The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will be your host this evening on the Front Porch Blues Show. In a departure from his usual approach of mining blues recordings from a specific year in blues history, the program will begin with the original blues artist recordings of the 12 songs covered in tribute by the Rolling Stones on their new 2016 release album entitled Blue & Lonesome. The second hour of the show will be a grab bag including a further look at the Vanguard label series called Chicago/The Blues/Today! recorded by Samuel Charters in late 1965, plus a retrospective of recordings by classic singer/pianist Victoria Spivey made from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 12/11/2016 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ella Johnson with Buddy Johnson & his Orchestra | Just Your Fool | Buddy Johnson And His Orchestra - Rock On!: Twenty Years of Blues, Boogie And Ballads 1941-1961 | Jasmine 2 cd set | original 1954 version by Buddy & Ella on Mercury |
| Little Walter | Just Your Fool | The Essential Little Walter | MCA/Original Chess Masters 2 cd set | Walter's 1960 adaptation on Checker backed by Otis Spann (p), Fred Robinson and Luther Tucker (gtrs.), Fred Below (d), Jimmie Lee Robinson (b) |
| Howlin' Wolf | Commit A Crime | You Tube posting | Chess | unreleased Chess track from 1966 features Wolf (voc) backed by Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Shaw, Henry Gray, Cassell Burrows |
| Little Walter | Blue And Lonesome | The Essential Little Walter | MCA/Original Chess Masters 2 cd set | 1959 rec. on Checker with Walter backed by Luther Tucker (g), George Hunter (d), others unknown |
| Magic Sam | All Your Love | VA - Capricorn Records Presents The Cobra Records Story: Chicago Rock And Blues 1956-1958 | WB/Capricorn 2 cd box set | 1957 Cobra rec. with Sam backed by Little Brother Montgomery, Mack Thompson, Willie Dixon, Bill Stepney |
| Little Walter | I Got To Go | Little Walter - Boom Boom: The Singles As & Bs 1952-1960 | Jasmine 2 cd set | 1955 rec. by Walter on Checker backed by Luther Tucker and Robert Lockwood Jr (gtrs), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (d) |
| Little Johnny Taylor | Everybody Knows About My Good Thing | VA - Capricorn Records Presents The Jewel/Paula Records Story: The Blues, Rhythm & Blues And Soul Recordings | WB/Capricorn 2 cd box set | 1971 Ronn Records rec. by Taylor, charted Billboard #9 R&B, #60 Pop |
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| Eddie Taylor | Ride 'Em On Down | Eddie Taylor - Diary Of A Chicago Bluesman 1953-1957 | Jasmine | Dec. 1955 recording on Vee-Jay by guitarist/singer Taylor backed by Jimmy Reed (hca/g), Vernell Fournier (d) |
| Little Walter | Hate To See You Go | The Essential Little Walter | MCA/Original Chess Masters 2 cd set | 1955 rec. on Checker feat. Walter (voc/hca), Robert Lockwood, Luther Tucker (gtrs), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (d) |
| Lightnin' Slim (Otis Hicks) | Hoo Doo Blues | The Best Of Lightnin' Slim | Universal/Hip-O | 1957 recording on Excello with Slim (voc/gtr) backed by Lazy Lester (hca) |
| Jimmy Reed | Little Rain | Jimmy Reed - Ain't That Loving You Baby: Singles As & Bs 1953-1961 | Jasmine 2 cd set | 1957 rec. on Vee-Jay by Reed (voc/gtr/hca) backed by Eddie Taylor (gtr), Earl Phillips (d) |
| Howlin' Wolf | Just Like I Treat You | Howlin' Wolf - Change My Way | Chess Vintage Series LP from 1975 | Chess rec. from 1961 featuring Hubert Sumlin (gtr), Wolf (acoustic slide gtr.), Jimmy Rogers (bass gtr.), Henry Gray (p), Willie Dixon (b), Sam Lay (d) |
| Otis Rush | I Can't Quit You Baby | VA - Capricorn Records Presents The Cobra Records Story: Chicago Rock And Blues 1956-1958 | WB/Capricorn 2 cd box set | original Cobra recording (master take) from 1956 with Rush (voc/gtr) backed by Lafayette Leake, Walter Horton, Red Holloway, Wayne Bennett, Willie Dixon, Al Duncan |
| Otis Rush | I Can't Quit You Baby | VA - Chicago - The Blues Today! | Vanguard | Vanguard version recorded by Rush in Dec. 1965 with Luther Tucker (rhythm gtr), Sax Crowder (as) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Roy Head and The Traits | Treat Her Right | Treat Her Right - The Best Of Roy Head | Varese Sarabande | 1965 release on Back Beat charted #2 R&B and #2 Pop |
| Roy Head | Driving Wheel | Treat Her Right - The Best Of Roy Head | Varese Sarabande | Father of this season's Voice finalist Sundance Head (Blake Shelton - coach) was a fine blues singer; 1966 Back Beat |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Victoria Spivey and Lonnie Johnson | You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now | The Victoria Spivey Collection 1926-37 | Acrobat 2 cd set | 1929 Okeh recording featuring Spivey (voc/p) and Johnson (voc/gtr) |
| Victoria Spivey and Harold Grey | Baulin' Water Blues Pt. 1 | The Victoria Spivey Collection 1926-37 | Acrobat 2 cd set | 1930 Victor rec. by Spivey (voc), Grey (aka Porter Grainger - piano) acc. by Teddy Bunn (gtr) |
| Victoria Spivey with Clarence Williams' Blue Five | Organ Grinder Blues | The Victoria Spivey Collection 1926-37 | Acrobat 2 cd set | 1928 Okeh rec. with Blue Five incl. King Oliver (cornet), Omer Simeon (cl), Eddie Lang (gtr) |
| Victoria Spivey | Don't Trust Nobody Blues | The Victoria Spivey Collection 1926-37 | Acrobat 2 cd set | 1931 Vocalion rec. with Spivey (voc) backed by Georgia Tom Dorsey (p) and Tampa Red (gtr) |
| Victoria Spivey | Black Snake Blues | VA - Songs We Taught Your Mother | Prestige Bluesville/Original Blues Classics | 1961 Bluesville rec. with Spivey (voc/p) backed by Buster Bailey, J.C. Higginbotham, Sidney de Paris, Zutty Singleton |
| Victoria Spivey | One Hour Mama | The Victoria Spivey Collection 1926-37 | Acrobat 2 cd set | 1937 Vocalion rec. with Spivey (voc) backed by band incl. Sidney de Paris |
| Victoria Spivey | I Had It | VA - Piano Singer's Blues | Rosetta LP | an early 1960s recording by Spivey self-accompanied on piano |
| Victoria Spivey | Jet | VA - Spivey's Blues Parade | Spivey LP | 1963 recording on her own Spivey Records label acc. by Lonnie Johnson (gtr), Little Brother Montgomery (p) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band | Help Me (A Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson) | VA - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol. 1 | Vanguard 3 cd set | Dec. 1965 Vanguard rec.; singer/harpist Wells backed by Buddy Guy, Jack Meyers, Fred Below |
| Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet | Love Me Or Leave | VA - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol. 2 | Vanguard 3 cd set | Dec. 1965 Vanguard rec.; singer/harpist Cotton backed by James Madison, Otis Spann, S.P. Leary |
| Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band | I Got Mine In Time | VA - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol. 3 | Vanguard 3 cd set | Dec. 1965 Vanguard rec.; singer/mandolinist Young backed by Hayes Ware, Elgs Edmonds |
| J.B. Hutto And His Hawks | That's The Truth | VA - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol. 1 | Vanguard 3 cd set | Dec. 1965 Vanguard rec.; singer/guitarist Hutto backed by Herman Hassell, Frank Kirkland |
| Otis Rush Blues Band | Everything's Going To Turn Out Alright | VA - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol. 2 | Vanguard 3 cd set | Dec. 1965 Vanguard rec.; Rush (gtr) backed by Robert Sax Crowder, Luther Tucker, Roger Jones, Willie Lion |
| Johnny Shines Blues Band | Dynaflow Blues | VA - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol. 3 | Vanguard 3 cd set | Dec. 1965 Vanguard rec.; singer/guitarist Shines backed by Floyd Jones, Frank Kirkland |
| Otis Spann's South Side Piano | Sometimes I Wonder | VA - Chicago/The Blues/Today! Vol. 1 | Vanguard 3 cd set | Dec. 1965 Vanguard rec.; Otis Spann (voc/piano) backed by S.P. Leary (d) |