Afternoon folks!

We've got some great stuff this week, starting with Chicago blues guitarist Jimmy Rogers, followed by a 60's era James Cotton album and an 80's comeback album from piano player and songwriter Tommy Tucker. Following that is an album of live vault recordings of British blues band Chicken Shack. Finishing off is an album from California prog rock/psychedelic band Love.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Afternoon folks!

This week we've got some great Chicago blues starting out with an album from harmonica player Snooky Pryor, followed by an album from Hubert Sumlin, Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim and Clifton James. After that we've got an album from one of Muddy Waters' guitar players (who also later backed up Magic Slim) John Primer. After that we change gears for a live album from guitar wizard Danny Gatton and then we go way out in left field to finish up with an album of prog rock from Godley & Creme.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Afternoon folks!

Here's a bunch of music than was better than the week. Starting off, check this fellow out, Bee Houston was Big Mama Thornton's guitar sideman for many years, he's played blues, jazz and r&b and this album is worth a listen. After that we've got albums from James Cotton, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and a long compilation from Johnny "Guitar" Watson. Then to finish off the set and mellow you out, we've got an album from Cat Stevens minus a couple of cuts that the publishers decided you shouldn't hear. Go figure.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Afternoon folks!

There's a mess of great stuff for you all this week starting with a live album from one of Muddy Waters' former guitarists, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson - well worth a listen. Following that is a mid-70's studio album from Clarence Gatemouth Brown and some older recordings from Chicago blues harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold. After that is an album from Chicago blues mandolin player Johnny Young. We finish off the week in the diversity department with a hard rock album from a Welsh band, Budgie.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Afternoon folks!

We've got some great Chicago blues this week. Starting off we've got J.B. Hutto a fantastic slide guitarist, followed by a 2-disc compilation of Chicago blues featuring people like Jr. Wells and Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Otis Spann and many others. After that there's a live album from B.B. King at Cook County Jail and then we get a touch more modern with an album from harmonica player Mark Hummel. Next, it's some old-school Motown with an album from The Temptations and we finish off in the diversity department with some prog rock from Gentle Giant.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Afternoon folks!

Unsurprisingly, there's some blues here for you. Starting off is the bonus disc of a later release of Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live with a whole bunch of material that was not in my vinyl rip of the original album. Following that is a compilation album of T-Bone Walker tunes and an album from a fine but lesser-known Texas blues guitarist in the T-Bone tradition, Long John Hunter. After that, it's on to a classic album from John Mayall's Blues Breakers in the Eric Clapton period followed by New Orleans Meters. We finish up with some rock and roll from British guitarist Chris Spedding who has likely performed as a session musician on or produced stuff you might have heard.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Afternoon folks!

It's a triple scoop of blues this week, starting off with an album from Chicago blues piano player Pinetop Perkins, followed by a real toe-tapper of an album from John Lee Hooker and then a compilation album of lesser known but quite talented artists from a California record label. Then it's on to some blues rock from a group composed of members from The Pretty Things, The Yardbirds and Canned Heat along with Chicago harmonica and guitar player Studebaker John. Finishing off the week is an album of prog rock from Gentle Giant.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Afternoon folks!

Ok, ready to tiptoe through the blues? Starting out we've got an album of Chicago blues harmonica play Junior Well's early recordings, followed by a compilation album of guitarist Earl Hooker's recordings. After that there's a live album of Muddy Waters and Otis Spann from 1958, originally recorded to an acetate record the first couple of cuts have some occasional noise, but it's worth it. Following that is a mostly acoustic album from John Lee Hooker. Then it's on to blues rock with an audiophile remaster of The Band's "Music From Big Pink" and then we finish up with an album from Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Afternoon folks!

Here's a bunch of great music to enjoy some good weather with, or, alternately, enjoy sheltering from miserable weather with. Starting off we've got Buddy and the Juniors, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Junior Mance doing the stuff that made Chicago great. Following that is another Chicago blues album from Blues Queen Sylvia with guitarist Jimmy Dawkins and then a compilation album of (hmmm, this is becoming a theme) Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush's early recordings. Next we've got a live album of blues and blues rock from Albert Collins, Etta James and Joe Walsh. Rounding out the lineup is an album of Japanese prog rock from the Sadistic Mika Band.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Afternoon folks!

It's time for another scoop of the blues. This week we start out with a great album from guitarist and harmonica player Slim Harpo followed by a reunion album of Chicago blues piano player Memphis Slim and guitarist Matt "Guitar" Murphy. After that it's the rockin' 50's blues of Jackie Brenston and then on to an album from Chicago blues guitarist Eddie Taylor, followed by an album of 40's piano blues from Cecil Gant. We finish up in the diversity department with an album from British folk rock group Oysterband.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!