May 30, 2008

BLACK & BLUES for SUNDAY JUNE 1

WEST COAST DOWN HOME BLUES: RON SWEETMAN is standing in for regular host JOHN TACKABERRY. First we’ll feature some of the Delta and Texas blues artists who moved to California and recorded there between 1945 and 1952, then we’ll sample four recent blues releases.

Artist: John Hogg
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Black Snake Blues
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Smokey Hogg
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Penitentary Blues
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Sonny Boy Johnson
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Come & Go With Me
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Sonny Boy Johnson
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Swimming Pool Blues
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Sonny Boy Johnson
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Desert Blues
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Beverley Scott
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Brown Skin Woman
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Beverley Scott
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Little Girl Blues
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Ernest McClay
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Big Timimg Woman
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Slim Green
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Central Avenue Blues
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Slim Green
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Alla Blues
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Slim Green
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Baby I Love You
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Slim Green
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Tricky Woman Blues
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Black Diamond
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: T P Railer
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: James Tisdom
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Throw This Dog A Bone
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Jimmy McCracklin
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Street Loafin’ Woman
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Jimmy McCracklin
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Highway 101
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Goldrush
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: All My Money Is Gone
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Mercy Dee Walton
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Evil and Hanky
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Mercy Dee Walton
Album: West Coast Down Home Blues
Tune: Ba-Ba-Du-Lay (G.I. Fever)
Label: Audio Book & Music Company

Artist: Honeyboy Edwards
Album: Roamin’ & Ramblin’
Tune: Trouble Everywhere I Go
Label: Earwig

Artist: Honeyboy Edwards
Album: Roamin’ & Ramblin’
Tune: The Army Blues
Label: Earwig

Artist: John-Alex Mason
Album: Town & Country
Tune: Boll Weavil
Label: Naked Jaybird

Artist: John-Alex Mason
Album: Town & Country
Tune: Rabbit Song
Label: Naked Jaybird

Artist: Betty Harris
Album: Intuition
Tune: Still Amazed
Label: Evidence

Artist: Betty Harris
Album: Intuition
Tune: How To Be Nice
Label: Evidence

Artist: Jeff Healey
Album: Mess of Blues
Tune: Sittin’ On Top Of The World
Label: Stony Plain

Artist: Jeff Healey
Album: Mess of Blues
Tune: It’s Only Money
Label: Stony Plain

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