The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will host the Front Porch Blues Show this evening, and it will take another look at blues and bluesy R&B recordings from the year 1966. Two of his previous Front Porch outings have focused on the year 1966, but this show will include different tunes from artists surveyed before as well as musicians not previously included. Aside from a healthy dose of Chicago blues from the likes of Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, and Howlin' Wolf, you will hear from then-newcomers Charlie Musselwhite and Paul Butterfield. A Chicago R&B/soul set from Betty Everett, Gene Chandler, Jerry Butler, Billy Stewart, and others will put the blues into perspective. The program will also feature artists from other blues scenes like Louisiana, Memphis, and the West Coast.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 2/25/2018 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booker T. & the MGs | Booker-Loo | VA - The Complete Stax Volt Singles 1959-1968, Vol. 6 | Stax 9 cd box set | Memphis recording for Stax label by Booker T. released July 1966 as flip side of My Sweet Potato; features fine guitar work by Steve Cropper |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Johnnie Taylor | I Had A Dream | VA - The Complete Stax Volt Singles 1959-1968, Vol. 5 | Stax 9 cd box set | February 1966 Memphis release on Stax by former gospel singer Taylor (Highway QCs, Soul Stirrers); on Billboard R&B charts went to #19 |
| Junior Parker | Get Away Blues | Junior Parker - Backtracking: The Duke Recordings Vol. Two | Get Away Blues | Detroit rec. for Duke by singer/harpist Parker with Wayne Bennett (gtr) and unknown band |
| James Carr | You've Got My Mind Messed Up | VA - The Complete Goldwax Singles Volume 2: 1966-1967 | Ace(UK)/Goldwax 2 cd set | Memphis rec. for Goldwax by singer Carr, which went to #7 R&B and #63 Pop of Billboard charts |
| Bobby Bland | Poverty | The Best Of Bobby Bland | MCA/Duke | Entering the charts in Sept. 1966, this Duke rec. by singer Bland went to #9 on Billboard R&B listings |
| Lowell Fulson | Blues Around Midnight | Lowell Fulson - Soul | Kent label LP | Kent release by singer/guitarist Fulson |
| Albert King | Oh Pretty Woman | Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign | Fantasy/Stax | Aug. 1966 rec. for Stax by Albert King (voc/gtr) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Shakey Jake | Respect Me Baby | Magic Sam 1957-1966: West Side Guitar | Flyright | Recorded in 1966 in Chicago for the obscure The Blues label by singer Jake (James Harris) with backing by Louis Myers (hca), Otis Spann (p), Magic Sam (gtr), Mighty Joe Young (b), S.P. Leary (d) |
| J.B. Hutto and the Hawks | Wild, Wild Woman | VA - Goin' To Chicago | Testament LP | June 1966 rec. for Pete Welding's Testament by Hutto (voc/slide gtr) backed by Johnny Young (gtr), Big Walter Horton (hca), Lee Jackson (b), Fred Below (d) |
| Buddy Guy | Mother-In-Law Blues | Buddy Guy - The Complete Chess Studio Recordings | MCA/Chess 2 cd set | Aug. 1966 rec. for Chess by Guy (voc/gtr) with band incl. Gene Barge (ts), Matt Murphy (gtr), Phil Upchurch (b), others |
| George 'Wild Child' Butler | Do Something Baby | George 'Wild Child' Butler - Greatest Hits | Fuel 2000/Jewel | 1966 Chicago rec. for Jewel by Butler (voc/hca) backed by Walter Horton (hca), Johnny 'Twist' Williams (gtr), others |
| Sam Lay Blues Band | I Can't Be Satisfied | VA - Goin' To Chicago | Testament LP | June 1966 rec. for Testament by Sam Lay (voc) backed by Jeff Carp (hca), Paul Asbell (gtr), Billy Davenport (d), others |
| Koko Taylor | What Came First The Egg Or The Hen | Koko Taylor - What It Takes | MCA/Chess | late 1966 rec. for Checker by singer Taylor with Lafayette Leake (p), Rufus Crume & Johnny 'Twist' Williams (gtrs), Willie Dixon (2nd voc), others |
| Howlin' Wolf | New Crawlin' King Snake | Howlin' Wolf - Change My Way | Chess Vintage Series LP | 1966 Chicago rec. for Chess by Wolf (voc) with Hubert Sumlin (gtr), prob. Henry Gray (p), Sam Lay (d), others |
| Airbreak | ||||
| The Butterfield Blues Band | I Got A Mind To Give Up Living | The Butterfield Blues Band - East-West | Elektra/Asylum | 1966 second album for Elektra by Band incl. Butterfield (voc/hca), Mike Bloomfield & Elvin Bishop (gtrs), Mark Naftalin (org/p), Billy Davenport (d) |
| Charlie Musselwhite | Baby Will You Please Help Me | Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's South Side Band | Vanguard Records | 1966 debut album for Vanguard by singer/harpist Musselwhite backed by Harvey Mandel (gtr), Barry Goldberg (keyboards), Bob Anderson (b), Fred Below (d) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Jerry Butler | Loneliness | The Best Of Jerry Butler | Mercury LP | Chicago rec. for Mercury by singer Butler; charted Billboard R&B in Aug. to #34 as flip of Love (Oh How Sweet It Is) |
| Betty Everett | Trouble Over The Weekend | Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song | Vee-Jay | Chicago singer Everett's last Vee-Jay release |
| Gene Chandler | Buddy Ain't It A Shame | Gene Chandler - The Girl Don't Care | Brunswick | 1966 Chciago rec. for Brunswick by singer Chandler, best known for The Duke of Earl |
| Fontella Bass | I Can't Rest | Rescued - The Best Of Fontella Bass | MCA/Chess | Flip side of Checker single I Surrender by former gospel singer Bass whose biggest hit was Rescue Me |
| Bobby Womack & the Valentinos | What About Me | Bobby Womack And The Valentinos | Chess LP | 1966 Chess rec. by the Womack Brothers who began their career on Sam Cooke's SAR label |
| Etta James | I Prefer You | The Essential Etta James | MCA/Chess 2 cd set | Oct. 1966 Chicago rec. for Cadet by singer James with studio band arranged by Monk Higgins |
| Billy Stewart | Love Me | Billy Stewart - One More Time | MCA/Chess | Early 1966 Chicago rec. for Chess by singer Stewart; song co-written by Sugar Pie DeSanto |
| Airbreak | ||||
| B.B. King | It's A Mean World | B.B. King - The Best Of The Kent Singles 1958-1971 | Ace(UK)/Modern | 1966 rel. on Kent by King (voc/gtr) charted #49 R&B; a tribute to T-Bone Walker's original |
| Howard Tate | How Blue Can You Get | Howard Tate - Get It While You Can | Verve LP | 1966 Verve rec. by singer Tate is a tribute to B.B. King's classic |
| Willie Mae Thornton | Life Goes On | VA - All Night Long They Play The Blues: The Galaxy Masters | Fantasy/Specialty | 1966 rec. for Galaxy by singer Big Mama Thornton |
| Al King (Smith) | My Money Ain't Long Enough | Al King - Blues Master | Forevermore | 1966 rel. on Sahara by singer King with backing by Johnny Heartsman and band |
| Little Johnny Taylor | My Love Is Real | VA - Diggin' Gold: A Galaxy Of West Coast Blues | Ace(UK) | 1966 release on Galaxy by singer Taylor |
| Airbreak | ||||
| John Lee Hooker | Let's Go Out Tonight | John Lee Hooker - The Real Folk Blues | Chess LP | May 1966 Chicago rec. for Chess by singer/guitarist Hooker backed by Eddie Burns (gtr), Lafayette Leake (p), S.P. Leary (d), unknown bassist |
| Bobby Powell | Do Something For Yourself | Bobby Powell - There Is Something In A Man: The Best of Bobby Powell | Fuel 2000 | 1966 rec. for Whit by singer Powell charted #39 R&B in April |
| Louisiana Red | You Don't Have To Go | Louisiana Red - The Best Of Louisiana Red | Evidence | Dec. 1965 rec. for Atco by singer/guitarist Red (Iverson Minter) backed by Bill Dicey (hca), Robert Banks (p), others; produced by Herb Abramson |
| Little Milton | Man Loves Two | Little Milton - Welcome To The Club: The Essential Chess Recordings | MCA/Chess 2 cd set | July 1966 rec. for Checker by Milton (voc/gtr) with Sonny Thompson (p), Phil Upchurch (gtr), others |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Slim Harpo | Loving You (The Way I Do) | Slim Harpo - The Excello Singles Anthology | Universal/Hip-O | 1966 rel. on Excello by Harpo (voc/hca/gtr) backed by Katie Webster (org), James Johnson & Rudolph Richard (gtrs), others |