Al Kooper

Album of the Week 1-11-25

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 01/11/2025 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

This week we have an album of great saxophone blues playing to start us off by Big Jay McNeely, followed by Shuggie Otis' (son of Johnny Otis) debut album with Al Kooper. Following that, we've got 70's blues-rock one-hit-wonder Norman Greenbaum - you can be one of the few to listen to the whole album! After that there's some r&b with Rufus and Chaka Kahn's album featuring their big hit, "Tell Me Something Good." After that we radically shift gears for some acoustic blues and bluegrass with Norman Blake and then, screee ... it's some high-octane rock and roll with Alvin Lee and Ten Years Later.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Album of the Week - 5-7-22

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 05/07/2022 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

This week I have a whole bunch of blues for you guys. Albums by Hubert Sumlin with James Cotton, Freddie King, also compilation albums featuring Earl Hooker and Magic Sam, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Eric Clapton with Powerhouse and The Lovin' Spoonful among others. There's an album by Taste, which was Rory Gallagher's band early on in his career and rounding out the week, there's a non-blues album by Peter Rowan with some of his best tunes on it.

Enjoy!