Duke is the consummate cool guitarist with a jazz inflection and a penchant for all things T-Bone Walker. He doesn't know how to make a bad record. Layla Zoe is a new name to us, though she's firmly at the rock end of our purview she brought something of a party mood to last night's STAR BLUES. Can't believe we now say "the late" when we announce Nick Curran, a much loved figure in the blues community. Even though many knew of his illness, being taken at 35 is cruelly too soon. In recent times he'd flit from genre to genre (punk, rockabilly and so on) we did a track from his 2003 project "Dr Velvet" where he and Jimmie Vaughan tore up Gatmouth Brown's "Midnight Hour Blues". I could hear Screamin' Jay in Nicks vocal style.
Ian Siegal has another new album, extending a series of interesting sounds that push the genre envelope - this time out he's with Cody and Luther Dickinson and Alvin Youngblood Hart. We like it though some most definitely won't. The same situation affected the film "The Help" - it was criticised for showing a watered down view of the life of the African American women working as domestic help in Jackson at the turn of the Sixties. 1960's not 1860's. How people can treat others in this way is beyond me, the fact it is within living memory of many who are still with us. Mavis Staples version of her dad's composition "Don't Knock" is on the soundtrack and it was in STAR BLUES last night as our 1001 blues feature. Normally we'd have held it for the gospel spot but we let the Sims Brothers in instead with "Ocean of Prayer". Theres a new survey of songs associated with Otis Redding covered by "Black America" - (as opposed to Vermillion or Ochre?) our first choice was Albert Washington's version of "These Arms Of Mine".
Classic era blues players included Junior Parker, John Littlejohn, JB Hutto, Eddie Campbell and Johnny B. Moore - did I mention Ruth Brown and Wynonie Harris? Prof. Longhair was in New Orleans for our piano spot, to be joined straight after by ex-pat Carl Sonny Leyland who's now based in the Crescent City too. Add in two East Coast pickers (Gabriel Brown & Ralph Willis (who had Brownie Mcghee sitting in)) and we were at our allotted limit for time. You were magnificent, I was Gary Blue and would like to be again round your place at 10pm (BST) next Sunday. Until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you
| Travellin' South | Albert Collins | 4 | Iceman | Albert Collins | POINTBLANK |
| Feel Like Choppin' | Johnny Littlejohn | 6 | When Your Best Friend Turns Their Back On You | Johnny Littlejohn | JSP Records |
| Let's Get Crazy | Layla Zoe | 4 | Sleep Little Girl | Layla Zoe | Cable Car Records |
| Midnite Hour | Nick Curran & The Nitelifes | 7 | Doctor Velvet | Nick Curran & The Nitelifes | BLIND PIG RECORDS |
| Off The Wall | Little Walter (Aka Marion Walter Jacobs) | 14 | An Introduction To | Little Walter (Aka Marion Walter Jacobs) | PROPER |
| Ya Ya | Howlin' Wilf & The Vee-Jays | 3 | Cry Wilf! | Howlin' Wilf & The Vee-Jays | BIG BEAT |
| That's Allright | Juke Joint Jonny | 5 | Pure And Simple | Juke Joint Jonny | Blues Leaf Records |
| Don't Knock | Mavis Staples | 1 | You Are Not Alone | Mavis Staples | Anti |
| Daddy Daddy | Ruth Brown | 2 | Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974: Volume 2, 1952-1954 | Various Artists | Atlantic / Wea |
| Fussin’ And Fightin’ Blues | Little Junior Parker | 5 | Ride With Me, Baby: The Singles 1952-1961 | Little Junior Parker | Fantastic Voyage |
| Earlie Grace Jnr | Ian Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods | 7 | Candy Store Kid | Ian Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods | NUGENE |
| these arms of mine | albert washington | 1 | hard to handle: black america sings otis redding | various artists | ace |
| Too Much Alcohol | J. B. Hutto & The Hawks | 8 | Chicago / The Blues / Today! | Various Artists | ACE |
| Treat Me So Lowdown | Duke Robillard | 3 | Duke Robillard's World Full Of Blues | Duke Robillard | STONY PLAIN |
| Trouble At Midnight | Roy Brown | 10 | Saturday Night! King And Imperial Recordings | Roy Brown | EL TORO |
| Yancey's Bugle Call | Carl 'Sonny' Leyland | 8 | Boogie And Blues | Carl 'Sonny' Leyland | SOLO ARTIST |
| Her Mind Is Gone | Professor Longhair | 6 | Mardi Gras In New Orleans | Professor Longhair | SPV Blue |
| Motherless Child | Gabriel Brown | 5 | Shake That Thing!: East Coast Blues 1935-1953, | Various Artists | JSP Records |
| Blues, Blues, Blues | Ralph Willis | 1 | Shake That Thing!: East Coast Blues 1935-1953, | Various Artists | JSP Records |
| Ocean Of Prayer | Sims Brothers, The | 18 | Gospel Celebrities And Celestial Lights | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| Hen House Hopping | Corey Lueck & The Smoke Wagon Blues Band | 4 | It Ain't Easy | Corey Lueck & The Smoke Wagon Blues Band | smoke wagon |
| Tell Me Pretty Baby | Lazy Lester | 1 | Lazy Lester | Lazy Lester | FLYRIGHT |
| Here Comes The Blues | Wynonie Harris | 4 | Bloodshot Eyes | Wynonie Harris | INDIGO |
| Alibi Blues | U.P. Wilson | 11 | Attack Of The Atomic Guitar | U.P. WilsonPaul Orta & Kingpins | RED LIGHTNIN' |
| turn on your love light | johnny b. moore | 2 | live at blue chicago | johnny b. moore | delmark |
| cut you a loose | eddie c campbell | 4 | spider eatin' stew | eddie c campbell | delmoark |
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