If you're a fan of Doo-Wop or vocal R&B, last night's Star Blues was the place to be: Jackie Wilson at the helm of the Dominoes and the rich deep tones of Jimmy Ricks out front for the Ravens. Time was I'd given anything for a voice like his. I made good on a promise made a couple of weeks ago to play the Nat King Cole classic version of Bobby Troup's "Route 66", that was one half of a piano blues feature that did "Baby's Boogie" for the US-based grandson of a regular listener in Soham.
That one was less than an hour after a 1992 rock-blues workout from Johnny Winter - truly we have blues in all shades. By way of showcasing some British blues talent, there was Peter Green with Joe Louis Walker and Honeyboy Edwards on "Travelling Riverside Blues" - things are building nicely for the Easter Sunday special on the British Blues boom of the Sixties.
God willing we can be together again on Sunday at ten, on FM and online at www.star107.co.uk - until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you
Gary Blue
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