The Front Porch Blues Show with J.D. Esquire and Friends
JD Esquire & Rich Blackmarr
Host Rich Blackmarr presents another archive show this week featuring blues recordings that were released in the year 1958. Chess recording artists Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Howlin' Wolf were at the height of their craft. Eli Toscano's Cobra/Artistic Records was turning out blues gems by Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Buddy Guy, and others. Also in Chicago Jimmy Reed and John Lee Hooker were recording for Vee-Jay and Elmore James was cutting sides for Chief. In Houston Bobby Bland and Junior Parker were turning out some of their classics. In the SF Bay Area such musicians as Johnny Fuller recorded blues for Bob Geddins' Irma label and Little Willie Littlefield cut tunes for Don Barksdale's Rhythm label. Champion in Nashville, Excello and Goldband in Lousiana, and Duke/Peacock in Houston were turning out fine blues. In this show and the next one, we'll visit these and other blues oriented R&B artists, plus a few gospel records from 1958. Check them out!
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 2/09/2014 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lee Hooker | You've Taken My Woman | John Lee Hooker on Vee-Jay 1955-1958 | Vee-Jay | original Vee-Jay rec.; all records this show 1st released in 1958 |
| Slim Harpo | Wonderin' and Worryin' | Slim Harpo - The Excello Singles Anthology | Hippo | orig. Excello |
| Buddy Guy & his Band | Try To Quit You Baby | VA - The Cobra Records Story: Chicago Rock And Blues 1956-1958 | Capricorn 2cd box | Artistic; band incl. Otis Rush on 2nd gtr. |
| Memphis Slim | This Time I'm Through | VA - Vee-Jay: The Very Best Of Blues, Vol. 4 | Collectables | Vee-Jay; Matt Murphy gtr. |
| Fay Simmons | What's The Matter, Baby? | VA - George Goldner Presents The Gone Records Story | Westside 2cd | Gone |
| Sonny Boy Williamson | Dissatisfied | Sonny Boy Williamson - The Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues | MCA Chess | Checker; Robert Lockwood, Luther Tucker - gtrs. |
| Earl Gaines w/ Jimmy Beck Orch. | Best of Luck Baby | Earl Gaines - 24 Hours A Day | Black Magic | Ted Jarrett's Champion label in Nashville |
| Bobby Blue Bland | You Did Me Wrong | Bobby Bland - I Pity The Fool / The Duke Recordings, Vol. 1 | MCA Duke | Duke; Wayne Bennett gtr. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Johnny Guitar Watson | One Room Country Shack | Johnny Guitar Watson - The Gangster Is Back | Red Lightnin LP | Keen label; reworking Mercy Dee Walton's 1953 hit |
| Fenton Robinson | Mississippi Steamboat | VA - The Best of Duke-Peacock Blues | MCA Duke-Peacock | Duke |
| Herman Little Junior Parker | Sweet Home Chicago | Junior Parker - Junior's Blues: The Duke Recordings, Vol. 1 | MCA Duke | Duke |
| Big Joe Turner | (We're Gonna) Jump For Joy | Big Joe Turner: Rhythm & Blues Years | Atlantic 2LP | Atlantic |
| Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann's Band | Hootie Blues | Jimmy Witherspoon - A Spoonful Of Blues | French RCA Black & White series LP | orig. RCA Victor LP rec. from Dec. '57 sessions |
| Joe Williams & Jon Hendricks with Count Basie Orch. | Goin' To Chicago Blues | Sing Along With Basie: Joe Williams, Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, Annie Ross plus the Basie Band | Roulette Birdland Series | Roulette single from LP session with Lambert Hendricks & Ross |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Choker Campbell & Band | Walking On My Thin Sole Shoes | VA - Soul Twist And Other Golden Classics with King Curtis | Collectables | Apt; King Curtis on tenor sax |
| Guitar Junior | I Got It Made (When I Marry Shirley Mae) | Guitar Junior - The Crawl: Charly Blues Masterworks | Charly R&B | Goldband; singer-guitarist aka Lonnie Brooks |
| Etta James | Baby, Baby, Every Night | Etta James - R&B Dynamite | Virgin Flair | Kent; from sessions at Cosimo's in New Orleans |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Jimmy Reed | Go On To School | Jimmy Reed - Ain't That Loving You Baby: Singles As & Bs 1953-1961 | Jasmine | Vee-Jay |
| Muddy Waters | She's Nineteen Years Old | Muddy Waters - The Anthology | MCA Chess 2cd | Chess |
| Lightnin' Hopkins | My Little Kewpie Doll | Lightnin' Hopkins: Remember Me - The Complete Herald Singles | Ember | Herald |
| J.B. Lenoir | Daddy Talk To Your Son | J.B. Lenoir - Chess Masters | Chess 2LP | Checker |
| Lazy Lester | Tell Me Pretty Baby | VA - Excello Harmonica Blues Variety | Peavine | Excello; Guitar Gable - gtr. |
| Troyce Key | Baby Please Don't Go | VA - West Coast Guitar Killers 1951-1965, Vol. 1 | El Segundo | Warner Bros.; Eddie Cochran on gtr. |
| Ruth Brown | Why Me | Ruth Brown: Miss Rhythm - Greatest Hits And More | Atlantic 2cd | Atlantic |
| Bill Doggett | Hold It | Bill Doggett - All His Hits | Gusto King LP | King |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Bobby Parker | Blues Get Off My Shoulder | VA - Vee-Jay: The Very Best Of Blues, Vol. 4 | Vee-Jay | Vee-Jay |
| Baby Calloway & Roland Mitchell Band | Midnight Blues | VA - West Coast Guitar Killers 1951-1965, Vol. 1 | El Segundo | Baytone |
| Bob Gaddy | Rip and Run | Bob Gaddy - Harlem Blues Operator, The Old Town Sides | Ace | Old Town; Brownie McGhee & Joe Ruffin - gtrs., Gaddy - piano/voc. |
| Otis Rush | It Takes Time | VA - The Cobra Records Story: Chicago Rock And Blues 1956-1958 | Capricorn 2cd box | Cobra; w/ Louis Myers, L. Brother Montgomery |
| Johnny Fuller | First Stage Of The Blues | VA - Bob Geddins' Irma Records Story | Acrobat | rec. on Bob Geddins' Irma label; with Candyman McGuirt's Band |
| Little Walter Jacobs | Confessin' The Blues | CD/LP reissues are inferior mixes | orig. Checker 45 | Checker; Fred Robinson, Luther Tucker - gtrs. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| The Soul Stirrers w/ Johnnie Taylor (lead) | Until Then | The Soul Stirrers - Heaven Is My Home | Specialty | Specialty |
| The Harmonizing Four w/ Jimmy Jones (lead) | Go Down, Moses | The Harmonizing Four - Harmonizing Four/God Will Take Care Of You | Vee-Jay | Vee-Jay |
| Ray Charles w/ Raelettes vocal | What Kind Of Man Are You | Ray Charles - What'd I Say | Atlantic LP | Atlantic; Ray's reworking of gospel tune; Margie Hendricks lead vocal |
| The Five Royales | The Slummer The Slum | The Five Royales - The Roots Of Soul | Charly R&B LP | King; featuring Loman Pauling (voc./gtr.) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Larry Birdsong w/ Jimmy Beck Orch. | Every Night In The Week | Larry Birdsong - Every Night In The Week | Black Magic | Champion; Johnny Jomes - gtr. |