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Album of the Week

Album of the Week 10-18-25

Afternoon folks!

This week we start off with a great album from Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, formerly of the Muddy Waters Band. Following that is a live album from jazz and blues guitarist Floyd McDaniel and a studio album from Henry Butler a talented blues piano player. Finishing up we have a large collection of live performances and demos by the Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Album of the Week 10-11-25

Afternoon folks!

We've got some cool blues this week. Starting out, there's an album from Chicago blues harmonica player Billy Branch and guitarist Lurrie Bell. Following that is an album from Big Jack Johnson and one from Lonnie Brooks. After that we move on to some blues-rock from Little Feat recorded live in Holland back in 1976. Finishing up in the diversity department is an album from Muscle Shoals songwriter Donnie Fritts and there are a bunch of good songs on the album.

Enjoy the music and have a great weekend!

Album of the Week 10-4-25

Afternoon folks!

Here we go. Starting off we've got a couple of live albums, one from Albert King and one a compendium of live performances at the Montreux Blues Festival over the years by Luther Allison. After that, we have an album of zydeco from Clifton Chenier. Then shifting gears to blues-rock we have Roy Buchanan's for many years unreleased first album and some later live recordings. We finish up in the diversity bag with Los Straitjackets doing a kind of revved-up surf/rockabilly kinda thing.

Enjoy the tunes, have a great weekend!

Album of the week 9-27-25

Afternoon folks!

Another week, more stuff for your ear buds to sample. Starting off, we've got Big Daddy Kinsey's tribute album to Muddy Waters, followed by an album by Ronnie Earl with significant parts of Muddy Waters' band including the great Pinetop Perkins who really shines on this. After that we've got an album from Alvin Youngblood Hart that sadly didn't get the attention that his breakthrough album did. Then we've got Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder in their younger days with an album retrieved from the vault and resurrected. Finally, there's a later album from Levon Helm full of great stuff.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Album of the Week 9-20-25

Afternoon folks!

It was a short week for me, and I didn't upload as much as usual, however, there's still some great stuff here. Starting off, there's a great classic Chicago blues album from pianist Otis Spann with a bunch of great sidemen. After that, we've got an album from Chicago harmonica player Big Wheeler and another one from country/blues artist Tracy Nelson (formerly of Mother Earth). Finishing us up is a fine album from Ry Cooder.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Album of the week 9-13-25

Afternoon folks!

This week we've got two Chicago blues albums from lesser known Chicago blues guys (that everybody should get to know) there's harmonica player Big Leon Brooks and guitar player and songwriter John Brim. Following that there's an album from blues singer Robert Ealey of Texas. Moving on to the diversity department, we've got a live kinda country rock album from Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Bros and then we have a kind of peculiar but enjoyable album from genre-defying musicians the Bad Livers.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Album of the week 9-6-25

Afternoon folks!

It's another great week and here are your blues. Starting off we've got a 70's album from one of the 3 Kings of the Blues, guitarist Freddie King, followed by a 90's album from Chicago blues harmonica player, Billy Branch. After that is an album from New Orleans piano legend Professor Longhair. In the blues-rock category we have a live album from Mike Bloomfield and we finish up in the diversity category with a live album from John Prine.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Album of the week 8-30-25

Afternoon folks!

There's some interesting stuff here this week. Starting off, there's a 90's album from Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown followed by an album from Chicago blues guitarist Jimmy Rogers with Johnnie Johnson handling the keyboard duties. After that, we move on to blues rock with Little Feat and a compilation of studio artifacts and demos that cover their career from when Lowell George first left the Frank Zappa band to more recent years - it might mean more to a Little Feat fan than the general public, but it's still interesting stuff. After that we've got an album from a Canadian artist, Colin Linden, that never got his due in the U.S. market. It's a really pleasant album worth a listen. We finish up with an album from former Monkee, Mike Nesmith in his folkie/country period.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Album of the week 8-23-25

Afternoon folks!

It's another interesting week with three kinds of blues for you. Starting off, there's Texas Telecaster Master, Albert Collins playing live in 1973 at the El Mocambo club. Then there's an album from blues organist Jesse "Wild Bill" Austin with the Blues Brothers horns and after that is an album of acoustic country blues from Scrapper Blackwell. Moving on, in the folk-rock-blues vein we have The Band concerts from which the Rock of Ages live album was culled. We finish off in the Bluegrass department with an album from Tony Rice and Peter Rowan.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Album of the week 8-16-25

Afternoon folks!

This week we've got some great stuff especially for guitar fans. Starting out we have a live album from New Orleans blues guitarist Snooks Eaglin, followed by a compilation of Chicago blues harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold's early recordings. After that we have another live album from Fleetwood Mac back when they were a blues band featuring Peter Green on guitar. After that it's on to some live rockabilly with Robert Gordon and Danny Gatton and we finish up in the bluegrass lane with a couple of sets from Old & In The Way featuring Jerry Garcia on the banjo along with Vassar Clements, Peter Rowan, David Grisman and John Kahn.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

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