are embraced, and sometimes fought over.

So, to honor the beloved apres-Thanksgiving leftover meals, with their mix of mild gluttony and joy, Blues Moon Radio presents the Blues Leftovers... songs about food and the appliances that help us prepare our fabulous revelatory repasts.


Sit back, savor that last turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce, put your feet up, rub your rounded belly, make a wish on the wishbone and enjoy some tasty Blues licks. But first... go wash those hands... didn't your mama teach you anything?

About tonight's music
We'll begin with one of South Carolina's treasures, J. Edwards, growling lovingly about the food at Lulu's House... and finish our tribute to food prep with a song about something one never wants to experience during a holiday food prep: Frigidaire Blues by Sonny Boy Williamson in his slurry, relaxed style.

In between, we'll remind our listeners that not everyone has enough to eat - especially in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy - and encourage them to donate to a legitimate charity that relieves suffering for those less fortunate than ourselves.

Ways you can help:
Harvest Hope Food Bank dedicates 98¢ out of every dollar donated to feeding the hungry in our S.C. communities. DONATE. Pennies from you makes a difference for others.

American Red Cross - You can help people affected by disasters — big or small — by making a donation to support American Red Cross Disaster Relief.


Finally, we'll tie things up with the inexplicable inclusion of "Don't Worry about the Bear." We hope you will forgive this insider greeting to a long-time Blues Moon Radio supporter who has a birthday coming up soon. We think you will enjoy it, as well as the recipient, but whatever you do... "don't feed the bears." Nothing good ever comes of that.

Don't forget... there is another fine Utopia Blues Jam coming up on Dec. 11th.

Blues Moon Radio Playlist for Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012

J. Edwards - Lulu's House
Peg Leg Howell - Broke and Hungry Blues
Clara Smith - Jelly Jelly, Look What You Done Done
Buster Benton  - Spider in My Stew
B. Brown - Candied Yams
Robert Ward - Potato Soup
Hal Paige and the Wailers - Pour the Corn
Memphis Minnie - Selling My Pork Chops
St. Louis Bessie - Meat Cutter Blues

Featured artist of the week:

Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson bio: http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=7946








Willis "Gator" Jackson - Good to the Bone

Blind Blake - Dry Bone Shuffle
Johnnie Taylor - That Bone
Bobby Radcliff/Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters - Bonehead
Eddy Clearwater - Neckbones Everyday
Bobby Charles - Take It Easy Greasy
Blue Lu Barker - Buy Me Some Juice
Tutu Jones - Good Juice
Robert Plunkett - Sweet Tooth
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Pressure Cooker
Bill Perry - Pressure
Little Charlie and the Nightcats - Percolatin'
Sonny Boy Williamson - Frigidaire Blues
Doctor Ross - Don't Worry 'Bout the Bear

Thanks for tuning to Blues Moon Radio on WUSC-FM Tuesdays 6 p.m. ET (-5 GMT)  http://wusc.sc.edu

Clair DeLune and RockyDawg, Blues Defender

Muddy Waters and Leonard Chess Tribute Oct. 9, 2012

As an educational station, WUSC tries to bring you music you might not be aware of... but every Blues Moon, I find a reason to go all Chess on ya. Here is a bit of history that prompts me to spend some in-depth time at Chess Records this Tuesday. It cannot help but be a fantastic show - all thanks to the artists, none due to me. Guaranteed to be one you Chicago Blues fans and Blues-Rock fans will want to mark your calendars for... Blues Moon Radio thanks you!

 

Artist(s) of the week for Tuesday, Oct. 9 from 6-8 p.m. ET (-5 GMT - and yes, we stream around the world as well as broadcast and HD cast at WUSC-FM 90.5 and HD1 Columbia (S.C.): Muddy Waters and his Chess Records pals... in Mid-October 1969, Muddy was involved in a terrible head-on automobile collision that killed his driver and left him hospitalized for two months; a week later, Leonard Chess - just after selling Chess Records - suffered a heart attack behind the wheel and died in the resulting crash.

 

Here is a site with an excerpt of a Chess Biography:
http://www.blues-finland.com/english/muddy_waters_biography_3.html

 

We will pay tribute to the wondrous contributions of the artists at that amazing set of labels, with special attention to McKinley Morganfield himself - and many of his label-mates and band-mates.

 

Tune in to Blues Moon Radio's stream at WUSC-FM www.wusc.sc.edu for a tour de force of Chess music. Tuesday, Oct. 9 from 6-8 p.m. E.T. (-5 GMT - and yes, we stream around the world as well as broadcast and HD cast at WUSC-FM 90.5 and HD1 Columbia S.C.).

 

And please ... drive defensively - work hard to become a type B driver... this is one time in life you don't want to be a A.

 

Trust me, dear hearts. "Mama" is right about this.

 

Check back... more to come!
Clair DeLune and RockyDawg, Blues Defender!

Blues Moon Radio Playlist for Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012

The Blues Moon Radio playlist for Tuesday Sept. 25 (6-8 p.m. ET) features our Artist of the Week, Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes. BIO: Booba.

We will also feature many of the contemporary (or recently deceased) Mississippi Hill Country artists to round out our selections. Too late for this year's festival, but put the NMHCBF on your bucket list.

Artists who will be at the Carolina Downhome Blues Festival (Oct 4-6, 2012) will round us out.

Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes -
  Love Like I Wanna
  Rocking Daddy
  Ain't Gonna Worry about Tomorrow
  Hearbroken Man

Paul "Wine" Jones - I'm Gonna Leave 
LINK to obituary in UK Guardian (caution: language alert)
Junior Kimbrough - I Gotta Try You Girl
Big Jack Johnson - You Can Have My Woman

R.L. Burnside -
  Got a Date at Half Past Eight
  Rollin' and Tumblin'
  Goin' Down South (recorded at the Rhythm Room with Bob Corritore)

Jessie Mae Hemphill - Feelin' Good b/w Streamline Train
Lonnie Pitchford - Boogie Chillen

Jack Owens and Bud Spires - Devil Blues
Frank Frost - Just Come On Home b/w My Back Scratcher

Napoleon Strickland - That's the Boogie
Othar Turner and the Afrossippi Allstars - Shimmy She Wobble II b/w Sunu

More surprises to come!  Refresh your screen during the show...

Thank you for tuning in to the Blues Moon, with Clair DeLune, radio show.
Tuesday is Bluesday from 6-8 p.m. ET (-5 GMT) on WUSC-FM (90.5 FM or HD-1 Columbia SC); Itunes (college radio, then WUSC); or at www.wusc.sc.edu then click LISTEN atop the playlist on the right side of the web page. LIKE us on Facebook at Blues Moon Radio and follow us (when we intermittently show up as time allows) on Twitter at BluesMoonRadio.

Blues Moon Radio Playlist for Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012

Tonight we begin with a tribute to one of the Kings of Blues - literally... B. B. King had a birthday on Saturday and we are treating you to a series of some of his best music (trust me, there is lots more we won't have time to play - so check out all his recordings...).

B.B. King:
Every Day I Have the Blues
You Done Lost Your Good Thing
Walkin' and Cryin' (recording data from the recording studio session held in 1950 can be found here: http://www.706unionavenue.nl/70661168 )
Guess Who
The Thrill is Gone

Sonny Boy Williamson - Mr. Downchild and cuts from KFFA (King Biscuit Flour Hour)

Jimmy Nelson (Mr. T-99) - I'll Miss Show Business
Bob Corritore and Nappy Brown - Nappy's Driftin' Blues
Nappy Brown - Lemon Squeezin' Daddy

Doug Sahm - I Don't Believe
Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy

Alexis P. Suter Band - Do What You Do
J Edwards - Still the King
Marshall Lawrence - Your Woman Quit You

We'll finish up with a few suprises, including a little music from Nita B - who graced us with a performance this past weekend at Mac's On Main... fantastic, smoooooooth and sultry - she and her band made the time fly! Come back soon, Nita B and the boys...

Additional music:

Junior Wells / Tribute to SBW b/w Messing with the Kid

James Cotton / The Blues Keep Falling

Big Walter Horton / Rockin' My Boogie  

Nita B / Mississippi 

Valentine's Day on Blues Moon Radio

It's no secret that the lovey-dovey couples will be out enjoying romantic, candlelit dinners, so the rest of y'all come on down to Blues Moon Radio where we'll be celebrating singledom, lamenting a bit about lost loves, cheating sweeties, broken-hearted Blues, lost dawgs and things that just plain didn't turn out right.

But we're not BITTER.



Nope. We're just wryly, observationally less enthused about romance than some others we might know. And your pals at Blues Moon Radio have the song lists to prove it.


Join me, and we'll have a real fine time. No fancy candles necessary.

So, RockyDawg and I'll be expecting you at www.wusc.sc.edu from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012; then the following week we will "laissez bon temps roulez" when Fat Tuesday gives us our last chance to tho'down before Lent. 

Your host, 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 thanks last week's special guest J Edwards

Clair DeLune & J EdwardsPhoto by Doug Allen

J Edwards' appearance on last week's Blues Moon Radio show is generating a lot of comments on Facebook. He is ready to appear at the Columbia Blues Mob's Jam tonight as we send him off on his "quest to be the best" at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. J Edwards has a great shot at winning - he's soulful, with vocals so powerful you will sit up and say "DAyum!" ... and his music is music you want to hear again and again.

Come hear him play tonight (Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012) between 8-11 at Utopia (no cover; 20+; great food and folks!) at 3830 Rosewood Drive, Columbia, S.C. (near Midlands Tech on Beltline). For those of you too far away to come tonight, please tune him in via his Reverbnation page at: http://www.reverbnation.com/jedwards and don't forget to like him on his social media page: J Edwards Latest (on Facebook).

Welcome to this week's Blues Moon Radio show... for those of you who have come to this page for the first time, we are pleased to meet you. The Blues Moon has been on WUSC-FM (and streaming via the Web) since 1990. We hope you will bookmark this page and join our Google Blogger page as a follower, as well as  "LIKE" and "favorite" our Facebook page (Blues Moon Radio), as well as www.bluesmoonradio.blogspot.com so we can keep you updated on Blues events and news, as well as playlists for the show.

The weekly show airs at 6 p.m. (-5GMT) and "Tuesday is Bluesday." Your host, Clair Delune - and her intrepid inspiration/co-host, RockyDawg, Blues Defender are happy to have you tune in via the Web at http://wusc.sc.edu, the University of South Carolina's award-winning college station. You may also stream the show via ITunes at radio/college and university/WUSC-FM.

Ms. DeLune is a writer, historian, artist, counselor, university administrator and public relations practitioner who has taught upper level music appreciation courses at the Unversity of South Carolina, including Blues History, Rock and Roll History, Jump/Swing/Boogie-Woogie, and Women in Popular Music of the 20th Century. She has contributed articles and chapters to numerous books and periodicals and endeavors to make the show historical, informative, empathic and entertaining. In her spare time, she trains horses and works to help rescue animals who are abandoned or abused.

This week's Blues Moon Radio with Clair DeLune (11/29/11) features historical artists who are commemorated on their birthdates falling between Nov. 15 and 30th. We will also begin playing from the best of 2011 contemporary Blues CDs. To kick off the official Christmas season (we think starting after Thanksgiving allows for a sufficient period of time to incorporate Christmas Blues songs, without being overbearingly festive and all aglow with cheer and merriment... it's a Blues show, after all, you know! :)



We are always on the hunt for Blues songs about any holiday or season - so keep us posted if you come across any possible inclusions we could procure. Blues artists are welcomed to send their own material to:  Blues Moon Radio_POB 5591_Columbia, SC 29250-5591 ...



Little Willie John / Fever



Handy's Memphis Blues Band / St. Louis Blues



Hubert Sumlin / I Just Need Your Love



Big Walter Horton and Jimmy DeBerry / Easy



Lloyd Glenn / The Shakedown



K.C. Douglas / You Got a Good Thing Now



Whistlin' Alex Moore / Ice Pick Blues



Rosa Henderson / Barrel House Blues



Eddie Boyd / Five Long Years



Lucille Hegamin / Mississippi Blues



John Mayall / Road Show



Robert Nighthawk / Medley: Annie Lee / Sweet Little Angel



Brownie McGhee / The Blues Had a Baby







Among the faves of Blues Moon Radio and its listeners this year (more to come) - in no particular order - are:



Brad Vickers and his Vestapolitans / Leave Me Be



Victor Wainwright and the Wild Roots / Our Last Goodbye



The King Bees / Run Your Reputation Down



Bernie Pearl / I Ain't Hurt



Ben Prestage / Three Hots and  Cot



Armadillo Blues / Southbound



Tom Principato / Back Again and Gone



We welcome your comments on these contemporary artists... you can remark on your favorites and make a difference in the "Lunie Awards" for 2011! Let us hear from you... we love your feedback and thank you, as ever we are grateful for your interest in historical and contemporary Blues.



Clair DeLune and RockyDawg, Blues Defender.



Now for the holidaze music... to give you a break from the regular Christmas music, we'll pepper you with some red hot Blues holiday music to make your holidays saucy!



Lonnie Brooks / Christmas on the Bayou



Koko Taylor / Merry, Merry Christmas



Poppa Hop and his Orchestra / Merry Christmas Darling



Lightnin' Hopkins / Merry Christmas



Ella Fitzgerald / Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas



Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown / Christmas



Texas Pete Mayes and his Houserockers / Christmas Holidays



Katie Webster / Deck the Halls with Boogie Woogie



Jimmy Liggins and His Drops of Joy / I Want My Baby for Christmas



Louis Prima / Shake Hands with Santa



Jimmy McGriff / Hip Santa



Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra / Boogie Woogie Santa Claus



Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra / Dig That Crazy Santa Claus



Tinsley Ellis / Santa Claus Wants Somebody to Love



Jimmy Dorsey / Dixieland Band from Santa Claus Land



Babs Gonzales / Be-Bop Santa Claus



Louis Jordan / Santa Claus, Santa Claus



Fats Waller / Swingin' Them Jingle Bells



Louis Armstrong / Winter Wonderland



The Original Five Blind Boys / White Christmas



What we find we don't have time to play this week, we'll pitch over to next week. Not sure how many shows I'll do over the holidays, so we'll be packing in as much musical magic as possible ... :)



Happy holidays to you all - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Feliz Everything plus a super Happy Hannukah, too! My holiday wish for you is health, happiness, love and prosperity - other than those four things you are on your own, bucko! :) BEST! Your host, Clair DeLune, Blues Moon Radio - www.bluesmoonradio.blogspot.com and www.wusc.sc.edu.

Blues Moon Radio playlist for Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011

Thanksgiving (food) and a tribute to John F. Kennedy are tonight's themes.

No matter what happens in life, there is always room for gratitude.

Drink Small - Livin' in a Barbeque World from his new single!
Visit his FB page at: www.facebook.com/DrinkSmall

...and be sure to answer the quiz question with "Clair DeLune's Radio Show!" - what fun to be a quiz question! Who knew that would ever happen? Not I!

Robert Johnson / Come on in My Kitchen

Red Rodney Sextet / Dig This Menu Please

Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers / Pink Champagne

New Legacy Duo / She Can Cook Good Sallet

Blind Boy Fuller / Meat Shakin' Woman

Louisiana Red / Turkey Killer

Robert Lighthouse / Turkey Leg Woman

Lead Belly / Diggin' My Potatoes

Brownie McGhee / Picking My Tomatoes

Arthur Weston / Pea Vine Special

Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers / Sugar

Mark Sallings / Sugar Sweet

Kenny Sultan and Tom Ball / Sweet Temptation

Freddy Brown / Whip It to a Jelly

The Jelly Roll Kings / Jelly Roll Stroll

Tarter and Gay / Brownie Blues

Big Walter Horton / Put the Kettle On

The Beale Street Sheiks / Half Cup of Tea

J.B. Hutto and the Hawks / Pet Cream Man

Albert Collins / Too Many Dirty Dishes

Anson Funderburgh / Don't Want No Leftovers

Steve Jacobs and Artie Sherman / Left Overs

**ID** Elvin Bishop

Bessie Smith / Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine

Laurence "Luckyman" Beall / Hoe Cake

Taj Mahal / Cakewalk into Town

Blind Boy Fuller and Sonny Terry / I Want Some of Your Pie

King David's Jug Band / Sweet Potato Blues

Mississippi John Hurt / Candy Man Blues

Freddie Vanderford / Coffee

Hope Waits / Cigarettes and Coffee

**ID** Saffire

Saffire, the Uppity Blues Women / Sweet Substitute

We will close the show with a tribute to JFK, on the sad anniversary of his death, with a song by:

John Lee Granderson - A Man for the Nation