Homesick had a long career, his final sessions for Fedora came out in his 91st year (his debut had been for Chance Records in 1949). He had neither the same attack nor the brio of an Elmore James but he was still an influential slide player: most notably on his version of the Crossroads legend. Our pick included a sweet session he did with Snooky Pryor at Chalk Farm in 1973 following the groundbreaking tour for Big Bear music.
Little Walter was without equal on his instrument and there are few players since his death who don't have at least a passing nod to his crisp sax-styled playing. Eddie C Campbell is in the birthday book as well and we hope his health worries are behind him now. Mighty Joe Young was on the same album as Eddie and Buddy Guy went back to an acoustic baseline to interpret one of Frankie Lee Sims songs (who was also during our second hour courtesy of something selected by Bob Dylan and featured on HIS radio doodling).
Larry Birdsong covered an Earl Gaines hit and label mates the Fairfield Four were a couple of examples off Ted Jarrett's Champion stable. Both Rudy Greene and Willie Tee made their debuts on our playlist though the smart money says they'll be back before long. Billy Gayles lovely powerful pipes have graced our airwaves before and is another bit of evidence to support those who say Ike Turner invented rock'n'roll.
Billy Boy Arnold is the incumbent STAR BLUES artist of the year and he was on hand to satisfy our mod contingent with a song i first heard done by the Yardbirds with Keith Relf on harp.The Bank holiday scheduling made room for more music than normal, so we reminded folks why blues is again flavour of the month when it comes to backing music on TV adverts (we'll leave the Google tickling to you to match Little Richard and Etta James to products).
The expected arrivals of Robert Cray and James Armstrong didn't make it through for the show, but we will certainly have a track from Snooky's son Rip Lee Pryor on next week's running order as well as a dip into the sparkling album from Larry Lampkin. Until then take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you
| track.title | track.artistsort | index | album.title | album.artistsort | label |
| Peter Gunn | King Curtis | 23 | Wail Man Wail! | King Curtis | Fantastic Voyage |
| Boom, Boom Out Go the Lights | Little Walter (Aka Marion Walter Jacobs) | 16 | His Best | Little Walter (Aka Marion Walter Jacobs) | MCA/CHESS |
| confessin' the blues | Little Walter (Aka Marion Walter Jacobs) | 17 | His Best | Little Walter (Aka Marion Walter Jacobs) | MCA/CHESS |
| Look What You Done | Eddie C. Campbell | 62 | Sweet Home Chicago | Various Artists | INDIGO |
| Lucy Mae Blues | Buddy Guy | 3 | Blues Singer | Buddy Guy | SILVERTONE |
| Bad Luck and Trouble | Lightnin' Hopkins | 6 | From L.A.To N.Y.C.Via Nashville | Various Artists | Blue Label / SPV |
| I Just Want to Make Love to You | Etta James | 1 | Something's Got A Hold On Me | Etta James | CHARLY |
| Slippin' And Slidin' | Little Richard And His Band | 3 | Just About As Good As It Gets | Little Richard | SMITH & CO |
| I Done Did That Already | Johnny Jones | 10 | I Was Raised On The Blues | Johnny Jones | BLACK MAGIC |
| One Step Closer to the Blues | Charles Walker | 4 | Soul Stirring Thing | Charles Walker | SPV |
| Bye Bye Bird | Brandon O. Bailey | 8 | Memphis Grooves | Brandon O. Bailey | APO |
| Crawlin' | Homesick James | 11 | Blues On The South Side | Homesick James | ORIGINAL BLUES CLASSICS |
| Crossroads | Homesick James | 2 | Uk Sue Label Story, Vol. 2: Sue's Rock 'N' Blues | Various Artists | ACE |
| the woman i love | Homesick James | 7 | homesick james and Snooky Pryor | Various Artists | BIG BEAR |
| got to move | Homesick James | 11 | got to move | homesick james | 32 blues |
| good morning blues | Brownie McGhee | 1 | The Last Great Blues Hero | Brownie McGhee | WESTSIDE |
| Every Night in the Week | Larry Birdsong | 2-20 | champion records - singles collection | Various Artists | spv |
| No Good Woman Blues | Rudy Greene | 14 | From New Orleans To Chicago Via Memphis | Various Artists | SPV Blue |
| In the Beginning | Willie Tee | 17 | Keep It Rollin' - Blues Piano Collection | Various Artists | Rounder |
| hadacol bounce | prof. longhair | 2 | From New Orleans To Chicago Via Memphis | Various Artists | SPV Blue |
| let your will be done | fairfield four | 2-2 | champion records - singles collection | Various Artists | spv |
| No Use to Worry | Lonesome Sundown | 18 | Genuine Excello R'n'b | Various Artists | ACE |
| Walkin' With Frankie | Frankie Lee Sims | 7 | Theme Time Radio Hour - Series 2 | Various Artists | ACE |
| Just One More Time | Billy Gayles | 23 | Theme Time Radio Hour - Series 2 | Various Artists | ACE |
| when the wagon comes | billy wright | 2-3 | jump blues the jamaica way | various artists | fantastic voyage |
| i found that woman | jimmy mccracklin | 2-4 | jump blues the jamaica way | various artists | fantastic voyage |
| got to find my baby | willie mabon | 25 | willie's blues | willie mabon | jasmine |
| Greyhound Blues | D A Hunt | 3-2 | Let Me Tell You About The Blues: Memphis | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| saddle my pony | howlin' wolf | 2-18 | Let Me Tell You About The Blues: Memphis | Various Artists | Fantastic Voyage |
| ramblin' woman | big moose | 16 | The Way I Feel | Various Artists | FLYRIGHT |
| i wish you would | billy boy arnold | 1-3 | get on the right track | various artists | fantastic voyage |
| Hard Times | Mighty Joe Young | 19 | The Way I Feel | Various Artists | FLYRIGHT |
| The Toddle | Little Walter (Aka Marion Walter Jacobs) | 24 | Blues With A Feeling | Little Walter (Aka Marion Walter Jacobs) | ROOTS |
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