The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will host another Rockin' In Rhythm Archives edition of the Front Porch Blues Show tonight. Today is the 87th birthday of the brilliant elder statesman of Chicago blues guitar, Buddy Guy (born 7/30/1936). We will begin the program with a short tribute to Buddy Guy. The rest of the Show will feature blues and R&B recordings from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s, mostly from lesser known artists often recording for independent labels. Mel London, a Mississippi-born songwriter and record producer, began his career making R&B records for the London label, the American affiliate of the UK's Decca Records. London went on to found his own blues/R&B record companies Chief and Profile. Early recordings that Mel produced have been reissued on Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 and will be featured in tonight's edition of the FPBS along with others from this period.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 7/30/2023 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Guy | Early In The Morning | Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got The Blues | Legacy Recordings | 2012 |
| Buddy Guy & Junior Wells | High Heel Sneakers | Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Alone & Acoustic | Alligator | 1991 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Tina Dixon & The Flennoy Trio | E-Bob-O-Lee-Bob | VA - Excelsior Blues 'n' Boogie, Vol. 1 | Excelsior Records | Excelsior rec. from Jan. 1949 |
| Helen Humes | He May Be Yours | Helen Humes | Classics | Discovery rec. from May 1950 |
| Thelma Lowe with Lucky Thompson All Stars | No Good Man Blues | VA - Excelsior Blues 'n' Boogie, Vol. 1 | Excelsior Records | Excelsior rec. from Sept. 1945 |
| Joe Lutcher | Blues For Sale | VA - The R&B Years: 1947, Volume 1 | VA - Boulevard Vintage 4-cd box set | Specialty rec. from April 1947 |
| Joe Lutcher | Be-Bop Blues | Joe Lutcher's Greatest | Charly LP | Capitol rec. from Nov. 1947 |
| Joe Lutcher & His Orch. | Rag Mop | VA - Let's Jump!: Swingin' Humdingers From Modern Records | Ace | Modern rec. from Jan. 1950; version of 1949 song written by Johnny Lee Wills [brother of Bob Wills]; another R&B version by Doc Sausage & Mad Lads |
| Joe Lutcher | Jumpin' At The Mardi Gras | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century 2-cd set | London rec. from 1950 |
| Gladys Bentley Quintette | Give It Up | VA - Excelsior Blues 'n' Boogie, Vol. 1 | Excelsior Records | Excelsior rec. from 1946 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Ellis 'Slow' Walsh | Oklahoma Blues | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century 2-cd set | London rec. from 1950 |
| Ellis 'Slow' Walsh | New Orleans Is My Home | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century 2-cd set | London rec. from 1950 |
| Rudy Render | Sneakin' Around | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century 2-cd set | London rec. from 1949; charted #1 R&B. |
| Rudy Render | The Gal I Love | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century 2-cd set | London rec. from 1949 |
| Helen Andrews with the Johnny Creach Trio | Cotton And Corn Blues | VA - Excelsior Blues 'n' Boogie, Vol. 1 | Excelsior Records | Excelsior rec. from Autumn 1946 |
| Paul Bascomb's Combo feat. John Grimes | Dextrose | The Chronological Dud and Paul Bascomb 1945-1947 | Classics Blues & Rhythm Series | Manor rec. from 1947 |
| Paul Bascomb | Ain't Nothin' Shakin' | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century 2-cd set | London rec. from 1949 |
| Paul Bascomb | What Did Sam Say | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century 2-cd set | London rec. from 1949 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Lucky Thompson w/ Ike Carpenter Orch. | Take The 'A' Train | VA - Let's Jump!: Swingin' Humdingers From Modern Records | Ace | Modern rec. from 1947 |
| Duke Henderson w/ Shifty Henry's Allstars | Don't Slam The Door | VA - West Coast Jive | Delmark Apollo Series | Apollo Dec. rec. from 1945 |
| Duke Henderson w/ King Perry's Orch. | 18th And Vine Street Blues | VA - Excelsior Blues 'n' Boogie, Vol. 1 | Excelsior Records | Excelsior rec. from 1947 |
| Duke Henderson | Mama's Clock Stopped Ticking | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century 2-cd set | London rec. from 1950 |
| Duke Henderson | Worried And Blue | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century 2-cd set | London rec. from 1950 |
| Lillie Greenwood | Boogie All Night Long | VA - Let's Jump!: Swingin' Humdingers From Modern Records | Ace | Modern rec. from 1950 |
| Lillie Greenwood | Can't Help But Love You | VA - Jiving On Central Avenue: Postwar R&B In Los Angeles Vol. 2 | Blaze | Specialty rec. from Sept. 1951 |
| 'Scat Man' Crothers | Television Blues | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century 2-cd set | London rec. from 1950 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| 'Scat Man' Crothers | I'd Rather Be A Rooster | VA - Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story 1949-1951 | Great Voices of the Century 2-cd set | London rec. from 1950 |
| Roosevelt Sykes | Fine And Brown | VA - The United Records Story | Delmark | United rec. from July 1951 |
| Eddie Boyd | Blue Coat Man | VA - Long Man Blues | Delmark/United | United rec. from May 1951 |
| Grant Jones | In The Dark | VA - The United Records Story | Delmark | United rec. from Oct. 1952 |
| Eddie Ware | The Stuff I Like | VA - Long Man Blues | Delmark/United | United rec. from March 1953 |
| Helen Humes & Her Orchestra | Woojamacooja | VA - Dootone Rock'n' Rhythm and Blues | Ace/Dootone | Dootone rec. from 1955 |
| B.B. King | Sneakin' Around | B.B. King - The Complete Singles As & Bs 1949-62 | Acrobat | 1954 release on RPM charted to #14 R&B |