The legality and morality for what other folks should pay in tax is like worrying what colour the walls are in your neighbour's place. Pointless but often worth a giggle or two. George Harrison was more outraged at the 96% levy from Harold Wilson in the Sixties and wrote "Taxman": we dedicated Junior Parker's cover to cheer up high profile stars who got found out.
If this was a sports show I'd make comment on how the soccer team came home at the quarter-final stage (exactly predicted by their world ranking and on our thoughts in the Wimbledon tennis tournament centre on Mr Murrays balls). Luckily I'm here to bring you blues, and by crikey we did last night. Johnnie Bassett is a marvellous player of a truly beautiful instrument, he has a brand new album out and a track on STAR BLUES. Over on our facebook group STAR BLUES you can see and hear what the fuss is about. Quintus McCormick is at the other end of the age spectrum and he is one of the finest young talents plying the blues trade. His brand new Delmark album is already being tipped for awards - I'd put a couple of bob on Big Walker as an outsider each-way (the "Roots Walking" project repays repeated investigation). Eddie Martin and Mike Sanchez are two guys who know, love and celebrate the traditions of our music, both are favourites round these parts.
Big topic of the show was saying Happy Birthday to James Cotton (born 1st July 1935) looking back over 60 years of recording.We had two sides from his early times for Sam Phillips, perfect examples of his harp craft in Muddy Waters band and lovely controlled playing as a solo band leader. Throat cancer limits his chance to sing but there's no filter to his blowing - he learned from the second Sonny Boy Williamson, goodness knows how many he's influenced himself. Look up Giant in the blues dictionary - his photo is there.
Alligator is one of the big players as far as blues labels go in the world, 2012 continues to be a good year for them with a witty, polished top-notch outing for Rick Estrin & the Nightcats (surely the coolest man in blues right now). His song "You're Not the boss of Me" echoes a phrase our kids learned from age 2 onwards. Over sat Music Maker, they signed Robert Lee Coleman - he's been backing Percy Sledge, James Brown and more - with a sharp red suit and classy guitar its nice to see and hear him out front.
More new anthologies from Fantastic Voyage, a couple of real goodies from my holidays and were were done in a gnats blink. The list of what I'm planning for this upcoming Sunday is already in need of elastic waisted trousers, you'll need to be at your place at 10pm next Sunday to see if it stays tucked in - until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you
| Taxman | Junior Parker | 8 | Why Don't We Do It In The Road? | Various Artists | Uncut Magazine |
| Freddie's Boogie | Albert Castiglia | 3 | Living The Dream | Albert Castiglia | Blues Leaf Records |
| I'm tore down | Freddy king | 12 | R&B Spotlight 1961 | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| Proud To Be From Detroit | Johnnie Bassett | 1 | I Can Make That Happen | Johnnie Bassett | Sly Dog Recods |
| Raisin' Cain | Robert Lee Coleman | 6 | One More Mile | Robert Lee Coleman | MUSIC MAKER |
| hold me in your arms | james cotton | 2-19 | ultimate sun blues | various artists | varese saraband |
| cotton crop blues | james cotton | 1-16 | ultimate sun blues collection | various artists | varese |
| rock me | muddy waters | 6 | trouble no more | muddy waters | chess |
| close to you | muddy waters | 10 | at his best 1956-1964 | muddy waters | mca |
| Mighty Big Shoes To Fill | Lou Pride | 8 | I Won't Give Up | Lou Pride | King Snake Records |
| You Got To Do Better | Dan Pickett | 18 | Shake That Thing!: East Coast Blues 1935-1953, | Various Artists | JSP Records |
| $29 Special | Michael Roach | 3 | The Blinds Of Life | Michael Roach | STELLA |
| yours truly | snooks eaglin | 14 | r & b humdingers vol. 13 | various artists | vee-tone |
| I Gotta Go | Quintus McCormick | 1 | Still Called the Blues | Quintus McCormick | DELMARK |
| Woman Across The River | Little Milton | 21 | Nobody Wins Stax Southern Soul 1968-1975 V A | Various Artists | Kent |
| How Can A Broke Man Survive | Little Johnny Taylor | 3 | Everybody Knows About My Good Thing + Open House At My House | Little Johnny Taylor | WESTSIDE |
| on the rock | soul stirrers | 2-1 | gospel celebrities | Various Artists | fantastic voyage |
| bottle it up and go | mike sanchez | 15 | you better dig it | mike sanchez | doopin |
| cherry red | chuck jackson big band | 4 | cup of joe | chuck jacksons big band | linus |
| find yourself another fool | james cotton | 3 | giant | james cotton | alligator |
| country boy | james cotton | 6 | deep in the blues | james cotton | verve |
| one more mile | james cotton + otis spann | 4 | feelin down on the south side: bluesville vol 2 | various artists | original blues classics |
| Wild Black Bill | Big Walker | 3 | Root Walking | Big Walker | bigwalker |
| youre not the boss of me | rick estrin + nightcats | 10 | one wrong turn | rick estrin + night cats | alligator |
| tough times | eddie martin | 5 | lookin forward lookin back | eddie martin | blueblood |
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