Album of the Week 10-5-24

Afternoon folks!

This week we have beaucoup de blues! Starting out we've got an old Junior Wells album followed by a compilation of Chicago blues from Lonnie Brooks, Pinetop Perkins and the Sons of the Blues (S.O.B. Band). After that we have some soul-blues from Johnnie Taylor in his Stax period followed by New Orleans artist Johnny Adams, backed by some fabulous horn arrangements and Wayne Bennett on guitar on most tracks. Following that it's on to some blues-rock with ZZ Top. Moving on to our diversity albums for the week, there's a compilation of british singles from the Immediate label, then get ready to yodel your blues away with country icon Jimmie Rodgers. We finish up with a radio program that features Mance Lipscomb, sponsored by the Social Security Administration, recorded during the great folk music scare of the 60's.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Here 'tis:

Junior Wells ~ Comin' At You

Living Chicago Blues Volume 3

Johnnie Taylor ~ The Best Of Johnnie Taylor

Johnny Adams ~ After Dark

ZZ Top ~ Tres Hombres

Immediate A's & B's

Jimmie Rodgers ~ My Rough And Rowdy Ways

Mance Lipscomb, Oscar Brand – Oscar Brand The World Of Folk Music #40

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QMS's picture

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for a heavy dose of blue
to round out this evening
tanks man!

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joe shikspack's picture

@QMS

i'm still enjoying digging through my old crates of vinyl, so, um, don't turn that dial?

have a great weekend!

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COOL!

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joe shikspack's picture

@on the cusp

well, yeah! i played the hell out of those albums back in the day and they still sound good to me.

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dystopian's picture

Hi Joe,

Great stack o'disks man!

Tres Hombres was ZZ's big breakout into the mainstream and stratosphere. What a great album. They had almost no airplay prior to it, and were ubiquitous after. A huh huh huh huh... heard round the world. It was pretty exaggerated of harmonic pinch squeaks and pick slides, both of which I can easily over do. Wink

That Junior Wells album was great stuff! That Chicago Blues is sounding good too!

Thanks for the great sounds!

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