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:
Johnnie Taylor ~ The Best Of Johnnie Taylor
Jimmie Rodgers ~ My Rough And Rowdy Ways
Mance Lipscomb, Oscar Brand – Oscar Brand The World Of Folk Music #40
Comments
knew I could count on you
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for a heavy dose of blue
to round out this evening
tanks man!
afternoon qms...
i'm still enjoying digging through my old crates of vinyl, so, um, don't turn that dial?
have a great weekend!
More ZZ Top?
COOL!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
afternoon otc...
well, yeah! i played the hell out of those albums back in the day and they still sound good to me.
a huh huh huh huh...
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.
That Junior Wells album was great stuff! That Chicago Blues is sounding good too!
Thanks for the great sounds!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
evening dystopian...
glad you dug the tunes! that's definitely my favorite zz top album, one that i enjoy listening all the way through. junior wells is always a good listen, too.
have a great week!
I told the story before, but a ZZ Top
band member who mentored recovering alcoholics and druggies came to court to speak on behalf of my client, whom he had mentored. She was fighting for custody of her little girl.
As I started to approach my witness for questioning, I coughed. Somehow, it sounded very much like "uh huh huh huh".
The courtroom appreciated the moment. My witness was treated like royalty.
Such a wonderful memory.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
evening otc...
great story! i'm not surprised that the bearded ones are treated like royalty in texas, considering that they almost make texas seem cool.