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 08/17/2008

 

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.

 

Tonight we'll spend the first part of the show listening to some classic Chicago blues...then anything goes...

BJ will be filling in on the Front Porch bringing his Big Bag of Blues....

enjoy! 

Track Artist Song Album Label    
Jimmy Dawkins Opening Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 2
Eddie Taylor So Glad You're Mine Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 1
Eddy Clearwater Big Town Playboy Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 2
HIp Linkchain Hip's Jam Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 1
Eddy Clearwater Let's Boogie Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 2
Jimmy Dawkins You Don't Love Me Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 1
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Jimmy Dawkins Let's Jam Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 2
Johnny Littlejohn All I Want Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 1
Eddy Clearwater Tell Me Mama Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 2
Jimmy Johnson Lucille Chicago Blues Nights Vol. 1
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J. B. Hutto Coo Coo Baby High And Lonesome
J. B. Hutto Hide And Seek High And Lonesome
Jimmy Dawkins Marcelle, Jacques Et Luc Born In Poverty
Jimmy Dawkins Off Business (Take 1) Born In Poverty
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Johnny Hoy And The Bluefish Cut That Out Trolling the Hootchy
Walter Wolfman Washington Crescent City Starlights
Jimmy Dawkins Tribute To Orange Born In Poverty
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Johnny Dyer Don't Go No Further Rolling Fork Revisited
Johnny Dyer Gone To Main Street Rolling Fork Revisited
Rhythmtown-Jive You Better Believe It Analog Travelog
Curtis Salgado Hip Hip Baby Soul Activated
Bryan Lee Natural Ball Memphis Bound
Bad News Blues Band Texas
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John Juke Logan Fan The Flames
Studebaker John & The Hawks Running Scared Time Will Tell
James Hunter She's Got A Way The Hard Way
Marva Wright No Drawers Blues Queen of New Orleans
James Hunter Jacqueline The Hard Way
Eden Brent Mississippi Flatland Blues
James Hunter Don't Do Me No Favours The Hard Way