The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will host the Front Porch Blues Show this evening and will feature a program of blues, bluesy R&B, and jazz from the year 1957. Recordings will range from Chicago blues recordings of Lee Jackson, Howlin' Wolf, Eddie Taylor, and Betty Everett to New Orleans stylings from Professor Longhair, Chris Kenner, and Bobby Marchan to jazz-blues vocals from Betty Roche', Johnny Hartman, and Dakota Staton, with a couple gospel numbers to boot.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 3/01/2020 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Jackson | I'll Jusr Keep Walkin' | VA - Double Trouble: The Cobra Records Story | One Day Music 2-cd set | 1957 Cobra release rec. in Chicago by Lee Jackson (voc/gtr) with Lafayette Leake (p), ts, Otis Rush (gtr), Willie Dixon (b), Odie Payne (d) |
| Priscilla Bowman with Jay McShann | Don't Need Your Lovin' | Jay McShann & Priscilla Bowman - A Rockin' Good Way | Jasmine | Feb. 1957 release on Vee-Jay by singer Priscilla Bowman backed by pianist Jay McShann & His Orch. rec. in Chicago |
| Howlin Wolf | Goin' Back Home | Howlin' Wolf - The Wolf Is At Your Door | Jasmine 2-cd set | Dec. 1956 rec, for Chess by Howlin' Wolf (voc/hca) with Hosea Lee Kennard (p), Willie Johnson & Smokey Smothers (gtrs), Billy Duncan (ts), Alfred Elkins (b), Earl Phillips (d) |
| LaVern Baker | Love Me Right | LaVern Baker - The Complete Singles As & Bs 1949-62 | Acrobat 3-cd set | March 1957 LA rec. for Atlantic by singer Baker with band accompaniment incl. Harry Edison, Plas Johnson, Ernie Freeman, Irving Ashby, Joe Comfort |
| Champion Jack Dupree | Dirty Woman | Champion Jack Dupree's Old Time R&B: 28 Rocking Piano Classics 1951-1957 | Jasmine | Jan. 1957 recording for Vik by pianist/singer Jack Dupree with Larry Dale (gtr), Al Lucas (b), Gene Moore (d) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Professor Longhair | Misery | VA - The Ebb Records Story Vol. 2: Blues 'N' Rhythm & Rock 'N' Roll 1957-1959 | Specialty | March 957 New Orleans rec. for Ebb by Roy Byrd (aka 'Fess) with Lee Allen, Red Tyler, Frank Fields, Charles 'Hungry' Williams |
| Jimmy Jones & the Jones Boys | The Whistlin' Man | Jimmy Jones and His Groups 1954-1959 | Central | Oct. 1957 release on Arrow by singer Jimmy Jones and group; song is derived from an earlier unrel. Apollo recording of Handy Man, which in a 1960 uptempo version for Cub became a #3 R&B hit |
| Roy Milton & His Solid Senders | Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu | Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - The Greatest Hits 1946-1961 | Jasmine | 1957 King release by singer/drummer Milton and his band; cover version of Huey Smith & the Clowns original New Orleans hit |
| Paul Perryman | Satellite Fever Asiatic Flu | VA - I Pity The Fool: The Duke Records Story 1952-1962 | One Day Music 3-cd set | 1957 Duke release patterned after the Huey Smith & Clowns hit |
| Chris Kenner | Sick And Tired | VA - The Genius of Dave Bartholomew | EMI/Imperial 2-cd set | April 1957 New Orleans rec. for Imperial by singer Kenner backed by band incl. Lee Allen, Herb Hardesty, Edward Frank (p), Justin Adams (gtr), others; Fats Domino in 1958 had a #14 R&B and #22 Pop hit with his version |
| Bobby Marchan | Chickee Wah Wah | VA - The Best of Ace Records: The R&B Hits | Scotti Bros./Rock N' Roll Records | Aug. 1957 New Orleans release on Ace by singer Bobby Marchan with Huey Smith & the Clowns |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Floyd Dixon | Alarm Clock Blues | Floyd Dixon - Hey Bartender!: His Very Best 1949-1959 | Jasmine | Aug. 1956 Chicago rec. for Checker by Dixon (voc/p) with Jody Williams (gtr), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (d) |
| Ray Agee & Elly Johnson | My Silent Prayer | VA - The Ebb Records Story Vol. 2: Blues 'N' Rhythm & Rock 'N' Roll 1957-1959 | Specialty | June 1957 LA rec. for Ebb by singers Agee & Johnson |
| Jimmy Rogers | What Have I Done | Jimmy Rogers - His Best | MCA/Chess | Sept. 1957 Chicago rec. for Chess by singer/guitarist Rogers with Little Walter or Big Walter Horton (hca), Otis Spann (p), 2nd gtr., Willie Dixon (b), Francis Clay (d) |
| Ray Charles with the Raelets | I Want To Know | Ray Charles - The Birth Of Soul | Atlantic 3-cd box set | 1956 NYC rec. for Atlantic by Ray Charles; released in 1957 as flip side of Ain't That Love which charted #9 R&B |
| The Spirit of Memphis with Joe Hinton (lead) | If It Ain't One Thing (It's Another) | Spirit of Memphis Vol. 3 | Pewburner | Peacock |
| Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes | That's Enough | The Best of Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes | Specialty | Specialty |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Dinah Washington with the Eddie Chamblee Orch. | Blues Down Home | The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury Vol. 5 | Polygram/Mercury 3-cd box set | Oct. 1957 NYC rec. for Mercury by singer Washington; arranged by Ernie Wilkins |
| Johnny Hartman | Bye Baby Bye | The Johnny Hartman Collection 1947-1972 | Universal/Hip-O 2-cd set | Oct. 1957 rec. for ABC by singer Hartman acc. by O.B. Masingill Orcj. |
| Betty Roche' | Go Away Blues | Betty Roche' - Take The 'A' Train | Bethlehem | late 1956 album rec. for Bethlehem by former Ellington singer Roche' with Eddie Costa (vib), Conte Candoli (t), Donn Trenner (p), Whitey Mitchell (b), Davey Williams (d) |
| Eddie Jefferson with James Moody Quintet | Billie's Bounce | James Moody - Four Classic Albums incl. Moody's Mood For Love | Avid Jazz 2-cd set | Dec. 1956 Chicago rec. for Argo by vocalese singer Jefferson backed by James Moody (ts/fl), Johnny Coles (t), Jimmy Boyd (p), John Latham (b), Clarence Johnson (d) |
| Dakota Staton with the George Shearing Quintet | Confessin' The Blues | The George Shearing Quintet with Dakota Staton - In The Night | Capitol | July 1957 NYC rec. for Capitol by singer Staton with pianist George Shearing, Emil Richards (vib), Toots Thielmans (gtr), Al McKibbon (b), Percy Brice (d) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Otis Rush | Three Times A Fool | Otis Rush - I'm Satisfied: The 1956-1962 Cobra, Chess & Duke Sides | Soul Jam | 1957 Chicago rec. for Cobra by Rush (voc/gtr) with Lafayette Leake (p), Harold Ashby (ts), Reggie Boyd (gtr), Willie Dixon (b), Odie Payne (d) |
| Sunnyland Slim | It's You Baby | VA - Double Trouble: The Cobra Records Story | One Day Music 2-cd set | Chicago rec. for Cobra released in 1957 by Sunnyland Slim (Albert Laundrew); backing incl. Wlater Horton, Jimmy Rogers, Bob Woodfork, Willie Dixon, S.P. Leary |
| B.B. King | I Want To Get Married | B.B. King - The Complete Singles As & Bs 1949-62 | Acrobat 5-cd box set | Jan. 1957 LA rec. for RPM rec. by King (voc/gtr), which charted R&B #13 paired with Troubles, Troubles, Troubles |
| Pee Wee Crayton | Is This The Price I Pay | The Pee Wee Crayton Collection 1947-62 | Acrobat 2-cd set | Aug. 1957 Chicago rec. for Vee-Jay by Crayton (voc/gtr) with band incl. Lefty Bates, Red Holloway, McKinley Easton, Horace Palm |
| Betty Everett | Killer Diller | Killer Diller - The Early Recordings of Betty Everett | El Toro R&B | Aug. 1957 rec. for Cobra by singer Everett backed by Harold Ashby, Red Holloway, Little Brother Montgomery, Wayne Bennett, Willie Dixon, Bill Stepney |
| Eddie Taylor | Looking For Trouble | Eddie Taylor In Session - Diary Of A Chicago Bluesman 1953-1957 | Jasmine | Nov. 1957 Chicago rec. for Vee-Jay by Taylor (voc/gtr) with Jimmy Lee Robinson (b), Earl Phillips (d) |
| Billy Boy Arnold | Prisoner's Plea | VA - Vee-Jay: The Very Best of Blues Volume 4 | Collectables/Vee-Jay | Sept. 1957 Chicago rec. for Vee-Jay by Billy Boy (voc) with Sunnyland Slim, Syl Johnson, Mack Thompson, Reynolds Howard (d) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Duke Jenkins Orchestra | Something Else | VA - Double Trouble: The Cobra Records Story | One Day Music 2-cd set | 1957 Chicago rec. for Cobra by pianist Jenkins and band |
| Lloyd Glenn Trio | The Vamp | The Chronological Lloyd Glenn 1954-1957 | Classics Blues & Rhythm Series | 1957 Aladdin release by pianist Glenn with Billy Hadnott (b), Bob Harvey (d) rec. in LA |
| (Jesse) J.J. Jones | Harlem Nocturne | VA - The Ebb Records Story Vol. 2: Blues 'N' Rhythm & Rock 'N' Roll 1957-1959 | Specialty | 1957 release on Ebb by singer Jones backed by Bo Rambo (p), Layman Jackson (b), Lafayette Lawson (d), Marlon Booker (bgo) |
| T-Bone Walker | Shufflin' The Blues | T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues | Atlantic | Dec. 1956 LA rec. for Atlantic by T-Bone (gtr) with Lloyd Glenn (p), Billy Hadnott (b), Oscar Bradley (d) |
| Piano Red | Wild Fire | Piano Red AKA Dr. Feelgood & the Interns - Rockin' With Red | Jasmine 2-cd set | 1957 RCA release by pianist/singer Willie Perryman (aka Piano Red) |