The Front Porch Blues Show


JD Esquire

The first part of the program focuses on acoustic, delta, and early Chicago blues. Tune in to hear the great legends and lesser known artists who formed the roots of indigenous American music. We also feature contemporary acoustic blues artists. The second part of the program is a medley of contemporary blues with a special emphasis on Chicago blues. You'll also hear R&B, big band blues, jazz-blues, zydeco, soul, gospel, and blues that's not easy to classify.

Genre
Blues



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Show Description for Sunday 08/10/2008

 

The San Francisco Blues Festival - September 26-28, 2008

Tune in at 8 p.m. on Sunday September 7th for our annual conversation with Tom Mazzolini, the producer of the San Francisco Blues Festival (and blues DJ at KPFA in Berkeley). This is the 36th anniversary of the festival and Tom has a lot of surprises, as always, plus legendary performers like Chicago’s David Honeyboy Edwards, the last of the great Delta blues musicians (and the last to have known Robert Johnson). This great festival will showcase Johnny Winters, Buckwheat Zydeco (the Louisiana Zydeco accordion king), Denise LaSalle (the Queen of southern soul–blues), Curtis Salgado, Hot Tuna, the Delta Groove Records Review, Barbara Lynn (from the Texas Gulf coast), Michael Burks, Ruthie Foster, Elmore James Jr. with Cadillac Zack (down home Southside Chicago slide - don’t miss this!) and more. And at noon Friday the 26th, Tom has a tribute to John Lee Hooker. Plus blues movies at the Roxie Theater on 16th at Valencia. Don’t miss this festival.

If you've tuned in to our past conversations with Tom, you know you won't hear those great blues stories anywhere else. For details on the festival, check out Tom's website at sfblues.com.

Track Artist Song Album Label    
luther allison bluesthing
canton spirituals hello mother
freddy king lonesomewhistle blows
frank frost never leave me home
little walter roller coaster
doug macleod im so broke i cant even mention
liz mandeville spanky butt
scott ellison steamin
travis moonchild haddix backward baby
chris james and patrick rynn stop and think about it
paul gabriel and his band five cars later
stacy manhardt givin me reasons
liz mandeville corner barblues
big dave mclean ooh wee
robin rodgers nobody stays
liz mandeville red top
freddy king see see baby
joe guitar hughes a blues song
travis moonchild haddix way back in the country
mauricio pugno n ray norcia fine long legs
chris james and patrick rynn your gone
michael osborn cold hearted girl
eddie the chief clearwater chills
larry mccray last hand of the night
bob kirkpatrick different strokes
scott ellison im in trouble
james harman leavin for memphis
downchild blues band lets go strollin
paul gabriel and his band old time ball
smokey wilson thanks for making me a star
travis moonchild haddix good buddy blues
doug macleod im so broke i cant pay attention