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 for Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 - Carolina Downhome Blues Festival lineup and more

Blues Moon Radio playlist
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014

Carolina Downhome Blues Festival lineup and more


Tonight's show will showcase a number of events upcoming in the area - and I've packed far too many songs to fit in the time alloted, but we'll do our best to get all the songs and relevant information in - we can have an end of the month closeout on the songs that didn't fit toward the end of the month (next week?):

Here's what I'll be picking from - so please tune in to hear the music and educational info and concert promos... 6-8 p.m. ET/USA (same as NYC) each Tuesday on WUSC.sc.edu - click listen/stream when you get to the Web site - or tune in like the terrestrials do... at 90.5 FM or HD-1 Columbia (South Carolina/USA).

Main menu for this evening's Blues Moon Radio show:

Tonight's menu of options also includes:

Lightnin’ Hopkins – artist of the month – cuts to be announced.

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 

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 Nov. 8, 2011

Cooked up another good Blues show for tonight's Blues Moon Radio... hope you can join us - 6-8 p.m. on WUSC-FM (www.wusc.sc.edu - or from I-Tunes, college and university stations, WUSC) see you tonight! Clair DeLune and RockyDawg, Blues Defender.

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Blues Moon Radio playlist Nov. 8, 2011

Early November birthday Blues artists:

Memphis Willie B (Borum) – Good Potatoes

Joe Carter and his Chicago Broomdusters – Treat Me the Way You Do

Gatemouth Moore - Somebody Got to Go

Big Chief Ellis – Louise

George “Mojo” Buford – In My Younger Days

Sippie Wallace – I’m a Mighty Tight Woman

Mose Allison – Seventh Son

LaVern Baker – Trying

Bukka White – Special Streamline

Blue Lu Barker – Where’s Joe

John Hammond – Red Hot Kisses

Carey Bell (w/David Honeyboy Edwards) – Every Now and Then

In memorium to a dear friend and mentor to so many, Professor and Chef extraordinaire Jules Pernell, who left us way too soon but so much the better for having known him.  I’m betting he’s cooking up a storm in Heaven’s kitchen, which is fully stocked with truffles of all flavors and types. Jules is missed.

Robert Johnson – When You Got a Good Friend

Wes Mackey – Cookin’ with the Blues

Biscuit Miller – Black Eyed Peas and Cornbread

Robert Cray – Chicken in the Kitchen

Kenny Neal – Old Friends

Charley Patton – Oh Death

Claude Hay – Miss You So

Freddie Vanderford – I Still Miss Somebody

Thanks to all who contributed so generously to WUSC's fundraiser... I'm still a wee bit behind the pledge I made for contributions to my show, so if you were thinking you wanted to make a contribution, it is not too late... give me a call during the show and we can set up a donation - or use the University of South Carolina's secure donation server  (link from www.wusc.sc.edu then click on support in the black menu line and follow the directions).

Thank you again for listening and for your support. We appreciate YOU!
clair delune and station management

Blues Moon Radio Playlist Oct. 18, 2011 - Blues fests and Bday festivities!

Good evening, Blues Lovers!

Tonight we are going to play music from artists who will be performing at the Columbia Blues Festival this Saturday, Oct. 22 (see blog post below for details and links).

Then we'll close out the second hour with the second half of October's birthdays. Lots of great music - much of which has yet to be heard on WUSC and Blues Moon Radio before (some are repeats, but I hope not within the past five years - we aim to bring you fresh rosters each week).

Headlining the Columbia Blues Fest this year is Leo Kottke, who tells wonderful tales with his dextrous fingers. He has a song called June Bug and I have a friend, who happens to be small and furry and meows, by that name.  So, you won't mind if - in my mind - we dediCATe the festival to her, will you? I KNEW y'all would understand. Even RockyDawg loves June Bug!

Playlist for Oct. 18, 2011:

Leo Kottke - June Bug b/w The Last Steam Engine Train b/w Sweet Louise
Randall Bramlett (with Geoff Achison) - See Through Me b/w Get In Get Out
Toni Spearman - INTV (from earlier this year) followed by Let the Good Times Roll b/w Boogie at Stokie's
Wanda Johnson - Natural Resource b/w It's So Nice to Have Somebody

We have some unnreleased material from the Mobro's to debut - I'm told they are a band to watch!

October birthdays (15th through 31st - boo! Did I ssssscare you?)

We will feature a cut or two from Bernie Pearl's newest CD, Right Side of the Blues in honor of his birthday! So nice to be in touch with you, Bernie - and to find your birthday in my calendar of Blues greats! Synchronicity is sterling!

Bernie Pearl - Holow Log Blues b/w Outside Boogie from Right Side of the Blues CD

Big Joe Williams - Annie Mae
Boogie Woogie Red - Viper Song
Chuck Berry - Deep Feeling
Doctor Ross - I'm a Mannish Boy
Speckled Red - INTV b/w the Dirty Dozens
Boozoo Chavis - Uncle Bud


We'll finish out with new music from Jeff Gates (SC fella!)
Jeff Gates - Wanted you too much - You Make Me


Carry over to next week... more birthdays and Halloween music! :) Yes, there is Halloween Blues!

Sonny Terry - Rock Me Mama
Willie Mabon - Seventh Son
Jimmy Dawkins - Chitlins Con Carne
Tom Ball (and Kenny Sultan) - Who Drank My Beer
Sam "The Man" Taylor - Oo-Wee
Detroit Junior - Too Poor
Henry Townsend - INTV b/w Poor Man Blues
Ethel Waters - Bring your Greenbacks



Thanks for tuning in... don't forget to read about the upcoming fests (blog post below this one),
clair and RockyDawg
Blues Moon Radio

Blues Moon Radio Playlist for May 17, 2011

Tonight's Blues Moon Radio show will be on from 6-9 p.m. (we have an extra hour in summer!).

Themes are:

More Robert Johnson - his music and influences

Summer and floods - our thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by the flooding

May concerts, festivals, events and birthdays - Lots to celebrate

And in my hip pocket is a collection of Art songs. Songs by Bluesmen named Art, Arthur, etc. We might not get there - got a lot of music to get through - but I'm armed for bear.

Tonight after the gig, Utopia's Blues Jam; remember Sunday nights at The House in Five Points and Ott Saloon in Lexington on Mondays... every other Wednesday is the Sparkle City Jam at Decisions, where they also hold an acoustic jam on Mondays (again, check those venues before you go).

Next Tuesday we will feature - live in our studio - Laurence Luckyman Beall - and if you are not a fan yet, it is only because you have yet to hear him sing! Very excited about his appearance... don't miss it!

The playlist will post here as we go along - so refresh your browser to get the updates during showtime.

Enjoy!
Your hosts,
Clair DeLune and RockyDawg - Blues Defender (inspiration and backbone of the whole effort).

Playlist:
Marcia Ball - Eugene
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can is Mine
Guitar Welch - Bad Luck Blues
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins - Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad

Bob Margolin - All You Left Behind
Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie - North Memphis Blues
L.C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie*
   * if you want to read a great (warning - it's a tear-jerker) tribute to Pinetop, check out Bob Margolin's goodbye to him in the Blues Beat column of Blues Revue magazine (subliminal message: subscribe!):
     http://bluesrevue.com/2011/03/blues-beat-the-pinetop-perkins-tribute-3-25-11/ 

And now for the second half of the Robert Johnson commemoration/tribute:

Robert Johnson - Love In Vain b/w Dust My Broom
Alan Lomax introduces David Honeyboy Edwards
David Honeyboy Edwards - When I Came to Memphis b/w Rocks in My Pillow

Elmore James - Standing at the Crossroads
Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Rambling on My Mind
Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters - Spoonful

Lightnin' Washington and Group - Great God A'mighty (Long Hot Summer Days)
Biscuit Miller - Summertime Blues
Charley Patton - Some Summer Day
Clyde Hill and Group - Long Hot Summer Days
Billie Holiday - Summertime
JJ Grey and Mofro - Slow, Hot and Sweaty

Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere Pts 1 and 2
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rising High Water Blues
Fats Noel - High Tide
Johnny Shines - Too Wet to Plow

Nicole Hart - Higher Ground
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rising High Water Blues
Jack Kelly and South Memphis Jug Band - Highway No. 61 Blues
Buster Carter; Preston Young - A Lazy Farmer Boy
James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues

The Delta Flyers - Dockery Farm
Freddie Vanderford - Parchman Farm
Rory Block - County Farm Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins - Tim Moore's Farm

Ray Charles - Rockin' Chair Blues


Tommy Johnson - I want someone to love me b/w Lonesome Home Blues

Jackie Brenston - Leo the Louse

Good night!~ Thanks for listening... go see some live music this weekend... :)

Blues Moon Radio Playlist for April 12, 2011

Tonight's show features April birthdays for the week of April 12-18, also rain showers and flowers.

Birthday Blues:
Hound Dog Taylor - Walking the Ceiling
Shakey Jake Harris - It Won't Happen Again
Roy Dunn - Further on Down the Line
William Harris - Leavin' Here Blues
Frank Frost - Jelly Roll King
Piano Red - Jump Man Jump
Johnny Littlejohn - Dream
Little Brother Montgomery - Cry , Cry Baby
Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Ain't That Dandy
Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

Rain and Fleurs
Bessie Smith - Keeps On a-Rainin' - Papa He Cain't Make No Time
Damon Fowler - After the Rain
David Honeyboy Edwards - Spread My Raincoat Down
Big Joe Turner - Rainy Day Blues
Gitfiddle Jim - Rainy Night Blues
Big Maybelle - Rain Down Rain
Bobby Jones - Come in Out of the Rain
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain
The Famous Blue Jay Singers - Oh My Lord Didn't It Rain
Willie "61" Blackwell - Four O'Clock Flower Blues
Jon Shain - Little Flower

Lonnie Shields - Fistful of Dollars
Bob Corritore and Little Milton - 6 Bits in Your Dollar
Jimmy Spruill - Scratchin'
Little Milton - Beggin' My Baby
Albert Castiglia - Could Not Ask For More

Scott Holt - Living in Fear

Blues Moon Radio Show Playlist January 25, 2011 - Drink Small

Happy birthday to late January Bluesmen and women - with an especially hearty Happy Birthday to South Carolina's own Blues Doctor, Drink Small...

You can see him perform at his Birthday Bash in Bishopville Friday night - and he'll make an appearance at Mac's on Main in Columbia Saturday night...

We will welcome him to the second hour of Blues Moon Radio - live in studio!

Starting us out tonight will be some artists with late January birthdays...

Lead Belly - Gallis Pole b/w You Can't Mistreat Me
Snooks Eaglin - Country Boy Down in New Orleans
Eva Taylor - Organ Grinder
Doug Quattlebaum - If You've Ever Been Mistreated
Big Mojo Ele(a)m - Special Kind of Love
Bob Corritore with TomCat Courtney - Sundown San Diego
Guitar Shorty - Old School
Etta James - I'll Take Care of You b/w Only Women Bleed
Sleepy John Estes - Down South Blues
Little Mack Simmons - Blues for Atomic-H

Our live interview with Drink Small [www.myspace.com/drinksmallblues] and Moses from Mystic Vibrations was a blast! Drink was in his element with his "Drinkisms" as he touted his new 5 song CD, called "Drinkisms," which features the Mystic Vibrations band members. The merging of Blues and Reggae took a natural flow on that CD - especially the cut "Jamaican Blues."

We wish Drink and the band great success with the CD and tour... there is also a Music Maker Foundation CD [http://www.musicmaker.org/news_post/drink-small-the-real-blues-doctor/ ] featuring Drink that fans will want to have in their collections. Drink Small was given an honorary Ph.D. in October of 2010, so he really is a Blues Doctor now... regardless, he is a one-of-a-kind treasure - one whom we at Blues Moon Radio are so glad to call a friend and welcome on the air. "Still Great at 78! - Cannot wait - because at 79 he's going to be mighty fine!" if I might toss out one of my own "Drinkisms!"

Thanks again and VERY happy birthday ... please check out one of his birthday celebrations: Bishopville Opera House Friday night, Mac's on Main (Columbia SC) Saturday night and Feb 5, 2011 he will be at the 145 Club in Winnsboro S.C. Come out and support a living legend!

We didn't have time to complete our "end of January" birthdays ... so tune in next week when you will hear:
Buddy Moss - Jealous Hearted Man
 Elmore James - Sho' Nuff I Do
 Beale Streeters with Bobby Blue Bland - Lovin' Blues
Hot Lips Page - My Gal is Gone
Paul Gayten - The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round
Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy
Ruth Brown - Wild Wild Young Men
 Roosevelt Sykes - Music is my Business
Charlie Musselwhite - Trouble No More

and much, much more!

Thanks for listening... hope you all enjoyed it half as much as I did bringing it to you!
Clair DeLune
and RockyDawg, Blues Defender (co-producer and handsome one of our lil'pack).

Blues Moon with Clair DeLune - fall schedule and playlist for Aug. 24, 2010

Schedule news: the Fall schedule has been set and the Blues Moon will retain its regular slot of Tuesdays at 6 p.m. - remember that Fall slots are two hours (not three, as summer shows are) so get your Blues licks at six and don't be late 'cause we're gone at eight starting next week. Tonight's show is on the summer schedule and will result in an extra hour of bonus Blues music from 8-9 p.m.!

It's been a busy last month of summer for me - and I'm sure y'all too, out there in Blues World. However, I took a moment and noticed that I had not done the monthly birthday show for August yet - so before we clear the decks for September to roll in fresh like a new cool breeze next week (everywhere but the deep South, I'm guessing! still plenty hot here!), I want to focus on August Birthday Bluesmen and Women tonight. The playlist is below - here's what we'll be featuring on tonight's Blues Moon Radio Show...

Juke Boy Bonner - Daylight Won't Catch Me Here
Mercy Dee Walton - My Woman and The Devil
Louis Armstrong - I'm in the Mood for Love
Willie Brown - M and O Blues
Willie Nix - Try Me One More Time

Magic Slim - Goin' To Mississippi
Jimmy Witherspoon - Fickle Woman
Robert Shaw - The Ma Grinder
Sam Collins - Devil in the Lion's Den
Gladys Bentley - Ground Hog Blues

Percy Mayfield - Ten Years of Torture
Jimmy McCracklin - Think
Son Seals - Telephone Angel
Buster Brown - Fannie Mae is Back
Jackie Brentston - Leo the Louse

Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson - Red River Blues
Eddie Kirkland - Shake What Your Mama Gave You
Luther Allison - You Upset Me Baby
John Lee Hooker - Birmingham Blues

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Crudup's After Hours
Wynonie Harris - Sittin' on It All the Time
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Shakedown
Jimmy Rushing - She's Mine, She's Yours

plus much, much more during our bonus hour! So, to update the playlist, the second half of the last Blues Moon Show of Summer 2010 will contain:

(refresh your browser regularly - updates will appear during the show)

Carrie Robinson - Power to Live Right

Drink Small - The Righteous Will Always Win

Blind Willie Johnson - God Don't Never Change

Eddie Snow - Ain't That Right

Davis Coen - Change in the Weather

Mary Johnson - Key to the Mountain

Paul Perriman - Work to be Done

Michael Peloquin - Lose That Loser

more to come! stay tuned!

Bobby Jones - Three-Handed Woman
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells - Come On In This House
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Workin'
Bo Diddley - I'm a Man
Coco Montoya - Too Much Water

Seth Walker - Dig a Little Deeper
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
Junior Kimbrough - I Cried Last Night
Toni Spearman - Beware

Sean Costello - Feel Like I Ain't Got a Home  b/w Call the Cops






Have a great evening and I hope you enjoy the show! Thanks so much for tuning in... Clair DeLune