The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will host the Front Porch Blues Show this evening. The program will feature blues recordings released in the year 1970, with styles ranging from acoustic Delta blues to smooth urban blues and soul/funk. Featured artists will include Napoleon Strickland, Johnny Shines, Robert Jr. Lockwood, John Littlejohn, Albert, B.B., and Freddy King, Etta James, Bobby Womack, Irma Thomas, Syl Johnson, Esther Phillips, Junior Parker, Rodger Collins, Jackie Moore, the Meters, and many more.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 11/17/2019 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Parker | Worried Life Blues | VA - The Minit Records Story | EMI Records Legends Series 2-cd set | 1969 NYC rec. for Minit Records by Parker (voc/hca); charted R&B to #34 during 4 weeks in 1970; version of Big Maceo's 1940's classic blues |
| Freddy King | Five Long Years | Freddy King - The Best of the Shelter Years | Capitol/Right Stuff | Oct. 1970 Chicago rec. for Shelter by King (voc/gtr) with acc. incl. Leon Russell, 'Duck' Dunn, Chuck Blackwell |
| Charles Brown | Trouble Blues | VA - The Jewel/Paula Records Story | Capricorn 2-cd box set | 1970 LA rec. for Jewel by singer/pianist Brown with unknown acc. |
| Esther Phillips with the Dixie Flyers | Set Me Free | The Best Of Esther Phillips (1962-1970) | Rhino/Atlantic 2-cd set | May 1970 Miami rec. for Atlantic by veteran singer Phillips; charted #35 R&B in 6 week run beg. July 1970 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Napoleon Strickland Fife & Drum Band | My Babe | VA - Testament Records Sampler | Testament | Sept. 1970 Miss. rec. for Testament by Strickland (voc/fife) with Othar Turner (voc/snare d), R.L. Boyce (bass d) |
| Lightnin' Hopkins | Mr. Charlie, Part 2 | VA - The Jewel/Paula Records Story | Capricorn 2-cd box set | 1970 rel. on Jewel rec. in Alabama by singer/guitarist Hopkins |
| Johnny Shines | Standing At The Crossroads | Johnny Shines - Standing At The Crossroads | Testament | Nov. 1970 Altadena rec. for Testament by singer/guitarist Shines |
| Robert Jr. Lockwood | Ramblin' On My Mind | Robert Jr. Lockwood - Steay Rollin' Man | Delmark | Aug. 1970 Chicago rec. for Delmark by Lockwood Jr. (voc/gtr) |
| John Littlejohn | Dust My Broom | VA - Testament Records Sampler | Testament | Aug. 1970 Chicago rec. for Testament by Littlejohn (voc/gtr) with Jimmy Rogers (gtr) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Johnnie Taylor | Part Time Love | VA - Walking The Back Streets And Crying: The Stax Blues Masters | EMI/Stax LP | 1970 rel. on Stax by singer Johnnie Taylor covering the 1963 hit by Little Johnny Taylor |
| Etta James | Losers Weepers, Part 1 | Etta James - The Essential Etta James | MCA/Chess Original Masters 2-cd set | 1970 Cadet rel. by singer James; charted Billboard R&B #26 in 7 week run. |
| Slim Harpo | Jody Man | Slim Harpo - The Excello Singles Anthology | Hip-O 2-cd set | Dec. 1969 Baton Rouge rec. for Excello by singer/harp player Harpo (James Moore) with Lynn Ourso (gtr), others |
| O.V. Wright | Ace Of Spades | O.V. Wright - The Soul Of O.V. Wright | MCA/Duke/Peacock | Back Beat release by singer Wright; charted #11 R&B in 13 week run |
| Israel "Popper Stopper" Tolbert | Big Leg Woman (With A Short, Short Mini Skirt) | VA - Walking The Back Streets And Crying: The Stax Blues Masters | EMI/Stax LP | Warren rel. distributed by Stax/Volt by singer Tolbert; charted #13 R&B in 11 week run |
| Jesse James | Don't Nobody Want To Get Married | Jesse James - Versatility | Gunsmoke | 1970 Zea recording by singer James |
| Rodger Collins | Foxy Girls In Oakland | VA - Bad, Bad Whiskey - The Galaxy Masters | Specialty | 1970 Galaxy release by Oakland singer Collins backed by members of the Hoodoo Rhythm Devils |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Irma Thomas (as Mary Lou) | Wish Someone Would Care | VA - Sisters Of Soul | Rhino/Atlantic | 1970 re-recording for Cotillion by Thomas of her 1964 Imperial hit. |
| Bobby Bland | Keep On Loving Me (You'll See The Change) | Bobby Bland - That Did It!: The Duke Recordings Volume 3 | MCA/Duke 2-cd set | Aug. 1970 Muscle Shoals rec. for Duke by singer Bland; charted #20 R&B in 10 week run. |
| Lowell Fulson | How Do You Want Your Man | Lowell Fulson - I've Got The Blues | Fuel 2000 | Oct. 1969 LA rec. for Jewel by singer/guitarist Fulson with band incl. Maxwell Davis, Big Jay McNeely. |
| Wilson Pickett | She Said Yes | The Best Of Wilson Pickett - A Man And A Half | Rhino/Atlantic 2-cd set | 1970 rel. on Atlantic by singer Pickett; charted #20 R&B in 6 week run. |
| Jackie Moore | Wonderful, Marvelous | VA - Sisters Of Soul | Rhino/Atlantic | 1970 rec. for Atlantic by singer Moore |
| B.B. King | Hummingbird | B.B. King - Indianola Mississippi Seeds | ABC Paramount | May 1970 LA rec. for ABC by King (voc/gtr) with Leon Russell, Joe Walsh, Bryan Garofalo, Russ Kunkel, background singers Merry Clayton, Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Shirley Matthews. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Albert King | Can't You See What You're Doing To Me | Albert King - The Best Of Albert King | Stax | Jan. 1970 Memphis rec. for Stax by singer/guitarist King; charted #50 R&B in two week run. |
| Dee Dee Warwick | She Didn't Know (She Kept On Talking) | VA - Sisters Of Soul | Rhino/Atlantic | 1970 rel. on Atco by Dionne's sister Dee Dee Warwick; charted #9 R&B in 10 week run. |
| Bobby Womack | More Than I Can Stand | Bobby Womack - Somebody Special | EMI/Liberty LP | 1970 rel. on Minit by singer Womack; charted #23 R&B in 8 week run. |
| Lenny Williams | How Can I Forget You | VA - Bad, Bad Whiskey - The Galaxy Masters | Specialty | 1970 Oakland rec. for Galaxy by singer Williams who later was with Tower of Power (1973-76) |
| Betty Everett | Unlucky Girl | Betty Everett - There'll Come A Time | Varese Sarabande | 1970 rel. on UNI by singer Everett; charted #46 R&B in 5 week run. |
| Ted Taylor | Something Strange Is Goin' On In My House | VA - The Jewel/Paula Records Story | Capricorn 2-cd box set | 1970 rel. on Ronn by singer Taylor; charted #26 in 11 week run. |
| Little Milton | If Walls Could Talk | Little Milton - Welcome To The Club: The Essential Chess Recordings | MCA/Chess Original Masters 2-cd set | Nov. 1969 Chicago rec. for Checker by singer/guitarist Milton Campbell; charted #10 R&B in 11 week run. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Syl Johnson & The Pieces Of Peace | Concrete Reservation | Syl Johnson - Is it Because I'm Black | Charly R&B LP | Chicago rec. for Twinight by Johnson (voc/gtr); charted #29 R&B in 7 week run. |
| The Meters | Look-Ka Py Py | The Meters - Cissy Strut | Island LP | Late 1969 New Orleans rec. for Josie by the Meters band incl. Zig Modeliste (d), George Porter (b), Leo Nocentelli (gtr), Art Neville (p/org); charted Billboard R&B #11 for 9 wks. starting Dec. |