I had it in mind to play a few things to mark African-American month (February in US, "Black History month in UK): so tracks lined up from Ann Rabson, Samuel James, Johnie Bassett and Rev, Robert Jones. A couple of recent releases excited enough interest for me to return to "Hellfire" by Joe Louis Walker and also Philipp Fankhausers new one "Try My Love".
The Doors "final" album came out 40 years ago, its now available as a double disk set with unreleased versions and songs, their go at "Crawling Kingsnake" puts the emphasis on organ rather than vox/guitar and was very interesting, we wanted it as a back to back with John Lee Hooker's version of Tony Hollins song. Some digging around has found us a copy of Grainne Duffy's first album and its another goodun - she is really a major talent in her own right (much much more than just a Bonnie Raitt clone).
Johnny Guitar Watson and Jesse Thomas were on my birthday hitlist and Henry Butler was due to pay tribute to Professor Longhair. We like Ruthie Foster's new album, especially the haunting version of "Titanic" - just one of three brand new projects making a STAR BLUES debut, the others from Little Freddie King and Joel daSilva.
We'll hope for a better outcome next Sunday at 10pm (GMT) in the meantime, here's what we missed.....
Heatin' Me Up | David Dee | 20 | Goin' Fishin' | David Dee [1] | ICHIBAN |
Love Song (Ode To George) | Ann Rabson | 10 | The Best Of M.C. Records | Various Artists | M.C. RECORDS |
The Titanic | Ruthie Foster w. Blind Boys Of Alabama | 13 | Let it Burn | Ruthie Foster | Blue Corn Music |
Honky Tonk Blues | Roy Gaines | 9 | I Got The T-Bone Walker Blues | Roy Gaines | Groove Note |
Money Back Guarantee | Johnnie Bassett | 4 | Party My Blues Away | Johnnie Bassett | CANNONBALL |
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning | Rev. Robert B. Jones Snr. | 10 | The Time Of The Preacher | Rev. Robert B. Jones Snr. | ROJO |
Jack Of Diamonds | Jesse Thomas | 24 | Complete Recorded Works 1948-1958 | Jesse Thomas | DOCUMENT |
Bad to Worse | Grainne Duffy | 4 | Out of the Dark | Grainne Duffy | CDCG |
Ode To Fess | Henry Butler | 12 | Homeland | Henry Butler | BASIN STREET RECORDS |
Tired Man | Albert Collins | 10 | The Ice Axe Man Cometh (Collection 1978-86) | Albert Collins | MUSIC CLUB |
Justice Blues | Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown | 25 | The R'n'b Years 1951: 100 Hot Rhythm And Blues Tunes From 1951 | Various Artists | BOULEVARD VINTAGE |
Crawling King Snake | John Lee Hooker | 11 | The Roots Of The Doors | Various Artists | SNAPPER MUSIC |
Joe Fletcher's Blues | Samuel James | 2 | For Rosa, Maeve And Noreen | Samuel James | Northern Blues |
Oh What A Dream | Ruth Brown | 3 | Miss Rhythm - Greatest Hits And More | Ruth Brown | SEQUEL |
I'm Gonna Move You Out And Get Somebody Else | T-Bone Walker | 14 | The Complete Capitol/Black And White Recordings | T-Bone Walker | Capitol |
Space Guitar | Young John Watson | 10 | The History Of Rhythm & Blues, Volume 3 - The Rocknroll Years | Various Artists | Rhythm and Blues Records |
Honeydripper | Jools Holland | 10 | Finding The Keys | Jools Holland | RHINO |
Jealous Kinda Fella | Philipp Fankhauser | 3 | Try My Love | Philipp Fankhauser | FUNK HOUSE BLUES |
For Don | Joel Dasilva And The Midnight Howl | 10 | Joel Dasilva And The Midnight Howl | Joel Dasilva And The Midnight Howl | N/A |
Crawling King Snake | Doors, The | 8 | L.A. Woman [40th Anniversary] | Doors, The | Rhino Records |
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