Buried Alive in the Blues
Big Dave
First half or so is a bunch of new releases - good blues, the usual. Second half is going to be a bit more personal. I'm going to attempt some storytelling via music about my own life, and my wife's (successful) run-in with breast cancer. I've been working on this for a while. It's gonna get arty and emotional and all that. Hope you enjoy.
Genre
Blues & Folk & Funk & Jazz & Rb & Rock & Soul
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Saturday 5/14/2016 @ 6:00AM - 9:00AM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattison, Mike | Gimmie Your Love | You Can't Fight Love | Landslide | |
| Mattison, Mike | Going Home | You Can't Fight Love | Landslide | |
| Payne, Jackie | Full Moon Blues | I Saw the Blues | Blue Dot Records | |
| Payne, Jackie | I'll Drink Your Bathwater Baby | I Saw the Blues | Blue Dot Records | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Santana, Andy | Watch Your Step | Watch Your Step! | Delta Groove Music | |
| Santana, Andy | Greaseland | Watch Your Step! | Delta Groove Music | |
| Landreth, Sonny | It Hurts Me Too | Bound By the Blues | Provogue | |
| Landreth, Sonny | Fireball Blues | Bound By the Blues | Provogue | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Woods, MItch | Big Mamou | Jammin' On The High CS | Club 88 | feat. members of Roomful of Blues |
| Woods, MItch | Wine Spo Dee O Dee | Jammin' On The High CS | Club 88 | feat. Victor Wainwright |
| Guy, Buddy | Born To Play Guitar | Born To Play Guitar | RCA | |
| Guy, Buddy | Kiss Me Quick | Born To Play Guitar | RCA | feat. Kim Wilson |
| Paul Filipowicz | Santa Fe Windows | Rough Neck Blues Live! | Big Jake Records | |
| Paul Filipowicz | Midnight at the Nairobi Room | Rough Neck Blues Live! | Big Jake Records | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Big Harp George | Left So Soon | Chromaticism | Blues Mountain Records | |
| Big Harp George | Cocktail Hour | Chromaticism | Blues Mountain Records | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Pink Floyd | The Great Gig in the Sky | The Dark Side of the Moon | Columbia | Here beginneth the cancer set. Clare Tory's wordless emotion seems to capture some of the uncertainty and fear I felt right after the diagnosis. |
| Simon and Garfunkel | Silent Night / 7:00 News | Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme | Columbia | Christmas was difficult. |
| Fleetwood Mac | The Green Manalishi | Live at the Boston Tea Party Vol. 1 | Snapper | This song captures terror, dread, and the fight against those feelings better than any other song I have ever heard. |
| A Mighty Wind | God only Knows | Bioshock Infinite Soundtrack | 2K Games | The sentiment was entirely appropriate. This version comes from the soundtrack of a video game I spent time playing as Katie recovered from surgery. |
| Jeff Beck | Scatterbrain | Blow By Blow | Epic | This song's frantic main riff encapsulates the feeling of trying to hold it together while rushing headlong from one medical appointment to the next, trying with varying degrees of success to be emotionally supportive and protective without losing my own sh*t... |
| Boston | A Man I'll Never Be | Don't Look Back | Epic | This track comes from a moment of personal weakness and darkness, comparing myself to others and feeling as though I'd never live up to what she needed me to be in her heart of hearts. |
| Roy Buchanan | Drowning on Dry Land | Dancing on the Edge | Alligator | Roy Buchanan was once asked how he could sing and play with such a blank expression. He answered, "I'm screaming on the inside." The breakdown of this song isn't relevant, but the verses and guitar solos sure are. The visceral sound of a man screaming with a guitar on a song about drowning on dry land reflected my own pain and fear and helplessness. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Mingus Big Band 93 | Moanin | Nostalgia in Times Square | Dreyfus Jazz | This track has taken on more and more meaning to me - the sense of tightly controlled purpose devolving into chaos, snapping back into focus, devolving into chaos - all while relentlessly driving forward. Felt appropriate for a bunch of reasons. |
| Atmosphere | The Best Day | To All My Friends / Blood Makes the Blade Holy: The Atmosphere EPs | Rhymesayers | On the way to radiation one day, I was just hanging on. Barely. This song came on and brought tears with how appropriate it was. |
| Cake | Love You Madly | Comfort Eagle | Columbia | Love with a darker undercurrent. |
| The Beatles | Here Comes the Sun | Abbey Road | Apple | This one came on as we were on the way to her very last radiation treatment. I finally felt like I could be hopeful again. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| The Proclaimers | I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) | Fines | EMI | I love her. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Roy Rogers and Norton Buffalo | Long Hard Road | Roots of Our Nature | Blind Pig | Hope. Pure and simple. |
| Airbreak | ||||