The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will be your host on the Front Porch Blues Show this evening. The program will feature blues recordings from the year 1965, which was during the era when commercial blues recordings were finding a dwindling African-American audience at the same time that the folk and blues music revival was reaching a growing audience in the coffee house and festival circuit with a primarily white fan base. Featured artists will include such re-discovered performers as Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotton, and Rev. Gary Davis as well as urban blues stylists such as B.B. King, Otis Rush, Albert Collins, Koko Taylor, and Bobby Bland.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 11/13/2016 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G.L. Crockett | It's A Man Down There | VA - Blues Masters Volume 6: Blues Originals | Rhino | Original 4-Brothers label release from 1965 |
| Homesick James (Williamson) | Somebody Been Talkin' | VA - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol.2: Otis Rush Blues Band, Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet, Homesick James & His Dusters | Vanguard LP | In December 1965 Samuel Charters set up recording sessions featuring a large number of prominent blues musicians based in Chicago. Each of the three ensuing Vanguard LPs featured 3 blues bands |
| Rufus & Carla Thomas | When You Move, You Lose | VA - The Complete Stax-Volt Singles, 1959-1968 | Stax Records | Stax |
| J.B. Hutto & His Hawks | Married Woman Blues | VA - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol.1: Junior Wells Blues Band, J.B. Hutto and his Hawks, Otis Spann's South Side Piano | Vanguard LP | In December 1965 Samuel Charters set up recording sessions featuring a large number of prominent blues musicians based in Chicago. Each of the three ensuing Vanguard LPs featured 3 blues bands |
| Ricky Allen | I Have Made A Change | VA - The USA Records Blues Story | Fuel 2000 | USA label rec. |
| Otis Rush | I Can't Quit You Baby | VA - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol.2: Otis Rush Blues Band, Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet, Homesick James & His Dusters | Vanguard LP | In December 1965 Samuel Charters set up recording sessions featuring a large number of prominent blues musicians based in Chicago. Each of the three ensuing Vanguard LPs featured 3 blues bands |
| B.B. King | All Over Again | B.B. King - King Of The Blues | MCA Records 4 cd box set | ABC Bluesway |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Son House | Pearline | Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Son House | Columbia | 1965 Columbia recording of rediscovered Delta bottleneck guitarist/singer |
| Mississippi John Hurt | Baby What's Wrong With You | The Best Of Mississippi John Hurt | Vanguard 2 LP | Vanguard rec. live at Oberlin College |
| Babe Stovall | My Brown Is A Mistreater | VA - Encore For The Chicago Blues | Spivey LP | Spivey LP 1009 track |
| Elizabeth Cotten | I'm Going Away | Elizabeth Cotton - Shake Sugaree | Smithsonian Folkways | Folkways |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Reverend Gary Davis | Lovin' Spoonful | Rev. Gary Davis at Newport | Vanguard LP | Vanguard |
| Mississippi Fred McDowell | You Gotta Move | Mississippi Fred McDowell - You Gotta Move | Arhoolie | Arhoolie |
| Lightning Hopkins | Come On Baby | VA - Ball And Chain: Big Mama Thornton, Lightning Hopkins, Larry Williams | Arhoolie LP | Arhoolie |
| John Lee Hooker | Bottle Up And Go | John Lee Hooker - It Serve You Right To Suffer | Impulse LP | Impulse |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Lowell Fulson | Little Angel | Lowell Fulson - Soul | Kent LP | Kent |
| Jerry McCain | Homogenized Love | Jerry McCain - Absolutely The Best | Fuel 2000 | Jewel |
| LaVern Baker & Jackie Wilson | Think Twice | Jackie Wilson - NYC 1961-1966 | Ace(UK) 2 cd set | Brunswick |
| Jimmy McCracklin | Steppin' Up In Class | Jimmy McCracklin - My Answer | Imperial LP | Imperial |
| Koko Taylor | Whatever I Am, You Made Me | Koko Taylor - What It Takes: The Chess Years | MCA/Chess | Checker |
| Earl Gaines | It's Worth Anything | Earl Gaines - 24 Hours A Day | Black Magic | Hanna-Barbera |
| Johnny Copeland | It's Me | Johnny Copeland - Down On Bending Knees: The Early Days Volume 2 | Mr. R&B Records LP | Wand |
| Bobby Bland | These Hands (Small But Mighty) | Bobby Bland - That Did It!: The Duke Recordings Vol. 3 | MCA/Duke 2 cd set | Duke |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Albert Collins | Dyin' Flu | The Cool Sound Of Albert Collins | Blue City | TCF label rec. |
| Little Johnny Taylor | I Smell Trouble | Little Johnny Taylor - Greatest Hits | Fantasy | Galaxy |
| Percy Mayfield | It's Time To Make A Change | Percy Mayfield - His Tangerine And Atlantic Sides | Rhino Handmade | Tangerine |
| Junior Wells | You Don't Love Me | Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band - Hoodoo Man Blues | Delmark | Bob Koester's Delmark label recorded this session featuring Junior Wells and his collaborator Buddy Guy in 1965. |
| Junior Parker | Goodbye Little Girl | Junior Parker - Sometimes Tomorrow My Broken Heart Will Die | ABC/Bluesway LP | Duke |
| Sugar Pie DeSanto & Etta James | Do I Make Myself Clear | Sugar Pie DeSanto - Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles 1961-1966 | Kent Soul | Checker |
| Howlin' Wolf | Ooh Baby Hold Me | Howlin' Wolf - The Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues | MCA/Chess | Chess |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Willie Dixon | Brooklyn Going To Be My Home | VA - Encore For The Chicago Blues | Spivey LP | Spivey |
| Johnny Young | One More Time | VA - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol.3: Johnny Shines Band, Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band, Big Walter Horton's Blues Harp Band | Vanguard LP | In December 1965 Samuel Charters set up recording sessions featuring a large number of prominent blues musicians based in Chicago. Each of the three ensuing Vanguard LPs featured 3 blues bands |
| Memphis Slim | Chicago To Paris | VA - Encore For The Chicago Blues | Spivey LP | Spivey |
| Louisiana Red (Iverson Minter) | Freight Train To Ride | Louisiana Red - The Best Of Louisiana Red | Evidence | Atco |