STAR BLUES on 16th August 2015 at 22:00 with hot off the press stuff

from Buddy Guy and Shemekia Copeland. Buddy's piece came out on his 79th birthday at the end of July and it sits squarely at number 1 on the Billboard charts. We jiggled, poked and prodded our running order to put two tracks out to air. Kim Wilson was given space and the backing to turn in a neat cover of a Little Walter song. The other choice let Buddy play the part of John Lee Hooker's foil to Bonnie Raitt whose part was taken by Joss Stone. Buddy's contributions on both centred on his singing. Ms Copeland hasn't let up now she is married and she positively owned the scorching version of her dad's 'Devil's Hands' composition. Her project is on the current month release sheet for Alligator.

Our birthday diary included Luther Allison, Eric Bibb, Albert washington, Eddie Kirkland and Lil' Son Jackson (centenary in his case no less). We also heard different facets to Jimmy McCracklin, Brownie McGhee and St. Louis Jimmy and a lovely full vocal from Helen Humes. Another of our favourite, if lesser celebrated, voices belonged to Earl Gaines. Our track came off the first of two volumes compiled by Ace from Ted Jarrett's Champion labels. The very excellent Johnny Rawls has a two page feature in the brand new Blues & Rhythm magazine; Mike Stephenson did a comprehensive job talking to him and showing how many other artists have been touched by Rawls' gifts. It stands as testament that the JSP owner John Stedman had a deal with him to act as producer and talent scout for over two years before they actually met in person.

Plying their guitar wares alongside Buddy Guy were Son Seals, Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Albert King and JB Hutto. The latter has a cd reissue of some vinyl on Delmark augmented by five previously unissued alternate takes. Delicious, you'll pull out a peach any place you dip in.

We invited the limber Marcia Ball by way of teasing a feature I plan for a fortnight that will mark ten years since Hurricane Katrina. The show will have plenty of music from New Orleans and if possible some memories of what happened that day and how things have changed since then. I look forward to hearing from you, especially if you're in the area of the Crescent City.

Further advance news, there'll be fairly wide ranging survey of music out of the Ace family of labels in September: they've been in business for 40 years and you can pretty much guarantee everything they put out has been lovingly created by fans for fans. As well as the music (often heard for the first time), the background research tells a fascinating story of the people behind the songs and recordings. Case in point being Eddy Giles, who was a new name to me less than a year ago, a soul singe with a gritty blues edge, they put out his Murco recordings and we learn from the essay Eddy is still around though only sings gospel these days (he's now a pastor). Year in year out they set the bar for others and they do their darndest to ensure due royalties find their way to the families of the artists involved. Thankfully other reissue imprints now tend to follow their lead.

The sacred steel of Brother Willie Eason did gospel duties for us and is our socks keeper this week (if you hear a better performance than that, I'll eat my socks). Next Sunday - if you'll have us - we'd love to come back round your place with another bumper bundle of trivia tomfoolery and blues. 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	duration	writercredit
Soul Fixin' Man	Luther Allison	10	Bad Love	Luther Allison	Ruf	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Luther Allison
you can't win for losin'	Arthur Adams	2	Stomp The Floor	Arthur Adams	Delta Groove Productions	[ 3 mins 34 secs ]	Arthur Adams
too late	buddy guy w. kim wilson	4	born to play guitar	buddy guy	silvertone	[ 3 mins 41 secs ]	little walter
I Can't Hold Out	Son Seals	11	Deluxe Edition	Son Seals	Alligator	[ 4 mins 18 secs ]	Son Seals
Can't Blame Nobody But Myself	Marcia Ball	9	The Tattooed Lady And The Alligator Man	Marcia Ball	Alligator Records & Artist Management, Inc.	[ 3 mins 46 secs ]	Marcia Ball
Now Do You Hear	Earl Gaines	4	Across The Tracks	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 10 secs ]	Earl Gaines
Shingle By Shingle	Eric Bibb	3	Good Stuff	Eric Bibb	OPUS-3	[ 3 mins 36 secs ]	Eric Bibb
I'm Gonna Move Cross The River	Brownie McGhee	6	Let Me Tell You About The Blues: New York	Various Artists	Fantastic Voyage	[ 2 mins 47 secs ]	Brownie McGhee
letter to my back door friend	Lightnin' Hopkins	10	Very Best Of Charly Blues Masterworks vol. 1	Various Artists	CHARLY	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Lightnin' Hopkins
Little Wheel	John Lee Hooker	3	This Is Hip	John Lee Hooker	CHARLY	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	John Lee Hooker
too much pride	J. B Hutto	3	Hawk Squat	J. B Hutto	DELMARK	[ 3 mins 57 secs ]	J. B Hutto
Mistreated Woman	Eddie Kirkland	23	Deep Feeling	Various Artists	Fantatsic Voyage	[ 2 mins 31 secs ]	Eddie Kirkland
I Got The Blues	Eddy Giles	2	Southern Soul Brother	Eddy Giles	Kent	[ 2 mins 35 secs ]	Eddy Giles
I Been Broken Hearted	Johnny Rawls	9	My Turn To Win	Johnny Rawls	JSP Records	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Johnny Rawls
devil's hand	shemekia copeland	3	outskirts of love	shemekia copeland	alligator	[ 4 mins 22 secs ]	johnny copeland
(baby) you got what it takes	buddy guy w. joss stone	8	born to play guitar	buddy guy	silvertone	[ 3 mins 41 secs ]	little walter
Living My Life My Way	Helen Humes	12	Hands Off !	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 57 secs ]	Helen Humes
Everybody Rock (Checker 893)	Jimmy McCracklin	7	R&b Humdingers Volume 14	Various Artists	Vee-Tone Records	[ 2 mins 22 secs ]	Jimmy McCracklin
jealous woman	albert washington feat. lonnie mack	6	blues and soul man	albert washington	ACE	[ 3 mins 57 secs ]	Helen Humes
I Want To Live So That God Can Use Me	Brother Willie Eason	21	Rare And Red Hot Gospel	Various Artists	CATFISH	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Brother Willie Eason
Drinkin' Woman	St. Louis Jimmy	20	I Pity The Fool - The Duke Records Story	Various Artists	One Day Music	[ 2 mins 54 secs ]	St. Louis Jimmy
laundromat blues	Albert King	3	Blues Masters	Various Artists	rhino	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Albert King
The Blues Is In The House	Johnny Jones	14	Blues Is In The House	Johnny Jones	Northern Blues	[ 5 mins 34 secs ]	Johnny Jones
little by little	junior wells	7	Blues Masters	Various Artists	rhino	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	mel london
Cairo Blues	Lil’ Son Jackson	2-2	Down Home Blues Classics Texas 1946-1954	Various Artists	BOULEVARD ENTERTAINMENT	[ 2 mins 49 secs ]	Lil’ Son Jackson
roberta Blues	Lil’ Son Jackson	3-2	Down Home Blues Classics Texas 1946-1954	Various Artists	BOULEVARD ENTERTAINMENT	[ 2 mins 49 secs ]	Lil’ Son Jackson
Little Woman You're So Sweet	Blind Boy Fuller	21	Get Your Yas Yas Out	Blind Boy Fuller	INDIGO	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Blind Boy Fuller
You've Got To Reap What You Sow	Walter Davis	9	Bullet Records Blues	Various Artists	Blue Label / SPV	[ 2 mins 51 secs ]	Walter Davis
Just Give Me A Chance	Silas Hogan	1	Bluesin' By The Bayou	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 7 secs ]	Silas Hogan
that's alright	slim harpo	2	Bluesin' By The Bayou	Various Artists	ACE	[ 2 mins 7 secs ]	Silas Hogan
i'm tore down	freddie king	1-1	deep feeling	various artists	fantastic voyage	[ 2 mins 47 secs ]	turner

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